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Human Rights
The Nissha Group revised our Human Rights Policy in June 2025. Our revised Human Rights Policy both expands its scope to all employees of our Group, and also requests the understanding and cooperation of all our suppliers.
Human Rights Policy
Nissha Group's Mission is to "realize the enrichment of people’s lives by creating technology and developing it into economic and social value through the diverse capabilities, passion, and leadership of the global Nissha Group." To achieve this, we consider it our fundamental responsibility to respect human rights, which is universally expected regardless of national and cultural differences. We have revised our Basic Policy on Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as “Policy”) to serve as the highest guiding principle in our efforts to respect human rights.
Scope of application
This Policy applies to all officers, full-time employees, contract employees, and temporary employees (hereinafter referred to as “Employees”) working for Nissha Co., Ltd. and its consolidated subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as “Nissha Group”). We also expect our business partners, such as suppliers that constitute an important part of Nissha Group's value chain, to understand and support the contents of this Policy, and we will continue to work to ensure that it is respected.
Commitment to respect for human rights
Nissha Group is committed to upholding internationally recognized codes and principles, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the International Bill of Human Rights and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which are referenced in the Guiding Principles. We also support the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact, which Nissha Co., Ltd. signed in April 2012.
We comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the countries and regions in which we operate. In the event that the laws and regulations of the relevant country or region differ from or conflict with internationally recognized human rights principles, we will seek ways to honor internationally recognized human rights principles.
Human rights items considered important by Nissha Group
As of this revision, Nissha Group considers the following human rights items to be particularly important.
- Prohibition of child labor: We prohibit child labor and take measures to remedy it.
- Elimination of forced labor: We eliminate all forms of forced labor, including bonded labor.
- Health and safety: We ensure the health and safety of the Employees and provide a hygienic working environment.
- Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining: We guarantee the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining.
- Humane treatment: We prohibit all forms of inhumane treatment, including violence, gender-based violence, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, corporal punishment, mental or physical coercion, bullying, public humiliation, or verbal abuse.
- Elimination of discrimination and harassment: We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, nationality, disability, pregnancy, religion, political affiliation, union membership, veteran status, genetic information, or marital status. This applies to all employment practices, including recruitment, compensation, promotion, benefits, and access to training and development opportunities. We also do not tolerate complicity in such behavior.
- Working hours: We comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and collective bargaining agreements regarding working hours, rest breaks, and holidays.
- Payment of Fair wages: We comply with applicable laws and regulations to ensure the payment of fair wages.
- Protection of personal information and privacy: We comply with laws and regulations regarding the protection of personal information and information security.
These items may be reviewed, as appropriate, based on the results of the human rights impact assessment conducted on an ongoing basis as part of human rights due diligence, in accordance with this Policy.
Governance
Nissha Group’s Sustainability Committee (chaired by the Chairman of the Board and Group CEO) and the Risk Management and Compliance Committee (chaired by the Director responsible for legal affairs) are responsible for ensuring that this Policy is appropriately embedded in our business activities and for conducting regular monitoring.
Human rights due diligence
Nissha Group establishes and implements a human rights due diligence process in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as well as the Code of Conduct and the standards and the procedures of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), an international CSR standard. First, we identify and assess any adverse human rights impacts that may occur in our value chain as a result of our business decisions and operations, and take measures to prevent or mitigate them. Next, we continuously evaluate the effectiveness of these efforts. We also continuously strive to influence the efforts of business partners over whom Nissha Group does not have direct control, to ensure that this Policy is respected and that they do not contribute to human rights abuses.
Remediation
Nissha Group enhances consultation channels established in Japan and overseas as appropriate, to identify concerns including adverse impacts on human rights at an early stage and to facilitate their resolution. Nissha Group thoroughly protects those who seek consultations, not only by ensuring the anonymity of those who seek consultations and the content of consultations, but also by prohibiting any unfavorable treatment, including retaliation.
In the event that our business activities, products, or services have an adverse impact on the human rights of our internal or external stakeholders, Nissha Group will provide remediation through appropriate procedures. Furthermore, if Nissha Group's business partners have an adverse impact on the human rights of stakeholders in relation to Nissha Group's business activities, products, or services, we will strive to provide remediation by continuously exercising our influence over the business partners.
Stakeholder engagement/Disclosure
To enhance our efforts to respect human rights, Nissha Group endeavors to engage in dialogue and consultation with stakeholders, including people and groups adversely affected in terms of human rights. We also refer to the opinions of external experts.
Nissha Group regularly disclose the progress of our efforts to respect human rights.
Dissemination and education
Nissha Group provides appropriate education and training to all Employees to ensure that this Policy permeates throughout Nissha Group. In addition, we strive to ensure that our business partners are fully aware of and comply with this Policy.
Policy formulation process and review
Nissha Group periodically reviews this Policy taking into account changes in the external and internal environment, including social trends and the business environment, as well as dialogue and discussions with stakeholders, and also referring to the opinions of external experts, in order to enhance its efforts to respect human rights.
The revision of this Policy has been reported and deliberated by the Board of Directors and signed by the Chairman of the Board and Group CEO.
Junya Suzuki
Chairman of the Board and Group CEO
Nissha Co., Ltd.
Established on June 1, 2018
Revised on June 1, 2025
Structure
Our Group both encourages the Human Rights Policy to be incorporated into business activities and carries out regular monitoring with the Sustainability Committee (chaired by the President and CEO) and the Risk Management and Compliance Committee (chaired by the Director responsible for legal affairs). The activities of both these committees are reported regularly at the meetings of the Board of Directors.
Initiatives Related to Labor and Human Rights
The ESG Task Force has as its strategy “reduction of labor and human rights risks” for the “respect for human rights” materiality. In the fiscal year ended December 2021, we used a questionnaire targeted at the Group companies to confirm that there were no cases of child labor or forced labor. Starting in the fiscal year ended December 2022, we have been engaged in achieving zero levels of child labor or forced labor among our Group’s primary suppliers.
Harassment Prevention
We at the Nissha Group establish a set of Harassment Prevention Regulations, which prescribe measures to prevent various forms of harassment in the workplace, with the aim of realizing sound workplace environments in which all employees can live up to their full potential.
As a structure for promoting harassment prevention, we designate chief promoters of harassment prevention at each base and we have established an external hotline consultation service. The contact information is provided through the Nissha Group intranet and e-Learning, and we are working to ensure that employees understand that the system is set up so they can discuss issues with confidence by assuring them that their privacy will be fully respected and that they will not be treated unfairly or be disadvantaged for making use of these services. In the fiscal year ended December 2024, there were nine cases related to harassment filed at hotline consultation service, but these cases have already been handled.
We also provide annual corporate ethics and compliance training utilizing e-Learning to all employees to prevent harassment, in addition to providing training for chief promoters of harassment prevention to solve problems and prevent harassment, and discuss and implement measures for further improvement.
As a structure for promoting harassment prevention, we designate chief promoters of harassment prevention at each base and we have established an external hotline consultation service. The contact information is provided through the Nissha Group intranet and e-Learning, and we are working to ensure that employees understand that the system is set up so they can discuss issues with confidence by assuring them that their privacy will be fully respected and that they will not be treated unfairly or be disadvantaged for making use of these services. In the fiscal year ended December 2024, there were nine cases related to harassment filed at hotline consultation service, but these cases have already been handled.
We also provide annual corporate ethics and compliance training utilizing e-Learning to all employees to prevent harassment, in addition to providing training for chief promoters of harassment prevention to solve problems and prevent harassment, and discuss and implement measures for further improvement.
