Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today released its fourth annual Sustainability Report, which outlines Nissan's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy and the nine key areas of corporate activity.

In April 2005, Nissan established a CSR group within its communications division with the responsibility to create a methodology to strengthen the company's CSR strategies, enhance its external image, and promote internal communication.

One year later, Nissan formulated its CSR Policy*1, identified nine key areas of focus*2, and also established a CSR Steering Committee. The committee serves to monitor the company's progress through the Nissan CSR scorecard. The scorecard is a tool to monitor the progress, while taking into account future goals and analyzing future risks and opportunities, in each of the nine key areas. This year's report makes public the progress made towards annual goals detailed in the CSR scorecard.

"This is not an exercise designed to project a halo over everything we do. It is the annual milestone in a process of transparent measurement that becomes more rigorous each year," said Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn. "We hope this Sustainability Report can serve as a measure of our progress and a basis for dialogue with our stakeholders*3."

Consistent to its environmental goals, Nissan no longer publishes the Sustainability Report in print. Instead, the report is available for download from the company's CSR website. The CSR site has been enhanced to allow for more comprehensive and timely information sharing and to better respond to the needs of stakeholders and CSR rating agencies.

*1 The Nissan CSR Policy
"Ethical conduct, strong corporate governance with a high degree of transparency and a clear focus on diversity are the foundation for all our activities worldwide. We aim for the sustained profitable growth of the company, and at the same time contribute proactively to the sustainable development of mobility and society. We will listen to, and work with, our stakeholders around the world and create trust, opportunity and long-term sustainable value."
*2 Nine key areas
Nissan's nine key areas of focus for CSR activity are integrity, economic contribution, brand, quality, environment, employees, safety, value chain and philanthropy.
*3 Stakeholders
Nissan's stakeholders include customers, shareholders, employees, dealers and suppliers, as well as the communities in which the company works and operates.

To view Nissan's Sustainability Report website, go to:
http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/COMPANY/CSR/index.html

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Source: Nissan