Murata's approach to CSR activities

System of promoting CSR activities

In order to orient the Murata Manufacturing Group’s creation of CSR management system and its CSR activities, Murata has established the CSR Management Committee and implemented the following items in order to continuously and systematically promote rational CSR management throughout the organization.

  • (1)

    Formulation and establishment of CSR principles, policies, guidelines, etc.

  • (2)

    Distilling key items (issues) related to CSR throughout the organization and directing efforts to address them

  • (3)

    Company-wide sharing of activity results and guidance on key items (issues) that exceed the frame of subordinate committee activities

  • (4)

    Sharing of CSR-related activity results, goals, and policies undertaken by subordinate committees that must be shared throughout the organization

  • (5)

    Advising CSR-related customer responses and understanding related customer needs and results of customer responses

Realizing CSR by Putting Our Company Philosophy into Action
Realizing CSR by Putting Our Company Philosophy into Action

Murata has also established six subordinate committees under the CSR Management Committee and is promoting discussion on CSR topics that require cross-organizational activities.

  • (1)

    Compliance Promotion Committee

  • (2)

    Environmental Committee

  • (3)

    Climate Change Committee

  • (4)

    Social&Community Contribution Committee

  • (5)

    Health and Safety Promotion Committee

  • (6)

    Human Rights Committee

The CSR Management Committee which is chaired by the President was established to continuously and productively promote CSR management such as initiatives related to sustainability as well as raise internal CSR awareness and provide centralized responses externally. Furthermore, activities are periodically reported to the Board of Directors.

CSR-related committee organizational chart
CSR-related committee organizational chart

Link: Overview of Murata’s Corporate Governance System