{"id":2880,"date":"2018-09-16T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T06:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainablesquare.com\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2022-02-09T07:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T07:49:25","slug":"stakeholder-engagement-companies-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablesquare.com\/wp.old\/stakeholder-engagement-companies-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT CAN BE LEARNT FROM THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT OF COMPANIES IN JAPAN?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maximizing the engagement with stakeholders brings about benefits that go beyond conventional risk management. It can open up opportunities and lead to learning, innovation and fundamental corporate transformation – to effect fundamental change in the company\u2019s internal operations. It is, therefore, important for organisations to learn different practices of stakeholder engagement from companies around the world. This article analysed the stakeholder engagement of the 30 largest corporate taxpayers in Japan and presents some key learning points.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Japan, the practices of engaging with stakeholders as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)\/Sustainability management process have been increasingly adopted by many large companies. Close to 100% of listed companies surveyed by the <\/span>Tokyo Foundation<\/span><\/a><\/span> in 2016 engaged in stakeholder dialogue of some sort. This article aims to make observations about stakeholder engagement of the 30 giant corporate players in Japan and propose some ideas for a more effective engagement process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of the key observations from the analyzed stakeholder engagement process of the 30 largest companies in revenue in Japan:<\/span><\/p>\n