In our efforts to reduce environmental impacts, every year we evaluate our performance regarding the level of achievement of our priority objectives. In June 2009, we established the Kao Environmental Statement to become a corporation that is fundamentally committed to ecologically responsible management at the same time as seeking the fulfillment of our corporate vision.
Kao is aiming for the establishment of an autonomous compliance system supported by all Kao employees through steady implementation of three initiatives: thorough implementation by Kao employees of Kao's Business Conduct Guidelines (BCG), the establishment of a compliance hotline for reporting and consultation on ethical issues, and the provision of compliance training.
Kao has been endeavoring to enhance corporate governance and develop an internal control system that will allow us to achieve highly efficient, sound and transparent management.
Kao has established various compliance guidelines based on The Kao Way and endeavors to promote their wider implementation and establishment in Kao's domestic and overseas group companies.
Kao has established the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check and Act) cycle through regularly held meetings, auditing and educational activities, and is steadily improving the quality of Responsible Care activities.
As a manufacturer of consumer products and cosmetics that are used by people on a daily basis, Kao has established strict standards and rules for each specific phase in the life of our products, from development to production, distribution and sales.
To ensure the safety of all of our several thousands of individual products containing a total of more than 10,000 different raw materials, we have compiled a database of ingredients of individual products which is utilized by all divisions.
Based on our consumer-driven policy, Kao is devoted to fulfilling Yoki-Monozukuri by communicating on a deeper level with consumers who purchase our products.
Based on employee opinion surveys, Kao promotes the development of education and personnel systems and working environments that allow all employees to exercise their abilities freely and easily.
In accordance with our Guidelines for Procurement of Raw Materials and Equipment, Kao promotes procurement activities based on our basic policies of fairness, compliance/ethics, and social responsibility.
Aiming at co-existence and co-prosperity with local communities, Kao promotes corporate citizenship activities, disaster relief activities and exchanges with communities.
