Haseko Group's Sustainability Management

We at the Haseko Group adopt a long-term perspective as we aim to address the social issues surrounding our daily lives through business operations.

As a corporate group for housing to create great living, we will promote CSR initiatives based on our CSR vision to fulfill our corporate philosophy and contribute to a sustainable society.

Message from the Officer in Charge of Sustainability Promotion

取締役執行役員 経営管理部門サステナビリティ推進担当兼グループシニア事業管掌 吉村直子

Society’s challenges surrounding housing and living are changing with the times. Under this circumstances, in order to achieve our corporate philosophy, “To contribute to society by creating an optimal environment for cities and people,” we at the Haseko Group are operating various businesses relating to housing and living. Society’s challenges surrounding housing and living are changing with the times. Based on my many years of experience in research in the field of housing for the elderly, I believe that resolving issues over a rapidly aging and declining population will be one of the important social roles expected of the Haseko Group. My hope is to be able to provide better products and services by digging deep to discover sustainable designs to support housing and living for an era where 100-year human lifespans are common. Utilizing my concurrent posts as operating officer responsible for sustainability promotion and director, I aim to establish a system that enables the Board of Directors to achieve thorough sustainability management. Going forward, I will fulfil my responsibilities so that the Company can conduct corporate activities that meet society’s demands and elevate management that is conscious of contributing to a society that adopts cyclical resource use.

Society is showing heightened interest in sustainability even in areas of business operations that do not directly involve products and services. In line with changes to the social climate, in May 2023, we revised the details of materiality for the second time and identified the four most material issues of (1) human capital (diversity & inclusion, human resources development), (2) responding to climate change, (3) respect of human rights, and (4) supply chain management. We have formulated and disclosed policies and guidelines for these four issues. That said, initiatives are at an early stage, and I believe further work in promoting these as foundations of our business activities is necessary. In particular, I plan to engage more directly with diversity & inclusion promotion initiatives as the Company’s first internally-promoted female Director.

Finally, I believe there is still room for improvement in regards to whether we are clearly demonstrating the connection between engaging in CSR activities and raising long-term corporate value, and we will address this in order to further heighten the understanding and support of our stakeholders regarding sustainable management of the Company. Sustainability initiatives are the compass that will guide us along the path we must take. The Haseko Group will continue to work diligently while pursuing deeper engagement with all our stakeholders.

Haseko Group’s Sustainability

Haseko Group’s Corporate Philosophy

To contribute to society by creating
an optimal environment for cities and people
As a corporate group for housing to create great living,
we will promote CSR initiatives based on our CSR vision below to fulfill our corporate philosophy.

CSR Vision

Better living – now and for the future We will engage ourselves in the daily lives of our customers and stakeholders and help create a better tomorrow.
Social issues surrounding our daily lives
  • Response to climate change
  • Conservation of ecosystem
  • Safety and security
  • Disaster prevention and disaster response
  • Regional revitalization
  • Response to demographic changes and aging society
  • Diversity promotion
  • Active participation of women
  • Health, medical care, and nursing care
  • Vocational education and creation of employment opportunities
  • Childcare and parental care
  • Sustainable consumption
  • Cyclical resource use

Formulation of CSR Vision

Through discussions held in the working group consisting primarily of young and mid-level employees of Group companies, we deepened our common understanding of CSR initiatives and expressly described what we aim to be as a group in the form of CSR Vision. Discussions on the CSR Vision were carried out in consideration of the outcome of the identification of materiality performed at the same time.

Opinions from working group members
  • We formulated a CSR vision that takes into account the potential of new challenges while cherishing the traditional traits unique to Haseko.
  • Given that employees’ understanding of the significance of CSR and CSR through core businesses is still far from satisfactory, instilling them among employees will be a major task for the future.

