As a responsible, public company, we stick to ethical conducts, establish corporate governance, and promote fair and transparent operation.
We believe the purpose of our corporate governance is to constantly enhance the corporate value from our stakeholders’ perspectives by improving the efficiency and transparency of our operation.
Not only shall we return our shareholders who entrusted us but also fulfill our obligations towards our employees and customers and earn trust from societies. Thus, reinforcement of our corporate governance is strategically crucial.
We will develop own managerial structure and system to make proper decisions, promptly execute based on the decisions, and monitor assuring compliance. We will also promptly and appropriately disclose our information for the transparency of our operation.
1. We secure shareholders’ rights and fairness.
2. We properly cooperate also with stakeholders including our customers, suppliers, creditors, societies, and employees other than shareholders.
3. We properly disclose our information for the transparency of our operation.
4. We properly fulfill the roles and obligations of the board of directors for transparent, fair, and prompt decision-making.
5. We constructively work with our shareholders through dialogue.
As we “value all business partners,” we do business with our suppliers in good faith and engage in procurement activities following the policies below:
- 1. Sustainable Partnership with Suppliers
We strive to build a long-term trusting relationship with our business partners for co-prosperity. - 2. Fair Trade
We provide equal opportunities to all new supplier candidates despite their country and treat our suppliers on an equal basis. The following criteria are used for supplier selection:
Reliability Technical capability Information gathering capability QCD of products - 3. Stable Procurement and Risk Management
We procure for stable supply based on our standard and strive to be prepared even for contingencies such as natural disasters or emergency. - 4. Compliance with Laws and Social Norms
We comply with the laws and social norms related to our procurement activities and do not violate intellectual property right of others. We do not do business with anti-social organization. - 5. Sustainability
We strive to engage in “sustainable procurement.” - 6. Information Management
We manage the information obtained from our suppliers as confidential information as follows.
We keep personal information of our suppliers, our employees, and third parties confidential and protect them.
We appropriately manage confidential information of our suppliers and our own and prevent them from leakage. - 7. CSR Activities with Business Partners
We assess supplier’s level of compliance, respect for human right, labor standards, and sustainable procurement as part of our supplier selection criteria to work together as responsible partners and contribute to sustainable societies.
Understanding and support from our business partners for the above-mentioned policies are crucial to engage in our healthy operation and fulfill our social responsibilities.
Our intent is to work together with our partners to promote CSR activities.
We have submitted a declaration of voluntary action to support White Logistics Movement driven forward by Japan’s Ministry of land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).
1. About White Logistics Movement
The purpose of White Logistics Movement is to address the scarcity of track drivers and secure stable logistic services for life of people and industrial activities that contribute to economic growth. This initiative involves the following objectives:
1. To enhance track transportation productivity and logistic efficiency, and
2. To realize “white” work environment friendly to female drivers or senior drivers over the age of 60.
2. Our Initiatives
We sustain White Logistics Movement and comply with the following:
(Action Policy)
- We undertake securing sustainable and stable logistic means as part of our management objectives and strive to improve our logistic operation in consensus and cooperation with our clients and logistic partners to realize more productive logistics and Work Style Reform.
(Legal Compliance)
- We provide support to our logistic partners to abide by all laws and regulations related to labor standards and truck transportation business as we properly correct and revise any contracts and terms where necessary not to infringe the laws and regulations.
(Contractual Establishment and Compliance)
- We stipulate terms and conditions for transportation, cargo work, and services related to inspections in the contracts and abide by them in cooperation with our clients and logistics partners.
- We have been engaging in logistic reformation since 2015 to standardize our logistic means and improve its performance. This movement accords with the aim of White Logistics Movement, and we will continue pressing forward.
We protect all information we deal with in our business activities and intelligence assets of stake holders and our company to be always reliable to society as we stay with the following policies:
- 1. Compliance with Laws and Social Ethics
We comply with laws and social ethics related to intelligence security.
