In 2004, Mitsui formed the CSR Promotion Committee as an advisory body to the Corporate Management Committee to develop Mitsui’s internal framework with respect to CSR and work to raise CSR awareness among employees. In April 2006, we established the CSR Promotion Division, the central body for the promotion of CSR-oriented management on a companywide level, to respond to the expectations and demands of society vis-à-vis the Company’s approach to CSR and activities related to CSR. After reorganizing, integrating, and gaining a complete picture of our various major CSR-related operations, which had in the past been dispersed in various different divisions, we have been formulating new CSR policies.
Furthermore, with the objective of inculcating the importance of CSR-oriented management and Yoi-Shigoto (good quality work) throughout the Company and planning and promoting activities in an integrated manner with our business locations in the field, we have appointed CSR Promotion Officers in each business unit, overseas regional business unit, and domestic office, and are building our internal CSR network.

The CSR Promotion Committee submits proposals to the Corporate Management Committee on CSR-related management policies and business activities, inculcates the importance of CSRoriented management throughout the Company, makes recommendations with respect to “Specially Designated Businesses”, and conducts other related activities.
The committee’s chairman is the executive officer in charge of corporate staff divisions, including the CSR Promotion Division, and its deputy-chairman is the executive officer in charge of corporate staff divisions, including the Human Resources & General Affairs Division and the Legal Division. The general managers of each corporate staff division?the Corporate Planning & Strategy Division, the Investor Relations Division, the Corporate Communications Division, the Human Resources & General Affairs Division, the Legal Division, the Investment Administration Division, and the CSR Promotion Division (manager of the secretariat)—serve as its members. The committee has the following duties:

Furthermore, the Environmental Advisory Committee and the Medical, Healthcare, and Bioethics Committee have been established under the CSR Promotion Committee, with the objective of responding to various CSRrelated issues.