Engagement with Stakeholders

We deal with all shareholders and investors impartially, and disclose information appropriately and in a timely manner to ensure that there are no information gaps among shareholders. We also consider returns to shareholders to be an important management issue, and for the fiscal 2018 and 2019 we paid annual dividend of JPY34 per share, and for fiscal 2020, we paid annual dividend of JPY15 per share.

We provide products and services to solve social challenges through dialog with our customers. By developing and providing eco-friendly products, including UV ink, for which we have the largest share of the domestic market, biomass ink, and Epoxy composition in which milled carbon fiber（MCF） are dispersed, we help our customers reduce their environmental impact.

We regularly conduct suppliers audit with the objective of establishing favorable relationship with them in the medium to long term. We also conduct supplier audit when commencing transaction with a new supplier in order to procure materials with a minimal impact on health and the environment, and strive to secure multiple procurement routes from the perspective of risk management.

We support a variety of working styles for a diverse workforce, and pursue measures to create vital workplaces. In addition to promoting a positive work-life balance, expanding job categories to promote active participation by women, and developing global human resources, we engage in proactive dialog with employees to create more accommodating workplace environments.

Our two major manufacturing facilities – the Saitama Headquarters and the Shiga Factory – are located near residential areas, and in addition to taking countermeasures against odors and noise, we place importance on maintaining ongoing communication with these communities, including notifications of drills to be conducted in the factories. We as a company, as well as our employees, also support firework displays, festivals, and other events held by local community organizations.
From fiscal 2020 onward local events have been suspended due to the spread of COVID-19, but we still intend to proactively support and sponsor them when they restart.

In recent years international society is beset by grave environmental problems on a global scale, such as climate change and loss of biodiversity due to global warming, and exhaustion of resources owing to rising populations. It is our belief that it is essential for us to practice management going back to our original starting point, to achieve the SDGs（Sustainable Development Goals) and realize a sustainable society.
We have prioritized these issues as key challenges for us to engage with, acknowledging our social responsibility to practice sustainable business activities in harmony with the global environment. Our goals are to adapt to a low-carbon, recycling-oriented society, and to ensure proper management of chemical substances, and we are active in many activities for the sake of the environment.
In addition, we are actively developing and popularizing environmentally friendly products with the aim of contributing to lower environmental impacts through the product life cycle.