NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING Group will consistently work toward quality improvement / technological innovation and will continue offering optimal solutions that satisfy our customers, thereby contributing to the development of society.

1. We will identify quality issues and steadily implement measures to resolve them in order to meet the needs of our clients.
2. We will be certain to carry out the product / service realization process based on the quality management system including our supply chains. Also, we will always maintain the best quality management system and improve productivity through continual checks and refinements.
3. We will continue the quality training and the activities to build quality awareness.

NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING Group recognizes "SAFETY" as the core of the cooperate management and will give the highest priority to safety in all business activities. Based on the concept of health and productivity management, the health of employees is the most essential, we will continually promote appropriate activities for health in all workplaces.

1. We will continually strive to improve the level of health and safety management in order to eliminate any occupational accidents by strictly complying with safety related laws, regulations and rules.
2. We will strive to mitigate safety risks and also to create safety culture where employees are willing, not forced, to pursue safety.
3. We will promote education and awareness concerning health and safety to build knowledge and improve the sensibilities of all employees pertaining to health and safety, including employees in our affiliated companies, subcontractors and vendors.
4. We will work to create comfortable workplaces while providing employees an environment and opportunities to enhance their physical and mental health.

Based on the recognition that the thorough practice of compliance is a prerequisite and is the essence of our business management, NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING Group will prevent every kind of injustice and promote fair and transparent business activities.

1. We will observe domestic and foreign laws and regulations as well as social norms in all aspects of our business activities, and will make decisions and behave with sincerity based on high ethical standards.
2. We will strive to become a company trusted by society by meeting the expectations and demands of all of our stakeholders, and by fulfilling our social responsibility.
3. We will improve compliance awareness for all our employees, developing and maintaining a sound corporate climate through continuing education and outreach and by establishing a structure and environment for internal controls.

NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING Group recognizes that the balance of global environmental conservation and business activities is at the core of the management of an advanced engineering company trusted by society. We will strive to achieve this balance by acting in accordance with the following guidelines that will enable us to contribute to creating a sustainable and global environmentally conscious society.

1. We will strive to maintain and improve our level of environmental management by strictly complying with environment-related laws, ordinances, and agreements, etc., in all aspects of our business activities.
2. We will contribute to global environmental conservation in all aspects of our business activities by reduction of greenhouse gas emission, preventing environmental pollution, reducing the production of waste, promoting conservation of resources and recycling, and by making considerations for biodiversity, etc.
3. We will work with a sense of responsibility and speed in order to develop and implement technologies and products that will contribute to the creation of decarbonized and recycling-oriented society.
4. We will promote education and awareness concerning the global environment, to improve global environmental conservation knowledge and awareness.

NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING Group will, in performing our procurement activities, share the following action principles with business partners and all supply chains, and all on the basis of "working in closer cooperation" fulfilling our social responsibility.

1. Observance of laws and social norms
   We will observe all applicable laws / regulations including construction laws, subcontracting laws, and antitrust laws, as well as social norms, when performing our business activities.
2. Fair and sincere business transactions
   We will provide applicant suppliers with equal opportunities to do business with us, and we will select suppliers / sub-contractors in a fair and sincere manner through strict and fair competition.
3. Consideration for the environment
   Based on the immediate social circumstances / demands surrounding us, we will give due consideration to environmental conservation.
4. Maintenance and assurance of quality
   We strive to maintain and ensure quality of our products and services together with all our supply chains.
5. Building partnerships
   Based on long-term relationships with business partners, we will strive to build and maintain good partnership.

Based on the recognition that human resources are our most important management resources, NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING Group will promote the best human resource development practices that can make both the company and its individuals feel true innovation and growth. In addition, while fulfilling our social responsibility in the field of labor and human rights, we aim to be a group in which each employee can continue working responsibly with passion.

1. We will promote a human management system based on ability that encourages employees to demonstrate their ability and enthusiasm to the maximum.
2. We will develop human capitals that enable each employee to hone his or her aspirations and continuously work to improve productivity and innovate operations, placing importance on ‘Market & Client focus’, ‘Networking’ and ‘Improvement & Innovation’.
3. We will support employee efforts to take responsibility to proactively develop their own abilities and careers in order to become first-rate professionals on their own initiative, and will provide them with the opportunities and an environment for continued growth.
4. We will improve both the employment / working conditions and the workplace environment for employees of various backgrounds to be able to work together with enthusiasm and motivation while respecting diversity and achieve the best results as a team through cooperation.
5. We will respect fundamental human rights and eliminate discrimination based on race, creed, sex, age, nationality, religion, thought, or disability, etc. We will observe all laws and social norms regarding labor and human rights both within Japan and in related countries, and promote training and activities to build awareness.

NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING Group will promote social contribution activities in the following four areas beyond our existing business activities by effectively making use of our management resources in collaboration with outside organizations. Further, based on the recognition that voluntary social contribution activities of our employees help further their own growth through communication with various persons outside company, we will support and promote their activities aggressively.

1. Development of the next generation
   We will promote activities to convey the joys of engineering to young people who will be responsible for the next generation.
2. Development of community
   We will recognize the social challenges of each local community that our business offices and project sites are involved with, and will promote activities that will lead to the development of each of these communities.
3. Global environmental conservation
   As a company engaged in the construction of industrial and social infrastructure, we consider global environmental conservation to be an important issue that our employees should be acutely aware of, and will promote activities that will lead to solutions for environmental issues.
4. Support for post-disaster reconstruction
   In the event of large-scale disasters at home and abroad, we will, promote social contribution activities that satisfy the needs of the affected areas by making use of our management resources.