A Century of Creating the

Top Management's Views on

Workplaces of the Future

Komatsu's Management Issues and

Strategies for the Next Century

Evolution of Business Model for Creating the Workplaces of the Future

Resolution of ESG Issues through

Corporate Profile

Growth Strategies

Resolution of ESG Issues through Growth Strategies

Komatsu's CSR Themes and Mid-Term Management Plan KPIs

Komatsu seeks to help resolve ESG issues by promoting the three pillars of growth strategies defined in the new mid-term management plan. We strive to realize a positive cycle of sustainable growth through improvements of earnings and resolutions to ESG issues. Our initiatives include reducing environmental impacts to combat climate change and supplying

high-quality,high-performance products, services, and solutions ensuring safety. KPIs have been set to guide these ­initiatives for solving ESG issues through our core business.

CSR Themes

Enhancing Quality of Life

-Providing Products Required by Society-

Developing

People

Growing with Society

ESG Solutions through

Key Initiatives under Mid-Term Management Plan

FY2019 KPI Performance

FY2020 KPI Performance

FY2021 KPIs

Strategies Relevant SDGs

Three Pillars of Growth

Reduction of CO2 emissions (in comparison to FY2010)

• Reduction of CO2 emissions from product use (fuel-efficiency equipment, hybrid hydraulic

14% reduction

14% reduction

16% reduction (in comparison to FY2010)

excavator, rate of Smart Construction use, enhancement of ICT-intensive construction, mine

automation, and underground mining equipment)

• Reduction of CO2 emissions from production (plants with zero impact on environment and

33% reduction

33% reduction

40% reduction (in comparison to FY2010)

workers)

Plants with zero impact on environment and workers

• Provide products, service and solutions

• Rate of renewable energy use (including purchase of renewable energy)

11%

13%

15%

• Work environment burden coefficient (particle matter density)

10.7% reduction

24% reduction

30% reduction (in comparison to FY2018)

contributing to sustainable development of

• Water consumption

49.4% reduction

52% reduction

55% reduction (in comparison to FY2010)

infrastructure, natural resources and circular

Value chain reforms and redefinition of the aftermarket business

• Spare parts sales

3% increase

8% decrease

11% increase

environmental protection (remanufacturing

• Reman component lifespan (compared to new components)

and forestry).

Actual value: Average operating time from the nth to the n+1st overhaul order

26,866 workhours (134% of new components)

19,106 workhours (95% of new components)

20,000 workhours (100% of new components)

• Improve productivity, efficiency, safety and

Assurance of mine operation safety and productivity

• AHS units' population (promotion of mining platform business)

221 units

352 units

380 units (aggregate)

environmental impact (lower CO2 emissions

DANTOTSU Product, DANTOTSU Service, and DANTOTSU Solution

• ICT-intensive equipment introduced (United States, Europe, and Australia)

1,361 units

1,288 units

1,590 units (per year)

and higher ratio of renewable energy use)

• Sites adopting Smart Construction

2,440

3,348

4,850 (per year)

through innovations, such as automation in

Automation, autonomous operation, electrification, and remote-controlling of equipment

the entire value chain.

 1. Automation of construction equipment

Verification tests conducted on user sites

In-house verification tests

Test introduction of hydraulic excavators for automated

Preparations advanced to launch mining bulldozer with

Domestic pretest of bulldozer with level 3 automation,

loading

 2. Automation, autonomous operation, and remote operation of mining equipment

Entry into mining bulldozer market (level 4 automation)

• Make commitment to DANTOTSU Value which

level 2 automation

preparation for proof of concept test in Australia

will realize a better Earth and future by means

 3. Automation of utility equipment

Development of peripheral safety technologies for

Entry into retrofit market for installing peripheral safety

Development of technology for automated forklifts

supporting automation

functions in preparation for automation

of technology and reliability (creation and

• Enhancement of mining equipment and hard rock mining businesses

Advancement of development projects for expanding

Expansion of product series (drills, LHD) Four models

Expansion of product series

maximization of customer value).

product series

Agricultural solutions and smart forestry

Japan: Commencement of verification tests at five

Japan: Development and market evaluation of agricultural

Japan: Expand lineup of agricultural loaders

• Creation of construction equipment demand in agricultural field

agriculture business operators

ATT

Indonesia: Increase number of users of agricultural

Indonesia: Started mass production and sales of D31PLL

Indonesia: Confirmation of feasibility of D21 agricultural

techniques employing agricultural bulldozers

• Smart forestry projects

agricultural bulldozer

bulldozer for direct rice planting applications

10

19

50

IoT and ICT work reforms

• Sales in Kom-mics platform business (visualization of production equipment operation)

865 units

1,447 units

1,900 units (including for internal use)

Development of a diverse workforce with a high level of productivity and technical skills

• Enhancing employee engagement

Scheduled for FY2020

Preparation for survey in FY2020, global survey in April 2021

Improvement of global surveys and indexes

• Work process reforms through expansion of diverse and flexible workstyles

(1) 1,950 workhours per person/year 

(1) 1,920 workhours per person/year 

Total workhours of less than 2,100; introduction of

(2) Commencement of trial in August 2019

(2) Revision of telework system in August 2020

telework system (Japan)

• Training hours: 31,625 hours (aggregate hours for all

• Training hours: 33,188 hours (aggregate hours for all

Training hours and number of participants (Disclosure of

• Develop a diverse workforce with a high level

• Promotion of The Komatsu Way (global dissemination of The Komatsu Way)

participants)

participants)

results)

• Number of participants: 1,461 in Japan, 307 overseas

• Number of participants: 1,527 in Japan, 0 overseas

of productivity and technical skills.

