Working Toward the Realization of a Sustainable Society

The Japan Post Group has established the Japan Post Group Basic Sustainability Policy in an effort to create sustainable growth and enhance corporate value of the Group in the medium to long term by helping resolve social issues surrounding sustainability through its business activities.

Besides clarifying the value creation process, based on examination of the impact on the Japan Post Group's corporate value and the importance to stakeholders (and their expectations), we have summarized important topics and related topics, in six areas: (1) Local communities and economies; (2) Responding to the aging society; (3) Access to services; (4) Environment; (5) Human resources and human capital; and (6) Management base, and used these to set the strategic direction for our initiatives.

To address these key issues, the Japan Post Group mid-term management plan JP Vision 2025 has set the ultra-long-term goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 as well as a mid-term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 46% by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2031 (compared to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020) as a milestone on the way to achieving this goal.

From a corporate perspective, measures aimed at resolving social issues in local communities often pose challenges in terms of maintaining profitability. However, we believe that, by making the local post office a hub for coordination with other participants, initiatives of this kind can be made sustainable, which in turn will help to enhance the sustainability of local communities itself.

We aim to work together with local government authorities and business enterprises throughout Japan to make everyday shopping more convenient and strengthen local communities, by utilizing Japan Post's network, which extends into every part of the country.