Sustainability

Message from the President

Our priority on sustainability management aims to generate a positive cycle for resolution of ESG issues and improvement of earnings to achieve sustainable growth.

With our “Sustainability policy” serving as a guideline for the achievement of a sustainable society and business growth, we are committed to meeting the challenge of climate change and other social issues, and we will fulfill our social and environmental responsibilities as a global company through our business activities.

Hiroyuki Ogawa
President and CEO
Representative Director

Mr.Ogawa

Sustainability: Meeting the challenge

Our “Sustainability policy” and sustainability management provide a solid foundation for all our initiatives and activities.

Sustainability policy

This policy was established to clearly express our earnest stance of responding to climate change and other social issues. It is an essential component of our purpose statement: “Creating value through manufacturing and technology innovation to empower a sustainable future where people, businesses, and our planet thrive together."

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Management of sustainability

This introduction to materiality, our system to promote sustainability, and some of our major achievements will provide a better understanding of how we pursue sustainability management.

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Sustainability activities

Sustainability is an important part of Komatsu’s history and our brand purpose; to empower a sustainable future where people, businesses and our planet thrive together.

With people

We provide an environment where diverse and global employees can work safely and healthily as one team, with respect for each individual, and with satisfaction and pride.
The employees of Komatsu Group companies are irreplaceable assets.
Ensuring the safety and health of employees in the workplace is a core tenet of Komatsu's pursuit of business.
As Komatsu Group, we shall respect human rights related to all of our business activities.

With business

We contribute to society through our business activities by providing our customers with safe and highly productive products, services and solutions that realize sustainable infrastructure development, resource development and a recycling-oriented society.
We build relationships with our business partners and local communities that enable mutual trust, fairness, co-existence and co-prosperity.
While ensuring Group-wide compliance with the rules of business society, Komatsu strives to increase the total sum of trust placed in our company by society and all our stakeholders.

With the planet

Through all of our business activities, we strive to reduce our environmental impact and preserve the global environment through the use of advanced technologies.
We strive to increase both global environmental conservation and business growth through manufacturing and technological innovation.
We pursue collaboration and value creation with our stakeholders towards a sustainable planet and future.

Corporate governance

Komatsu aspires to be a company which earn and enjoys increasing trust from all our stakeholders. With this goal in mind, we are working to strengthen corporate governance, improve management efficiency, advocate corporate ethics, and ensure sound management on a group-wide basis.

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Komatsu's social contribution activities

Undertaking social contribution activities in the communities where we operate is one of our important corporate responsibilities. We recognize and position social contribution activities as activities that are in alignment with the Sustainability Policy and do not directly generate earnings. Leveraging our strengths as a business, we seek to give back to the community and society in general.

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People