The JVCKENWOOD Group recognizes that companies must contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Accordingly, we have identified eight of the 17 SDGs connected particularly closely to our material issues as priority goals that particularly those closely related to social issues that the JVCKENWOOD Group is expected to contribute to solving. For information on initiatives that contribute to the achievement of SDGs in each business field, refer to Products and Services that contribute to solving social issues.

We have developed a logo that expresses our intention to grow into the future through sustainability management with a motif of branches and colors of the eight social issues of the SDGs that our Group can contribute to solving.

All employees at JVCKENWOOD, from management to general employee, are kept informed about how its business operations are related to the SDGs through internal newsletters and workshops. We also distribute business cards and badges with the SDGs logo to applicants to raise awareness of the relationship between SDGs and businesses.

SDGs Forum was held for all JVCKENWOOD Group employees for the purpose of instilling an understanding of SDGs within the company and fostering an SDGs-oriented corporate culture.

The forum was held over the seven-month period to May 2024 and featured seven events with a total of 10,600 participants. Events included speeches, workshops and e-learning programs on environment, disabilities, and LGBTQ+ and other human rights.

The successful combination of real and on-line practices provided valuable opportunities for participants to exchange views with people with whom they are not normally in close contact, and to share how people in different positions and situations think about SDGs.

JVCKENWOOD has established a leave program for employees participating in JOCV* to contribute to the SDGs and to support their social contribution activities. The program is designed to support employees' social contribution activities, with participants receiving support during their leaves of absence. As a general rule, there are able to return to their previous workplaces after returning to work.

*Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV): Activities in which volunteers are dispatched by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) to live with local people in developing countries and contribute to solving problems in such countries from the same perspective.

All employees across the JVCKENWOOD Group were provided with a pamphlet designed to help them understand the SDGs, relate the SDGs to their own lives, and think about how they can contribute to achieving the SDGs. Posters were also on display in the head office.