Basic Concept
As a company operating in the life and health-related fields, Alfresa is committed to putting its Alfresa Philosophy into practice and fulfilling its responsibilities to various stakeholders. We believe that enhancing corporate governance is essential to fulfilling our social responsibilities as a company and increasing our corporate value. The Group will continue to promote initiatives in line with the spirit of the Corporate Governance Code and strive to further improve its corporate value.
From the perspective of ensuring the sustainable growth of the Group and increasing its long-term corporate value, we believe that the essence of corporate governance is to ensure the transparency and fairness of decision-making, to make full and effective use of our management resources, and to increase management vitality through swift and decisive decision-making. We will work to improve our corporate governance in accordance with the following basic principles.
- Respect the rights of shareholders and ensure their equality.
- We will build good and smooth relationships with stakeholders, including shareholders.
- We will disclose company information appropriately and ensure transparency.
- We will establish a system that utilizes outside directors and outside auditors to ensure the effectiveness of the Board of Directors' oversight function over business execution.
- We will strengthen our internal control system, including ensuring the reliability of financial reports.
- We will engage in constructive dialogue with shareholders whose investment policies are in line with the medium- to long-term interests of shareholders.
Establishment of Corporate Governance Guidelines
Our Group has established the Corporate Governance Guidelines as basic principles regarding corporate governance. These guidelines have been established with the aim of further enhancing our corporate value so that we can fulfill our responsibilities to our stakeholders, including customers, business partners, coworkers, shareholders, and local communities, in a safe, secure, and honest manner by realizing "Our Vision," "Our Aim," and "Our Promises" as set out in the Alfresa Philosophy System.
Alfresa Corporation Corporate Governance Guidelines (PDF: 182KB)