Stakeholder Engagement
The Group is working to keep society safe and aims to realize a future where people can live even safer and more enriched lives based on our corporate philosophy of "Creating excitement and peace of mind for the people of the world." To achieve this, we must have a robust management foundation that can flexibly overcome changes to the business environment, the sensitivity to accurately understand social issues and needs, and relationships of trust with stakeholders. We aim to achieve a sustainable society and maximize corporate value by co-creating new value through active dialogues and cooperation with diverse stakeholders, including customers, employees, shareholders and investors, business partners, governments and local communities, and nonprofit organizations and nongovernmental organizations.
Key Channels for Communication with Stakeholders
Customers |
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We are striving to create relationships of trust with our customers by accurately understanding their needs through dialogues and providing high-quality products and services. Additionally, we aim to improve customer satisfaction by enhancing support and our stable supply system. The opinions we receive through these dialogues have led to advancement in technological capabilities and the growth of human resources, becoming a driving force for the creation of new value. |  Exhibitions |
Employees |
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The key to enhancing corporate value is improving engagement by creating a workplace where each employee can fully demonstrate their individual capabilities. Through dialogue with employees, we will be able to create an environment where diverse human resources can grow. |  Awards system (JK Award) |
Shareholders / Investors |
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For the sustainable enhancement of corporate value, we must build relationships of trust with our shareholders and investors. Accordingly, we place importance on constructive dialogue and highly transparent information disclosure and are promoting management from a long-term perspective. Reflecting advice from dialogues in our management, we will achieve enhanced corporate value and appropriate return of profits. |  General meeting of shareholders |
Business partners |
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When promoting sustainable initiatives across the entire supply chain, namely the stable supply of raw materials and consideration of the environment and human rights, we must receive proposals from and have the understanding and cooperation of business partners. We promote sustainable procurement and build fair and equitable transactional relationships through active dialogue and cooperation. |  Partners' meetings |
Government / Local Communities / NPOs and NGOs |
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We will advance initiatives aimed at accurately understanding and resolving regional issues by holding numerous dialogues with local communities. Aiding the sustainable development of communities and the resolution of social issues through contribution to local communities, disaster support, and active participation in various local events will create relationships of trust. |  Donations for Elementary School |
Participating in Events and Exhibitions: Customers
To reflect customer opinions in our products and services, we are expanding opportunities for dialogues by actively participating in events and exhibitions both inside and outside of Japan. In March 2025, we exhibited at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) 2025, an event for industrial-use wireless communications equipment and systems held in the United States that boasts over 5,000 attendees, enabling us to hold lively exchanges of opinions with customers with diverse backgrounds. In the domestic market, we collect a wide range of opinions through user reviews and initiatives on our e-commerce websites and are utilizing them in the enhancement of product design and customer experience. We are deepening our relationship with customers through such continuous engagement, leading to further value creation.
Improving Employee Engagement: Employees
To draw on the power of our human resources through enhanced engagement, we introduced systems that make the Company more comfortable to work at, such as a flextime system and various systems for same-sex partners, in stages from fiscal 2023. Additionally, we are redefining the human resource requirements of the Company and supporting the improvement of employee skills through various training courses and career interviews. We have received positive opinions from employees, such as "I feel fulfilled in both my work and private life as a result of being able to use various workstyles," and "I can better engage in my work since I have time for child-rearing and studying."
Recognition Programs: Employees
The JVCKENWOOD Group has created the JK Awards to recognize excellent initiatives within the Group and as an opportunity to share best practice. Award recipients are selected on the basis of their profitability, originality, thoroughness, innovation, sustainability, and bringing the corporate vision to life, and the examples recognized help to improve employee motivation and foster the organizational culture.
Constructive Dialogue: Shareholders
JVCKENWOOD aims to achieve sustainable growth and enhance corporate value over the medium to long term by having the top management actively in constructive dialogue (engagement) with investors and shareholders. Through such dialogue, JVCKENWOOD conveys its initiatives to those stakeholders to gain their understanding, and works to reflect their opinions and needs in the management strategy and business plan. See the page linked below for JVCKENWOOD's policy for constructive dialogue with shareholders.
General Meeting of Shareholders: Shareholders and Investors
JVCKENWOOD held its 17th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on June 25, 2025 and reported on the JVCKENWOOD Group’s Business Report and consolidated financial statements while deliberating on six proposals, all of which were approved at the meeting.
Furthermore, we accepted questions in advance via our website and posted answers to three questions of high interest on the day before the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. The meeting was also livestreamed for shareholders who were not able to attend the meeting in person.
The 17th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Partners' Meetings: Business Partners
The JVCKENWOOD Group has been strengthening communication with business partners to realize sustainable procurement together with them. At the annual Partners' Meeting held in February 2025, we promote awareness and understanding of the Procurement Policy and the Human Rights Policy, the CSR Procurement Guidelines, The Basic Environmental policy. In addition, we explain our commitment to developing a sustainable supply chain by confirming the status of business partners' sustainable procurement efforts and making continuous improvement activities with the use of the SAQ, and request their understanding and cooperation.
Donation of Photocatalytic Sterilization and Deodorization Machine: Local Governments and Communities
JVCKENWOOD pursues a range of social contribution activities as part of sustainability promotion based on our corporate philosophy of "Creating excitement and peace of mind for the people of the world." One of them is donating our "fresair" WL-AC1000 photocatalytic sterilization and deodorization machine to locally-run elementary and junior high schools, day care centers, children's centers, and welfare facilities for the elderly and persons with disabilities. As part of this program, by March 2024 we had donated a total of 257 fresair machines, one to every municipal school and kindergarten in Kyoto. The program of our contribution to improving the air quality at educational facilities was, with the recommendation of the City of Kyoto, recognized with a Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon awarded by the Emperor of Japan.
"fresair" WL-AC1000 Photocatalytic Sterilization and Deodorization Machine
The award ceremony
Giving Lessons at Yokohama Municipal Higashi High School: Communities
JVCKENWOOD delivered lessons at Yokohama Municipal Higashi High School ("Yokohama Municipal Higashi High School Premium Program") in December 2024. In these lessons, we gave presentations on social contribution and sustainability to first and second year high school students. This was our six time delivering these lessons, which we have continuously done from the perspective of regional co-creation. These presentations looked at the example of smart forestry using our communications systems to show how we are contributing to the achievement of a sustainable society, based on our corporate philosophy, "Creating excitement and peace of mind for the people of the world." We not only explained the link between business and sustainability in words, but also had students gain hands-on experience by taking in actual professional radio systems, tablets, and smartphones. In this way, we gained their understanding about how our communications systems play a role in protecting Japan's greenery.
Going forward, JVCKENWOOD will continue promoting sustainability activities, while also actively supporting the development of the children who will lead the future.
A presentation on our sustainability activities
Professional radio systems, tablets, and smartphones used in smart forestry
Donations to Elementary Schools: Communities
JVCKENWOOD Optical Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. donated 8,000 bahts to Ban Dan Kwian School in the form of stationery, gifts and lunch fund. The JVCKENWOOD Group hopes through these contributions to bring greater happiness to less fortunate children.
Donation of Used PCs: NGOs and NPOs
In FY2024, JVCKENWOOD donated approximately 900 end-of-life PCs to Lights On Children, an NPO dedicated to helping children in need of social support. This brought the cumulative number of PCs donated to date to more than 3,600. The donated used PCs will be sold and used to fund the activities of Lights on Children.
