Month: 2024-10

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 1, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Mazda Motor Corporation today released on the company's official website the Mazda Integrated Report 2024*1, which summarizes Mazda Group's value creation initiatives over the medium- and long-term from both financial and non-financial perspectives.The Integrated Report is a comprehensive compilation of Mazda's medium- and long-term management policies grounded in the concept of “creating the joy of living by delivering a joy of driving to customers that is matched to the times,” solutions and approaches to social challenges based on ESG*2 perspectives including carbon neutrality and electrification. The 2024 edition continues to the focus on our value creation process, increases the information relevant ESG disclosures and shows the progress Mazda has made in monozukuri (engineering and manufacturing), tsunagarizukuri (creating human connections) and hitozukuri (nurturing the development of individuals) initiatives in line with our Management Policy up to 2030. Furthermore, it has also included our approach to capital allocation and explanations of the way in which we have orientated initiatives to enhance corporate value over the medium- and long-term. With this, we have endeavored to communicate to our stakeholders in order to deepen their understanding about the value creation story for realizing our corporate philosophy.Mazda will continue to pursue the 'Joy of Driving' under its core Human Centric value, and aim to deliver 'Joy of Living' by creating moving experiences in customers' daily lives.Mazda Integrated Report 2024 ContentsCHAPTER 1 ABOUT MAZDA:CEO Message, History of Mazda's Growth, etc.CHAPTER 2 GROWTH STRATEGY:Value Creation Process, Management Policy up to 2030,CFO Message, etc.CHAPTER 3 VALUE CREATION INITIATIVES: Monozukuri (challenge of creating new value from the perspective of the customer’s experience), Tsunagarizukuri (creating human connections that grow our business) and Hitozukuri (organizational culture reform for fulfilling purpose)CHAPTER 4 GOVERNANCE:Corporate Governance, Conversation between Mazda’sOutside Directors, etc.CHAPTER 5 DATA SECTION:ESG Data, Company Profile, etc.Our Sustainability webpage provides more detailed descriptions of our ESG initiatives and actual data. Those of 2024 are scheduled to be posted on our website around the end of October.Mazda's Official WebsiteMazda Integrated Report https://www.mazda.com/en/investors/library/annual/Mazda Sustainability webpage https://www.mazda.com/en/sustainability/(1) The English version of the Mazda Integrated Report 2024 will be available in the end of October 2024.(2) ESG: Management and business activities that take into account Environment, Social, and Governance perspectives.For more information, visit www.mazda.com. Copyright 2024 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.

KARIYA, JAPAN, Oct 1, 2024 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - DENSO CORPORATION and ROHM Co., Ltd. hereby announce that the two companies have agreed to start consideration of strategic partnership in the semiconductor field.As the development and spread of electric vehicles accelerate toward the realization of carbon neutrality, the demand for electronic components and semiconductors required for electrification of vehicles is rapidly increasing. In addition, semiconductors are becoming increasingly important as products that support the intelligence of vehicles, such as automated driving and connectivity which are expected to contribute to eliminating fatalities in traffic accidents, and are essential to the realization of a sustainable society.DENSO and ROHM have been working together through trade and development of semiconductors for automotive applications. Going forward, both companies will consider this partnership to achieve a stable supply of highly reliable products, as well as for various initiatives to develop high-quality and high-efficiency semiconductors that contribute to a sustainable society.To further solidify the partnership, DENSO will acquire a portion of ROHM's shares.DENSO CORPORATION President & CEO, Shinnosuke HayashiDENSO positions semiconductors as key devices for realizing next-generation vehicle systems and we have deepened our cooperative relationships with semiconductor manufacturers who have abundant experience and knowledge. ROHM has a lineup of semiconductors in a wide range of areas important for automotive electronics, including analog semiconductors, power devices, and discrete semiconductors, and has extensive mass production experience. We believe that by integrating the automotive technologies and expertise we have cultivated over the years, we will be able to ensure a stable supply and accelerate technological development.ROHM Co., Ltd. President (Representative Director), Isao MatsumotoGlobal Tier 1 manufacturer DENSO and ROHM have been deepening collaboration for many years, and in recent years we have been working on joint development of analog semiconductors. We believe that the partnership with DENSO and the acquisition of shares by DENSO will further strengthen our cooperative relationship. To realize carbon neutrality, it is important to collaborate on technology at the device level with an eye toward end products and systems. We believe that we can contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by deepening our integration with DENSO, who has advanced system construction capabilities in the automotive and industrial equipment fields.About DENSO CORPORATIONGlobally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO is a $47.2 billion leading mobility supplier that develops advancedtechnology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in around 180 facilities worldwide to provide opportunities for rewarding careers and to produce cutting-edge electrification, powertrain, thermal and mobility electronics products, amongothers, that change how the world moves. In developing such solutions, the company’s 162,000 global employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. DENSOspent around 7.7 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. For more information about DENSO’s operations worldwide, visit www.denso.com/global. Copyright 2024 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.