Yamada Denki Trading Policy
1. Compliance

・ Strictly observe applicable laws and international rules.

2. Respect for Human Rights

・ Respect human rights and personal dignity to prohibit inhumane acts in all business activities.

・ No child labor, discrimination, and physical, mental and sexual harassment

・ Have dialogue with the representatives of employees to maintain robust relationships with them.

・ Respect employees' rights on freedom of association and collective bargaining.

3. Labor and Employment

・ Pay the workers properly in compliance with the local laws and regulations.

・ Prohibit forced labor.

・ Comply with the appropriate working hours stipulated by local laws and regulations.

・ Take safety measures for machines and equipment at workplaces and ensure safety and hygiene of the facilities.

・ Perform regular disaster prevention training, and ensure evacuation routes in an emergency or upon a disaster.

・ Give due consideration to physically taxing work.

・ Give due consideration to employees' physical and mental health management.

・ Strive to reduce occupational accidents and diseases.

4. Environmental Conservation

・ Comply with environmental laws and regulations and strive to reduce environmental impact and prevent pollution.

・ Regularly ascertain and review environmental performance.

・ Use energy efficiently and make efforts to conserve energy.

・ Strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

・ Strive to conserve resources, and recycle and reuse resources.

・ Appropriately manage and dispose of waste.

・ Properly use water resources and take water-saving actions.

・ Make efforts to mitigate negative influences of noise and odor.

・ Make efforts to prevent contamination of air, water, soil and groundwater, etc.

・ Make efforts to preserve biodiversity and the ecosystem.

5. Fair Transactions

・ Ensure fair and transparent trade in free and fair competition.

・ Adopt a hard-line stance against antisocial forces.

・ Regularly confirm that the suppliers are in compliance with the legal requirements on fair trade.

・ Prohibit corruption and bribes.

・ Protect intellectual property based on local laws and regulations and international rules.

・ Observe trade regulations.

・ Properly disclose information.

・ Put in place whistle-blowing offices in and outside the company.

6. Assurance of Product Safety

・ Improve and maintain the quality and safety of goods and products.

・ Make proper responses for product defects or other accident in compliance with local laws and regulations.

7. Information Handling

・ Rigorously manage information and prohibit illegal usage.

・ Regularly check compliance with the Personal Information Protection Act and other related acts.

8. Coexistence with and Contribution to Local Communities

・ Maintain favorable relationships with local communities and promote local contribution activities.

(Note) How Yamada Denki apply this sourcing policy to our business partners.

Yamada Denki request to take a look at the policy and ask cooperation for our activities such as the Sustainability Survey. We would confirm activities of the business partners or send some questionnaire based on the aim. Please kindly reply to them when asked.

We also recommend to conduct self-assessment of sourcing activities regularly and keep the records or documents associated with our sourcing policy.