Strengthening and development of diverse talent with a global perspective to help achieve

sustainable workplaces

• Strengthen and develop diverse talent with a

• Revision of role of Japan in global management

Human resource system revisions started in Japan

• Revision of domestic retirement, wage, and retirement

Shifting of human resources to projects and improvement

benefit systems in April 2021

activities; globalization of organizations on by-function

global perspective to help achieve

• Introduction of elective retirement and R&D staff systems

basis

sustainable workplaces.

• Foundations for global measures (systems, frameworks)

Preparations advanced for introduction

Commencement of domestic data linkage

Introduction

• Empowerment of female employees ((1) non-consolidated ratio of female employees,

(1) 12.3%, (2) 7.2%, and (3) 4.5%

(1) 12.3%, (2) 7.7%, and (3) 4.9%

(1) 12.5%, (2) 10.0%, and (3) 5.0%

• Develop talent with cross-value chain

(2) non-consolidated ratio of female managers, (3) consolidated ratio of female managers (Japan))

• Rate of employment of people with disabilities (comply with requirements in Japan)

2.58% (non-consolidated)

2.82% (non-consolidated)

Above 2.3% (legally mandated rate)

capabilities.

• Support for regional human resource development for job creation (regional human resource

• Human resource development program launched in Chile

• Ongoing support in Chile, South Africa, and Australia

• Ongoing support provided in Peru, South Africa, and

Chile, Australia, South Africa, others

development with Cummins Inc.)

Australia

• Establishment of scholarship program for students in Chile

and Peru as part of COVID-19 relief program

• Participants' success in finding employment tracked

Development of talent with cross-value chain capabilities

• Cultivation of Smart Construction consultants (capable of proposing solutions using ICT to

396

626

430 (aggregate)

improve productivity and safety throughout construction workplaces)

Resolutions to social issues through collaboration with stakeholders

• Posting of past activity documents on Group portal

• Promotion of industry-government-academia collaboration as well as of collaboration with

Examination of cutting-edge tools through activities with

• Shared information on activities in 14 regions on rotational

Promotion of Brand Management and activities creating

basis

customers

domestic customers and regional dissemination

value for customers

• Continuation of activities by headquarters team targeting

• Shareholder meetings: 2 times

three customers (two civil engineering, one aggregate)

• Shareholder meetings: 1 time (held online)

• Offer resolutions for social issues through

• Shareholders and individual investors (shareholder meetings, shareholder factory tours, individual

• Shareholder factory tours: 10 times

• Shareholder factory tours: 0 (canceled due to COVID-19

Number of meetings held (Disclosure of results)

• Individual investor meetings: 7 times

pandemic, factory tour videos shared on official Komatsu

collaboration with stakeholders.

investor meetings)

• Certain factory tours and meetings canceled due to

YouTube account)

impacts of global COVID-19 pandemic

• Individual investor meetings: 4 times (held online)

• Act as a responsible corporate citizen ensur-

• Institutional investors (ESG meetings)

11 (ESG-related meetings)

• ESG-related meetings: 4

Number of meetings held (Disclosure of results)

• Participation in conferences: 1 (meetings held with 18

ing corporate governance, compliance, and

Business fairs at nine factories (Awazu, Osaka, Ibaraki,

investors)

human rights.

• Communities (business site fairs)

Kanazawa, Tochigi, Oyama, Koriyama, Shonan, and Himi);

All factory fairs canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

One fair held at each of nine factories per year

canceled only at Shonan Plant due to impacts of Typhoon

• Employees (meetings)

Hagibis

29 in Japan (canceled overseas due to COVID-19 pandemic)

Number of meetings held (Disclosure of results)

34 (30 in Japan, 4 overseas)

Action as a responsible corporate citizen addressing corporate governance, compliance, and human rights

• Occupational health and safety, support for establishing environmental and safety systems at

Establishment of Human Rights Policy, disclosure in

Revised Komatsu Code of Worldwide Business Conduct

Ongoing improvements made in reflection of relevant laws

suppliers, response to Japan's Corporate Governance Code (corporate governance reports),

integrated report

Human rights e-learning programs, etc.

and regulations and social expectations

evaluations of effectiveness of Board of Directors, internal control, and internal audits

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