Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning

[Activities for education]
• Support acquisition of qualifications from training institutes
• Assistance at Hitachi Construction Machinery Songgang Xi Wang Elementary School in China
• Internship program in Zambia
• Address the growing demand for skilled construction equipment operators in Zambia’s construction and mining industries
• Participate in construction machinery fairs for education

Pick Up!
Manufacturing Technology Transfer Promotion Program in India

Develop children and leaders of the future

Value Creation Story 2 (2020)
Contributing to problem solving in the construction and civil engineering industry through practical training on ICT construction
Initiatives of PEO Construction Machinery Operators Training Center

[Provide technology acquisition and educational]
• Opportunities for employees
• Implementation of succession plan
• Promotion of self-improvement program
• International Skills Competition
• Hold service mechanic competitions

Increasing the skill level of individuals and technical levels in Japan and abroad contributes to sustainable growth

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

[Empower women in the workplace]
• Building a foundation for women’s participation and advancement, Continuous employment / reinstatement support, and Career development support
• Developing a workplace environment to continue working while balancing their home and professional lives
• Developing female instructors at training centers

Encourage gender equality, etc., by providing a work environment that provides a high level of motivation to women

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

[Reduce emissions and prevent pollution]
• Identify areas with high water stress level
• Reduce water usage in business activities
• Management of chemical substances (Reduce water risk)

Support local communities by ensuring sustainable management of water and conducting water-saving activities in areas of high risk

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

[Reduce environmental impact for manufacturing processes]
• The introduction of electric power monitoring system

Realize efficient energy use by adopting proprietary technology on the manufacturing floor

[Utilize renewable energy]
• Install solar panels

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

[Expand new businesses globally]
• The parts remanufacturing business

Contribute to creating local employment opportunities and economic growth by hiring locally

[Business structure reform]
• Restructure domestic development and production bases

Achieve decent work for all and realize a safe and efficient production line

Value Creation Story 3 (2020)
Introduction of the work posture automatic determination system utilizing AI
What does a worker-friendly factory look like?

Value Creation Story 2 (2019)
Comfortable work environments and productivity
Manufacturing reforms pursued simultaneously

[Work Style Reform]
• Reinforce occupational safety and health
• Employee health advancement
• Promote diversity
• Equal labor and wages
• Elimination of forced and child labor

Pick Up!
The Work Posture Automatic Determination System

Promote sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment through promoting decent work for all

* "Diversity promotion" correlates with SDG 5 depending on the case.

[Promote a safe and secure work environment]
• Corporate Governance
• Compliance
• Human rights initiatives

Strengthen organization and improve corporate value thereby enhancing economic productivity through initiatives in governance

* "Respect for human rights" correlates with SDG 5 depending on the case.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

[Develop products and solutions using ICT and IoT]
• Expand Solution Linkage
• Develop labor-saving machinery that is unmanned/uses robotics
• Development of Cooperative construction machinery for humans and machines to work cooperatively

Pick Up!
Global operation of the “ConSite^® OIL” service for monitoring the condition of construction machinery oil.

Support economic development and general welfare and realize a safe and productive labor environment through innovative technological development that creates new value

* "Development of labor-saving machinery" correlates to SDG 8

Value Creation Story 1 (2020)
Bringing innovation to work sites around the world with new ideas Global launch of ConSite^® OIL

[Enhance services globally]
• Establish regional sales companies

Contribute to local infrastructure and economic development by expanding sales channels

[Risk management]
• Formulate Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
• Enhance the Business Continuity Management (BCM) structure
• Increase resilient residential areas

Develop resilient infrastructure and promote sustainable industrialization through measures against risks faced by businesses such as natural and man-made disasters (terrorism and civil unrest)

* "Increase resilient residential areas" correlates to SDG 11

Realize inclusive, safe and resilient cities and human dwellings that are sustainable

[Supply and support construction machinery]
• Develop infrastructure in each country
• Supply rental equipment to local governments

Achieve a sustainable urban and living environment resilient against disasters

Value Creation Story 4 (2019)
Preparing for future large-scale disasters
The role of construction machinery

Ensure a sustainable consumption production pattern

[Enhance value chain business]
• Expand rental business globally

Ensure a sustainable consumption and production pattern by enhancing the value of the product life cycle

Value Creation Story 1 (2019)
Expanding the rental business in North America and Europe
New values being created around the world

[Reuse and recycling of products]
• Remaufacturing business of parts with the same quality as new products
• Effective resource use by promoting product circular economy
• Working to promote 3R (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle) + Renewable activities

Pick Up!
Parts Remanufacturing Business aimed at a Recycling-oriented Society

Contribute to reduction of waste

[Provide accurate information on products and services]
• Prompt disclosure of recall information
• Prevent risk in the supply chain (mainly procurement related)

Ensure sustainable a consumption and production pattern

[Improve the quality of our products]
• Realize the vision of uniform worldwide quality
• Development of certified brand-name used equipment
• Developing technologies for competitive differentiation

Minimize environmental impact through ensuring a sustainable consumption and production pattern while maintaining safety and quality throughout the product life cycle

* "Develop distinctive technology" correlates to SDG 9

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

[Development of clean technologies and environmentally con- scious technologies]
• Differentiation by expanding the development of decarbonization technologies such as electric and hydrogen engines
• Highly efficient mine operation managementsystem (Improving the efficiency of the entire mine)

Pick Up!
Low-Carbon Construction Machinery

Contribute to minimizing risks of climate change through developing and putting into practical use construction machinery with low-carbon technologies

Strategies by Business (2021)
Electrification Business

Value Creation Story 3 (2019)
Quickly turning latent needs into reality
Toward a new era in electric-powered excavators

[Address risks of climate change]
• Introduce solar power generation
• Introduce internal carbon pricing
• Conserve water resources - Implementing water conservation activities by identifying areas of high water stress levels
• Consider biodiversity

Pick Up!
Solar panels installed at the Kharagpur Plant

Contribute to solutions for global environmental issues by adopting renewable energy and introducing energy saving equipment

* "Introduce solar power generation" correlates to SDG 7, "Conserve water resources" to SDG 6, and "Consider biodiversity" to SDG 15

Enhance means of sustainable development and revitalize the global partnerships

[Development support in local communities through cooperation with outside organizations]
• Assistance at Hitachi Construction Machinery Songgang Xi Wang Elementary School in China
• Desert afforestation activities in the Horqin Desert in China
• Manufacturing Technology Transfer Promotion Program in India
• Address the growing demand for skilled construction equipment operators in Zambia’s construction and mining industries

Help energize innovation using global partnerships

[Promote CSR throughout the entire value chain]
• Promote fair procurement among suppliers
• Pass down and transfer technologies globally

Energize global partnerships