Integrated report

Integrated Report
2022

JT Group Purpose

Fulfilling Moments, Enriching Life

IDENTITY

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We established the JT Group Purpose to describe the group's direction in which we aim to ensure the sustainability of society and our businesses. In this section our CEO and Executive Vice President discuss the Purpose in detail, touching on the ideas behind it, the future of society that the Group hopes to help create, and the specific ways in which we can contribute.

We will also share our thoughts about value creation for the future in the context of our Purpose as our value creation process.

Message from the CEO

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The moments that give consumers and people in society fulfillment change with the time. Staying close to their diversifying needs, the JT Group strive to realize ’fulfilling moments’ through our evolving business operations, without limiting ourselves to what we are now.

Message from the Executive Vice President

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The significance of designating ‘Fulfilling Moments, Enriching Life’ as the JT Group Purpose is in continuously communicating to the world the reason for our existence through our work to realize it.

Our management principle

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JT Group history and the values we cherish

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Our value creation process

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MATERIALITY and SUSTAINABILITY

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This section introduces the JT Group's new and updated materiality. The sustainability initiatives of the Group, initiatives by each business and the activities of the Sustainability Advisory Forum are also explained in this section. In the CSO interview, you will find a more detailed account of our new JT Group Materiality and the outlook for 2023 and beyond.

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CSO interview

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We will strive further by creating and providing values unique to the JT Group. We wish to continue our journey to achieve sustainable growth, together with our stakeholders, local communities and the society that we are a part of.

BUSINESS and STRATEGIES

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Here we explain the strategies and results that the Group and each of its business segments have made, from both financial and non-financial angles. CFO message looks back on the financial results for 2022 and discusses the financial and capital policies that support our Business Plan 2023, as well as the thoughts behind the dialogue between the Group and the capital markets.

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Message from the CFO

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Even in a highly uncertain business environment, we are working to maintain a firm financial foundation and accelerate investment to secure profit growth over the medium and long terms and increase shareholder returns.

Business Plan 2023

 

The Group’s sustainability initiatives

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GOVERNANCE

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To make transparent, fair, agile and courageous decisions in our pursuit of the 4S model, the JT Group operates a self-governance system. Through strong governance we work to realize the sustainable medium- and long-term growth of profit and corporate value, while contributing to the prosperity of our stakeholders, the economy and society at large.

Encompassing a wealth of facts related to the JT Group’s governance, this section also presents a roundtable discussion among the board chair and Outside Directors focusing on our initiatives and challenges in maintaining good governance.

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Executive roundtable

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In a recent roundtable talk, our chairperson and Outside Directors discussed what JT can do for the future of the Group and society from the standpoint of governance. Here are some highlights.

Corporate governance

Management structure

FINANCIAL INFORMATION / OTHERS

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This section explains the Group's current financial status through qualitative environmental assessment, including risk factors and outside evaluations in addition to our financial performance trends according to the numbers.