CSR Material Issues and Goals

KIOXIA Group is committed to communicating with integrity and transparency, reporting CSR issues that it considers material.

KIOXIA Group is working on the following four CSR material issues. In FY2018, we discussed and approved the three-year medium-term plan during the CSR Management Review conducted in June and created a system in which we will update the plan in each subsequent year.

Four CSR Material Issues

In FY2017, on the basis of self-assessment in regard to the 345 items stated in ISO 26000, assessment review by a third-party institution, and communication with stakeholders, KIOXIA Group mapped core subjects (37 items), with the vertical axis representing the “degree of interest of stakeholders” and their horizontal axis representing the “importance to our business,” in the order of high, medium and low priority. Then we, based on the results of this analysis, eventually identified high priority items in both axes as our CSR issues.

We observe universal principles on human rights and promote fair and sound business activities. In FY2018, we discussed on the promotion framework and, as a result, established a team responsible for promoting respect for human rights within the Human Resources and General Affairs Department. We will work on collecting information for formulating our human rights policy and building a system for human rights due diligence in our group companies in FY2019.

• Respect for Human Rights

We value diverse individualities and work-life balance and are working to create a work environment in which individuals can maximize their capabilities. Promoting the career development of female employees, in particular, is becoming an important focus of Japanese government policy. In FY2018, in addition to discussing on the promotion framework, we formulated and announced the general employer action plan. We will launch the Diversity Promotion Committee to discuss and promote issues related to diversity in FY2019.

• Diversity Promotion

In order to promote CSR in the field of human rights, labor practices, occupational health & safety, the environment and supply chain ethics, KIOXIA Group undertakes activities that are in keeping with the principles of the RBA Code of Conduct. In FY2018, we established a new promotion framework and promoted supplier management in accordance with the RBA system. In FY2019, we will further deepen the promotion including improvement of the coverage in FY2019.

• CSR Management in the Supply Chain

As highlighted by the UN’s Paris Agreement which aims to restrict the increase in average global temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius, society’s awareness of climate change is growing, as are expectations and demands made of companies in this regard. KIOXIA Group is positioning our efforts to protect the environment as one of our most important drivers; in particular we intend to promote activities that align with international frameworks for related to climate change.

*Science-Based Targets; an initiative which encourage businesses to set greenhouse-gas emissions goals consistent with scientific knowledge which align them with the goal keeping global temperature increases due to climate change to within 2° Celsius of pre-industrial levels.

• Environmental Protection System