Efforts on Sustainability
Basic views on sustainability
The Mitsubishi HC Capital Group (hereinafter "Group") understands that efforts toward sustainability—among them, protecting the global environment, respecting human rights, and embracing diversity—are an essential responsibility to society that corporations should fulfill. To continue to survive, corporations must pursue long-term growth while gaining the trust of their stakeholders by engaging in business activities that seek to resolve environmental, social, and economic issues.
Sustainability Promotion Framework
The Group established the Sustainability Committee in April 2021 to promote sustainability-based management. The committee is positioned as an advisory body to the Executive Committee and aims to lead and promote sustainability efforts in a way that is unified with management strategies.
The Sustainability Committee formulates plans related to the Group’s sustainability promotion such as its materiality and environmental issues, formulates goals and plans related to non-financial indicators, and monitors the progress of indicators among other activities, and reports important matters to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors.
The committee is chaired by the Head of the Corporate & Strategic Planning Division and its members consist of the President & CEO, Deputy Presidents, CFO (Chief Financial Officer), Head of the Human Resources & General Affairs Division, Head of the Risk Management Division, Head of the Credit Division, and Head of the IT & Operations Division.
The Mitsubishi HC Capital Groupʼs sustainability promotion framework
Investment in human capital and intellectual property, etc.
The Company's vision includes fostering of an open, creative, and engaging corporate culture that shapes each and every employee's motivation and pride. The Company established the Diversity Promotion Office with the aim to help diverse talent to play an active role by taking advantage of individual attributes such as nationality, age, and gender, as well as taking advantage of diverse values. The Company has actively worked on the development of work environment where every employee can efficiently work with motivation and vitality as well as the enhancement of the systems to support a good balance between work and family.
Our diversity promotion includes the promotion of work-life balance and the support for the development of the next generation, including women empowerment. The Company has also developed and promoted a healthcare system comprising "self-care", "care for the line by managers", and "care by internal healthcare staff (HR)", aiming to promote the health of employees.
The Company is also strategically making use of computerized information (software and database), innovative property (R&D and licenses), economic competencies (talent (human capital) and organization) and other intangible assets, regarding them as important for sustainable growth.
With the vision of the enhancement of corporate value by utilizing digital technology and data, the Company has been formulating medium- to long-term digital transformation strategies and promoting digital transformation initiatives.
At the same time, the Company is working to develop talent who are positive about digitalization by promoting self-development of employees, such as promoting the acquisition of related qualifications as a part of the education system.