The JAMCO Group strives to build fair and sound relationships with our business partners by always conducting business honestly so that we can develop together with them.
JAMCO has been promoting procurement that adheres to social norms in accordance with the laws and ordinances of each country and region. However, in response to growing social demands in recent years, we think that it is necessary to work with our business partners on CSR and to fulfill our responsibilities to society more actively.
We will share procurement policies with our Group companies and cooperate with our business partners to promote initiatives throughout the supply chain.
The JAMCO Group has established a procurement policy, requires business partners to comply with it, and promotes CSR activities throughout the entire supply chain.
1. Building Sound Business Relationships
・Maintain healthy business relations with our partners by placing value on relationships built on mutual understanding and trust.
・Adhere to fair and appropriate terms in all of our transactions.
・Encourage transactions that value corporate social responsibility, evaluating the financial condition, technological strengths, corporate stance and other aspects of our business partners.
2. Fair Selection of Business Partners and Appropriate Procurement
・Select business partners based on objective purchasing standards such as quality, price, and delivery time, using fair judgement to do so.
3. Elimination of Questionable Relationships
・To carry out transactions that are fair and just, and will not accept personal remunerations or commissions related to work, nor accept hospitality or gifts that exceed socially accepted bounds.
4. Compliance & Ethics
・Comply with the laws and ordinances of the countries and regions that we perform transactions in.
・Observe industry standards and trends, and carry out transactions in alignment.
・Comply with the parental enterprise responsibilities set out in the Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc. to Subcontractors, and will not carry out unfair business practices that are prohibited as an abuse of a superior bargaining position as established in the Antimonopoly Act.
・Withhold confidential terms of transactions to outside parties not involved with the transactions.
・Withhold information and intellectual assets provided to us without the consent of the party providing them.
・Ensure supply chain transparency and carry out responsible procurement with regard to conflict minerals.
5. Green Procurement
・Promote green procurement and carry out transactions that give adequate consideration to environmental and resource conservation.
6. Respect for Human Rights and Occupational Safety and Health
・Respect basic human rights while promoting procurement activities that give adequate consideration to working environments, occupational safety and health.
We conduct CSR surveys to assess the current state of CSR at our Group companies and subcontractors. As we did in FY2021, in FY2022, we conducted surveys using a questionnaire created with reference to the CSR/Sustainable Procurement Self-Assessment Questionnaire (Common SAQ)* formulated by the Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ). We surveyed 50 companies (five contracted by the Aircraft Maintenance Group, five contracted by the Aircraft Components Manufacturing Group, and 36 contracted by the Aircraft Interiors Group, and four Group companies). The survey results are shown in the figure.
The results were higher than the scores in the previous fiscal year in all of the categories. We will continue working to support subcontractors who we determine need to improve, by mutually confirming issues together and aiding them in making improvements.
* The CSR/Sustainable Procurement Self-Assessment Questionnaire (Common
SAQ) deepens mutual understanding among all companies involved in the
supply chain, and enables them to practice CSR procurement on a global level,
by having them answer SAQ questions. It was designed to be consistent with
international standards such as the ten principles of the United Nations Global
Compact (UNGC), ISO 26000, and the GRI.
Tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold are four minerals (conflict minerals) produced by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and surrounding countries, and the funding of armed insurgents causing atrocities in these countries through the sale of these minerals has become an international problem. So as to not facilitate conflicts in those areas, JAMCO declares we do not use materials recognized as conflict minerals, and we are responding appropriately to requests for reviews and reports on conflict mineral regulations from customers.
We are also requesting suppliers of raw materials related to these four kinds of minerals to submit a pledge that the materials we purchase not to contain conflict minerals.
As member of local communities, the JAMCO Group values its relationships with everyone in those communities. JAMCO promotes volunteering and other social contribution activities such as interaction with local residents, education/ academic support, and joint research and development through collaboration with overseas companies.