Keidanren’s initiatives on SDGs

October, 2018
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KEIDANREN’s initiatives to deliver on the SDGs

Delivering on the SDGs through

the Realization of Society 5.0

Revision of the Charter of Corporate Behavior

Questionnaire Survey on “Innovation for SDGｓ

the Charter of Corporate Behavior - Road to Society 5.0 –”

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 What is “Society 5.0”? Early 21st Century～

Late 20th Century～

Information Society

18th Century～

Industrial Society
B.C.13000
4th Industrial Revolution
Digital Innovation
Agrarian Society AI, IoT, Blockchain
The Birth of
Human Race
3rd Industrial Revolution
Automation, Information
Computer, Internet
Hunter Society
2nd Industrial Revolution
Heavy & Chemical Industries,
Electric Power, Petroleum, Motors

1st Industrial Revolution

Light Industries
SteamEngine,Spinning machine
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 Society 5.0 for SDGs
Using remote sensing and Boosting food production by smart agriculture
utilizing IoT, AI and Big Data
oceanographic data for Improving nutritional status with smart food
monitoring and management of produced by cutting-edge biotechnology
water quality, forests, land
degradation, biodiversity, etc.
Developing an early warning
alert system for the prevention
Resolving climate change of infectious diseases by
issues with simulations combining different types of
based on the analysis of monitoring data
meteorological and other
observation data by using
High Performance
Computing Make high quality education
affordable for everyone on the
earth with e-learning systems
utilizing state-of-the-art
Creating smart cities where
technologies
convenience, safety and
economic efficiency are
made compatible
Empowering women with access
to education and information
through the Internet
Building global innovation Providing women with
ecosystems by connecting opportunities for startups by
industries, academic institutions utilizing ICT
and other related stakeholders

Building resilient infrastructure and Managing electric power supply and

promoting sustainable industrialization demand in a sustainable way by
by using i-Construction constructing smart grid systems

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 Charter of Corporate Behavior
(revised in Nov. 2017)
“Charter of Corporate Behavior” is the code of conduct
composed of 10 principle that Keidanren’s member corporations
pledge to take the lead in the realization of a sustainable society.

1. The 10 principles （Keidanren’s Core Values)

2. The Implementation Guidance

✓ 49 Key implementation items under the 10 principle

3. The charter is the product of in-depth

deliberations and experience of
over 1,300 corporate members

English version is available on Keidanren website

http://www.keidanren.or.jp/en/policy/csr/charter2017.html 4
CHARTER OF CORPORATE BEHAVIOR
- For the Realization of a Sustainable Society –
The role of a corporation is to take the lead in the realization of a sustainable society by creating
added value that will benefit society and generating employment, through autonomous and responsible
behavior, on the basis of fair and free competition. To this end, regardless of its location, a corporation is
expected to comply with the letter and spirit of relevant laws and regulations and international rules
and to fulfill their social responsibility with a strong sense of ethical values, by acting in line with the
following ten principles.

1. Sustainable economic growth and 6. Reform of working styles and

the resolution of social issues enhancement of workplace
environments
7. Engagement in environmental
2. Fair business practices issues

3. Fair disclosure of information and 8. Involvement in community and

constructive dialogue with contribution to its development
stakeholders

4. Respect for human rights 9. Thorough crisis management

5. Relationships of trust with 10. Role of top management and

consumers and customers implementation of this Charter
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 Key Findings of Questionnaire Survey
Survey targets： 1,373 Keidanren member companies, Respondents： 302, Response rate：22.0 %
Survey period: March 2018 through June 2018

1. Measures that leverage the SDGs

➢ The share would be 70 %, even the lowest in score, if respondents who
were studying or planning to study were to actually transition to the
implementation stage.
(%, cases)

(1) Mapping business activities to individual SDGs

(2) Setting priorities that can contribute to achievement

(3) Identifying areas of impact along the entire value chain

(4) Setting targets (KPIs, etc.) for achievement of priority

challenges

(5) Integration into business policies and practices

(utilizing SDGs to explain business plans)

(6) Reporting and communications

Already implemented Studying No response
Planning to study No plans to study at this time
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 Innovation showcases examples for SDGs
- Road to Society 5.0 -

We issued a book “INNOVATION FOR SDGs – Road to Society 5.0 -”

this June, which is the collection of start-up innovations showcases
examples that will bring us a step closer to “Society 5.0.” 7
 KeidanrenSDGs.com
 We also launched
the special website
“KeidanrenSDGs.com”
this June.
 Anyone can check
181(Japanese) and
86(English) case studies
on innovation for SDGs.
 We will update this
website continuously
and present new
innovations. Also we
URL：https://www.keidanrensdgs.com/ expect to collaborate
with other
organizations

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Toward Collaboration - HLPF 2018

Keidanren’s Presentation

Keidanren participated in SDG Business Forum on July 17, 2018 and

gave a presentation about our initiatives on SDGs 9
Toward Collaboration with UN agencies

H.E. Ms. Amina Mohammed Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin

Deputy Secretary-General , UN The World Bank Group Vice President

Mr. Fabian Mr. Achim Steiner Ms. Keiko Honda

Executive Vice President
UNICEF Ventures UNDP Administrator and CEO, MIGA
Toward Collaboration
with global SDG promotion organizations

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Keidanren supports the SDGs

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