Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) /
United Nations Global Compact

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Foster Group will continue to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are proposed by the United Nations, and conduct sustainability activities through the UNGC framework.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Our Actions

We are promoting the following 13 items among the 17 goals through our business activities and will continue to take action to help achieve a sustainable society.

SDGs	Actions	Business Activities	Social Contribution	In-house
	Donation activities for low-income households, assistance with food, clothes, necessities etc.		●
	Participation in a blood donation program		●
	・Implementation of Health Point System ・Health enhancement online seminars			●
	・Hosting the Speaker Craft Workshop for Parents and Children ・Work experience program for junior high school students		●
	・Introduction of online training content related to diversity ・Implementation of career training for young and mid-career female employees ・Conducted in-house training on Unconscious Bias			●
	・Water risk management ・Wastewater recycling of the papermaking process	●
	CO2 reduction	●
	Management of environmentally hazardous substances	●
	Work style reform			●
	Reduction of scheduled working hours			●
	Lifting the ban on second jobs			●
	Enrichment of holiday/leave programs			●
	Career course system, which permits employees to choose options flexibly in accordance with the career plan and life stage of each			●
	・Education on promoting diversity ・Driving the employment of diverse human resources, regardless of their nationality			●
	Management of chemical substances	●
	Promotion of recycling	●
	Environmentally friendly products	●
	Initiatives for CO2 reduction	●
	Promotion of clean energy use	●
	Environmentally friendly products	●
	Planting activities		●
	Initiatives for responsible minerals sourcing	●
	Governance Structure			●
	CSR assessments and audits	●
	Responsible procurement	●

About United Nations Global Compact

In January 2017, Foster Group signed and joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.
As a company that operates globally, we support the 10 principles of the UNGC of “Human Rights,” “Labour,” “Environment” and “Anti-Corruption” and conduct activities for compliance, decent work, care for the environment, and sustainability procurement, etc.

Activities as a member of the Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ)

The Supply Chain Subcommittee, Environmental Management Subcommittee, Human Rights Training Education Subcommittee, Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) Subcommittee, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Subcommittee, ESG Subcommittee, CSV Subcommittee, WEPs Subcommittee, Reporting Study Subcommittee, Circular Economy Subcommittee, and Well-Being Subcommittee of the GCNJ, which consist of the member companies of the UNGC do not just share information about the latest sustainability-related trends and case studies from each company through lecture meetings led by experts. They are also working to achieve results in broad areas supporting the sustainability activities of many companies based on the wide-ranging experience of the member companies. In addition, the knowledge obtained through the subcommittees' activities is reflected in our sustainability activities.