Always Playing a Useful Role in Society
For Mazda, fulfilling its social responsibility means continuing to market distinctive, high quality, eco-friendly and safe vehicles and services that assure customer satisfaction and always playing a useful role in society.
For this reason, Mazda is developing a sound, highly transparent management model and continues to build up its record in corporate governance, risk management, corporate ethics and compliance. At the same time, we take into account the interests of all our stakeholders — customers, shareholders and investors, business partners, employees, local communities and government and administrative bodies — as we pursue our corporate activities.
Through these activities, we aim to build up corporate value and ensure sustainable growth for Mazda, in step with society.
- Stakeholder Expectations
Establishment of CSR Promotion Department to Oversee CSR Activities
To develop our CSR activities, we established a CSR Committee chaired by our president in December 2004. In cooperation with Group companies, this committee decides CSR policies and conducts reviews of CSR activities.
In April 2006, the CSR Promotion Team was established as a subcommittee under the CSR Committee. The subcommittee has representatives from 16 departments with important functions within Mazda. To ensure integrity and consistency in CSR activities throughout the Company, we established the CSR Promotion Department in June 2007 to coordinate all CSR activities previously carried out separately by each organization, in areas such as corporate governance, internal controls, risk management, environmental conservation, compliance, respect for human rights and social contribution activities.
- CSR Committee Structure
Taking Account of All Our Stakeholders
Mazda divides its CSR activities into six areas: compliance, respect for people, customer satisfaction, environmental conservation, contributions to society and information disclosure. We take full account of the interests of all our stakeholders, starting with the customer, as we pursue our commitments in each area.
Message from the Executive Officer in Charge of CSR
At the end of the regular General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2007, my role changed. Shifting from my former position as a Standing Corporate Auditor, I was appointed Executive Officer in charge of CSR.
In order for Mazda to meet its CSR obligations, it is essential that every employee at the Company shows awareness and personal initiative in this area.
I believe we must establish and foster a corporate culture in which constant vigilance and the will to make improvements can flourish. I want our employees to be always asking themselves: "How does my daily conduct look to shareholders, customers, business partners, colleagues and other stakeholders? What kind of contribution can I make to society?"
While growing in harmony with society, Mazda is committed to the goal of sound, sustainable growth. Through a range of effective and efficient policies, we are expanding and strengthening our CSR activities, working through the newly established CSR Promotion Department, to deepen the trust of all our stakeholders.
Koji Kurosawa
Executive Officer
In Charge of Corporate Affairs, Risk Management, CSR and Mazda Hospital
