Framework for Promoting Sustainability Strategy
Establish a System to Promote Sustainability
Structure
Hitachi pursues sustainability initiatives across the group under the leadership of Chief Sustainability Officer, Lorena Dellagiovanna. At the Hitachi Group, the Senior Executive Committee, which includes the Growth Strategy Meeting, Risk Management Meeting, and Human Resource Strategy Meeting, deliberates and makes decision on important sustainability issues. These issues are submitted to the Board of Directors as needed.
The Growth Strategy Meeting discusses matters relating to the management strategies necessary for the Group’s growth.
The Risk Management Meeting deliberates and makes decisions on important group-wide risks. The Meeting’s goal is to strengthen the Company’s management base linked to growth strategies through a unified and horizontal understanding of risks across the entire Group.
The Human Resource Strategy Meeting is positioned as an advisory body to the President, who makes decisions related to the organization and human capital, and the Meeting discusses matters needed to foster an organization and culture aimed at the growth of the Group, and to secure and cultivate human resources.
We promote sustainability practices throughout the entire Group under the leadership of the Chief Sustainability Officer. We hold the Sustainability Promotion Meeting once or twice a year to discuss important sustainability initiatives and share information. The meeting is chaired by the Chief Sustainability Officer. The other members are the heads of the Business promotion divisions of each business unit (BU) and key Group companies and the Sustainability Officers of regional headquarters.
Individual sustainability themes such as carbon neutrality, circular economy, human rights due diligence (HRDD), diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), occupational safety and health, supply chains, quality assurance, etc. are promoted by meeting bodies consisting of responsible staff at BUs and principal Group companies as part of cross-organizational activities in the Hitachi Group, who discuss measures and share information across the entire Group.
Framework for Promoting Sustainability Strategy
Overview of Sustainability Related Conference Bodies
| Meeting | Attendees | Purpose | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainability Promotion Meeting | Chief Sustainability Officer, Business promotion division heads at BUs & key Group companies and RHQ Sustainability Officers | Deliberation, information sharing related to material sustainability initiatives | Once or twice per year |
| Eco-Management Meeting | Heads of Business promotion/Environment-related/MONOZUKURI (production)/ Procurement divisions from BUs and key Group companies |
Deliberation, planning, and implementation of action plans (environmental action plans) to achieve the Hitachi environmental long-term goals | Every half-year |
| Eco-Management CN2030 Promotion Project Meeting |
Heads and members of Environment-related/MONOZUKURI (production) divisions from BUs and key Group companies |
Monitoring and implementation of CN action plan and discussion of acceleration | Every half-year |
| Eco-Management 3R Promotion Project Meeting |
Heads and members of Environment-related/MONOZUKURI (production) divisions from BUs and key Group companies |
Promotion of actions for 3R activities toward realizing CE | Every quarter |
| Sustainable Procurement Conference | Chief Procurement Officer, heads of the procurement divisions at BUs and key Group companies, and individuals responsible for and engaged in sustainable procurement | Communicate the Hitachi Group sustainable procurement policies and strategies to all procurement divisions, improve knowledge and share best practices | Every half-year |
| HRDD Execution Managers Meeting | HRDD execution managers from BUs and key Group companies | Provide information and knowledge necessary for HRDD implementation, and share status of implementation in BUs and key Group companies | Once or twice per year |
| Senior DEI Council | DEI leaders from each sector and BU (CDEIO and CHRO) | Set our DEI Strategy, targets, and global priority issues | Every half-year |
| Global DEI Council | DEI leaders from BUs and key Group companies | Implement DEI policies, initiatives and share best practices | Once per two months |
| Health and Safety Leaders Meeting | Individuals responsible for health and safety at BUs, key Group companies (CHRO, officer in charge of health and safety) |
Instruct and communicate occupational health and safety activity policies and
measures, confirm progress Share the details of important incidents related to occupational health and safety, discuss measures to ensure the prevention of recurrence |
Once per two months |
| QA Division-Manager Liaison Meeting | Heads of the quality assurance divisions at BUs and key Group companies | Discuss and develop shared Hitachi Group quality improvement activity policies and measures for products and services |
Every quarter |
Framework for Implementing the Hitachi GX Strategy
Aiming to be a global leader in green transformation (GX), Hitachi formulated a Green Strategy consisting of GX for CORE and GX for GROWTH, striving to put into place a framework to execute our strategy.
With the aim of increasing our environmental presence, we established the Environmental Strategy Planning Division in April 2024. This Division will facilitate the development of policies and roadmaps for our Green Strategy as a whole. Based on this strategy, our Internal Environment Initiatives Division (which leads GX for CORE, our environmental activities within the Hitachi Group) and our Global Environment Business Division (which drives GX for GROWTH, Company growth through green businesses) collaborate with each of our business sectors, all fostering environmental contributions in their respective business fields, to promote the Green Strategy throughout the group.
Framework for implementing GX strategy
