Our Sustainability Management

Though the Group has taken a variety of actions over the years toward social contribution and environmental conservation, it has become necessary to strengthen organizational response to global ESG trends and take actions toward ESG management from a Group-wide perspective. Therefore, in October 2020, we established the ESG Promotion Department to oversee ESG initiatives, and created related committees to assist.
The ESG Committee serves as an advisory body to the pres-ident, and is responsible for basic policies and activity plans related to ESG initiatives, as well as monitoring of these initia-tives. The ESG Committee is chaired by the president of the Company, with members from the Executive Council and with participation by outside directors as observers. This committee meets twice a year in principle. In addition, in order to promote and permeate ESG activities throughout the Group, we have established the ESG Promotion Managers Meeting as a subor-dinate body to this committee, consisting of the ESG promotion managers from each of the Company's departments and each Group company. Important ESG-related matters are discussed and reported to the Board of Directors and the Executive Council as appropriate.
In fiscal 2023, we held ESG Committee meetings in June and November to discuss activity policies for each priority issue and report on the status of activities.

The Group aims to deepen understanding about the importance of ESG and our activities. To do so, we distribute information on ESG using the Group intranet and internal newsletters. We also hold internal trainings and e-learning programs. In 2023, we conducted training for employees at each of our major business locations from May to August to further spread ESG activities. These trainings featured AI voice narration for the first time, re-ceiving positive feedback from 84% of the participants.
In addition, we distribute the Sustainability Report each year and conduct questionnaires available via paper and online to survey employees. Surveys cover the penetration of ESG and CSR mindsets and status of em-ployee involvement in practicing ESG and CSR. In fiscal 2023, 4,443 of 5,626 eligible employees re-sponded to the survey, resulting in a response rate of 79%.

The United Nations Global Compact is a global framework for companies and organizations to act as good members of society and achieve sustainable growth. We have been participating in the program since August 2008, sup-porting the 10 principles in four areas and are striving to achieve them.

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UN Website

The TCFD is an organization established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) that recommends companies disclose climate change-related risks and op-portunities. In May 2019, ENEOS Holdings endorsed and signed the recom-mendations set out by the TCFD. In response, the Group is moving to disclose information in line with the aims of these recommendations.

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TCFD Website

The CDP is an international NGO based in London. It is an organization that collects, analyzes, and evaluates information on the environmental activities of the world's major corporations and discloses these results to institutional in-vestors. Our company engages in the disclosure of information on climate change and water safety, which the CDP has identified as priority issues. We also disclose information through questionnaires to our business partners.

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CDP Website

Challenge Zero is an initiative established by Keidanren, in partnership with the Japanese government, to encourage companies and organizations to innovate toward creating decarbonized societies. The JX Advanced Metals Group announced our participation in June 2020.

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Challenge Zero Website

The GX League, led by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), is a framework for industry, government, and academia to collaborate in the challenge of Green Transformation (GX) with a view to achieving carbon neu-trality by 2050 and reforming Japan's entire economic and social system. In addition to expressing our support for the GX League Basic Concept, we also announced our participation in Phase 1 from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025.

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GX League Website

The Copper Mark is a framework established in 2019 to demonstrate the contributions made by the copper industry to responsible production and the SDGs advocated by the United Nations. In December 2022, Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery and Hitachi Works, operated by JX Metals Smelting Co., Ltd., became the first plants in Japan to acquire Copper Mark certification. The Caserones Copper Mine (Chile), in which we hold a partial interest, also ob-tained certification in October 2023.

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Copper Mark Website

Circular Partners is a partnership established in 2023 by the Ministry of Econ-omy, Trade and Industry (METI) to encourage collaboration between industry, government, and academia to achieve a circular economy. JX Advanced Metals has participated in this partnership as a manufacturer of non-ferrous metals since inception of the partnership.

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Circular Partners Website (Japanese Only)

WIPO GREEN is a framework for technology exchange launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations. The aim of this organization is to spread the adoption of environmental technologies and promote innovation. Entities participate by registering environmental technology in the organization's database. WIPO then matches technology with individuals and organizations. We have registered intellectual property related to our proprietary copper-recovery technology, the JX-Iodine Process, in the database.

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WIPO GREEN Website

The Partnership Development Declaration is an initiative that aims to increase added value throughout the supply chain by having corporate leaders declare supply chain-wide coexistence and coprosperity, that new partnerships will transcend size, affiliation, etc., and that participants will engage in desirable business practices with subcontractors. We announced our participation and declaration in April 2022.

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Partnership Development Declaration Portal Site (Japanese Only)

The White Logistics Movement is a movement promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to encourage an under-standing among companies and the public regarding sustainable logistics. We announced our participation in April 2020, and our Logistics Department leads company-wide efforts in this area.

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White Logistics Movement Portal Site (Japanese Only)