Risks and opportunities

• Increase in the potential risks and opportunities associated with business growth and the increase of stakeholders
• Rapid changes in the business environment in the era of VUCA
• Increase in business opportunities directly linked to sustainability issues inside and outside the company, domestically and internationally
• Upgrades to monitoring, supervisory, and control functions to directly link business growth to the enhancement of corporate value
• Maintenance and enhancement of social trust and brand power in communities in Japan and overseas
• Increase in tail risks that include pandemics and extremely severe natural disasters and conflicts
• Strengthening of risk tolerance to continue fulfilling supplier responsibilities and strengthening the response to laws and regulations (ordinances)
• Monitoring of human rights issues throughout the value chain (human rights due diligence)