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Priority Environmental and Social Issues MUFG Must Adress

Priority Environmental and Social Issues MUFG Must Address

Process for Identifying 10 Priority Issues

STEP1 : Assessing a broad range of environmental and social issues

Identified 218 issues by assessing environmental and social issues at home and abroad with reference to  the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stakeholder feedback regarding ESG issues and the requirements set out in the various guidelines listed below

(GRI Standards, United Nations Global Compact, SASB Standards, ISO26000,The previous 7 priority issues specified by MUFG, etc.)

STEP2 : Integrating and narrowing-down
Integrated the 218 issues into the 123 issues based on duplications or similarities, with the Sustainability Office undertaking the primary screening
STEP3 : Extracting

Identified 12 major issues based on employee feedback gleaned via questionnaires and interviews

● Issues respondents are currently addressing or willing to address through their business duties

● Issues respondents think that are addressed by companies considered to be good corporate citizens

STEP4 : Deliberation and determination
Determined the 10 priority issues after multiple rounds of management discussion that took into account the opinions of external advisors, input from outside directors and the global trend toward sustainability, with an eye to better fulfilling society’s expectations in areas where MUFG’s capabilities can be brought to bear

MUFG's 10 Priority Issues

Fundamental Concept of Social Contribution

Financial institutions have a responsibility to stabilize and maintain the financial system and contribute to the sound growth of society. To this end, we have fulfilled our social mission as a foundation of society and have been striving to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by solving social issues through financial services. We will carry out social contribution activities, such as donations and volunteer work, in fields where it is difficult to contribute through financial services or where there is a critical need for society.
(As of September 2021)