To enhance corporate value and to contribute to a sustainable society, Visional Group has identified priority issues.

We will continue our dialogue with our stakeholders, and through these materiality initiatives, commit to building new businesses to address the issues society faces, whilst delivering sustained growth.

Materiality Validation Process

1.Identifying social issues

Taking into consideration international frameworks and guidelines such as the GRI Standards and SASB Standards, as well as the SDGs, we made an extensive list of social issues and have identified candidate materiality items by abstracting issues that are relevant based on the industries in which our group operates and the characteristics of our group's businesses, amongst others.

2.Assessing importance from our stakeholders' perspective

For candidate materiality items, we evaluated their importance by conducting thorough research on series of disclosed information on ESG items that institutional investors in Japan, the U.S., Europe, and Asia consider when making investments. We also had discussions with our stakeholders, including shareholders, investors, and business partners.

3.Evaluation of importance from the Company's point of view

The importance of the materiality candidate items were evaluated based on discussions led by the management team.

4.Validation of Materiality
After consideration on how to organize and articulate the issues assessed from stakeholders' and the Company's perspectives, we identified priority issues and discussed at the Board of Directors meeting.
 

Materiality Matrix

Identified Priority Issues (Materiality) 

Based on the Materiality Matrix, we have identified five priorities for the Visional Group to realize its mission.