The Tokyo Gas Group believes that the foundation of its CSR activities lies in achieving its public mission and fulfilling its social responsibilities by conducting daily business activities in accordance with its Management Philosophy and Corporate Action Philosophy. To pursue its CSR activities, the Group has determined its basic policy on CSR, CSR activities, materiality and goals (CSR KPIs).
 
In addition to providing an overview of the Group’s CSR management, this report describes in detail its major CSR activities during fiscal 2018, organized based on the materiality.
 

Production of this report was led by the Editorial Working Group, whose members were selected from each of the company’s divisions and departments. They carefully checked all the information to be published, confirmed the progress of the PDCA cycle in each area of activity, and coordinated all content with the related departments.


Editorial Working Group

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Gas Resources & Energy Production Div., Pipeline Network Div., Residential Sales and Service Div., Energy Solution Div., Regional Development Div., Power Business Div., Global Business Div., Digital Innovation Div., Corporate Planning Dept., Financial Management Dept., Personnel Dept., Purchasing Dept., General Administration Dept., Compliance Dept., Internal Audit Dept., Audit & Supervisory Board Member’s Office

Secretariat: Sustainability Department

System of Information Disclosure

*1 Only in Japanese

Period

This report contains material primarily from fiscal 2018 (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019), with some additional information from other fiscal years.

Scope

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries.  
Tokyo Gas LIFEVAL and partner companies are also included in some sections. Environmental performance data for fiscal 2018 are for Tokyo Gas and its 44 consolidated subsidiaries in Japan.

Date of Publication

October 2019 (The previous report was published in November 2018. The next report is scheduled for October 2020.)

Referenced Guidelines

▶　GRI “Sustainability Reporting Standards 2016/2018” 
Japanese Standards Association “ISO 26000: 2010” 
Ministry of the Environment of Japan “Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2018 Version”

 

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The environmental and social performance indicators provided in this report have been third-party assured by KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd. (a member of the KPMG Japan group) to enhance the credibility of the data.

Membership in Industry Associations and Advocacy Organizations

• KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
  (Tokyo Gas Senior Corporate Advisor Tsuyoshi Okamoto serves as vice chair)
• Japan Gas Association
  (Tokyo Gas Chairman of the Board, Michiaki Hirose serves as chairperson)
• Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  (Tokyo Gas Chairman of the Board, Michiaki Hirose serves as a special advisor)
• Japan Association of Corporate Executives
  Note: As of August 31, 2019

Publication History

FY1994–FY2004	”Environmental Report” issued
FY2005–FY2009	Expanded coverage to include CSR, and issued as the ”Tokyo Gas CSR Report” (website and booklet)
From FY2009	Expanded the scope of the report to include subsidiaries and affiliates (issued only on the website)
FY2010–FY2014	”Tokyo Gas CSR and Corporate Profile” issued (booklet)
From FY2015	”Tokyo Gas Group CSR Report” issued on the website (full report) and as a booklet (digest edition)
From FY2017	In principle, the website is updated upon publication of the report during the first half of the fiscal year and with additional information as needed.
From FY2019	Disclosing all relevant material via the website by suspension of the printed booklet publication. We changed the report title from ”CSR Report” to ”Sustainability Report”.