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 social and environmental 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 2022 | 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 |  |
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| Actively propose safety features for navigation models to the market | |
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| Resolve labor shortages/last one mile issues |
Promote solutions for the distribution and delivery industry that help solve various vehicle operation-related issues | |
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| Actively participate in MaaS-related consortiums and provide mobility solution services that utilize our core assets to solve regional and social issues | |
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| Resolve issues of excessive information/ complexity in traveling |
Launch and grow sales of NP1 , a conversational driving partner that helps prevent traffic accidents by providing optimal driving support tailored to the individual | |
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| Actively promote to the market easy-to-use operability features installed in navigation models and display audio models that are driver-friendly while driving | |
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| 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 |  Co-creation activates with government and universities |
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| Aim to improve universal design support in the GUI*2 field | Improved universal design coverage in GUI*2 field |
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| 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 | Improved internal systems such as databases for LCA calculations |
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| Visualize the size of contribution by products and services | Established internal rules for visualization of contribution by products and services and conducted internal training |
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| Customer satisfaction and product safety |
Build an operational system that boasts a high degree of customer satisfaction in order to grow our service business＊ | Started operating processes to reflect customer feedback in services as soon as possible |
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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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Provided work environments that increase productivity and induce innovation.(Introduced a free address system and ABW*3 at the head office, and continued a hybrid work style of coming to work and teleworking) |
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| Foster personnel with a high awareness of social contribution | Increased number of employees who participated as volunteers in social contribution events |
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| Health and safety/ risk management initiatives |
Global health and safety initiatives | Prevention of occupational accidents |
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| Risk management initiatives＊ | Maintained and managed BCP |
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| Responsible supply chain |
Promote the exchange of memoranda related to CSR procurement with major business partners＊ | Increased exchange of memorandums with partners |
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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 in overseas |
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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 in overseas, 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.
Activity Based Working: Generally, it is a way of working that allows people to freely choose the time and place to work according to their work.
On the concept of the head office layout, it is defined as "working at the most appropriate location according to their work.
＊ represents Pioneer’s initiatives. All other items are Pioneer Group’s initiatives