CSR Policy

Based on our CSR vision, we, in the Haseko Group, promote CSR activities in accordance with the following policy items:
  1. Through a broad range of businesses related to housing and daily life, we will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
  2. In collaboration with our stakeholders, we will take action to integrate social and environmental concerns into our businesses processes.
  3. Utilizing the collective capabilities of our Group, we will strengthen our management ability in order to create new value for society and meet the expectations of our customers and other stakeholders.
  4. In all our business activities, we will comply with the law and act on the basis of high ethical standards.
  5. We will continue to improve our CSR initiatives, proactively disclose information, and aim to raise transparency throughout the organization.
We cherish
the collective capabilities of the Haseko Group,
and they serve as the primary driving force of our CSR initiatives.
People, organization, and teamwork
Human resources full of spirit to take on challenges and vitality to take action will create new value to meet social expectations, together with various departments, Group companies, clients and members of local communities.
Consumer perspective
We have created the history of condominiums in Japan with consumers. On the front line of our businesses of housing and daily life, we will constantly uncover consumers’ needs and materialize products and services leveraging the collective capabilities of the Haseko Group.
Technology and know-how for life and living space
Based on a wide range of technologies and know-how related to life and living space, we are aggressively engaging in technological development and making business proposals that further accelerate solutions of social and environmental issues.

Our Four Main CSR Themes

We will promote initiatives toward realization of the four main CSR themes, which is the goal of the Haseko Group’s CSR.

Creating attractive living spaces
  • Sustainable living and sustainable cities
  • Product safety (services safety)
  • Technological development
  • Care of community and engagement
Building a company worth working at
  • Human Capital
    (diversity & inclusion, human resources development)
  • A safe and healthy working environment
Protecting the precious environment
  • Responding to climate change
  • Consideration for biodiversity
  • Pollution prevention and consideration for the local environment
Nurturing a culture of trust
  • Governance and risk management
  • Information disclosure and stakeholder engagement
  • Respect of human rights
  • Supply chain Management
  • Creating attractive living spaces

    We will create living spaces where people can feel safe, grow, and actively pursue diverse lifestyles. While promoting business that enhances the quality of child nursing, education, care, and welfare, we will aim to make safe, secure and environmentally considerate living the new standard.

    • 3 関連するSDGs目標
    • 3 すべての人に健康と福祉を
    • 7 エネルギーをみんなにそしてクリーンに
    • 8 働きがいも経済成長も
    • 9 産業と技術革新の基盤をつくろう
    • 12 つくる責任つかう責任
    • 13 気候変動に具体的な対策を
    • 15 陸の豊かさも守ろう
    • 17 パートナーシップで目標を達成しよう
    See initiatives for creating attractive living spaces
  • Building a company worth working at

    We will nurture a workplace where a diversity of employees can flourish, and where safety and productivity are high. Employees with advanced technological skill and know-how in the field of life and living spaces will work in passionate teamwork, and in collaboration with our business partners, to build attractive townhoods today and in the future.

    • 3 関連するSDGs目標
    • 5 ジェンダー平等を実現しよう
    • 8 エネルギーをみんなにそしてクリーンに
    • 9 産業と技術革新の基盤をつくろう
    • 17 パートナーシップで目標を達成しよう
    See initiatives for building a company worth working at
  • Protecting the precious environment

    We will promote environmental measures throughout the process of providing living spaces and services related to daily life. We are considerate about our impact on the ecosystem, and will pursue further improvements of resource and energy efficiency working with business partners to realize construction sites and workspaces that help protect the natural environment.

    • 3 関連するSDGs目標
    • 7 エネルギーをみんなにそしてクリーンに
    • 12 つくる責任つかう責任
    • 13 気候変動に具体的な対策を
    • 15 陸の豊かさも守ろう
    • 17 パートナーシップで目標を達成しよう
    See initiatives for protecting the precious environment
  • Nurturing a culture of trust

    In order to remain a corporate group co-creating value with stakeholders based on strong trust-based relations, we will implement the required organizational measures rigorously. We will strengthen management that harnesses our collective capabilities as a group, and while staying alert to new social and environmental issues, we will aim to constantly expand our ability to contribute to society through our business.