(Personal information is secured according to our personal information protection policy.) - 2. Intelligence Control System
We establish our intelligence management system to properly protect and control intelligent assets. - 3. Continuous Improvement
We strive to constantly improve our intelligence control system. - 4. Training
We undertake the responsibility for and periodically train ourselves on the intelligence security. - 5. Actions in the Event of Accidents
We take prompt measures upon any intelligence security incidents or accidents to prevent expansion of the damage.
After such an event, immediate investigations for the cause and implementation of preventative measures will follow.
Basic Principle
Aiming to promote sustainable corporate growth and improve its value, Asahi Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter the “Asahi”) pays regard to the spirit of Fair Disclosure Rule established by Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and strive for prohibiting selective disclosure and promoting fair disclosure in order to deepen our stakeholders’ understanding and reliance on our business activities to enable their proper evaluation.
Information Disclosure Standards
1. Disclosure of Material Information
Asahi will disclose information in compliance with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and other legislation as well as the timely disclosure of corporate information stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on which Asahi is listed (hereafter the “Timely Disclosure Rule”). Additionally, material information will be determined by the responsible personnel for handling information (Senior Manager of Production Division) *1 upon consultation with relevant departments within the company according to the contents of the information concerned.
2. Voluntary Disclosure
Any information not subjected to the above rules on timely disclosure will be disclosed by us in light of timeliness and fairness if we consider it likely to influence investment decisions
Information Disclosure Methods
The disclosure of the material information prescribed in the rules for timely disclosure will be made through “TDnet (the Timely Disclosure Network) “provided by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The information disclosed on TDnet will also be disclosed promptly via the Asahi website.
Quiet Period
To prevent leaks of financial results before the announcement and to assure fairness of disclosure, Asahi have defined the quiet period as the time starting from the day after the closing date to the date on which earnings are announced. During this period, we refrains from making any comments or responding to inquiries related to the financial results. However, in the event that it is determined that results are expected to differ substantially from forecasts during a quiet period, the information will be appropriately disclosed following the Timely Disclosure Rule.
Performance Forecasts and Predictions about the Future
The statements of information on performance forecasts and predictions about the future disclosed by Asahi are judgements and assumptions made with information available at the time of announcement and involve risks and other uncertain factors. Therefore, actual performance may differ from such forward-looking statements due to various risks and uncertain factors.
Internal System for Disclosure
Asahi strives to establish internal system and to provide education for directors and responsible personnel for controlling information in order to conduct appropriate information disclosure, in accordance with various laws and regulations and the Timely Disclosure Rules, based on this Disclosure Policy. Moreover, the dialogues between Asahi and its shareholders are controlled by IR department (President Office) and supervised by responsible IR director(s). Ensuring proper dialogue with our shareholders, our IR department cooperates with other internal departments executing operations to collect and analyze information to allow the company to make right decisions before disclosure.
It is important that our investors have better understanding on Asahi Printing Co., Ltd. to enhance its corporate value. Therefore, Asahi communicates with our investors through company briefings for individual investors and institutional investors, website, timely disclosure, and IR materials and endeavors to ensure fair disclosure of information and clear explanation based on this Disclosure Policy. Asahi strives to enhance its IR activities toward deepening mutual understanding with our various stakeholders including our customers and employees and of improving our corporate value.
Opinions collected from stakeholders through information disclosure will be used in-house as a point of reference for corporate management.
Note*1: the responsible personnel for handling information (General Manager of Administrative Division) = the responsible director for disclosure (TSE registered)
Released in June 2018
In order we contribute society by continue our business, we grasp and analysis the risk of whole group and effort to find business solutions.
◆Risk Management Committee Establishment
We recognize, evaluate, and response of the risks that disturb continuous development of corporate activities, we established “risk management committee” having managers from each divisions and president of group companies as a member.
“Risk Management Office” understand/ review and instruct the countermeasures needed.
