Shareholders' Meeting and Investor Relations
The azbil Group aims to create value toward sustainable growth through dialogue with its stakeholders.
Under the guidance of the corporate executive in charge of corporate communication activities, we have set up a system (Corporate Communication Task Force) to facilitate dialogue with stakeholders through collaboration among internal departments. With this system, we implement fair and highly transparent disclosure of information in accordance with laws and regulations. In addition to financial information, we also proactively disseminate non-financial information, including the management plan and ESG initiatives, as well as product and service information.
We consider it important to engage with our various stakeholders and communicate constructively with them. Their opinions can serve as valuable input for management and business operations, and by working collaboratively toward solving issues, we aim to create new value that will lead to sustainable growth.
Early Disclosure of the Notice of General Meeting of Shareholders and Its English Translation; and Live/Video Streaming of the Meeting
The notice of an upcoming General Meeting of Shareholders is posted on this website and on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s website approximately one month before the date of the Meeting, and is mailed to shareholders three weeks prior to the Meeting, thereby providing shareholders with early access to information on agenda items. For the convenience of overseas shareholders, an English translation of the notice is also posted on both websites simultaneously with the Japanese version. In addition, beginning with the 103rd Securities Report (for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025), we have disclosed our Annual Securities Report prior to the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (Japanese only). We also participate in an electronic voting platform, enabling shareholders to promptly access information related to the General Meeting and exercise their voting rights.
Furthermore, we provide a live-stream portions of the General Meeting, and subsequently make the recordings of those portions available on our website (Japanese only).
Enhancing Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors
Dialogue with shareholders and investors is conducted by senior management, the corporate executive in charge of corporate communications, or IR Office within the Group Management Headquarters, depending on the purpose of the engagement.
In practice, we conduct dialogue with shareholders and investors through individual meetings, financial results briefings, various other events and briefings, and site visits. We also enhance and utilize digital communication tools, including online briefings and digital content, to proactively communicate information to shareholders, institutional investors and individual investors, both in Japan and overseas, thereby promoting a deeper understanding of our business.
The topics discussed cover a broad range, including management strategy, business performance, sustainability and ESG initiatives, and proxy voting policies. We actively engage with a wide variety of investors, from analysts and fund managers with diverse investment approaches to those who are responsible for ESG evaluation and proxy voting.
Since FY2024, as part of shareholder engagement initiatives conducted by the Board of Directors, we have held small-group meetings between outside directors and institutional investors to discuss our initiatives to enhance corporate governance and other topics. In FY2025, the first year of the medium-term plan, we also held a business strategy briefing, during which the heads of each business explained the azbil Group's growth strategy.
Opinions and feedback obtained through these dialogues are shared with the President & CEO, other members of senior management, and outside directors through management meetings, Board of Directors meetings, and other opportunities. Such opinions and feedback are utilized as a reference in formulating capital policies, corporate initiatives, and management strategies, and are incorporated into decision-making as appropriate.
Response to Disclosure Requests Regarding Sustainability
In line with our Group philosophy, we contribute to the global environment and address a wide range of social issues with the aim of realizing a sustainable society. We recognize that tackling sustainability issues is not only about managing risks, but also about seizing important business opportunities that enhance enterprise value. Guided by this recognition, we continue to make contributions that lead “in series” to a sustainable society.
Environmental, social, and business-structure changes—driven by such factors as climate change, SDGs, demographic shifts including declining birthrates and an aging population, and changes in the way people work—are giving rise to new and increasingly visible issues to be addressed. At the same time, automation technology—which can serve in a variety of ways, such as mechanization, labor-saving, energy saving, and resource saving—are playing an even more important role in solving these issues, further increasing the value and expectations placed on automation.
Amid these changes, in August 2022, to achieve the Group’s sustainable growth, we incorporated the concept of double materiality (a concept that evaluates materiality from two aspects: financial evaluation of the impact of the environment and society on the company, and the impact of corporate activities on the environment and society) from the perspective of both opportunity and risk, based on our Group philosophy. We have identified ten material issues across five areas to be tackled over the long term; in FY2023, with advice from external experts, we reassessed these material issues and reaffirmed their validity. Furthermore, in FY2026, we reviewed our materiality in light of changes in the business environment and the formulation of our Purpose, following deliberations by the Board of Directors, and newly identified “water resources” as a material issue. Details of the azbil Group’s sustainability initiatives and achievements are disclosed on this website, as well as in Securities Report (in Japanese only), azbil Report (integrated report) and ESG Databook.
azbil report (Integrated Report)
Timely and Appropriate Disclosure
To ensure the rights of all shareholders and other investors are substantively and fairly protected, we take appropriate measures and establish compliance frameworks in accordance with laws and regulations. We also strive to ensure the integrity and transparency of information we disclose in order to fulfill our accountability as a public company. In addition to providing fair and highly transparent information in a timely and appropriate manner, we actively provide voluntary information beyond statutory disclosure requirements and set our basic approach to information disclosure in our Disclosure Policy.
We also maintain an Investor Relations section on our website, where we regularly publish and update information such as shareholders’ meetings materials, financial results, and various IR documents. Furthermore, to ensure equal access to information for investors in Japan and overseas, we strive to disclose information promptly. In particular, the notice of General Meeting of Shareholders and financial results are disclosed simultaneously in both Japanese and English.
Inclusion in Indexes and external evaluations as of August 2026
- JPX-Nikkei Index 400
- FTSE4Good Global Index
- FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Index
- FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index
- MSCI Japan ESG Select Readers Index
- MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)
- S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index
- Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index
- CDP 2025: Rated A in Climate Change Report, Rated A- in Water Security Report, Recognized as Supplier Engagement Leader
- Received the highest rating for the Eruboshi certification, which recognizes leading companies based on Japan’s Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace
- Received Platinum Kurumin certification
- Certified as a Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in 2026 (White 500)
- Selected as an Environmentally Sustainable Enterprise at the 7th ESG Finance Award Japan
- Selected as a Noteworthy DX Company 2026 in the Digital Transformation Stock Selection program jointly administered by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
