Supply Chain

The Matsuda Sangyo Group is committed to fulfilling its social responsibility in the core areas of legal compliance, fair trade, environment, quality control and stable supply, human rights, and information security, with a view to bringing about the realization of a sustainable environment and society. At the same time, we will work on ensuring responsible procurement by building relationships of trust with our procurement partners, positioning coexistence and mutual prosperity as our foundation, and continuously promoting social responsibility across the entire supply chain.

In March 2023, we enacted the Matsuda Sangyo Group Supplier Guidelines based on the RBA* Code of Conduct, which set out international standards that serve as a guideline for responsible procurement activities, primarily for the electronics industry.

The Code of Conduct prescribed by the RBA is based on internationally recognized standards such as the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the fundamental conventions of the ILO, and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It also serves as a standard for ensuring that the working environment in the supply chain is safe, and that business is conducted ethically and with respect for human rights and the environment. As such, we encourage our procurement partners to understand and comply with the Matsuda Sangyo Group Supplier Guidelines, which conform with RBA’s Code of Conduct, with the aim of realizing a sustainable environment and society through the creation of a better workplace environment across the entire supply chain.

*The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) is a corporate federation whose purpose is to promote social responsibility in global supply chains. It aims to improve corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the areas of labor, occupational health and safety, environment, ethics, and supply chain management.

Through the publication of the Matsuda Sangyo Group Supplier Guidelines and other initiatives, we ask for the understanding and cooperation of our business partners, and at the same time, work on building supplier engagement with our key business partners to strengthen relationships and achieve coexistence and mutual prosperity.

In engaging suppliers, Matsuda Sangyo places priority on the Precious Metals Business Segment, which is engaged in the provision of products and services.

We classify business partners that provide products (including materials made with precious metals) and services to Matsuda Sangyo Group into supplier categories based on the nature of the transactions, and carry out screening of suppliers based on our unique selection criteria (scale of transaction, certification by RBA, etc.) from the perspectives of comprehensiveness and importance. We then identify and select key primary suppliers as the targets for supplier engagement.