Achievements in Human Rights Stakeholder Engagement

Nissan has defined human rights as one of our materiality (key issues) to be addressed. As a global automaker, we collaborate with various stakeholders, including many suppliers. We conduct business while respecting our business partners' human rights.

Nissan has published the "Nissan Human Rights Policy" and drawn up specific action points to respect employees' human rights, which are included in the "Nissan Global Guideline on Human Rights". These policies have been disclosed internally and externally.

We also established a cross-functional team on human rights in fiscal year 2021. We are accelerating our initiatives across many areas, including human rights due diligence, training, a grievance mechanism for potential human rights violations, and internal and external communication.

As part of these efforts, we continually engage in dialogues with various stakeholders inside and outside the company. In order to further strengthen our human rights initiatives, we will incorporate their opinions into our human rights activities, including human rights risk assessments, reporting, and communication.

We participated in the year-round program*. Through continued dialogue with participating companies, NPOs/NGOs, and academic experts, we deepened our understanding of a broad range of social issues, particularly those related to human rights and the environment. These discussions helped us gain insights into the background to the occurrence of human rights issues, the relationship between business activities and human rights, key human rights concerns, and the importance of conducting business in a way that respects human rights. We also recognized the importance of collaborating with labor unions in order to reflect the perspectives of potentially vulnerable employees — particularly direct employees — in our activities.

In November 2024, we engaged in dialogue with both the international secretariat and Japan section of Amnesty International.

The discussions focused on Nissan’s policies and guidelines — particularly in relation to the mineral supply chain — as well as our initiatives related to human rights due diligence. These interactions further enhanced our understanding of social expectations and will inform future policy updates and the strengthening of our initiatives.

In October 2024, we held discussions with the ILO, during which we reaffirmed as a key expectation for the automotive industry the importance of social dialogue including communication with employees, labor-management discussions, and engagement with local governments and labor unions in countries where we operate. Based on this, we initiated engagement with the Nissan Motor Workers’ Union on a wide range of human rights topics.

We participated in the 2024 UNDP project (participated every year from 2022), where we had the opportunity to deepen our understanding of the UNGP and review each of our own initiatives through group training led by human rights experts. We also exchanged views with other participating companies on such themes as the establishment of human rights policies, due diligence processes, and grievance mechanisms as well as communication and expectations of institutional investors.

In July 2023 we engaged with the WBA, which implements and publishes the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB), and exchanged opinions on subjects that included Nissan’s acceptance and use of CHRB results (utilization to improve and elevate the level of activities, changes due to engagement with WBA) and requests from Nissan to the WBA.

In March 2024, we held a dialogue with Amnesty International Japan, Japan section of the international human rights NGO Amnesty International. In addition to gratefully receiving valuable opinions with regard to stakeholder involvement in the process of formulating and revising Nissan Human Rights Policy, its scope, content/priority areas, and operation, we received multifaceted and thought-provoking feedback regarding Nissan’s human rights initiatives and expectations for the automobile industry.

Furthermore, in March 2023, we held a follow-up session with stakeholders from the initial dialogue, where, in addition to reporting on the status of Nissan's subsequent activities, we once again exchanged opinions and received evaluations and feedback on our efforts.

We had the opportunity to deepen its understanding of the UNGP, review each of our own initiatives, and discuss prospects. (Themes: human rights policies, human rights due diligence and grievance mechanisms, and communication, etc.) Nissan was highly commended for its internationally recognized policies and management systems that respect human rights and its establishment of a cross-functional structure to address human rights issues. We also received advice on addressing potential risks, strengthening activities according to their impact and priority, and enhancing the disclosure of information on human rights activities.