Human Rights Education and Internal Awareness Raising

The Group provides and makes known guidelines on human rights issues including discrimination, harassment, forced labor, and child labor, for the prevention of these issues. We also create opportunities for periodic training to ensure retention of human rights awareness.

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We provided human rights training to all Group employees in fiscal 2023 based on the theme of human rights (harassment prevention). This theme is designed to deepen employees' understanding of the JX Advanced Metals Human Rights Policy and its background, which was established as the highest policy regarding respect for human rights in the Group in response to recent increased need for companies to address human rights issues and the expanded scope of human rights issues to include the entire supply chain. This training aims to provide participants with the correct knowledge and judgment needed to prevent harassment as part of our efforts to respect human rights in the workplace.
We will continue our work to ensure an understanding of human rights concepts in our global business operations and to do business in consideration of human rights.

The Group has established the JX Advanced Metals Group Hotline as an internal consultation service for human rights violations and other issues. Employees are able to anonymously use this hotline to discuss any issues related to human rights from those that may crop up on a day-to-day basis to significant infringements. All reports to this hotline are presented to the president, including a report on our response to each. Information about the establishment of the hotline is posted on our intranet portal and disseminated through various training programs, including human rights training. No one using the hotline for consulting or reporting shall be subjected to disadvantageous treatment for its use. Fourteen reports were made to the hotline in fiscal 2023. In regard to remedies, no restrictions have been made on resolving issues for consultation through external remedies, and therefore consulting parties may seek other remedies according to the legal system of the country in question.
We have also established the JX Advanced Metals Group Supplier Hotline and a Group website-based Help Desk as a consultation service available to external stakeholders, such as suppliers, suppliers' employees, and local residents. The hotline and Help Desk have been set up to offer a process for remediation and redress that can be accessed by stakeholders affected by acts of the Group that violate or may violate laws and regulations. All consultations are conducted on an anonymous basis. In addition, the Group will never treat an individual or their employer unfavorably for using these consultation services or reporting a concern.

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Comments From a Human Rights Training Participant

My initial impression about human rights was that it wasn't really related to business or our daily work. I learned the importance of viewing human rights from a broader perspective, since the supply chains of global manufacturing companies like ours involve a diverse range of people. In particular, I learned about the definition and types of harassment, which is the most familiar issue in human rights. Our Company focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) and we believe that eliminating human rights violations and harassment is fundamental to achieving equity in human resources. I think we must face our unconscious biases to recognize that anyone can be an unconscious perpetrator of discrimination and harassment. I plan to continue to raise my own awareness through regular training.