Sustainability Promotion Framework

Obayashi implement corporate activities based on the Obayashi Basic Principles and pursue initiatives designed to help achieve corporate and social sustainability. To enable us to examine and discuss both these challenges, we established the Sustainability Committee (for issues related to environmental and social sustainability) as an advisory body to the Board of Directors and the Directors' Roundtable Meeting (for discussing sustainability-related issues, such as corporate governance and management strategy) as a subordinate forum to the Board of Directors. We determine our management policy for promoting sustainability based on discussions conducted in both forums.

On the business execution side, we have a system in place that consists of the Business Plan Committee commissioned by the president and under the jurisdiction of the Management Meeting, and expert committees in various sustainability-related fields that sit under the Business Plan Committee. These committees formulate and promote specific measures based on the management policies determined by the Board of Directors on the approach to the business portfolio, human resources and organizational strategy, and intellectual property strategy, among others. They also keep up-to-date with progress on the implementation of those measures and consult with the Board of Directors.

Diagram of the sustainability promotion framework. Under the oversight of the Board of Directors, the Management Meeting, Sustainability Committee, and Directors' Roundtable Meeting collaborate, while expert committees cover human rights, human resource management, public relations, environmental management, supply chain management, technology strategy, and business transformation.

Information on Committees

Sustainability Committee	Review and discussion of environmental and social sustainability challenges and confirmation of their implementation status Head of the Committee: President Committees Convened: Twice per year or more
Directors' Roundtable Meeting	Review and discussion of corporate sustainability challenges such as corporate governance and management strategy. 　 Chaired by: Chairman of the Board 　 Meetings Convened:
Management Meeting	Reports, deliberates, gives instructions on and resolves important management matters including sustainability challenges. Chaired by: President Meetings Convened: About 30 times per year
Business Plan Committee	Formulates execution policies relating to sustainability issues and manages progress. Head of the Committee: Executive officer responsible for business plan Committees Convened: About 12 times per year
Human Rights Expert Committee	Resolves human rights issues and promotes human rights awareness based on the Obayashi Group Human Rights Policy. 　 Head of the Committee: Executive officer responsible for the Human Resources Department 　 Committees Convened: Annual regular meeting plus more as needed
Human Resource Management Expert Committee	Promotes the implementation of personnel systems, effective use of human resources, pursuit of diversity, and other efforts based on the Obayashi Group Human Resource Management Policy. Head of the Committee: Executive officer responsible for the Human Resources Department Committees Convened: As needed
Public Relations Strategy Expert Committee	Develops strategies and policies on internal and external corporate communication. Head of the Committee: Executive officer responsible for the Corporate Communications Department Committees Convened: As needed
Environmental Management Expert Committee	Formulates strategies and promotes environmental management based on the Obayashi Group Environmental Policy, compiles information on and evaluates the results of activities based on our environmental management system (EMS), and sets targets for and promotes activities in the subsequent fiscal year and beyond. Head of the Committee: Executive officer responsible for the Environmental Management Division Committees Convened: Twice per year or more
Supply Chain Management Expert Committee	Develops strategies and policies on domestic and international supply chain management including cooperating companies based on the Obayashi Group CSR Procurement Policy. Head of the Committee: Head of Building Construction Division Committees Convened: Once per year or more
Technology Strategy Expert Committee	Acquires, protects, and utilizes intellectual property rights and formulates intellectual property strategy by organically linking technology development strategy with business strategy, all based on the Obayashi Group Intellectual Property Policy. Head of the Committee: Head of Technology Division Committees Convened: Three times per year or more
Business Transformation Expert Committee	Promotes the visualization and improvement of productivity across the Company, deploys and monitors the ROIC reverse tree, promotes reform of organizational culture, and business transformation through the advanced use of AI. 　 Head of the Committee: Executive Officer responsible for the Corporate Strategy Division Committees Convened: As needed