FY2022 2nd Stakeholder Dialogue (Human Rights)

Recent Activities

Dialogue on Human Rights [1]

In February 2023, we invited Mr. Hidemi Tomita, Representative Director of Institute for Sustainability Management, to KDDI's head office and held a stakeholder dialogue on the evaluation and expectations of our overall efforts toward human rights.

Participants

Mr.Hidemi Tomita
Representative Director
General Incorporated Association Institute for Sustainability Management

<Participating expert>
Mr.Hidemi Tomita
Representative Director
General Incorporated Association Institute for Sustainability Management

<KDDI participants>
Kakuko Chiba, General Manager, Sustainability Development Department
Mamiko Sugita, Group Leader, Sustainability Development Section, Sustainability Development Department
Takayuki Maejima, Sustainability Development Section
Kentaro Torimitsu, Group Leader, ESG Development Section, Sustainability Development Department
Kazuhiro Matsumoto, ESG Development Section, Sustainability Development Department
Tamihito Hamada, Procurement Management Department
Akihiro Yamazaki, Data Governance Office

  • The titles/positions of participants are as of end of February 2023.

The opinions we received are as follows.

  • In particular, the energy business presents different human rights risks than the telecommunications business. For the five focus areas of the satellite growth strategy, risks should be considered on a business by business basis.
  • It would be good to show the pros and cons so that consumers have a concrete picture of the risks involved in agreeing to privacy and data use agreements.
  • As European companies take more initiatives from a legal and regulatory perspective, it is necessary to use advanced European telecommunications and IT companies as benchmarks.

We recognized the importance of understanding and analyzing human rights risks for each expanding business area, and reaffirmed the importance of focusing global trends, including legal regulations on human rights, and taking measures on human rights.