Social Policy
In accordance with the ESG policy, the Investment Corporate and Asset Management Company will establish concrete measures to provide safety and security to tenants, contribute to local communities and build a fulfilling workplace environment, and continue to address these challenges.
Goals
Conduct environmental training for PM Companies.
- Applies to all PM companies dealing in properties.
- Period: Simultaneously once a year
Practice health management
- Includes improving working environment, introducing stress checks, conduct employee satisfaction surveys, achieve a paid leave acquisition rate at 70% or higher.
- March 2022: Completed
Acquisition of “Excellent Health Company Gold Certification”
- June 2023: Completed
Initiatives for Local Communities
Community Involvement
Supplying drinking water at the time of disaster
The Investment Corporation has concluded an agreement on supplying drinking water at the time of disaster with Chuo-ku, Tokyo and a neighborhood disaster mitigation association. If drinking water is in short supply due to a major earthquake, the Investment Corporation will supply drinking water from a water receiving tank installed in HF HATCHOBORI BUILDING, through the Bureau of Waterworks.
*The right image is a photo of a page about the availability of drinking water at the time of disaster on the website of Chuo-ku, Tokyo. (Only available in Japanese)
Sponsoring a jazz event
A jazz event was held at the KABUTO ONE on December 1, 2024. The live event with performances by musicians was held for the seventh time of “a fusion of music and financial services” and “the development of young musicians,” where young and talented musicians, who will carry on the future jazz culture, gathered and played together. It involved the local community and many residents participated. Continuing from last year, the Asset Management Company and Heiwa Real Estate, as the sponsor, also cooperated in the event.
Participation in the Sanno Festival
The Sanno Festival is Hie Shrine's festival and ritual rich in traditional and history. Hie Shrine is located in Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and the guardian deity of EDO, the old name for Tokyo, has been worshipped there from the time of Shogun Tokugawa in the EDO Period. During the Tokugawa era, the Sanno Festival was celebrated on a large scale as "Tenka Matsuri," or supreme festival meaning a festival at which successive Shoguns after the third Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa watched and worshipped the sacred portable shrine being carried into the grounds of Edo Castle together with the procession. This festival is famous as the top of the three largest Edo festivals, and at the same time as one of the three major festivals of Japan together with the Gion Festival in Kyoto and the Tenjin Festival in Osaka. (Excerpt from the website of Chiyoda City Tourism Association.) In the neighboring grounds of Nihonbashi-Kabutocho district in Chuo City, where both HEIWA REAL ESTATE REIT, Inc. (hereinafter, "HEIWA REIT") and the Asset Management Company are located, Nihonbashi Hie Jinja shrine, an auxiliary shrine of Hie Jinja shrine, stands as a popular shrine called Sanno Deity enshrined in Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, and has been designated as "Otabisho" since the Kan-ei era of the early Edo period which means a place where a sacred portable shrine carrying an object for worship is lodged for a rest and a Shinto ritual is conducted during the procession of the Sanno Festival. In the precinct of Nihonbashi Hie Jinja shrine, one sacred portable shrine and two Emperor's vehicles with a phoenix statue on the top of the house, called Horen are placed in line, creating a solemn atmosphere. In cooperation and coordination with the local neighborhood association, our sponsor company, Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd., and other companies located in the neighboring area, the executives and employees of the Asset Management Company endeavor to contribute to, and revitalize the local community by participating in the parade of sacred portable shrines in the Sanno Festival.
Cleaning around Kabuto-cho district
As a member of the local community, the executives and employees of the Asset Management Company engage in cleaning activities in the Kabuto-cho district, home to our sponsor company, Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd. We will cooperate with the local neighborhood association and other companies in the area to contribute to the local community. *It was canceled in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19.
Initiatives for Tenants
Tenant Satisfaction Surveys
The Investment Corporation regularly conducts tenant satisfaction surveys with the aim of improving tenant convenience and comfort.
We work to actively address requests that arise from the tenant surveys.
