Our Commitment to Social Challenges over the Next 100 Years

Relationship between our business and SDGs

Yokohama Rubber has confirmed the current state of initiatives through its business in consideration of the objectives of sustainable development goals (SDGs), and analyzed which target areas initiatives should be strengthened in going forward. Based on this analysis, Yokohama Rubber will endeavor to review its priority issues going forward.
An assessment will be conducted on the efforts in response to social challenges by all Group companies based on documents and interviews from the four perspectives of planning, implementation status, monitoring, and communication of results.

Relationship between efforts through the value chain and SDGs

VOICE Comment from an analysis and assessment organization: Mizuki Kurauchi
Environmental Assessment Section Manager,
Global Environmental Project Department,
Japan Quality Assurance Organization

We recently confirmed the business performance of the Yokohama Rubber Group and its business processes through the filter of SDGs. As a result of this assessment, we found that nearly all of the activities conducted in accordance with the vectors indicated in the CSR Management Vision, Yokohama Group Action Guidelines, and GD100 and Environmental GD100 mapped with the SDGs, and that actual management of the organization was closely linked with the resolution of social issues for sustainable development.
Looking at the results of mapping in the value chain, there were many extremely positive areas including multiple efforts in upstream processes that assist in achieving SDGs, and multiple efforts that strengthen positive effects and minimize negative effects that have been conducted since in the past with clear objectives related to sustainability. Going forward it would be preferable to review what challenges should be tackled as priorities in sustainable development goals through materiality analysis and dialogue with stakeholders.
We hope that Yokohama Rubber remains to be a global company for the next 100 years and continues to contribute to happiness and prosperity based on sustainable development.

*The CSR Report 2017 that contains this comment has been prepared based on materials including sustainability reports deemed to be generally acceptable, and this comment does not represent the conclusion that information contained within the CSR Report 2017 has been accurately measured and calculated and disclosed without omission.