Materiality

step1Identifying issues

• Identify issues that are related to the AISIN Group’s business and supply chain, centering on the 17 SDGs and 169 targets.

step2Prioritizing issues

• Issues are prioritized based on the expectations and requests of stakeholders and their importance to the AISIN Group, and a “materiality matrix” is created (see below).

step3Validity check

• Discussions by the Group’s top management and related executives
• Exchanging opinions with outside experts, Outside Directors and Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members.

step4Approval at management level

• Priority issues based on opinions from external experts are approved by the Board of Directors.