May 2025: KDDI has joined the Joint Alliance for CSR (JAC) to promote collaboration and sustainability in the global ICT supply chain.
KDDI is the latest global telecoms operator to join the Joint Alliance for CSR (JAC). As a member of JAC, KDDI will collaborate with the world’s largest telco providers, conducting and sharing CSR audit reports of major suppliers. With the aim of promoting sustainable sourcing, JAC members share audit data, resources and best practices to verify, assess and develop sustainable sourcing principles for suppliers of the telco sector.
JAC aims to verify, assess and develop the corporate social responsibility implementation across the manufacturing centres of important multinational suppliers of the ICT industry. The members share resources and best practices to develop long term CSR implementation in the ICT supply chain at international level.
In 2024, JAC members carried out 150 audits and surveys, engaged 917 suppliers as part of the Supplier Engagement Programme with the goal of building carbon reduction capacity and capability and are working directly with 44 suppliers who have the greatest impact on members’ Scope 3 carbon footprints.
Takashi Miyajima, Chief Procurement Officer at KDDI, said: “KDDI Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda, Tokyo; President: Hiromichi Matsuda) is pleased to announce its membership in the Joint Alliance for CSR (JAC), enhancing our collaboration with suppliers worldwide. To address social issues such as respect for human rights and climate change in the supply chain, we will establish sustainable procurement standards and actively promote improvements. In particular, we will support our suppliers in their efforts to enhance sustainability, contributing to the realization of a sustainable society by bolstering their CSR activities. We expect that our initiatives will help establish a safe and secure supply chain, thereby contributing to a better future.”
About the Joint Alliance for CSR (JAC)
The Joint Alliance for Corporate Social Responsibility (JAC) is a not-for-profit association of telecom operators dedicated to developing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) across the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supply chain. JAC verifies, assesses and implements CSR while sharing resources and best practice to develop long-term supply chain sustainability. Created by Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telecom Italia, JAC was launched in January 2010.
Members of the association are: 2degrees, A1 Telekom Austria, Airtel Group (Airtel Africa, Airtel India), AT&T, Bell Canada, Bouygues Telecom, BT Group, Deutsche Telekom, Elisa, KDDI, KPN, Liberty Global, MTN, NTT, Nuuday, Odido, Orange, Proximus, Singtel, Spark, Swisscom, TDC Net, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, Telenor, Telia Company, Telstra, Telus, United Group, Verizon and Vodafone.
Read more about JAC here: https://jointallianceforcsr.org/
About KDDI
KDDI is a telecommunication service provider in Japan, offering a multitude of services to individual customers through its “au”, “UQ mobile” and “povo” brands, and to corporate customers through its “KDDI BUSINESS” brand.
In May 2022, KDDI had stated “KDDI VISION 2030: The creation of a society in which anyone can make their dreams a reality, by enhancing the power to connect”. Under this vision, KDDI is promoting its business strategy in the Mid-Term Management Strategy (FY2022–FY2025), defined as the “Satellite Growth Strategy”.
With a focus on 5G communications, data-driven practices, and generative AI, KDDI will accelerate business growth by providing value-added services in the growth areas of DX, finance, energy, and life transformation (LX) which encompasses five areas of future growth (Mobility, Sports/Entertainment, Web3/Metaverse, Healthcare, and Space).
Placing “sustainability management” at the core, KDDI will aim to achieve the sustainable growth of society and the enhancement of corporate value together with our partners, by harnessing the “Satellite Growth Strategy” and strengthening the management base.
For more information, visit https://www.kddi.com/english/.