At Toyo Tanso, the Sustainability Promotion Committee examined material sustainability issues and reported the results to the Board of Directors. In December 2021, the Board of Directors approved the list of issues. We will increase our sustainability by accelerating our efforts to address the material issues, and will contribute more and more to society and the environment.

　To identify material issues, we investigated our relationships with society and the environment along our value chain, and then identified sustainability issues, referring to issues addressed in global efforts, such as GRI, SASB, and SDGs, as well as issues listed in relevant guidelines.
　After that, we evaluated the identified issues in terms of the impact our company can have on society and the environment, and the impact society and the environment can have on our company, with regard to each issue, and then selected the ones that were evaluated to be very important for either of the two cases as material issues. These material issues were reviewed by the Sustainability Promotion Committee and then, in December 2021, they were reported to and approved by the Board of Directors.
　 We will review the material issues every year in order to promote conversation with our stakeholders, as well as to respond to changing management environments and social situations.

　The Toyo Tanso Group's material issues are composed of 4 social problem categories and 14 key items that the group should work on as a global material manufacturer.
　In particular, products developed, manufactured and sold based on social and customer needs in electronics (e.g., semiconductors), mobility, life science, clean energy, etc. are likely to contribute enormously to the realization of a sustainable society.

We are studying KPIs and targets, and we will continue to disclose these as well.