Human Rights

FineToday Group recognizes the importance of international standards on human rights. These include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. In addition, recent years have seen growing interest around the world in not only issues such as forced labor and child labor but also topics such as harassment rooted in changing social structures and diverse values. Businesses have important responsibilities concerning solutions to these issues, and failure to respond appropriately could pose severe risks to a business.
Recognizing that all its business activities are grounded in respect for human rights, FineToday Group has established the FineToday Group Human Rights Policy, based on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights. It also has identified commitment to human rights as a Group material issue and strictly prohibits and calls for zero tolerance of various types of discrimination, mistreatment, and mental harassment under the FineToday Group Code of Conduct and Ethics.

The Sustainability Committee's Human Rights Working Group promotes human rights across all FineToday Group companies. The group also raises employee human rights awareness by identifying issues related to our operations and providing learning opportunities in all departments.
Our human rights due diligence includes forming specific response teams to address and formulate corrective measures for priority human rights risks. The teams examine risk response strategies and ways to improve operations to prevent risk.

Human Rights Working Group training and discussion topics (FY2024, FY2025)

Implementation date		Topic
FY2024	March	Human Rights Issues in the Workplace
	May	Sexual Harassment
	September	LGBTQ+ and SOGI
	November	Business & Human Rights
FY2025	March	Human Rights Issues in the Workplace
	May	Gender Representation in Advertising
	August	Working with People with Disabilities

FineToday Group is proceeding with human rights due diligence in the supply chain, in stages.
FineToday conducted a human rights survey of all employees in March 2023 and analyzed the findings to identify issues in the organization.
Specific response teams were established for priority human rights risks, with each team identifying key points to address and setting KPIs to measure their progress. Measures to address human rights issues in fiscal 2024 included verifying the wording of advertisements to ensure compliance with human rights principles.

Human rights education and training

We provide Human Rights Training and Ethics and Compliance Training for employees as part of our efforts to prevent discrimination and harassment based on nationality. Participation by Group employees was 100% in FY2024. FT Industries Vietnam has extended the training period to June 2025.

Prevention of human rights violations in the supply chain

The FineToday Group supplier contracts require compliance with the Supplier Code of Conduct.
The Group is also taking steps to improve the transparency of its reporting, including engaging EcoVadis and other third-party organizations to assess and update the status of human rights compliance.

Priority human rights initiatives and KPIs

The FineToday Group Code of Conduct and Ethics strictly prohibits and calls for zero tolerance of discrimination by race, gender, age, nationality, religion, disability status, or other qualities as well as abuse, sexual harassment, and abuse of power.
The Group Internal Hotline, Group External Hotline, and Audit and Supervisory Committee Contact accept reports of acts such as the above. These three hotlines also accept reports of compliance violations and other incidents that could lead to loss of society's trust. All global employees, including those of Group companies outside Japan, can use them.
The sections in charge of the hotlines respond to consultations and reports received with consideration to prevent any disadvantageous treatment of the whistleblowers.
We will also continue providing appropriate information and improving the consultation desk for external stakeholders.

Harassment reporting system

Group Internal Hotline	● The hotlines accept anonymous consultation and reports ● Available to all individuals, regardless of contractual status ● Whistleblowers will not suffer any disadvantageous treatment
Audit and Supervisory Committee Contact
Group External Hotline
Freelance Support Desk