Setting up shared outlets for electric bicycles and electric scooters
Some properties have installed shared outlets for charging electric bicycles and electric scooters. This has improved convenience and the satisfaction of the tenants and area residents and also contributes to the environment because these transportation devices have lower CO2 emissions.
Installation of digital signage
The Investment Corporation has installed digital signage in the common areas of some properties to communicate information about the surrounding facilities and initiatives addressing environmental issues to increase the environmental awareness of the tenants and users of the buildings.
Installation of vending machines for disaster relief and donation
The Investment Corporation has installed vending machines for disaster relief and vending machines for donation in some properties. The vending machines for disaster relief can provide tenants with free drinks in a disaster by being released by resident managers. The vending machines for donation donate three yen per bottle purchased via the Volunteer Vender Association.
Initiatives to Improve Tenant Satisfaction
At office properties, we implement improvements including the installation of LED lighting in tenant spaces and upgrades to plumbing during large-scale repairs and renovations. At some properties we have installed AEDs (79% installation rate), placed emergency supply cabinets in elevator compartments (52% installation rate) and installed vending machines that can function during a disaster (7% installation rate). At residential properties, we have installed unattended delivery boxes (100% installation rate), intercom systems with video monitors (100% installation rate) and introduced free internet facilities (100% installation rate).
Note: Excludes whole -building lease properties, current as of November 30th 2024
Selection and Evaluation of Property Management Companies
To secure stable revenues from properties it holds and facilitate the maintenance and improvement of their asset value, the Investment Corporation has specified standards for the selection of property management companies with which it entrusts management.
In addition, it conducts evaluations once a year in principle with respect to matters such as the implementation of management operations undertaken by such management companies to verify their appropriateness.
Supply Chain Initiatives
Cooperation with Partners
Once a year, the Investment Corporation conducts ESG training for PM and BM companies, which are its business partners in the supply chain. Outside experts are brought in as instructors to raise awareness about ESG and share information about the stance adopted by the Investment Corporation, in order to ensure the firm development of environmental and social initiatives while establishing a strong governance base.
Awareness-Raising of J-REIT and Promotional Activities
The Asset Management Company actively takes part in various seminars with the aim of increasing the recognition of J-REIT as investment products.
Information Disclosure and Engagement
Engagement with Institutional Investors
The Investment Corporation holds briefing sessions twice annually on financial results primarily for institutional investors.
IR (investor relations) activities for institutional investors also include the proactive implementation of a dialogue with institutional investors in Japan and those overseas through a range of means such as visits, conference calls and online meetings.
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| Financial results briefing for domestic institutional investors, analysts, etc. | 2 times (July/January) |
| IR meetings for domestic institutional investors, analysts, etc. | 106 times |
| IR meetings for overseas institutional investors, etc. | 35 times |
Engagement with Individual Investors
The Investment Corporation holds briefing sessions twice annually on financial results for individual investors in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka respectively.
IR (investor relations) activities for individual investors also include participation in company briefing events held on site and online seminars.
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| Financial results briefing for domestic Individual Investors | 6 times (September/March) |
| Events for individual investors | 9 times |
Other Social Initiatives
PET bottle cap collection campaign
The Asset Management Company has collected PET bottle caps and delivered them to a recycling company to cooperate in the reduction of CO2 emissions and and the donation of vaccines. The recycling company changes PET-bottle caps into recycled materials and sells them. The profit on sale is donated to Japan Committee Vaccines for the World’s Children, a certified NPO corporation.
Pink Ribbon Movement
The Asset Management Company aims to be a company in which women can demonstrate their capabilities to the fullest extent and work actively, while also making the most of their individuality.
In doing so, it supports and participates in the Pink Ribbon Movement in which people engage in activities under the concept of reducing the number of people suffering from breast cancer to the minimum level or zero.
Clear plastic folder collection campaign
The Asset Management Company has been providing ASKUL Corporation with used clear plastic folders as a gesture of support for the company’s resource recycling initiative aimed at reusing them as resources and products.
