Canon Medical Systems considers information security to be a critical management issue and has established a management system for group-wide efforts based on the fundamental philosophy of Information Security Regulations. This system includes measures against internal information leaks, measures against external cyber-attacks, security measures for production equipment, and information security education to improve employee awareness.

Additionally, Canon Medical Systems has obtained external certification of ISO27001, an international standard for building and operating information security management systems, for the Information Security Department and Healthcare IT Department.

Canon Medical Systems has an appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) who is in charge of information security decision-making. The Information Systems Division is responsible for managing information security across the entire group.

Canon Medical Systems Corporation is committed to fostering a corporate culture that emphasises compliance, improves social credibility, minimises damage from individual risk cases, and maximises corporate value. This is achieved through promoting a highly transparent management structure, strict compliance with laws, social norms, corporate ethics, internal regulations, and establishing a system to proactively control risks. Additionally, the corporation is dedicated to responding timely and appropriately to individual risk cases.

Risk Management System
Canon Medical Systems Corporation has formed a Risk and Compliance Committee, with the President serving as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO). The committee addresses issues related to the Canon Medical Systems Standards of Conduct and matters essential for risk management, including preventing major crisis risks, compliance, and information security related to technical, production, and sales activities. It also collaborates with the relevant subcommittees like the CPL* Committee as needed for specific responses to major risk cases. Various departments responsible for risks associated with business activities, such as Manufacturing, Development, Sales, Service, Legal affairs, and other administrative departments, oversee and support the risk management activities of their respective departments and group companies within their jurisdiction.

Moreover, each department and group company independently establish and operate their own risk management system within this framework and reports the outcomes of its activities to the Risk Compliance Committee. The Risk Compliance Committee receives these reports, assesses the status of the establishment and operation of the risk management system, and resolves the results of that evaluation at a Board of Directors meeting.

*CPL：abbreviation combining CL (contractual liability) and PL (product liability)

Through technological innovation, partnership building and sustainable practices, we are focused on contributing to the third, eighth and thirteenth Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By contributing to the improvement of our current materiality topics, we also contribute to several other SDGs.

Canon Inc. works to protect and conserve the global environment in line with the Canon Group Environmental Charter and the Canon Environmental Vision. Canon Medical Systems has worked according to its Environmental Policy since 2018.

The Canon Group has established a group-wide environmental management system based on the ISO 14001 international standard for environmental management systems at its domestic and overseas business sites as a mechanism to realise continuous improvement of environmental assurance activities. The Group's production sites and sales companies in 40 countries and regions around the world, including Canon Medical Systems, have acquired integrated ISO 14001 certification.
Canon Medical Systems periodically conducts external and internal audits to evaluate the conformity and effectiveness of our environmental management system, and to check compliance with environmental laws and regulations, as well as the status of operation, in order to make improvements. We will continue to promote environmental activities to maintain employee motivation and improve the quality of our activities.

We aim to achieve the following objectives for each material issue:

1 Creating new value and solving medical issues
1.1 Become a leading innovative global company in the medical field.
1.2 Make progress in medical treatments with the support of medical imaging equipment.

2 Working together with society / contributing to the local community
2.1 Work as a unified global company enriching local communities.
2.2 Continue supporting local communities.
2.3 Support global initiatives with impact on local communities in the medical field.

3 Active participation by and development of people from diverse backgrounds
3.1 Aim for gender composition targets of 70% men and 30% women by the end of 2023, and 60% men and 40% women by the end of 2025.

4 Building a robust and healthy organisation
4.1 Continue improvement of Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S).
4.2 Ensure that all employees have periodic performance reviews in 2023.
4.3 Ensure all subsidiaries have a mechanism available for reporting ethical and equality related issues by 2023.

5 Protection and conservation of the global environment
5.1 Contribute to the prevention of climate change.
5.1.1 Carry out CO₂ reduction activities in accordance with Canon Inc. standards in production bases with high environmental impact.
5.1.2 Decide quantitative CO₂ reduction targets in 2022 and develop activities from 2023.
5.2 Further develop activities to recycle waste and reduce chemical substance emissions in accordance with Canon Inc. standards in production bases with high environmental impact.
5.3 Improve water use efficiency.
5.4 Pursue the protection and restoration of nature and its biodiversity globally.

Providing the best products and services to our customers requires having the highest possible standards in our procurement phase. Our procurement policy demands that suppliers deliver high-quality products, while also minimising impact on society and the environment. For example, we encourage them to promote environmental protection activities and integrate proactive support for the environment into their own work.

For more information, see our Supplier Code of Conduct, Green Procurement Standards, Management of Chemicals Used in Products and Production Processes and Conflict Minerals Policy in our Procurement Policy.

Canon Medical Systems Corporation received the Prize of the Chairman of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation and the Invention Achievement Award at the 2023 Ceremony of National Commendation for Invention, hosted by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation. These awards were given in recognition of the development of an improved method for displaying therapeutic devices during cardiac endovascular procedures (Japan Patent No. 5523791). We have now received awards of a level higher than a special award for three consecutive years.