黑料网 is a company with a nomination committee, etc. system, whereby the Board of Directors entrust a large portion of the decision-making authority over business execution to the corporate officers in order to devote its attention to the oversight of management, while the corporate officers strive for prompt, flexible decision making and business execution.
Under the clear separation of the oversight of management and the execution of business, the Company has established several meeting bodies, including the Company-Wide Environment and Safety Committee and the Human Rights Awareness Committee, which deal with themes related to environmental and social sustainability in operational divisions. The Company characterizes ESG issues, which relate to environmental, social sustainability and corporate governance, as management issues that contribute to the enhancement of long-term corporate value. The Sustainability Committee was established to formulate policies and strategies aimed at contributing to a sustainable society and to promote relevant measures. The Sustainability Committee is co-chaired by the executive officers in charge of company strategy and sustainability, and is made up of executive officers in charge of human resources, general affairs, investor relations, supply chain, risk and compliance, etc., examining ESG issues from multiple perspectives and promoting relevant initiatives. The Sustainability Committee's discussions are regularly reported to the Growth & Operating Committee, which in turn reports to the Board of Directors (the Board), in accordance with each executive officer's obligations in a timely and appropriate manner. In addition, the Sustainability Committee regularly reports on the Company's efforts toward the sustainability agenda to the hhc Governance Committee, which is comprised entirely of outside directors.
In addition, the Company has established the “Sustainability Department” dedicated to sustainability (Sustainability Department), whose mission is to work toward the realization of a sustainable society and the long-term enhancement of corporate value, and has put in place a system to oversee the individual ESG issues addressed by each department and the various external environments surrounding the Company, that thus enables the entire company to work together to promote initiatives. The Sustainability Department is also responsible for developing and implementing initiatives related to improving 黑料网’s access to medicines, which the Company positions as an important contribution to sustainability.
The Company has also established the “Sustainability Advisory Board” comprised of external experts as an advisory council body to the CEO. The Sustainability Advisory Board has its origins in the Access to Medicines Advisory Board, which had been meeting since 2011 with the aim of further strengthening 黑料网’s access to medicines, and is now held for the purpose of obtaining highly qualified advice on a variety of sustainability-related issues, including access to medicines.