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CSR & Governance

Nikken supports the United Nations Global Compact, and continually strives to offer bona-fide products and services utilizing the supply chain, from raw materials procurement to customer delivery.
We further strive to realize our social responsibility as a company through our Compliance Declaration, CSR Policy, Human Rights Policy, and Ethics Policy.

Nikken Compliance Declaration

Contributing to global well-being

Nikken's corporate goal is to contribute to global well-being through a food business focused on natural flavors.
We declare that all corporate officers and employees will strictly govern their own behavior, fulfill our corporate social responsibility by adhering to laws, regulations, and social rules in business activities, and work together to ensure ongoing compliance management, thereby realizing growth and happiness for customers, partners, stockholders, and those in the local community as well as our employees.

CSR Policy

Legal compliance We follow Japanese laws, adhere to national social norms, and support the ten principles comprising the UN Global Compact concerning human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption. In our overseas business activities, we follow national laws and respect local culture, customs, and traditions in our quest to be a trusted global company.
Respect for human rights We repudiate all manifestations of discrimination, respect the human rights of all stakeholders, and prohibit all forms of behavior injurious to individual dignity.
Establishment of trusting relationships with business partners We do not engage in any corrupt practices, such as bribery, in any interactions with customers, have absolutely no involvement with antisocial forces, maintain sound relationships of trust and transparency, make every effort to provide safe and reliable goods and services (and information related thereunto), and seek to earn customer satisfaction and trust to enable realization of mutual prosperity and a healthy society.
Establishment of trusting relationships with stockholders We aim to be a company which is trusted by stockholders through our enhancement of corporate value and realization of ongoing development.
Coexistence with local communities We understand that our activities may impact the environment and human rights in the countries and regions in which we conduct business and respect the rights of local residents and indigenous people while proactively seeking outreach into the communities in which our business has a presence, seeking diversified ways to coexist and contribute to local development.
Contributions to environmental protection We will conduct business activities reflecting resource- and energy-conservation to ease the environmental load and protect biodiversity, and engage in procurement of raw materials with natural resource sustainability in mind.
Realization of corporate employee well-being and happiness We will follow national and regional laws in conducting our business activities, pay appropriate wages, suitably oversee working hours, provide fair opportunities to individuals in employment, promotion, and training based on reasonable elements of ability and aptitude, respect mutual human rights, and ensure a safe and comfortable environment enabling ease of work to facilitate the well-being and happiness of all employees.

Human Rights Policy

The Nikken Foods Group maintains awareness of the impact that our business activities may have on human rights and of our corporate social responsibility; we have thus created this Human Rights Policy and endeavor for our corporate executives and all other stakeholders to share mutual understanding and a respect for human rights to realize a sound and rewarding working environment.

Support for the United Nations Global Compact We support the UN Global Compact and respect the laws of all nations and regions in which we conduct business activities.
Repudiation of behavior injurious to individual dignity We respect diverse values and individuality, offer all our employees an equal opportunity to work regardless of nationality, race, ethnic group, religion, ideology, gender, age, impairment, gender identity, sexual orientation, or employment status, and repudiate all forms of discrimination and activities injurious to individual dignity.
Repudiation of all forms of harassment We prohibit all forms of harassment, whether mental or physical, and provide an environment in which employees may pursue a dynamic and physically and mentally sound working experience.
Repudiation of inhumane labor, forced labor and child labor We will not engage in any form of inhumane labor based on human trafficking or unjust detainment, forced labor, or child labor in any of the nations and regions in which we conduct business activities.
Respect for the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining We adhere to the laws of the nations and regions in which we conduct business activities, respect the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, and seek to secure these rights for our employees through alternative means such as dialogue in nations and regions in which the international standards for human rights are not met and human rights are restricted.
Pursuit of a work-life balance We strive to realize a safe and sound working environment enabling work-life balance through implementation of all laws and rules governing occupational safety and health.
Promotion of respect for human rights through internal/external stakeholder collaboration We share this Human Rights Policy with our stakeholders and promote human rights initiatives in collaboration with related external parties.
Contributing to the realization of a sustainable society We strive to fulfill our social responsibility regarding human rights in the nations and regions in which we do business-including the rights of residents to live and maintain access to land and water resources and the rights of indigenous people-in seeking to realize a sustainable society.
Achievement of personal growth Each employee must maintain responsibility for, and pride in, his/her work throughout business activities, achieving growth through consistent effort.

Code of Ethics

We comply with the laws, regulations, and social norms of the nations and regions in which we conduct business, and pursue sound conduct based on our corporate ethics.

Repudiation of corruption, bribery, and unjust practices We do not engage in improper conduct, which includes entertaining customers inappropriately or affording them any personal commissions; nor do we gift, entertain, financially incentivize, or otherwise benefit national or foreign civil servants (including affiliated individuals) in a manner which might be construed as a bribe.
Repudiation of conflicts of interest When personal and corporate conflicts of interest arise, we will condemn behavior which favors the individual or members of the familial or social circle, or behavior which causes a loss of corporate trust or generates corporate damage.
Implementation of fair business practices We strive to select business partners and contractual stipulations fairly and properly based on selection criteria such as quality, price, and management reliability; we will comply with antitrust and other laws, and refuse anticompetitive business transactions involving collusion, abuse of superior bargaining positions, and obstruction of free competition.
Information security readiness We appropriately safeguard and manage personal information gained during business activities as well as industrial secrets including intellectual property such as patents, designs, trademarks, copyrights, information technology, and expertise, and condemn unauthorized access, as well as information leaks, loss and falsification of the above.
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