Sustainability Message from the President

We will endeavor to manage our company sustainably with an eye toward the next 100 years

For more than 100 years since our founding, the Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Group has steadily expanded our businesses with “human resources” and “technology” as the source of growth, under our corporate philosophy of “service to the public and sound management.” In order to continue to grow as a company for another 100 years, we believe that sustainable company management will be important. To achieve this, we must not only to increase corporate value in financial areas such as business performance and financial results, but also increase corporate value in non-financial areas such as ESG.

Since assuming the position of President, I am often asked, "What is the significance of the Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Group's commitment to sustainable management?" In response to such questions, I always answer, “Because the Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Group's businesses are inseparably linked to sustainability.” Our core business is to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through the development of infrastructure. It is no exaggeration to say that the SDGs of "industry, innovation and infrastructure" and "sustainable cities and communities" represent the nature of our businesses themselves.

Furthermore, if asked “What is essential for sustainable management?,” I would answer without hesitation “human resources” and “technology.”
I believe that we should “invest in people” on an ongoing, long-term basis, and that it is part of “sustainable corporate value enhancement.” For that reason, at our company, we are actively investing in human resources, which is essential for our growth strategy and sustainable management, including developing education and training programs to help employees improve their skills, developing DX human resources, and reforming work styles, as well as raising wages.
In technology development, another essential element of sustainable management, we are revising the structure of our organization in relation to research and development. We have reorganized our organization into three divisions: the “Technical Research Laboratory,” which engages in basic research and new product development for each business; the “Engineering Management Office,” which conducts cross-departmental research and development beyond the boundaries of each business; and the “New Business Development Office,” which explores technologies that will contribute to future profitability enhancement. In this way, we aim to create an organizational structure for conducting research and development in line with growth strategies.

In 2021, the Group expressed our support for the TCFD recommendations and established a goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. In line with this goal, we are promoting measures to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions, including switching to green power, and we have also installed solar panels to generate electricity for our own use on the roofs of the Technical Research Laboratory and the Mobara Plant.

Heading toward our vision for the future a century from now, the Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Group will continue sustainable corporate management focused on tirelessly refining technology and pursuing the highest quality based on our policy of prioritizing safety. United as one, we will keep striving to be a company evaluated highly by society in both financial and non-financial terms. I hope that we can rely on the continued support and encouragement of all of our stakeholders.