SocialHuman Rights

Basic Approach

The TOPPAN Group conducts its business activities based on the spirit of “respect for human beings,” and regards human rights as a paramount principle guiding its business activities and sustainability initiatives. The TOPPAN Group Human Rights Policy based on this fundamental tenet was formulated in October 2021. Respect for human beings, or more specifically respect for human rights, is required as the first behavioral norm set under the TOPPAN Group Conduct Guidelines. Basic Principle 1 of the guidelines includes protecting individual dignity, prohibiting discrimination and harassment, prohibiting child labor and forced labor, and promoting diversity and inclusion.

We have also been taking measures to avoid human rights violations that might adversely affect the lives of people living near Group sites in the course of business. Our environmental conservation initiatives, for example, are promoted based on the TOPPAN Group Declaration on the Global Environment and the Basic Policy on Biodiversity.

Supporting Human Rights Principles under the UN Global Compact

TOPPAN has been participating in the United Nations Global Compact and therefore supporting its six principles of human rights and labour since 2006.

TOPPAN Group Human Rights Policy

From our very beginnings, we have leveraged our printing technologies to provide solutions to wide-ranging social issues in an unstinting effort to transcend the boundaries of the printing business by responding to the needs of people and of the times. The underlying tenet for these endeavors is respect for human beings. The TOPPAN Group Human Rights Policy is an expression of our commitment to respecting human rights across Group operations as TOPPAN grows as a creator of social value.

The Structure of the TOPPAN Group Human Rights Policy
1.
Our Approach to Human Rights
2.
Scope of Application
3.
Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations
4.
Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
5.
Human Rights Due Diligence
6.
Stakeholder Engagement
7.
Remedy
8.
Education and Training
9.
Management Responsibility for Human Rights
10.
Information Disclosure

Approach to Individual Issues

  • Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
  • Discrimination and Harassment
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Right to Collective Bargaining and Freedom of Association
  • Occupational Safety and Health
  • Right to Privacy

Human Rights

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Governance
● Promotion Framework
Strategy and Measures
● Human Rights Due Diligence
● Grievance Mechanism
● Issues and Responses
● Labor Rights
● Human Rights Training and Harassment Prevention
Risk Management
● Identification of Human Rights Risks