Nextage's Materiality

Based on the corporate philosophy, Nextage identified the materiality, the following materiality have been identified upon in order for Next Stage to realise economic and social value.

Customer satisfaction improvement by DX promotion

Development of human resources

Enhancement of environmental efforts

Reinforcement in governance

Identification Process of Materiality

Step1

We have examined Step 1 according to GRI standard, that is the framework to explain contribution to a sustainable development by reporting how the Company can impact the economy, environment, and society.

※1 Important factors to concider
●4 management strategies (”Nationwide store expansion”, "Standalization of store operations", "Customer expansion", "Merchandise management")
●Concerns of each stakeholder
●Megatrends (long-term economic, environmental, and social changes)
※2 Factors considered in the impact evaluation
Likelihood of occurrence, size of event if it occurs, extent of impact, difficulty of recovery, magnitude of positive/negative impact on management, and positive/negative impact on corporate value

Step2：Arrangement of activities considerate to important objectives for sustainability

The Company have arranged the countermeasures for what have been extracted in terms of sustainability in Step 1.

Step3：Identification of materiality

Identify Nextage’s materiality by tidying up what have been found in Step 2 in order of "Customer", "Employees" and "Regional Society".
Materiality is a guideline that is tied to four management strategies to help Nexstage realize the value of service provision based on our management philosophy.
It is also incorporated into the value creation process as key management issues.