Sustainability

DISCO has been promoting activities to realize a sustainable society based on DISCO’s corporate philosophy, DISCO VALUES, and DISCO VISION, which clearly outlines the state that DISCO aspires to achieve 10 years in the future in the form of milestones that exist in order to enable us to implement DISCO VALUES.

DISCO VALUES, DISCO’s Definition of Growth as a Company

DISCO VISION

Identification of Material Issues / Establishment Process of DISCO VISION 2030

Material Issues

Performance and Progress

DISCO VALUES Management Guidelines

DISCO VALUES

DISCO VALUES, DISCO’s corporate philosophy established in 1997, clarifies the social mission (Mission), which is the role that DISCO intends to play in the society, and the corporate target (Target) necessary for DISCO to firmly forge ahead to achieve this Mission.

“Advanced Kiru, Kezuru and Migaku technologies” is DISCO’s business domain. In other words, DISCO will never deviate from the three technology fields of Kiru (cutting), Kezuru (grinding), and Migaku (polishing) in our business activities. The company’s social mission is to connect the ever-advancing science to bountiful and comfortable lifestyles via these core technologies. For this purpose, DISCO believes that the most important thing is to increase value-exchange with our stakeholders.

In 2002, in order to make it easier for all DISCO members, including both officers and employees, to behave and make decisions in line with our Mission and Target stated above, on top of carrying out daily corporate activities and business operations, over 200 detailed statements were added to DISCO VALUES as “Management Guidelines”. To this day, in order to enable all our employees to act and make decisions according to DISCO VALUES in their daily activities, DISCO has been consistently implementing activities to further this initiative, such as company-wide workshops and workplace-based study sessions.

DISCO’s Definition of Growth as a Company

In addition, DISCO does not think of growth in terms of the expansion of the company’s sales, size, or market share. For DISCO, “growth” as mentioned in DISCO VALUES is defined as how close we come to achieving our Mission, the increase in value-exchange with our stakeholders, such as employees, customers, and shareholders compared to the previous year, and whether we further contributed to society.

DISCO VISION

Identifying Material Issues / Establishment Process of DISCO VISION 2030

STEP1
Reviewing DISCO VISION 2020

Management carries out an achievement evaluation of the targets and KPI (Key Performance Indicator) for each item of DISCO VISION 2020

STEP2
Selecting important business issues

Sustainability issues based on the recent societal demand, in addition to the business and sustainability issues already included in DISCO VALUES and DISCO VISION 2020 are selected

STEP3
Identifying Material Issues by evaluating their importance

Management evaluates the importance of the business issues including the sustainability issues selected in STEP 2 and identifies the Material Issues

STEP4
Discussing and establishing DISCO VISION 2030

Based on the review in STEP 1 and the Materiality evaluation in STEP 3, management discusses and creates a draft proposal of DISCO VISION 2030, which is then deliberated and established by the board of directors

STEP5
Announcing Material Issues

The Material Issues included in DISCO VISION 2030 are incorporated and announced

Material Issues

Environmental Vision

Performance and Progress

An Excerpt from the Management Guidelines, DISCO Values

A portion of the statements is as follows.

General Principles of Management

• DISCO VALUES is shared throughout DISCO on a worldwide scale.
• DISCO conducts stakeholder-oriented management. “Highly transparent governance” is absolutely required.
• The manner to maintain steady and favorable relationships with stakeholders, such as customers, employees and shareholders, is a vital management issue.
  And, consistently confirming the increase in value-exchangeability between DISCO and its stakeholders is the key to the issue.
• Organizational management supports operational management. Executives must be professionals in organizational management.
• The implementation of DISCO VALUES is an important role of management. Management that does not take DISCO VALUES into consideration cannot be regarded as DISCO’s management.
• Humans have evolved technology and civilization, bringing affluence to society and our lives. DISCO will also evolve its technology and organization to become more valuable to society.
• The essence of corporate activities is to serve society. Evolution is a way to achieve that.
• DISCO is fair in all its corporate activities.
• DISCO proceeds with a spirit of openness and fairness. Therefore, DISCO’s management must not create an environment that generates negativity, must discourage negativity, and must never conceal negativity.
• “Fairness” is important at DISCO. It should be asserted without being affected by emotion or the general atmosphere. An example of this would be the expression, “justice overrides harmony.”
• Disregard for human rights is not condoned in DISCO’s corporate activities.
• DISCO disavows any use of forced labor in its corporate activities.
• DISCO disavows any use of child labor in its corporate activities.
• Consideration for the environment, health, and safety is a common principle to all corporate activities.
• Be loyal to the principles and always reconfirm the principles and the goal. Above all, place importance on the essentials. Forgetting these fundamentals puts the organization at risk.
• Avoiding or concealing the need for a recall is a betrayal of the stakeholders and benefits nobody.
• Risk management is intended to protect the stakeholders. DISCO ensures thorough risk management.
• Stable supply, as well as reliability, are the duties of manufacturers.
• DISCO will continue to conduct its business no matter the contingency. This will reassure our stakeholders.
• “Create a company with which customers feel comfortable doing business.”
  “Create a company where the constituent members feel comfortable working.”
  This is the vision of Business Continuity Management (BCM).
• DISCO and its employees exchange value. They mutually aim to improve this exchange.
• Equal opportunity is given and equitably rewarded.
• A successful result is not evaluated if it is done without regard to DISCO VALUES.

