CSR Activity Report (CSR Guideline Activity Reports) - Risk Management

Business Continuity Plan Initiatives

Ensuring Preparedness for Major Earthquakes and Water Hazard Risks (Floods, Storm Surges, Etc.)

Toray Group has continuously maintained and revised its business continuity plan (BCP) in case of a major earthquake which was included in its four three-year sets of priority risks (fiscal 2009–2020). In the fifth set of priority risks (fiscal 2021–2022), flooding-related disasters were also included.
Toray Group’s basic policy when ensuring business continuity in the event of a major earthquake or flood is to meet its social responsibility to continue supplying products. The top priority of the plan is to confirm employees’ safety and prevent any impact on the local community. In addition to striving to prevent the damage from expanding and to prevent any secondary damage, the Group works to continue the supply of key products and to restore business quickly. In line with this, the Group continues to systematically retrofit plant buildings, elevate evacuation locations, and raise emergency power generators to higher positions.

In addition, since fiscal 2012, Toray Group has continued to conduct company-wide drills on setting up an emergency response headquarters to prepare for a major earthquake. In recent years, in light of Toray Industries’ enhanced network environment and the improved reliability of public network infrastructure, the Company has conducted initial response drills online.

  • Eleventh Company-Wide Earthquake Response Headquarters Drill Conducted in Fiscal 2023
  • Eleventh Company-Wide Earthquake Response Headquarters Drill Conducted in Fiscal 2023

Eleventh Company-Wide Earthquake Response Headquarters Drill Conducted in Fiscal 2023

The Noto Peninsula Earthquake struck on January 1, 2024. On the same day, Toray Group established an online company-wide response headquarters led by the executive vice president in charge. The team rapidly initiated activities such as confirming personnel safety and damage conditions, as well as recovery and support efforts. While no Toray Group employees suffered injuries as a result of the earthquake, some experienced damage to their homes. In response, the Group provided temporary housing to affected employees and their families by utilizing Toray-owned apartments and dormitories.
Some group companies experienced power outages, water supply disruption, or ground subsidence. However, these companies received stored water and food supplies from the Toray Industries Ishikawa Plant, which suffered no major damage. The companies promptly restored power, carried out ground subsidence repair work, inspected equipment and made adjustments, and resumed production operations as quickly as possible, with cooperation from the response headquarters.
The response headquarters also checked damage conditions at relevant customers, suppliers, and logistics warehouses that experienced seismic intensity of 5 or higher on Japan’s shindo scale. It addressed the impacts for those locations on an individual basis.
Going forward, the Group will continue to strengthen its capabilities for responding to major earthquakes through continued drills and training.

Click here for more information on Toray Group's recovery support efforts after the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

Related Information

Click here for the main initiatives for CSR Guideline 5, “Risk Management” in CSR Roadmap 2025.