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Based on its corporate philosophy, the azbil Group is actively working to realize a sustainable society and protect the global environment through its business activities. Our efforts include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To this end, we have established and disclosed the azbil Group's Basic Procurement Policy and azbil Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines, which serve as guidelines for specific initiatives. We ask our business partners to understand the purpose of these guidelines and to promote activities in line with them. We have published the "Sustainable Procurement Annual Report" which summarizes the azbil Group's efforts over the past year, so please take a look at it.

September 2025

Renamed as "azbil Group Sustainable Procurement Annual Report", the FY2024 virsion is now available.

July 2025

The revised "azbil Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines" is now available.

March 2025

The revised "azbil Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines" is now available.

December 2024

"SDG Supply Chain Annual Report (FY2023 version)" is now available.

September 2024

"The azbil Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines", with a strengthened governance perspective and a revised name, is now available.

August 2023

"SDG Supply Chain Annual Report (FY2022 version)" is now available.

June 2022

"SDG Supply Chain Annual Report (FY2021 version)" is now available.

June 2022

"The azbil Group Basic Procurement Policy" is now updated.

January 2022

"CSR Procurement Guidelines" is now available, and all of our business partners are able for viewing.

December 2021

Approximately 270 business partners attended the briefing session on the Azbil's SDGs initiatives and the CSR Procurement Guidelines.

azbil Group Basic Procurement Policy

Through “human-centered automation”, the azbil Group brings “safety, comfort, and fulfillment” to people and helps to preserve the global environment. Based on the “azbil Group philosophy”, the “Guiding Principles for azbil Group Business”, and the “azbil Group Code of Conduct”, we work proactively to achieve a sustainable society and protect the global environment. We maintain high ethical standards, understand, and comply with the laws in Japan and abroad and implement procurement-related activities fairly and equitably, taking into consideration human rights and the environment. Together with our business partners, we take into consideration our corporate social responsibility (CSR) when engaging in procurement activities throughout the supply chain. We consider working on these activities to be one of our most important management issues. We aim to build long-term trust relationships with our business partners, cooperate with them to achieve mutual prosperity, and contribute to the local community and society.

1. Public nature of the company and fulfillment of our social responsibility
   We disclose timely, appropriate, and accurate information to our business partners, and act so to earn their trust by our openness. We receive the opinions of our business partners with sincerity, foster good communications with them, and act to fulfill our social responsibilities together with them.
2. Observance of fairness in commercial transactions
   When dealing with our business partners inside and outside Japan, we observe international rules and laws and do not engage in unfair actions such as abusing a dominant position over a business partner. When selecting a business partner and deciding whether to continue a business relation, we compare and evaluate companies in a fair and equitable manner, consider their legal compliance, management foundations, quality, price, stability of supply, technological development, and make efforts to achieve a sustainable society.
3. Respect for human rights
   In our procurement activities, we stand together with our business partners in opposing behaviors that violate human rights, such as child labor, human trafficking, forced labor, and overwork and strive to eliminate discrimination based on race, gender, religion, etc. We seek to eradicate inhuman acts such as harassment and respect human rights.
4. Protection of the environment
   In our procurement activities we, together with our business partners, obey the laws and regulations related to environmental protection and continuously seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve energy, conserve resources, conserve water, manage chemical substances contained in products, and promote environmentally conscious design for the environment. By doing so, we strive to respond to climate change, use resources in a cyclical manner, conserve biodiversity, and contribute to the global environment.

January 1, 2023
Kiyohiro Yamamoto
President & Group CEO
Azbil Corporation

azbil Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines

Request for action in line with the azbil Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines for business partners

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in consistently conducting activities in line with the azbil Group philosophy. At the azbil Group, we strive to implement the philosophy and actively work towards achieving a sustainable society and protecting the global environment through our business activities. Our efforts focus not only on Japan but also on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),^*1 which are a global undertaking.We are making progress with a broad range of initiatives, such as activities aimed at decarbonization, sustainable planning of new products, and regional revitalization.

In this context, we aim to build a long-term relationship of trust with you, the azbil Group’s business partners, in our procurement activities, thereby enhancing the added value provided by both you and the azbil Group. With this foundation, we will reinforce our supply chain initiatives to realize a sustainable society and fulfill our social responsibilities more proactively, in response to growing societal expectations regarding the SDGs and other important challenges.

As part of these supply chain initiatives, we prepared the "CSR^*2 Procurement Guidelines" in 2021, considering both social and environmental perspectives. Thanks to the substantial cooperation we received from our business partners, we have been able to make progress with initiatives aimed at a sustainable society. These initiatives require accurate adaptation to the continually changing environment and customer requirements, which is why we have revised our correspondence standards for business integrity,^*3 BCP, ^*4 and other necessary initiatives, based on recent domestic and international trends. We have updated and released our guidelines, now known as the “aG^*5 Sustainable Procurement Guidelines”.

The guidelines outline the orientation of diverse sustainable activities within the supply chain as well as points requiring compliance, based on the fundamental principles expressed in the azbil Group’s philosophy and the Guiding Principles for azbil Group Business.

The azbil Group looks forward to further collaboration with you, our valued business partners, toward a more sustainable society. We ask for your continued understanding and cooperation in this endeavor.

If you would like to view this in PDF format, you can download it here.
Details are also available on the following website.

azbil Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines (Sixth edition, issued on July 2025)

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*1. SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals
The SDGs were incorporated into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted unanimously by member states at a United Nations Summit in September 2015. The SDGs consist of 17 goals and 169 targets that aim for a sustainable and better world by 2030.

*2. CSR: corporate social responsibility
CSR refers to corporate action through which a company takes responsibility for the impacts of its activities with an eye to living in harmony with society and environment and achieving sustainable growth. It is used to describe how a company should act to earn the trust of the various stakeholders surrounding it.
Generally speaking, CSR refers to voluntary activities in areas that are not purely financial, such as legal compliance, consumer protection, environmental protection, labor rights, human rights, and contribution to local communities.

*3. Business integrity
This refers to the capacities and sense of values considered most important in a company’s management. Companies are expected to prioritize integrity, fulfilling a broad range of social responsibilities that extend beyond mere compliance with the law, and to practice business ethics.

*4. BCP: business continuity plan
A plan to allow for the continuation of important business, even if a company is faced with an emergency situation like a disaster or accident. It helps minimize business interruptions and facilitates rapid recovery.

*5. aG: azbil Group
aG is an abbreviation for the azbil Group.