Sustainability Vision and Promotion System

Sustainability Vision

Enriching and adding color to people's lives while caring for the planet, the Onward Group reaches out to future generations through the universal language of fashion.

The persisting COVID-19 pandemic and the progress of digitalization, etc. are redefining the business environment in which the Onward Group operates, quickening the pace of structural transformation. We view sustainable management as a vital theme constituting the core of the enterprise for simultaneously tackling global environmental and social issues while achieving sustainable growth.

Promote Sustainable Management That Pursues Coexistence with the Global Environment

The Onward Group has been promoting recovery, recycling, and reuse of its products in cooperation with the Japanese Red Cross Society through the Onward Green Campaign for over 10 years. We are also working actively to expand the scope of the made-to-order business that eliminates wasteful production. From the viewpoint of improving traceability, the Japan Apparel Quality Center, a general incorporated association in the Onward Group, conducts factory audits in Japan and overseas.
By embracing new challenges while stepping up these initiatives, we are promoting sustainable management that pursues coexistence with the global environment.

Evolve into a Company Where Diverse and Unique Personnel Can Exhibit Their Strengths

The Onward Group realizes that in order to respond to diversifying customer needs and values and contribute to society, the Onward Group must be an enterprise where diverse and unique personnel are encouraged to exhibit their strengths.
By promoting workstyle reforms and enriching various personnel systems, we are endeavoring to cultivate a workplace environment where diverse employees can flourish and achieve work-life synergy.

The Onward Group established the Sustainability Committee in September 2021 to promote concrete sustainability initiatives.
The Sustainability Committee take the lead in formulating the action plan and key performance indicators (KPIs). Enriching and adding color to people's lives while caring for the planet, the Onward Group reaches out to future generations through the universal language of fashion by promoting sustainable management.

Sustainability Promotion System

Sustainability Committee

The Onward Group's Sustainability Committee, headed by the Representative Director, President and CEO of Onward Holdings, includes the presidents and personnel responsible for sustainability of Onward Group companies. The Sustainability Committee discusses about sustainability risks and opportunities.

Main Activities

  • Identification of material issues (materiality) of the Group
  • Setting of medium- to long-term KPIs in accordance with the material issues (materiality), considering of promotion methods, and monitoring of progress
  • Sharing of sustainability activities among Group companies and operating divisions
  • Sharing of knowledge with stakeholders and utilization of external experts

The Onward Group Sustainability Committee Organizational Structure

The Onward Group Sustainability Committee Organizational Structure