Sustainability
Our Sustainability
Since our founding, we have been committed to our basic philosophy of maximizing opportunities in life and seeks harmony and sustainable development with society by providing a platform to connect to the world through the Internet.
Recently, we have begun to incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ESG into our management and work with all stakeholders to achieve them.
Inquiries about CSR and SDGs-related interviews and requests for partnerships
Our Materiality
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| ❶ Update society and industry with DX |
・Support for DX at SMEs ・Business support through "LeadCloud" , and "CAREER PLUS" of Brainlab, Inc. ・Support in attracting users through Media Platform. |
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| ❷ Foster SDGs engagement through our own media | ・Promote ZIGExN's SDGs (SDGs Awards, etc.) |
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| ❸ Meaningful work environments |
・Selection and systematic training of candidates for next-generation business managers ・Implementation of Next Leader Project. ・Conducting surveys for visualization of engagements |
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| ❹ Creation of local communities |
・Job creation, IT, and development of global human resource in Oita Office ・Cooperation with the Oita Industrial Human Resource Center (Oita Sangyo-Human resource Center) ・Recruitment of interns and organization of events in Kyoto |
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| ❺ Equality of employment opportunity |
・Promotion of vocational education by holding representative lectures in cooperation with universit ies and educational institutions ・Special lecture at SFC and implementation of industry-university collaborative projects with APU |
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| ❻ Empowerment of diverse human resources |
・Empowerment of women and increase in the ratio of women in managerial positions ・Facilitating exchanges with overseas branches. |
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| ❼ Environmentally conscious business activities |
・Management framework for sustainability-related risks. ・Responses to CDP and disclosure of information based on TCFD recommendations. ・Promotion of environmentally friendly management. |
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| ❽ Stronger governance, ensuring transparency |
・Conducting IR for domestic and international institutional investors/ individual investors. ・Reviewing institutional design such as compensation committees,nominating committees, etc. ・Engagement of new outside directors. |
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Identification of materiality
The ZIGExN Group attaches importance to collaborative value creation with stakeholders as the foundation that supports sustainable growth. In April 2021, we established the Sustainability Promotion Office to formulate the materiality (material issues) that the Company should prioritize. Through active engagement with shareholders, users, employees, business partners, local communities, and the various stakeholders beyond, we aim to achieve both continuous contributions to society and enhancement of corporate value by working on such materiality issues.
[Selection process of materiality]
1. Extraction of materiality candidate items
We extracted social challenges having high relevance with global perspectives, such as ESG/SDGs (the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals), and the business activities and culture of the Company.
2. Grasping and organizing stakeholders’ expectations
Through dialogs with stakeholders, such as employees, shareholders, and investors, we have worked to grasp the “Expectations of the Company.” We organized the relationship between the information obtained from such dialogs and our business activities and prioritized the materiality candidate items extracted in 1.
3. Evaluation and identification of importance by the Company itself
From among the materiality candidates extracted and organized through a series of processes, we finally determined important issues that should be preferentially addressed for decision-making and approval as a result of discussions at the meetings held by management
[Operating Policy from now on]
Led by the Sustainability Promotion Office, we are going to promote specific initiatives in the eight ZIGExN’s Materiality initiatives that have been determined and strive to achieve our goals. In addition, through regular dialogs with stakeholders, we will review the materiality in line with the changes in social challenges at the time and the management strategies.
Our Activities
■ Update the local community
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ZIGExN x Professional 3x3 Basketball Team in Kyoto Office
Following the establishment of our Kyoto office in spring 2022, we have founded a Professional 3x3 Basketball Team 「ZIGExN UPDATERS.EXE」based in Kyoto city, Kyoto prefecture.
Kyoto is one of Japan's premier student cities, with a thriving student population of approximately 160,000. We utilize our “Kyoto Office” as an open hub where students and local youth can gather and connect through 3x3 basketball. -
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ZIGExN x Oita Office
We opened a new office in Oita Prefecture in the summer of 2021. We provide a wide range of work styles tailored to the life stage and job type of employees and support working out the solution to Oita Prefecture’s social issue of the declining employment rate in the prefecture of people in their 20s to 40s. We are also going to focus on cultivating IT human resources and collaborate with corporations in the city and educational institutions
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Smocca x Hino City Project
Smocca, a rental information service, has released "Hino City with Data," which collaborates with Hino City in Tokyo to transmit livability with data and information. We support the discovery of the hidden attractions of local governments and provide services that allow customers to move with greater peace of mind and consent.
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Tsubomi Project
The Tsubomi Project was launched in 2019 by Rejob Co., Ltd., in the desire to provide value to society from aspects other than business. We rented three tan (about 3,000m2) of rice fields in Saitama Prefecture and have been planning and implementing rice planting and rice harvesting experiences and cooking events in cooperation with local people with the aim of creating a community that transcends generations with children and the elderly. We will actively work with the local community by donating the harvested rice to the children's cafeteria in Toshima Ward, where the REJOB’s head office is located, and aim for an affluent society where no one is left behind.