    See initiatives for nurturing a culture of trust

10 SDGs (Global Goals) closely related to Haseko Group CSR activities

We have identified ten of the Global Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United Nations with a particular connection to our business. We recognize that the business and operations of the Haseko Group are closely linked to social and environmental challenges, and through solution-oriented business actions, we aim to create synergies between the generation of social value and the growth of the Haseko Group.

  • 3 すべての人に健康と福祉を
  • 5 ジェンダー平等を実現しよう
  • 7 エネルギーをみんなにそしてクリーンに
  • 8 働きがいも経済成長も
  • 9 産業と技術革新の基盤をつくろう
  • 11 住み続けられるまちづくりを
  • 12 つくる責任つかう責任
  • 13 気候変動に具体的な対策を
  • 15 陸の豊かさも守ろう
  • 17 パートナーシップで目標を達成しよう
  • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 世界を変えるための17の目標

Materiality

Amidst accumulating environmental and social issues, including climate change, energy problems, aging society with fewer children, poverty, and human rights issues, corporations have a growing responsibility to solve such issues. The Haseko Group has identified priority issues to be addressed as materiality (material issues) from the perspective of business and social axes, and has incorporated these issues into our guidelines for promoting CSR. After having first identified the details of materiality in 2017, we subsequently revised these details in April, 2020 and again in May, 2023. We will conduct periodic reviews as necessary from a perspective of consistency with the management policy and social conditions.

Materiality Identification Process

Haseko Group’s Materiality

All of the materiality topics identified have been incorporated as components of our four main CSR themes.

CSR Action Plan

As a specific initiative for implementing sustainability, we have established the Haseko Group CSR Action Plan and are making progress with its implementation. The CSR Action Plan is based on the four main CSR themes, and consists of initiative items to move toward the “Vision for 2037 (100th anniversary)” and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure how much progress has been made. The Action Plan covers the business activities of the entire Haseko Group and is reviewed and improved each fiscal year.

With the medium-term business plan (Plan NS) formulated in February 2020, we reviewed the Action Plan in order to further reinforce the link between our sustainability and management policy.

A report on the targets and results for FY2022:

Haseko Group CSR Action Plan (FY2022 Results) [PDF: 0.20 MB]

Toward Establishing CSR Management: Medium-Term Business Plan, “HASEKO Next Stage Plan”

In February 2020, we formulated the “Haseko Group Long-Term Vision ~What the Company Aims to Be for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2030~” and medium-term business plan for achieving the vision, “HASEKO Next Stage Plan (Plan NS),” with the aim of making a further leap forward as a “corporate group for housing to create great living.” We will aim to achieve sustainable growth of the Haseko Group by including CSR management initiatives in our focused strategies and promoting further links with corporate management.

We will implement the following initiatives to make a further leap forward as a corporate group for housing to create great living.

Focused strategy (6) Initiatives of CSR management

  1. Enhance corporate value by implementing both “creating social value” and “growing the group” through solving problems regarding business
  2. Incorporating important ESG factors to pursue for long-term growth, and the strengths of the Company group into CSR themes, and promoting CSR targets

Sustainability Organizational Framework

As a subordinate body under the committee, we also have the “Sustainability Promotion Conference” to engage in promoting and instilling CSR activities across the Group, including environmental initiatives such as decarbonization, energy and environmental technologies.

Diagram of Sustainability Management Structure

Role of Each Body

Body Role Composition Frequency of meetings Secretariat
Sustainability Committee Deliberates and decides matters on CSR management at the management level [Chairperson] President of Haseko Corporation
[Members] Officers in charge of Haseko Corporation divisions and Haseko Group company presidents		 twice a year Sustainability Promotion Department
Sustainability Promotion Conference Deliberates and executes specific policies for CSR management [Members] Operating officer and Managers of Haseko Corporation and Haseko Group companies three times a year Sustainability Promotion Department
Housing Planning Promotion Department