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Risks and Opportunities

FY2022 Company-wide Risks and Opportunities

  External issues and
social needs
Internal issues Risks Opportunities
Carbon Neutrality [Response to global warming]
  • Response to Prime Minister Suga's "2050 carbon neutral" statement
  • Green growth strategy (Dec. 2020 (revised in Jun. 2021)) for carbon neutrality
  • Rising social demand for energy-saving performance in buildings
  • Response to disasters resulting from climate change
  • Response to carbon pricing (carbon tax and emission allowance)
  • Demand for supply chain-wide reduction of CO2 emissions
  • Response to Science Based Targets (SBTs)
[2021–2023 Medium-Term Business Plan]
Development of a business platform and promotion of ESG for growth and transformation (ideally to be realized by 2023)
  • Acceleration of Triple Zero 2050 activities
  • Work for securing of the next generation workers as well as maintaining and strengthening the supply chain
  • Strategic promotion of R&D and DX
[Kajima's material issues]

Society 3: Providing technologies and services for disaster preparedness that support safety and security

Environment 4: Contributing actively to society's transition to a carbon-free footprint

  • Lower productivity resulting from the intensification of disasters (torrential rains, floods, strong winds, snow accumulation, heatstroke, etc.)
  • Higher costs and difficulty to procure construction materials owing to climate change (reduction in natural capital, natural disasters)
  • Restriction on Kajima's operations owing to CO2 emission controls
  • Decline in external reputation from customers, etc., resulting from a failure to achieve environmental goals
  • Actions to secure a competitive edge through energy-saving and eco-friendly designs (ZEB and ZEH, low-carbon construction materials, etc.)
  • Reduction of energy costs through a cut in construction-related CO2 emissions
  • Increase in the value of Kajima's own buildings through the promotion of energy savings
  • Market expansion for technologies and projects to counter global warming (renewable energy, energy management businesses, etc.)
  • Market expansion for technologies to adapt to global warming, such as disaster prevention and mitigation and BCP needs (more resilient buildings, rainwater storage facilities, dams, embankments, pump stations, etc.)
  • Improved competitiveness to win orders resulting from R&D on, and increased applications of, low-carbon concrete(CO2-SUICOM, Eco-Crete®ECM, Eco-Crete®KKC, Eco-Crete®BLS, etc.)
Recycle Resources [Support for a recycling society]
  • Compliance with the Act on Promotion of Recycling Plastic Resources
  • Promotion of recycling (including waste plastics)
  • Response to a shortage of disposal sites
  • Aging in social infrastructure, transition to a stock-based society
  • Reduction in productivity owing to a shortage of waste disposal sites (delay in construction, increase in disposal costs)
  • Illegal dumping of items that are difficult to dispose of (composite materials etc.)
  • Increase in costs and environmental impact associated with the mass generation of demolition waste following incidents regarding quality
  • Actions to secure a competitive edge by promoting the use of sustainable materials
Harmoniously Co-Existing with Nature [Protection and creation of biodiversity]
  • Sustainable use of resources
  • Nature restoration in urban areas
  • Prevention of the intrusion of alien species
  • Action for TNFD (Task Force for Nature-Related Financial Disclosure) (to be established)
  • Response to 30by30 (turning at least 30% of land and water on Earth into nature reserves by the year 2030)
  • Suspension or rework of construction, or a loss of reputation resulting from incorrect action
  • Loss of biodiversity associated with in-house development
  • Actions to secure a competitive edge by offering biodiversity in proposals
  • Market expansion for ecosystem service businesses
  • Market expansion for wood structures
[Appropriate environment management]
  • Reduction in the environmental impact associated with construction activities (waste, contaminated soil, vibration, noise, dust, drainage, foul odor, etc.)
  • Appropriate disposal of hazardous substances (asbestos, PCB, etc.)
  • Health problems of local residents and workers resulting from environmental impact
  • Sanctions, loss of reputation, suspension of construction, compensation, etc. following legal violations, etc.
  • Actions to secure a competitive edge based on outstanding environmental management technologies

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