Legal compliance in business operations is an indispensable condition that every corporation must satisfy to fulfill its responsibilities to society. The TOPPAN Group firmly believes that every person working in the Group must fully recognize the importance of compliance, make proper judgments, and act with integrity under high ethical standards by respecting laws, regulations, in-house rules, social norms, and other standards of conduct.

Risks related to compliance increase as we globalize our business and intensify our operations beyond borders. In 2000 we established a set of Conduct Guidelines based on the Corporate Philosophy and Corporate Creed. The guidelines were, and continue to be, a collection of fundamental provisions that set out the basic concepts and behavioral norms for employees to follow in accordance with corporate ethics and the principles of legal compliance. Ten years later, in response to shifts in business environments and social conditions, we completely revised the guidelines into the TOPPAN Group Conduct Guidelines, a set of principles that all Group companies around the world are required to observe. A second full-fledged revision of the guidelines took place in April 2021, based on a comprehensive review conducted in 2020. The latest Basic Principles in the guidelines call upon Group employees “(to) achieve a sustainable society” and strive for “personnel diversity,” a “rewarding work environment,” and other sustainability requirements.

The latest guidelines will guide accelerated efforts to address the material issues propounded in the TOPPAN SDGs STATEMENT, and observance of them will help shape a sustainable society.