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The Group believes that the value of a company is a synthesis of financial and non-financial value, and place importance on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors in promoting our business. In our “Basic Sustainability Policy” that was established in 2021, we define our aim to create a sustainable and beautiful society through embodying “Create a Beautiful Tomorrow Together,” and are pursuing a contribution to solving social issues through our business activities.
Furthermore, we position human assets as one of the most important management resources. The Group believes that value co-creators responsible for co-creating value represent the source of the Group’s business growth and ability to create a sustainable and beautiful society of tomorrow, and we are progressing with various initiatives.
We will continue to achieve high governance and all group employees will strive to solve social issues through value co-creation activities based on collaboration that combines diverse human assets, knowledge, capabilities, and technology.
Hiroshi Ota, Representative Director and President
Basic Sustainability Policy
We aim to create a sustainable and beautiful society through embodying
"Create a Beautiful Tomorrow Together."
The Sustainability Committee is strengthening our efforts to address ESG and SDGs challenges by examining key issues including climate-related topics, monitoring associated risks and opportunities, and regularly reporting to the Board of Directors. A summary of the operations of the Sustainability Committee is as follows. (as of May 2025)
- The Sustainability Committee is chaired by a Director who executes operations and comprises Executive Officers overseeing relevant business groups. The committee deliberates on key issues from the three ESG perspectives: "Environment," "Social," and "Governance"—including consideration for global environmental issues such as climate change, human assets and fair and appropriate treatment, fair and proper transactions with business partners, and crisis response to natural disasters.
- Important matters regarding sustainability initiatives are deliberated at the Management Meeting and subsequently reported to and supervised by the Board of Directors.
- The Sustainability Committee is regularly convened to discuss initiatives for addressing sustainability-related challenges. The committee also examines specific measures and monitors their progress.
Risks concerning Human Assets, a key material issue for our Group, are identified and managed by the Risk Management Committee, which is chaired by an Executive Officer. This committee reports and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors. Measures addressing the identified Human Assets risks are then reviewed and monitored by the Sustainability Committee.
Regarding matters such as legal compliance, the Compliance Committee, chaired by the Executive Officer serving as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), conducts supervision and examines relevant measures.
As for climate-related risks, the Sustainability Committee explores responses to transition risks associated with achieving a decarbonized society, risks related to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, and risks stemming from the physical impacts of climate change.
The SIGMAXYZ Group actively participates in green transformation efforts aimed at realizing a decarbonized society by 2050. Through initiatives such as raising awareness among industries and enterprises and developing a new generation of aggregator talent, we strive to contribute to the improvement of the global environment. We aim to create a sustainable and beautiful society by supporting advanced products and services that drive positive change through our client partnerships and community engagement.
Specific initiatives addressing climate change include:
- SIGMAXYZ Inc., our consulting business, is a member of the Carbon Neutral Working Group of the Japan Association of New Economy.
- Our energy analysts and consultants specializing in decarbonization actively disseminate information through book publications, media contributions, interviews, and seminar appearances.
- Across the SIGMAXYZ Group, we are promoting paperless operations for internal communication. In addition, we have completely discontinued the provision of beverages in PET bottles at our business premises, completed a full switchover to LED ceiling lighting, and replaced plastic clear folders with paper-based alternatives.
- At our headquarters, we procure FIT Non-Fossil Certificates and allocate their environmental value across our offices according to electricity consumption, allowing us to regard all of our business locations as being powered by renewable energy sources and thereby reduce our environmental footprint.
GX Business Creation and Entry Strategy
Author: SIGMAXYZ (Published by Nikkei BP)
Published in April 2025
The SIGMAXYZ Group was awarded a score of “B” — the highest rating in the CDP 2024 Corporate SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) category — in the 2024 climate change survey conducted by CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), an international non-profit organization.
In addition to continuing our own efforts to reduce environmental impact, we will contribute to addressing global environmental challenges through business activities that promote corporate transformation and by collaborating with our partners.
- Striving to expand value-added activities to address social issues as well as our clients’ issues with a view to achieving the SDGs, we always set up a meeting on commencing a project for consensus-building with a client concerning which of the SDGs’ 17 goals are to be achieved, and how.
We will continue to promote projects with the aim of creating an impact on social issues.
We have obtained the "B Corporation Certification" for the business and activities of SIGMAXYZ Group.
More than 9500 companies in 102 countries have obtained this certification.
SIGMAXYZ Group is the first listed company group that has its headquarters in Japan. (As of March 2025)
In order to further enhance the corporate governance system, we have established an Audit & Supervisory Committee including several independent outside directors. We have adopted this system as we believe it will further strengthen the supervisory functions of the Board of Directors, ensure management transparency, and improve efficiency.
Diagram of the corporate governance system（as of March 31, 2025）
In order to further enhance our corporate governance system, we established and announced an “Anti-Bribery Policy” in September 2023. By prohibiting bribery and declaring our initiatives to prevent bribery, we will strive to detect and prevent fraudulent acts. Further, we established a “Human Rights Policy” in April 2024.
Protecting individual information and ensuring that information assets are safeguarded properly and rigorously is a priority in our group's business operations. As the lead company for our group's consulting business, SIGMAXYS Inc. has obtained the PrivacyMark (P Mark) and ISMS certification and is continuously monitoring its internal information management processes for improvement.
- PrivacyMark No. 10840533 (06)
- ISO/IEC 27001 Registration certificate number JQA-IM1411
The PrivacyMark System is a system for certifying companies which meet Japanese Industrial Standard "JIS Q 15001 Personal Information Protection Management System - Requirements" set by the Japanese Industrial Standards. Particularly, the system gives the "PrivacyMark" to businesses that are capable of taking appropriate measures to protect personal information and certifies the use thereof in their business.
The ISMS Conformity Assessment Scheme is based on "Information technology - Security techniques - Information security management systems - Requirements" in accordance with the Japanese Industrial Standards. It is used by third-party certification bodies to evaluate companies that wish to be certified.