De Castro Group's effort for the SDGs

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. The agenda includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets such as ending poverty and inequality and taking action on climate change.

                                                                      Sustainable Development Goals 1. NO POVERTY 2. ZERO HUNGER 3. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 4. QUALITY EDUCATION 5. GENDER EQUALITY 6. CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION 7. AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY 8. DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 9. INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES 11. SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES 12. RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION 13. CLIMATE ACTION 14. LIFE BELOW WATER 15. LIFE ON LAND 16. PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS 17. PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

Identifying Our Materiality

1.Identifying Issues

We referred to international guidelines including ISO 26000 and the GRI Standards, as well as the evaluation items used by major ESG evaluation organizations (FTSE, etc.), to identify issues according to the demands of societies and our mission, vision, and values.

2. Determining the Impact

We assessed the level of impact on both society and our Group and mapped it onto two axes.

3. Evaluating Validity

We confirmed the validity of the plan by examining it from a variety of perspectives, such as through deliberations among divisional managers, discussions with other companies, and interviews with outside directors.

4. Deliberation and Approval

After deliberation by the Management Council, the proposal was approved by the Board of Directors.

The relationships between this materiality and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) are shown in the following table. We will continue to advance our initiatives while incorporating the perspectives of various stakeholders.

Relationships with Stakeholders

The De Castro Group’s business operations depend on relationships of trust with our stakeholders. We believe that corporate value is raised by understanding the requirements and meeting the expectations of various stakeholders such as customers, shareholders and investors, business partners, local communities, the general public, and employees.

We provide many opportunities for communication to enable our business operations to be improved through dialog with stakeholders.

Communication with stakeholders is a key point to allign interests and secure support and consistency to actions to take along the time.