Human Resources

• The capability of an individual increases many times over via organic interaction with others.
• People can demonstrate their abilities to the fullest extent when they act based on their own intent. DISCO places importance on the manifestation of each member’s individual intent.
• Displays of originality and capability depend on the intent of each member. DISCO encourages such intentions and ambitions.
• DISCO establishes an environment in which those suited to be members of the organization may continue to perform for as long as possible.
• Personal and family values may differ among individuals. Neither the corporation nor its employees seek to interfere in the individual matters of its employees.
• DISCO does not discriminate or evaluate employees based on personal attributes such as biological sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, nationality, race, religion, or educational background.

Line of Business

• Application Engineering, products, and services all together constitute our Line of Business.
• After-sales service and customer complaints should be perceived as opportunities to find new customer needs.

Creating

• DISCO always keeps in mind the brilliance of “going for it”.
• The creation of a strong patent map is imperative in order to protect DISCO's business and reassure its customers.

Manufacturing

• DISCO has the responsibility to provide a stable supply of first class products to our customers.

Money

• Money is not the goal but the means to accomplish DISCO’s mission.
• DISCO does not pursue Money that does not comply with DISCO VALUES.
• DISCO only depends on Money generated from business and “quality investment.”
• Profits are to be invested in the reproduction of value. Returning profits to our stakeholders is based on the same idea.
• DISCO does not speculate when investing or using funds. DISCO only makes investments that contribute to our growth.
• Whether money is “clean” or “dirty” depends on the people who handle it. DISCO’s Money has nothing to do with “easy money.”

Buying

• Buying is an important function which can enhance DISCO’s products.
• In DISCO’s Buying, the suppliers should be given equal information, be selected fairly, and receive the correct payment.
• DISCO and its suppliers are on an equal footing. As partners participating in DISCO’s business, they should be treated with respect. DISCO’s Buying should never create a bad impression.
• Solid relationships with suppliers are a very important company asset. It would be disastrous to damage them.
• In selecting a supplier, we should correctly understand the true state of their company as well as the quality of their products.
• No transactions are to take place with suppliers who do not take the environment, human rights, etc., into account at a consistently high standard.
• DISCO throughly implements responsible mineral procurement.
• DISCO does not use products or parts made from conflict minerals.
• DISCO does not procure products that use forced labor.
• DISCO does not procure products that use child labor.
• When equal offers are made, our preference is given to suppliers “who have a higher sense of social responsibility,” such as for the environment and human rights, as well as to suppliers from the local community to which DISCO belongs.

Selling

• Selling is the act of realizing optimal value-exchange between DISCO and its customers.
• DISCO’s Selling is not to offer the products but the value generated by doing business with DISCO.

Organization

• The quality of an Organization is determined by the quality of its members. Therefore, DISCO’s Organization should consist of high-quality members.
• Escalation is the duty of all constituent members so the full potential of the organization can be realized.

Corporate Social Relations

• Being a good corporate citizen forms the basis of DISCO’s Corporate Social Relations.
• DISCO would like to be a company that serves as a good “member of society.” As such, DISCO is comprised of good “members of society.”
• Corporations exist because society exists. The bare minimum requirement is to be a good corporate citizen.
• Relations between DISCO and society should always be considered, and efforts to maintain the relationships expended.
• DISCO’s constituent members are members of society and are also involved in the creation of a relationship with society.
• Appropriate payment of taxes is the foundation for creating a relationship with society.

Corporate Culture

• The core of DISCO’s Corporate Culture is DISCO VALUES.
• High-quality Corporate Culture is a long-lasting source of vitality for an organization.