Sustainability | Rigaku Holdings Corporation

Rigaku has the corporate mission: “To contribute to the enhancement of humanity through scientific and technological development.” At Rigaku it’s not just a mission, it’s a passion to transform the world through science and innovation. With our commitment to a sustainable future, we bring to our customers cutting edge solutions for the green economy and digital transformation. And we are globally committed to the highest standards of corporate governance and to our social responsibilities as a company.

All of us at Rigaku are excited to be working ever more closely with our valued customers, partners, and other stakeholders to make a better and more sustainable world.

Rigaku President and CEO: Jun Kawakami

Why do we need “Materiality”?

Rigaku group has upheld the corporate mission of its founders to “contribute to the enhancement of humanity through the development of science and technology,” working with the motto to “Value our customers, value our people, and value our technology.” Now the global environment issues including climate change, inappropriate management of resources, and loss of biodiversity affect our daily life and sustainability of society and economy. Based on that, Rigaku group specified our “Materiality” to contribute to realize the sustainable world and keep developing and growing with our customers through our business activities. We integrate this materiality into our mid-to-long term strategy and execute on this through our business.

Sustainability related materiality

Process for specifiying sustainability related materiality

Identify a pool of potential social issues

Create a long-list of "societal issues" for evaluation with reference to GRI standard, SASB, UN SDGs, and other international guidelines. Tailor the list adding some further items specific to Rigaku’s business and profile.
Individual executives’ views on materiality gathered in survey

Conduct and collate a survey of "important social issues for my company" with around 40 key people. Survey respondents are executive officers and above and based worldwide, including independent directors/auditors. Also, prepare reference data about competitors and guidelines information to provide an external view.
Executive management group’s opinions on materiality consolidated at ESG Steering Committee

Based on the survey results, discuss the most prominent social issues at the ESG Promotion Committee and build the final Materiality matrix for presentation to and endorsement by the Board of Directors.
KPIs were set in line with the Materiality, also approved by the Board.
Sustainability governance systems

Human Rights Policy

Rigaku Group Human Rights Policy: Rigaku respects human rights and works to promote respect for human rights through our supply chain. This Policy sets out our basic stance on human rights.

Procurement Policies

Procurement policy: This Policy sets out Rigaku’s basic stance on procurement, including the importance of sustainability.

CSR procurement guideline: This Guideline sets out Rigaku’s expectations towards participants in the supply chain with regard to responsible behaviour on human rights, environmental protection and other important societal issues.

Green procurement guideline
List of Prohibited Controlled Substances: Rigaku group is working to reduce use of chemical substances which are potentially hazardous, and ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations. These Guidelines set out our stance and expectation towards suppliers.

Responsible mineral procurement: This document sets out Rigaku’s stance on responsible mineral procurement.

Code of conduct

Rigaku Group Code of Conduct

Other Compliance-Related Policies

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