Along with adapting to the changing social environment and addressing customers' needs, the INOAC Group contributes toward achieving a sustainable society based on the company policies and approaches of our fundamental principles, action guidelines, observance of laws and regulations, and respect for human rights.

1. Engaging in fair, just, and honest procurement activities
   Offer business opportunities to clients in Japan and other countries fairly and justly, regardless of their nationalities, company size, and whether we have previously done business with them.
2. Building partnerships based on trust with our valued suppliers
   We build strong partnerships with the intention of doing business together over the long term by maintaining and improving each other's technological capabilities and quality, and promoting communication that leads to mutual prosperity.
3. Achieving safety & quality
   When selecting our suppliers, we comprehensively consider their corporate social responsibility efforts based on the economic rationality of factors such as quality, price, lead time, and technology, in order to satisfy the needs of consumers and customers and bring them safe, high quality products.
4. Consideration for human rights & labor _※1
   We engage in responsible resource and raw material procurement with consideration for human rights and labor in order to avoid using resources and materials such as conflict minerals _※2that could be socially problematic in terms of human rights and labor environments.
5. Environmentally responsible procurement activities
   While aiming to achieve carbon neutrality and a decarbonized society as measures against global warming, we engage in procurement activities geared toward creating a society that successfully recycles and reduces use of resources, preventing air, water, and soil pollution, reducing impact on aquatic environments, managing chemical substances, and preserving diverse ecosystems.
6. Compliance
   We observe social norms and relevant laws, along with the spirit underlying them, in accordance with compliance-related regulations in the INOAC Group. We engage in sensible activities that earn trust around the world.
7. Consideration for proper information management
   We maintain the confidentiality of clients' confidential and personal information obtained through procurement activities.
8. Engaging in the optimal procurement globally
   We procure globally aiming for the optimal quality and prices to accommodate our global production.

※1 At INOAC Corporation, we support international norms related to human rights, such as the United Nations' International Bill of Human Rights and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of the International Labour Organization (ILO), and we hold ourselves responsible to respect the human rights of all people involved in our business activities.
※2 For conflict minerals surveys, INOAC Corporation supports the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) Responsible Minerals Trade Working Group, the Japan Auto Parts Industries Association (JAPIA), and the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA), and conducts surveys according to their standards.