In April 2006, the Osaka Gas Group established the Osaka Gas Group CSR Charter to serve as guidelines for executive officers and employees of the Group enabling it to fulfill its corporate social responsibilities. In fiscal 2011, the Osaka Gas Group initiated a new system and established a place for dialogue with internal and external stakeholders as occasion warrants depending on the topic to enable flexible and appropriate responses to the demands of society. The CSR Promotion Council, consisting of executives, deliberates CSR plans and reports on results of activities under the supervision of the President of Osaka Gas. From the viewpoint of integrating the promotion of overall CSR activities, we established the CSR Committee to coordinate and advance Group-wide CSR activities. The committee, led by the CSR Executive, is composed of the heads of business units.
Meetings up to now have focused on the areas of the environment and compliance. However, from FY2011, Along with restructuring of the CSR organization to cover all five areas of CSR Charter*, the CSR & Environment Department was established to perform administration functions and to act as a hub for CSR activities. As well, we established a panel in charge of social contribution, whose members in various company divisions deliberate on CSR planning and reporting. With these actions, we will strengthen initiatives under the CSR Charter and aim for achieving CSR that fulfills the demands of society. * Charter I: Creating value for customers; Charter II: Harmonizing with the environment and contributing to realizing a sustainable society; Charter III: Being a good corporate citizen contributing to society; Charter IV: Complying with laws and regulations and respect for human rights; Charter V: Management policy of human growth.