The Pioneer Group identifies material issues to be addressed as priority themes, with an aim to contribute to the sustainable development of our society.
We linked our environmental and social initiatives thus far to our business strategies
and identified our material issues in fiscal 2021.
We summarized the identified material issues from a CSV and ESG perspective.
Themes designed to help solve social
issues through businesses
Themes that form the foundation of management
We regularly monitor the status of our materiality-related initiatives in order to improve them.
The results of individual initiatives are shown below.
Material Issues | Initiatives | Results for Fiscal 2023 | Relevant SDGs |
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Reduce traffic accident risks |
Increase the number of subscribers of telecommunications event data recorders to help support safe driving | ||
Actively propose safety features for navigation models to the market | |||
Resolve labor shortages/last one mile issues |
Promote solutions for the distribution and delivery industry that help solve various vehicle operation-related issues | ||
Resolve issues of excessive information/ complexity in traveling |
Expand sales of devices and services that prevent accidents by providing optimal information tailored to driving conditions without requiring eye movement or screen operation to enhance convenience and mitigate danger risks | ||
Actively promote to the market easy-to-use operability features installed in navigation models and display audio models that are driver-friendly while driving | |||
Support mobility in aging and globalized society |
Offer in-vehicle HMI*1 solutions that enable everyone to move around safely and comfortably in the face of increasingly diverse driver needs and mobility scenarios | ||
Aim to improve universal design support in the GUI*2 field | |||
Improve universal design in the voice user interface | |||
Creation of mobility solution services while promoting a proof-of-concept to which we provides core asset technologies through advance development activities with automakers | |||
Contributing to a sustainable global environment |
Reduce CO2 emissions derived from the Company in fiscal 2030 by 30% compared to fiscal 2018 (Japan and overseas) | Reduced CO2 emissions |
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Reduce CO2 emissions across the product and service lifecycle | Continued selecting models for LCA and conducting LCA |
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Visualize the size of contribution by products and services | Information disclosure |
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Customer satisfaction and product safety |
Established quality assurance for products and services | Built and started employing new processes |
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Talent development (innovative people, awareness of social contribution) |
Foster innovative personnel by creating opportunities for autonomous growth* | Conducted employee engagement surveys, provided feedback on results, and promoted improvement activities |
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Relocated part of the organization to a collaboration office to promote innovation |
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Foster personnel with a high awareness of social contribution | Implemented new initiatives such as the Kids Ideathon |
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Health and safety/ risk management initiatives |
Global health and safety initiatives | Initiatives to prevent occupational accidents requiring leave |
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Risk management initiatives* | Continued examining activities |
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Responsible supply chain |
Promote the exchange of memoranda related to CSR procurement with major business partners* | Examined new initiatives |
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Establishing a sound corporate culture/ management base |
Foster a corporate culture that prioritizes customer peace of mind by raising awareness of compliance with the Pioneer Group Code of Conduct and laws and regulations | Provided compliance e-learning at Group companies in Japan |
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Provided compliance e-learning at Group companies outside Japan |
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Establish systems for ensuring customer peace of mind by determining policies on how to respond to privacy regulations and ensuring thorough awareness of those policies | Provided compliance e-learning at Group companies in Japan, including compliance with privacy regulations |
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Provided compliance e-learning at Group companies outside Japan, including compliance with privacy regulations |
Evaluation levels: Targets completely accomplished Targets generally accomplished or continued efforts No progress
Human Machine Interface: A general term for a means to enable people and machines to exchange information, and the tools such as devices and software it requires.
Graphical User Interface: A general term for information and operations displayed on a screen. Here, it refers to overall screen design of car navigation products, etc.
* represents Pioneer’s initiatives. All other items are Pioneer Group’s initiatives