Makers of Wire Harnesses and Cables – Hokko Corporation | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

HOKKO Corporation is actively committed to understanding and fulfilling its overall responsibility to society in everything we do. This is reflected in the Mission Statement of our Corporate Policy: "Making Better Societies Using Bridging Technologies.” In order to realize our management vision and fulfill our responsibilities to future generations, we are committed to using innovation and advanced technology to enable people to live, move, and work more comfortably, enjoyably, and energy-efficiently.

Hokko has started contributing to the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a part of its CSR activities.

The SDGs
(Sustainable Development Goals)
we are working toward
What are the SDGs?
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) was unanimously adopted at the UN Summit in September 2015. The 2030 Agenda includes 17 SDGs and 169 targets as development goals for the entire international community, including developed countries.

What is Aichi Prefecture's SDGs Future City initiative?
It is an initiative that selects cities and regions with a particularly high potential for realizing sustainable development through the creation of new value in the three dimensions of economy, society, and environment from among those that promote basic and comprehensive efforts in line with the principles of the SDGs.

Aichi Prefecture was selected as an SDGs Future City by the Cabinet Office on July 1, 2019. It has formulated the Aichi Prefecture SDGs Future City Plan (plan period: FY2019-2021) and is promoting initiatives based on the plan to achieve the SDGs.

We will start working on 6 goals. We have chosen the SDGs that we will focus on in our social contribution efforts. All employees will carry out their work with an awareness of SDGs-oriented management.

We will build a comfortable work environment where everyone can work at ease.
We will aim to become certified as a corporation with excellent health management.
We will promote the physical and mental health of our employees.
We have begun to further enhance our welfare program and review our lunch menu to make it healthier.

We will increase opportunities for employee training and education.
We will enhance training for new employees and combine OFF-JT and OJT to provide even higher quality training.
We will develop human resources who can contribute not only to our company but also to the local community.

We will hire diverse human resources and promote their activities by creating a comfortable work environment.
We will establish a system to promote the success of female employees.
We will promote diversity, including women.

We will promote the use of paid vacation time and emphasize work-life balance by reforming the working style.
People with disabilities also actively work at our manufacturing sites.
We also provide hands-on training at industrial sites.
We will improve working conditions to create a work environment where employees can relief their stress.

We will integrate manufacturing and sales to achieve higher efficiency.
We will aim to become a smart factory by setting and promoting indicators to strengthen cooperation with every internal and external department.
We will further promote technological innovation and expansion of new facilities to provide valuable products that respond to market feedback.

We will actively promote efforts to comply with the RoHS Directive and the REACH Regulation.
We will thoroughly monitor the materials we use, including equipment, to ensure that as few hazardous substances as possible are released when manufacturing harnesses.
We will reduce wasteful emissions of materials and products through a build-to-order production system.

Public safety in the City of Kasugai
HOKKO Corporation acquired the naming rights to a pedestrian overpass over a busy highway (Aichi Prefectural Route 30, City of Kasugai, Gejo-cho district). By purchasing the right to have our name displayed on this overpass, we are contributing financially to the local government and thus to its citizens.

Japanese Red Cross Society
HOKKO Corporation has also donated extensively to the Japanese Red Cross Society, one of the world’s most well-known and respected contributors to public health and health-related activities.