Environment management

To support the longevity of our world, which is the foundation of our corporate activities, the Company specifically considers climate change as important among various environmental issues, and commits to reducing greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions by setting a group-wide target. The progress of the target will be monitored by the Board of Directors, based on discussions in the Sustainability Committee.

Environmental Policy

In strict compliance with environmental laws and regulations, we conduct activities in the following four areas to contribute toward conservation of the planet.

1. Conservation of the Planet through Our Business Activities

We actively strive to provide our customers and other stakeholders with information to enhance their environmental awareness via all of our business activities, products, and services. We also carry out quantitative measurements of our environmental conservation activities, and report the progress we make publicly.

2. Initiatives to Prevent Climate Change

We monitor our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-not just from electric energy and fossil energy at our offices, but through our entire value chain--and work together with our partners to reduce these emissions.

3. Recycling, Reducing Energy Use, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation

We work to gauge every stage of the environmental impact through our entire value chain. Building on this knowledge, we actively work with our business partners to promote recycling, reduce energy use, prevent environmental contamination, and preserve the world's biodiversity.

4. Fostering Employee Eco-Awareness and Supporting Their Actions

We provide support so that all Recruit Group employees can enhance their awareness of the need to address the climate crisis and give full consideration to the environment in all actions and proposals in their work and daily lives.

*Established April 1, 2010 (modified August 31, 2021)

Progress in our four promises

We report the progress of each project centered on the four promises in our environmental policy. The introduction of an environmental management system was an occasion for a more detailed breakdown of the specific actions in these efforts.

Environmental Action Plan	Efforts	Detailed activities
(1) Environmental activities through our services	Environmental activities through our services	Sharing of environmental information through feature articles and other means Development of environmentally friendly products and services Environmental preservation and other activities with client and customer participation
(2) Efforts to combat climate change	Companywide Efforts	Calculation and monitoring of carbon dioxide emissions and measures to reduce them
	Activities in our print publications	Distribution efficiency and thorough management of the recycling rate for unsold/remaining publications
	Activities in our net services	Data center integration
(3) Recycling, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation Efforts	Recycling & pollution prevention Biodiversity	Environmental efficiency indicators Cooperation with suppliers in the papermaking and printing stages Monitoring of environmental efficiency indicators Participation in afforestation projects
(4) Fostering Employee Eco-awareness and Support for Their Actions	Promoting Ecological Awareness	Energy and resource savings in office activities Energy and resource savings in setting up offices Checks with compliance tests Certification Test for Environmental Specialists

Oversight for Environmental Issues

The Board of Directors has oversight on climate change and other environmental issues. As an advisory body to the Board of Directors, the Sustainability Committee meets twice a year, attended by the CEO, the Chairperson, Director of the Board in charge of sustainability, Corporate Executive Officers who are in charge of each SBU, and internal and outside experts.

The Committee members discuss climate related strategies, action plans, business plans, risk assessments, performance targets, and target progress reports. The Committee's advice is passed on to the Board of Directors for final resolutions. The Board of Directors is responsible for the monitoring and oversight of progress toward the climate targets. The Director of the Board in charge of sustainability is responsible for the disclosure of information and delegates policy implementation to the Corporate Executive Officer in charge of sustainability.

ISO-14001 Certification

To make steady progress on environmental policy, we implemented ISO 14001 (Registration No. JMAQA-E831), which is an international standard that specifies requirements for an effective environmental management system (EMS), in March 2011. Together with annual internal audits, we also undergo an annual review by external examiners to renew our certification. Matters related to climate change are reported to the Board of Directors every year as part of the process of updating the ISO14001 certification.

We strive to assess the environmental impact of our products and services throughout their life cycles as well as the impact of our business activities that produce these products and services. Based on a thorough understanding of this impact, we take the necessary steps to comply with environmental laws and regulations. We have also crafted a framework to promote these actions, drafted environmental management guidelines, set concrete goals in our environmental policy with plans to achieve them, and created a system to carry out regular checks of our progress in these areas. We will continue pursuing these actions based on our environmental policy.

Japan-based companies within Recruit Group that have ISO 14001 certification as of January 2021 are stated below^*;

Recruit Holdings / Recruit / Recruit Career / Recruit Jobs / Recruit Management Solutions / Recruit Sumai Company / Recruit Marketing Partners / Recruit Lifestyle / Recruit Communications / Recruit Technologies Staff Service Holdings / Staff Service / Techno Service / Recruit Staffing

Please refer to the ISO14001 Certificate of Registration here.

*Company name as of January 2021, at the issuance of the latest registration certificate.

Certification as an eco-first company

On April 21, 2011, Recruit received certification as an Eco-First company for its leadership in environmental preservation in the information services industry. This certification comes under the Eco-First system established by Japan's Ministry of the Environment. As a company that provides a wide range of new value propositions and opportunities to society, we will continue to energetically make efforts to reduce the impact of our activities on the environment. At the same time, we will work through our business activities, products, and services to extend the reach of our "eco smile" initiatives to preserve the global environment.

More on Eco-First

The Eco-First System is a program to encourage companies to take efforts to be at the forefront of corporate environmental conservation in their industries. Companies express their commitment to environmental conservation efforts, such as measures against global warming or for reducing/recycling waste, to the Minister of the Environment, and certified companies are granted the use of the "Eco-First Mark."