Investor relationsManagement policyMaterial Issues
TOCALO has identified major issues that it believes are essential to address for the continuity of the Company. These material issues have been categorized into the five areas presented below.
1. Develop advanced coatings and cultivate latent markets
In accordance with our vision of “contributing to a bright future for people and nature,” we are innovating and developing potential markets for high-performance coatings for the semiconductor, infrastructure, medical care, agriculture, and other fields that are important in people’s everyday lives, as well as for hydropower, wind power, geothermal power generation, storage batteries, and other fields that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
2. Reduce environmental impact
The Sustainability Committee meets regularly to promote energy conservation, energy creation, waste reduction, and recycling initiatives with the ultimate aim of achieving carbon neutrality. Our current target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 46% of the fiscal 2013 level by fiscal 2030.
3. Make manufacturing more sophisticated and enhance quality
We are integrating digital transformation (DX) to create highly sophisticated smart factories that provide an even greater level of productivity.
In addition, to continue to provide quality that consistently satisfies customer requirements, we are fortifying our quality control system by providing a full program of in-house education, including encouraging employees to acquire professional qualifications.
4. Cultivate and empower diverse human resources
TOCALO recognizes that developing its human resources is essential to achieving sustainable growth, and we accordingly provide educational opportunities, offer health management, and implement measures to promote diversity and improve work-life balance. We also endeavor to maintain and improve our safety systems by complying with ISO 45001 and JIS Q 45100 occupational health and safety management system certification requirements as part of our efforts to maintain a “clean, functional, and people-friendly workplace.”
5. Practice thorough compliance
We maintain corporate action guidelines to promote business conduct that is sincere, creative, and sound and that contributes to a flourishing society.
The Compliance Handbook is distributed to all employees to ensure full awareness of compliance requirements, and regular training through e-learning and other methods reinforces self-directed compliance by all employees.
(Excerpt from the Securities Report for the fiscal year ended March 2025)
Please see the Long-term vision and materiality section for details on material issues (materiality).