[As of December 26, 2023]
The Company shall cut off any relation with anti-social forces and organizations that pose a threat to the order of civil society and sound corporate activities, take a firm attitude to reject any demand from such organizations and shall not enter into transactions with companies, groups and individuals that have relationships with such organizations. The Company shall also work to coordinate with the police, legal adviser and other external specialized institutions, be a member of the “Conference on how to cope with particular violence,” and take other steps to respond to anti-social forces with a resolute attitude company-wide.
The Company has declared in its Basic Policy on the Establishment of the Internal Control System and the Code of Conduct for Compliance Management that all officers and employees shall “take resolute action against anti-social forces and organizations that pose a threat to the order and safety of civil society” and has established internal regulations, etc., in the CRESCO Group.
The Company has a system in place where a member of staff in charge of coping with particular violence and an officer responsible for preventing unjust demands are assigned in the department in charge of legal affairs, and information relating to anti-social forces is controlled to respond properly.
The Company has a system in place to promptly coordinate with external specialized institutions such as the police, legal advisers, Conference on how to cope with particular violence, National Center for Removal of Criminal Organizations, etc., in responding to anti-social forces.
The officer responsible for preventing unjust demands and the responsible staff in the department in charge of legal affairs periodically obtain information from external specialized institutions and disseminate such information widely within the CRESCO Group as well as manage the information gathered.
The Company has in place a manual, etc., for responding to anti-social forces and makes improvements to such manual, etc., whenever necessary.
The Company provides all officers and employees of companies in the CRESCO Group and workers of partner companies with annual compliance training that includes how to respond to anti-social forces and a monthly self-assessing Compliance Check Sheet to ensure awareness within the CRESCO Group.
