Materiality 4: Strengthening the Group Management Base Through Progressing Governance
Values We Embrace (6) Strengthening the Management Infrastructure of the Entire KDDI Group
Create social and environmental value by establishing a strong management infrastructure through the strengthening of governance in the entire KDDI Group
KDDI's Strengths
- Maintaining high ethical standards by instilling an understanding of the KDDI Group Mission Statement and the KDDI Group Philosophy and adhering to the KDDI Code of Business Conduct
- Ensuring customer privacy protection with advanced security technology
Initiatives
Progress of Mid-Term Sustainability Targets (FY2022-FY2025)
| Details of implementation | Index | FY2021 results[1] |
FY2022 results |
FY2023 results |
FY2024 results |
FY2025 targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthen the governance and information security of the Group as a whole | Number of serious incidents (excluding equipment failures)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of initiatives of advanced security technology (cumulative total) |
4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 23 |
Values We Embrace (7) Respect for Human Rights
Respect human rights in all business activities, eradicate human rights violations in the supply chain, and contribute to the sustainable growth in society.
KDDI's Strengths
- A corporate culture that respects human rights through management based on the KDDI Group Philosophy
- Establishing a sustainable supply chain through responsible procurement practices
Initiatives
- Formulated the KDDI Group Policy on Customer Harassment (in Japanese only)Open in a new window
- Selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for Best Practices in Information Accessibility 2024 for the “au Ponta Portal” and “au Visual Guide” (in Japanese only)Open in a new window
- Conducted on-site audits, dialogues, and improvement proposals on sustainable procurement with 72 business partners
Progress of Mid-Term Sustainability Targets (FY2022-FY2025)
| Details of implementation | Index | FY2021 results[1] |
FY2022 results |
FY2023 results |
FY2024 results |
FY2025 targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human rights due diligence | Improvement response rate in the activities of high-risk suppliers that may be violating human rights | Check the status of respect for human rights with approximately 90% of top suppliers in terms of the purchase value (response rate: 98%) | Select potential risk suppliers and initiate individual dialogues and improvement proposals | Improvement response rate: 75% | Improvement response rate: 100% | Continuation of the 100% improvement response rate |
For details on our Medium-Term Sustainability Targets (FY2022–FY2025), please click here.
- *1Reference data for outside the Mid-Term Sustainability Targets period.