Basic Principles
We are making efforts for our sustainable growth and increase of our business valuation over a mid-to-long term while emphasizing the relationship of mutual trust with stockholders and other stakeholders, and will enhance and fulfill the corporate governance to realize clear, fair, rapid, and deterministic decision making around the board of directors and audit and supervisory committee.
Basic Policies
ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION & Our Group define the basic policies of corporate governance based upon the principles of the corporate governance codes as follows:
Security of stockholder's rights and equality (basic principle 1)
We are making efforts to disclose correct information to every stakeholder quickly and fairly while observing the related laws and regulations (e.g., Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) and the listing rules defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. We will also practice continuous improvement for addressing our stockholders properly and faithfully, to ensure substantial security of every stockholder's rights as well as security of the environment and substantial equality to exercise these rights.
Proper cooperation with other stakeholders than stockholders (basic principle 2)
Our corporate spirit is "Challenge, Create, and Change contributing to the affluence in people's life." One our management philosophies to realize this spirit is defined as "For our customers" to provide our partners, stockholders, and region with proper information, to enhance mutual trust, and to make efforts for appropriate cooperation with our stakeholders.
Another management philosophy is "For abiding by laws and social norms and moving forward hand in hand with society" and we are making efforts in compliance education of our employees under the control and command of the executive president in charge of compliance, to respect every stakeholder's rights and position as well as substantial business activity ethics based on this philosophy.
Proper information disclosure and security of transparency (basic principle 3)
We recognize that information disclosure is one of the most important management issues and define in the "Corporate Code of Conduct" that "We shall actively disclose corporate information to our stockholders, regional society, as well as public society widely to improve corporate transparency." In addition to obligatory information disclosure, we are actively and subjectively disclose information we consider important (including non-financial information) to our stockholders and other stakeholders via our and Tokyo Stock Exchange websites.
In addition, to ensure deeper understanding of our business activities and management status, we are communicating additional information via our website and other channels.
Duty of board of directors (basic principle 4)
Our board of directors consists of directors including unaffiliated audit and supervisory committee members, and each member grasps the chief operating officer and operating officers (hereafter collectively referred to as "executive officers") and business operating status by the executive officers from his or her specialized viewpoint and gives necessary opinions for supervisory. For management policies such as corporate strategies and important matters related to the environment supporting appropriate risk taking by the executive officers, the executive audit and supervisory committee members join the decision for proper determination according to the "Board of Directors Rules."
Interaction with Stockholders (basic principle 5)
For our sustainable growth and increase of our business valuation over a long term, we promote IR activities including briefings for institutional and individual investors. In these activities, our CEO explains the management policies and status as well as an overview and progress of the mid-term management plan, and improves mutual understanding with the stockholders through questions and answers.
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* This page was created based on the information contained in the "
Report on Corporate Governance" updated on June 26 2018.