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TCV Mask Support Project
The spread of COVID-19 has caused lifestyle changes around the world since 2020. TCV Corporation has implemented the TCV Mask Support Project to distribute TCV masks in the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Kenya in East Africa, where its service bases are located. Through the Embassy of Japan in Zambia, masks are donated to elementary schools in the Central Province, the Republic of Zambia.
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■ Update the future of young people
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Publication of the first Business Book by our CEO
Our CEO, Joe Hirao, has published his first business book “Entrepreneur’s Thinking Method: Problem Discovery, Solution, and Practice Techniques for Overwhelming Results through ‘Alternative Solution Power’” through Diamond, Inc.
This project is promoted as an initiative for one of our materialities, “Equality of Employment Opportunity,” in an attempt to help nurture the next generation. All author royalties from this book will be donated to organizations dedicated to social change. These include Ashoka Japan, which fosters young changemakers and social entrepreneurs, and Teach For Japan, an authorized NPO committed to transforming public education through its unique teacher training programs across a global network of 61 countries. -
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Sakura Project
The Sakura Project, a CSV promotion launched by REJOB Co., Ltd., in 2015. Under the theme of "Connecting Japan and the World and Aiming for a Society Full of Spiritual Richness," we started a therapist training course for low-income people in developing countries, and we are engaged in the activities to increase the world's beauty and relaxation population. We have already produced more than 500 graduates, some of whom are playing an active role as top therapists in the Philippines. We are working to solve poverty and employment issues through the support of local people to get jobs and become financially independent, as well as to enrich the hearts of people around the world. We aim for such a society.
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Lecture activities by our CEO
At Keio University from which our representative, Hirao, graduated, he has been a special invited professor at the SFC and has given many other lectures at Tokyo University of Science and other institutions. Through the G1 Venture, ICC Summit, and keynote speeches on the JPX Entrepreneurship Experience Program for junior and senior high school students, we are engaged in various activities with the aim of developing and producing as many as entrepreneurs and management human resources who can face social challenges by conveying the experience of our representative, Hirao.
・Hosted "Entrepreneurship Workshop" for students at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC).
・Our CEO Joe Hirao delivered a keynote speech for the "JPX Entrepreneurship Experience Program" for junior high & senior high school students, organized by Japan Exchange Group as part of its CSR initiatives. -
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REJOB Scholarship
In the hospitality industry involving REJOB Co., Ltd., an important initiative to support human resource development as the foundation of the REJOB SPA Concept, which provides a comprehensive support for human resource development ⇒ employment support ⇒ active participation support, is the REJOB Scholarship launched in 2017. We would like to liven up the future of the industry as a whole by providing benefit-type scholarships to support beauty school students who aspire to the industry.
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AFRICA DREAM SOCCER TOUR supported by Car-Tana.com
With regard to Car-Tana.com (Car-tana), the predecessor of the used car export platform TCV, Soltilo Kenya Ltd., a subsidiary of Honda Estilo Co., Ltd., (the Republic of Kenya)(Africa Dream Soccer Tour supported by Car-Tana.com) signed a sponsorship agreement in November 2017 with the free school tour of soccer held in three African countries. Based on the philosophy of offering dreams and hopes around the world and keep moving people through soccer (sports/education), the Honda Estilo Group has been having soccer camps in 18 regions and 10 countries since 2009. Although the business is different, having sympathized with the project that brings us closer to realizing ZIGExN's philosophy that we want to make the society where more people can make their best decisions, we have reached the alliance.
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Sponsorship of the ”IT＆Programming Camp” at Kaijo Junior High & Senior High School
We provided support through a donation to the ”IT＆Programming Camp” held at Kaijo Junior & Senior High School, the alma mater of our CEO, Mr.Hirao. Through this program, students gained hands-on experience with programming technology, allowing them to expand their perspectives from being service “consumers” to “providers” and proactively understand the connection between society and technology. As alumni volunteers, we fully support this initiative in hopes that the next generation will discover their full potential by thinking, creating, and engaging with new technologies.
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■ ZIGExN Awards
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REJOB award
Inspired by REJOB’s vision, "Connecting Hearts," this award program honors companies that embody this philosophy, across five categories (three of which are open for public nomination) like 「Hospitality Excellence」 and 「Diversity in Workstyles.」
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Good Reform Contest
Re-Shop Navi, Japan’s leading matching service for renovation companies, presents this contest with the vision to "Create the Next-Generation Renovation Experience." By featuring only vetted companies that qualifies our strict screening process, we showcase and award inspiring renovation cases that elevate the quality of life.
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TCV Best Seller Award
Launched in 2020 by TCV, a leading used-car export platform, this original award program honors top-tier Japanese used-car exporters. Key criteria include customer satisfaction through reviews and the seamlessness of professional communication, ensuring that only the most trusted exporters are recognized.
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