Human Rights
Basic Approach and Policy
We have adopted the CTC Group Human Rights Policy to clarify our commitment to human rights and implement effective measures for human rights initiatives in our corporate activities.
We also request our business partners and other stakeholders to understand and comply with this Policy and collaborate with us on initiatives for respecting human rights.
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Promotion structure
The officer in charge of sustainability promotion within the CTC Group will be responsible for implementing this Policy, and CTC's Board of Directors will oversee the initiatives set out therein.
Overview of Efforts to Respect Human Rights
The CTC Group supports international human rights codes, including the International Bill of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact.We will also promote measures for respecting human rights in alignment with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Human rights due diligence
1. Process of Identifying Especially Significant Human Rights Risks and Evaluation of Their Impacts
FY2023
In response to advice from an external consulting firm, we identified the human rights risks involved in our business activities and value chain and evaluated the priority of those risks along two axes; namely, the seriousness of the impact on human rights and the probability of the impact on human rights actually occurring. After the evaluation, we interviewed relevant internal departments and identified significant human rights risks.
FY2024
Regarding current concerns over significant human rights risks of the CTC Group and actions that have been taken in response, we interviewed 12 departments, with a focus on the administrative departments of the head office, as well as the labor union and three subsidiaries. The interviews were conducted jointly with an external consulting firm. As a result, regarding human rights risks requiring special attention, we identified details of their contents, regions, and relevant departments and subsidiaries, among others, and prioritized them.
2. Salient Human Rights Issues
Human rights risks that are especially significant include those related to workplace safety, our own procurement and product delivery, involvement in conflicts, etc. attributable to product/service provision, and forced labor, child labor, and rights of indigenous peoples and local communities on the value chain.
3．Grievance Mechanism
At the CTC Group, we have set multiple points of contact for consultation that are ready to provide stakeholders with consultations for their concerns and submit grievances. Where involvement in adverse human rights impacts has been revealed, we will take appropriate means in our efforts to correct and redress the situation.
Points of contact for consultation about human rights
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Initiatives
Initiatives for Diversity
We have adopted a Basic Policy on Diversity, aiming to create an environment that permits active participation of diverse human resources.
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LGBTQ+ Initiatives Based on the Basic Policy on Diversity
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Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence
We have established the Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence, in which our corporate stance on the use of AI is described, for the purpose of providing fair, highly transparent, reliable AI systems.
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Understanding the Current State within the Company
We conduct Compliance Awareness Surveys, which are anonymous questionnaire-based surveys, every other year for the purpose of determining the extent to which compliance awareness has been instilled and confirming the effectiveness of our initiatives.
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Human Rights-related Training
| FY2024 | Outline | Target participants | Attendance rate |
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| Human rights training | This training is provided in the form of e-learning for the purpose of having trainees understand the CTC Group Human Rights Policy, human rights risks involved in our corporate activities, and the CTC Group's initiatives related to human rights. | Officers, employees, and dispatched employees of the CTC Group | 98% |
| Information security training | This training is provided in the form of e-learning for the purpose of enhancing knowledge and awareness of information security. | Officers, employees, and dispatched employees of the CTC Group | 100% |
| Compliance training | This training is provided in the form of e-learning for the purpose of enhancing knowledge and awareness of legal affairs and compliance. | Officers, employees, and dispatched employees of the CTC Group | 100% |
| Management training | This training is provided in the form of e-learning concerning active participation of women and LGBTQ+, for the purpose of fostering a culture of promoting diversity. | Managing members of CTC | 100% |
Relationship with Our Suppliers
To promote sustainable business activities, we have formulated the CTC Group Supply Chain Sustainability Promotion Guidelines to be shared with our suppliers.
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Stakeholder Engagement
We participated in the 2024 Stakeholder Engagement Program hosted by Caux Round Table Japan. Through dialogues with companies, NPOs/NGOs, academics, experts, and other stakeholders, we deepened our understanding of the importance of business activities with respect for human rights. In addition, by identifying significant human rights issues in the electrical and information industries, we could gain a multifaceted understanding of the impact that our business activities have on society and stakeholders. We will continue to pursue human rights initiatives based on these dialogues and learnings.
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Participation in Initiatives Related to Human Rights
- Working Group on Human Rights Education and Working Group on Human Rights Due Diligence (Global Compact Network Japan)
