Kyocera

The company reports the number of people with disabilities that it employs, as well as its community investment.

As part of its Eco-Lessons initiative, the company teaches children about the environment as well as programming.

Kyocera demonstrates high level commitment to cybersecurity. It also makes a copy of its information security management certificate publicly available.

The company supports research activities at universities to promote open innovation. It also discloses the locations of its R&D teams as well as the proportion of women employed in its R&D teams.

No evidence was found that Kyocera undertakes initiatives that contribute to increasing access to digital technology. There is an opportunity for the company to support initiatives in this area and to consider more impactful support of digital opportunities for women and girls. The company can also report the taxes it pays and its employment in its main markets.

There are opportunities for the company to contribute to the development of digital skills at an intermediate or technical level as well as to improve school connectivity.

While Kyocera has disclosures around its cybersecurity practices, it lacks a similar level of disclosure regarding data privacy.

There is an opportunity for Kyocera to support start-ups in order to foster the tech innovation ecosystem. The company can also disclose the ethical principles it follows in its R&D activities.

While Kyocera commits to respecting human rights, it lacks a strong commitment to respect the ILO fundamental rights at work. Further, the company does not disclose a process to identify, assess and act on salient human rights risks associated with its own operations and with its business relationships. However, unlike most of its peers, the company does disclose a list of the stakeholders whose human rights are affected by its activities.

The company lacks a strong public commitment to respect worker health and safety. However, it does disclose how it monitors the health and safety performance of its business relationships. The company has a target to increase the number of women managers. It also discloses employee breakdowns for different employee categories by gender. Next to this, it has an opportunity to publicly commit to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. Furthermore, it can also be clearer in its commitment regarding regular and overtime hours for its workers.

Kyocera has a global tax strategy and a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption. Moreover, it also discloses its lobbying expenditures. However, it can significantly expand its disclosure of how it practices ethical conduct. For example, the company can make clear whether its global tax strategy is approved by the highest governing body.