Since announcing our Mission, Vision and Values (MVV) as our management philosophy and the core axis of our CSR activities, we have been focusing on increasing the awareness of our MVV and ensuring that they are put into practice.
CSR Report 2009 aims to provide readers with a deeper understanding of Mitsui’s CSR activities, and, as in CSR Report 2008, we have included a section entitled “CSR at Mitsui & Co.” to explain Mitsui’s thinking regarding CSR and the future direction of its CSR initiatives. Also, since last year’s third-party opinions expressed the view that there was a lack of information on the CSR initiatives of individual business units, we have provided reports on unit activities in the section entitled “CSR Activities by Business Unit”.
Moreover, in CSR Report 2009, we have been especially aware of the report as a disclosure document for non-financial information from a CSR perspective, and, to satisfy the needs of stakeholders who require more-specialized information, we have endeavored to provide accurate and complete information to provide an overall picture of Mitsui’s CSR management.
Our CSR reports explain Mitsui’s thinking about CSR and its related activities, and are important tools for establishing a dialogue and communicating with stakeholders to help to create a better society. Since we want to provide a useful reference for Mitsui’s future business activities, we ask that you please take the time to provide your opinions and impressions by kindly returning the attached questionnaire or fill it out on our website. Please also note that we will be posting third-party opinions regarding this report on our website.