We are entering an era of great change, with dramatic advances in AI technology and dizzying changes in the world situation. To respond to the drastic changes of the times and aim for a society that the next generation can be proud of, we need to have a common philosophy, share information with each other, and act together to realize that philosophy. In our corporate activities, we need to reaffirm the spirit of the SDGs, which set the sustainable development goals of the international community, and work together with society to achieve them. In addition to the pursuit of profits, which is the conventional corporate principle, we there is a need for ideas that live together with society and actions that pursue the common values of society and companies.

In September 2020, we, Tokai Tokyo Financial Group, declared the SDGs Pledge, and in so doing, we set up five material priority tasks, and since then we have actively grappled with ESG-oriented management that includes an endorsement of the TCFD* Recommendation. (* Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures)
In addition to supporting the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), we endorsed the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's GX League Basic Concept in October 2022, and formulated the Net Zero Declaration on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in December 2022.

Also, when we formulated the medium-term management plan "Beyond Our Limits" that lasts until March 2027, we designated “Social Value ＆ Justice” as the prerequisite for every action we take in the process of the plan execution. The underlying faith is that no company has an existence value if it fails to pursue social value and fulfill social justice. We believe we can make a significant contribution to achieving the SDGs by bearing the faith firmly in our minds.

Furthermore, in September 2023, we organized our thoughts and reviewed “materiality” to clarify the relevance of the Medium-Term Management Plan to changes in public demands.

We, as a comprising member of financial and capital markets, fully acknowledge the importance of playing our share of the mission to realize SDGs to utilize efficiently finite resources and save them for the next generations. We will be earnestly engaged in an endeavor to facilitate the achievement of a sustainable society and the solution of social issues, hoping to become the company we can feel proud of, and we can command respect from society.