SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE MEDIA DO GROUPSTAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
To increase corporate value, we actively engage in dialog with our stakeholders so as to strengthen and improve relations and improve management quality.
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| Local Communities |
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With the objective of realizing sustainable local communities, and to rediscover and maximize the value inherent in each region, we place great importance on collaboration with municipalities, local businesses, and educational institutions. Through our initiatives to address regional social issues, we are creating foundations to support the sustainable growth of the Group’s businesses, while also building enduring relationships of trust with local communities. |
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| Business Partners and the Publishing Content Industry |
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In order to continue delivering safe, high-quality services that our partners can use with confidence, we are committed to understanding customer needs and to continuously improving our day-to-day operations. Aiming for the advancement and prosperity of the entire publishing content industry, including publishers and eBook retailers, we ensure strict legal and regulatory compliance and, through the fair, equitable, and integrity-driven conducting of business, further strengthen relationships of trust with all business partners. |
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| Employees |
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Our corporate creed of “Growth and Potential” affirms that building relationships of trust, where we respect one another and celebrate each other’s growth, is our foremost value. For our employees, we share regular messages from management, publish articles via our owned-media channels, and host study sessions and training programs that are led by frontline employees on an ongoing basis. |
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| Shareholders and Investors |
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We ensure the timely, appropriate, and fair disclosure of information to shareholders and investors. We actively incorporate the valuable feedback we receive through dialogue with shareholders and investors into reviews of our management strategy and material issues, as well as into our initiatives to improve our business operations. |
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- *1: Human Media Inc., “Japan and the world media × content market database 2025, vol. 18 [preliminary edition]”
- *2: 2025 Annual Report on Publishing Indicators, Research Institute for Publications
- *3: eBook Marketing Report 2025 on Japanese Market, Impress Research Institute