Astellas believes that it must actively fulfill its social responsibility in order to realize its business philosophy, and has identified the promotion of CSR management as one of the mechanisms to realize "VISION 2015."

As the standard for putting CSR management into practice, Astellas has adopted the Charter of Corporate Conduct, which provides the company's business philosophy at the level of corporate activities, and clarifies the company's attitude regarding fulfilling social responsibility through conscientious corporate activities. Also, "Global CSR Policy," the basic idea of promoting CSR-based management broken down into five fields, and the awareness of this new policy is being disseminated throughout the company.

A management program through which we strive toward sustained enhancement of enterprise value while remaining acutely aware of our social responsibilities and taking a broad view that considers economics, society, and humanity so that we can exist not just as a market entity, but also as a meaningful member of society.

Positioning of CSR-based management

Astellas thinks of CSR-based management as the way business is conducted. It means that all business activity is checked from the CSR perspective. Because of this, we positioned the Charter of Corporate Conduct, which is also our CSR policy, as our standard for judgment.
Astellas thinks of CSR-based management as the way business is conducted. It means that all business activity is checked from the CSR perspective. Because of this, we positioned the Charter of Corporate Conduct, which is also our CSR policy, as our standard for judgment.

We look at five factors (employees, environment, economy, society, and compliance) as the fields of CSR-based management. Without compliance, we could not demonstrate our integrity, and CSR-based management would be dubious at best. Accordingly, we positioned compliance as the very foundation of CSR-based management. The other four fields are inseparably tied to compliance as they are practiced.

Approach to CSR promotion

The five areas of activity shown to the right are the key areas of Astellas' social responsibility. Each area is governed by the three key elements of Astellas' Business Philosophy, namely its Raison d'Etre, Mission and Beliefs.

The three systems in CSR-based management

To implement CSR-based management, all of Astellas' business activities must be rooted in CSR. For this, driving forces, particularly leadership from top management, are needed, along with mechanisms for CSR-based management. The CSR Committee, headed by the top management, is responsible for specific CSR measures.

• 1.Promote a corporate culture with integrity based on compliance
  • We will develop a compliance philosophy that adheres not only to the law, but also to the principles of corporate ethics.
  • Corporate activities based on compliance shall permeate and be inculcated in every department and every employee.
  • We will verify that compliance is entrenched throughout the company.
• 2.Introduce international principles and systems concerning environmental, safety, and social activities
  • We support international principles of corporate behavior.
  • We will adopt public standards, for example ISO standards, for environmental, health and safety, and social activities.
• 3.In order to meet the demand for transparency in corporate activities, disclose management information as and when appropriate and promote interaction with society and the market
  • We actively disclose management information and information on environmental and social activities to our stakeholders
    (financial reports, business reports, CSR reports, annual reports, etc.).
  • In each facility, we inculcate practices in information disclosure and dialogue with the community (disclosure of information in major facilities and at the group-company level).

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