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Toshiba Publishes English Edition of CSR Report 2018
TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo: 6502) today announced that the English edition of the Toshiba Group Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2018 (hereinafter “CSR Report 2018”) is now available.
Published annually since 2004 the report is a comprehensive account of Toshiba Group’s latest activities in the areas of social responsibility, governance and the environment. It provides interested parties with an authoritative resource on Toshiba Group’s CSR policies, plans, programs and activities.
The 2018 report explains various efforts at the Toshiba Group’s important material issues (human rights, supply chain CSR and environmental management) , and gives a full account of Toshiba Group’s latest ESG activities, including talent development, diversity, quality control and risk management. The report contains standard disclosures referenced ISO26000 and the GRI Standard[1] etc..
Four sections highlight major activities in the last year.
- Human Rights covers a seminar on rights awareness in FY2017, and also includes Group company statements of compliance with the United Kingdom Modern Slavery Act 2015.
- Supply Chain CSR looks at measures to promote better understanding of Toshiba Group procurement policy by our partners; it spotlights working with procurement partners in the Philippines on capacity building (strengthening organizational capabilities) and status monitoring.
- Environmental management introduces an outline of "Environmental Report 2018," which will be published separately, and Toshiba Group’s environmental policies and measures.
- A new section on Sustainable Development Goals explain Toshiba Group's activities, with case studies based on business activities.
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[1] Criteria for sustainability reporting prepared by GRI (Global Reporting Initiative). This report refers to GRI's Sustainability Reporting Standard 2016.