Sustainability Management

 The Group strives to improve its social, environmental and economic value as well as enhanc eits corporate value over the medium to long term through continuous contribution to solving social issues, including SDGs, through its business activities. To this end, the Group implements sustainability management based on teh pillars of tackling environmental issues (E in ESG), connecting with society (S in ESG), and enhancing governance (G in ESG).

The Group's governance framework for implementing sustainability management ensures effectiveness and progress through supervision and business execution led by the Board of Directors and the Sustainability Committee, as shown in the "Sustainability Promotion Framework Diagram." Additionally, as part of these efforts, the Company has introduced a system that incorporates ESG indicators into Executive Officers' compensation evaluations and links their degree of achievement to the compensation, ensuring that they are aware of the importance of sustainability-related goals.