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Ashimori Industry Group Human Rights Policy Statement
The Ashimori Industry Group (Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd. and its domestic and overseas group companies, hereinafter referred to as “we”) has been supported for many years since our founding in 1878 by numerous people including local communities, suppliers, customers of the countries and regions in which we operate, and we have grown and expanded our business by tackling new challenges continuously. We are committed to endeavoring to respect human rights in our business activities and we hereby set forth the Ashimori Industry Group Human Rights Policy Statement, which every person in the Ashimori Industry Group should observe based on the Ashimori Group Code of Conduct, guided by the International Bill of Human Rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Covenants on Human Rights), the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (International Labour Organization (ILO)), the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, in order for us to be beneficial continuously to society especially in manufacturing products to keep people safe and make them feel secured.
1. Commitment to Respect for Human Rights
We understand that our business activities may directly or indirectly affect human rights, we recognize that respect for human rights is an important issue to be addressed in the management of our business, and we are committed to making every effort to fulfill our responsibility to ensure that human rights are respected in all of our business activities.
2. Scope of Responsibility
This policy statement is applied to all executives and employees of the Ashimori Industry Group. We are committed to acting responsibly so that all stakeholders understand and agree with this policy statement. We will strive to respond in an appropriate manner to human rights abuse by our suppliers, business partners, or customers.
3. Human Rights of our Executives and Employees
We will secure a workplace free from all discrimination and harassment of any form on the grounds of nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, age, creed, religion, disability, sexual identity and orientation, or otherwise. Likewise, we will not tolerate any type of human rights abuse such as forced labor and child labor.
We respect the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.
4. Education and Training
We will provide appropriate education and training to all our executives and employees in order to ensure that this policy statement is established firmly and implemented effectively in all aspects of our business.
5. Human Rights Due Diligence
We understand that we must identify and prevent or mitigate any actual or potential adverse impacts on human rights associated with our business activities through our human rights due diligence process.
6. Remedy
In case it is certain that we have caused or been implicated to adverse impacts on human rights by our business activities, we take appropriate remedial action.
7. Disclosure
We will disclose information on our human rights actions appropriately.
8. Stakeholder Engagement
We will conduct dialog and consultation with relevant stakeholders on our effort for this Human Rights Policy Statement in course of promoting our actions for respecting human rights.
This Human Rights Policy Statement was approved by the Board of Directors of Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd. on April 26, 2023.
Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
President and CEO
Shigeyuki Washine
Community Contributions
Crime and
Disaster Prevention
Company Fire Brigade
Ashimori has its own fire brigade, which operates as a fire and rescue division within the organization of the municipality of Settsu, where Ashimori’s Head Office and Osaka Plant are located.
The skills and knowledge built up through periodic drills and exercises are put to work by our fire brigade to help secure safety in the event of fires or other disasters at Ashimori or in the community.
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The fire brigade at the Ashimori Head Office and Osaka Plant
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The Ashimori fire brigade doing a drill
Contributing to Education
Visiting Elementary Schools
For many years, the Ashimori Head Office and Osaka Plant (Settsu, Osaka Prefecture) have been featured as an example of a manufacturing company in supplementary textbooks for third- and fourth-grade elementary school students in Settsu City.
Up until 2020, the Head Office and Osaka Plant welcomed third-grade students from local elementary schools for factory tours every year in the fall. The Covid-19 pandemic made group tours difficult, so in 2021 and 2022, employees visited schools to lead lessons for students.
Helping Invigorate
Communities
Joining Community Activities
The Ashimori Group values ties with communities and strives to live in harmony with locals.
We want to help invigorate communities by taking part in locally held activities. The photo on the right shows the Saga International Balloon Fiesta, in which group company Allsafe Japan Ltd. took part.
Establishing a
Quality Control System
Maintaining and Improving Quality Control to Meet Various Needs
We have established quality-assurance departments in all of our business divisions. In addition to complying with relevant standards and statutes, we regularly and strictly review how well we are complying with the requirements demanded by our customers. A quality control structure incorporating a PDCA cycle is established, maintained, and improved throughout every business process, including product planning, design, development, manufacturing, and shipment.
Quality Management Structure
ISO 9001 is a widely recognized international standard for quality management systems. It governs the management and supervision of the quality of services and manufactured products, with a view to ensuring customer satisfaction and promoting continuous improvement. IATF 16949, another international quality management standard, was formulated specifically for organizations in the automotive industry. Based on ISO 9001, this standard includes additional industry-specific requirements. The IATF 16949 standard was developed with the purpose of globally unifying automotive standards in the United States, Germany, France, and Italy. Ashimori has succeeded in meeting the stringent requirements of this certification.