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Reference Table for GRI Guidelines
| Items | Index | Page to Refer | |
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| 1 Strategies and Analyses | |||
| 1.1 | Adaptability as sustainable organization and remarks by our chief decision maker (CEO, Chairman, or equivalent level of top executive) | Message from Our President | |
| 1.2 | Explanation regarding primary effects, risks, and opportunities | Message from Our President | |
| 2 Profile of our Organization | |||
| 2.1 | Organization names | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance | |
| 2.2 | Our mainstay brands, products, or services | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance | |
| 2.3 | Our managerial structure such as primary departments, business companies, subsidiaries, or business partnership, and so on | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance | |
| 2.4 | Organizational headquarters' location | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance | |
| 2.5 | Number of countries where our organization is expanding business, plus the country names with major business expansion, or especially related to our sustainability issues described in our reports thereof | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance | |
| 2.6 | Nature of ownership type and various legal formalities | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance | |
| 2.7 | Markets we have expanded into (including geographical breakdown, sectors we have penetrated into, and types of our customers and beneficiaries) | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance | |
| 2.8 | Scale of our reporting organization including below-mentioned: ・Number of employees ・Net sales (about private organizations) or net income (about public organizations) ・Total equity by dividing into liabilities and capital stock (about private organizations) ・Amount of products or services to provide |
Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance | |
| 2.9 | Major revisions during reporting period as to scale, structure or ownership type including: ・Changes of business location or operation including new facility inauguration, closure, or expansion ・Maintenance or change as to shareholders' capital structure or capital formation (in case of private organizations) |
Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| 2.10 | Award history during reporting period | Together with our Society（Evaluation from the Society） | |
| 3 Reporting Factors | |||
| Profile of our Report | |||
| 3.1 | Reporting period of information to provide (accounting year / calendar year, etc.) | Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| 3.2 | Issuing date of previous report (if applicable) | Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| 3.3 | Reporting cycle (annually, semi-annually, etc.) | Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| 3.4 | Contact information as to any inquiries on the report of its description | Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| Scopes and Boundaries of the Report | |||
| 3.5 | Process to define the contents of the report including: ・Judgement of its importance ・Prioritization of report contents and themes ・Specifying stakeholders by organization as to whom is expected to utilize the report |
Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| 3.6 | Boundaries of the report (countries, departments, subsidiaries, leased facilities, business partnership, suppliers, and so on) | Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| 3.7 | State clearly as to specific limitations related to scope and boundaries of the report | Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| 3.8 | Reasons for reporting as to other entities who may greatly influence on comparability between reporting organization with related to business partnership, subsidiaries, leased facilities, any outsourced business functions in chronological order | Editorial Policy for Online Edition | |
| 3.9 | Infrastructure of data measurement technique and calculation including prerequisite and technique that can be the basis of estimation having been applied in order to edit various index of the report thereof and other information | Environmental Preservation（Environmental Management） Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
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| 3.10 | Explanation over the effect on publishing the same information already published in the previous report, also the reason to describe such information again (merger/acquisition, basis year/term, nature of business, change of measurement method, and so on) | Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） | |
| 3.11 | Major changes from previous reporting period as to scopes, boundaries, and measurement method applied to the report | Editorial Policy for Online Edition Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
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| Index of GRI Contents | |||
| 3.12 | Table to indicate how to locate standard information disclosure in the report | Reference Table for GRI Guidelines | |
| Guarantee | |||
| 3.13 | Refers to guidelines and current operational practices related to the attachment of the report with external guarantee. The range of external guarantee and its infrastructure shall be set forth if it were not for any description in the guarantee report attached to the sustainability report. Also, the relationship between the reporting organization and the provider of guarantee must be explained as well. | Third-Party Opinion | |
| 4 Governance, Commitment, and Participation | |||
| Governance | |||
| 4.1 | Contains governance structure including committees under top governance organization in charge of special work operation such as defining strategies or supervision of the entire organization (structure of governance). | Corporate Governance and Compliance | |
| 4.2 | Indicates whether the head of chief governance organization is serving as Corporate Officer as well (indicate his function as organizational management and reason for such appointment if he is serving both). | Corporate Governance and Compliance | |
| 4.3 | In case of an organization with single Administrative Board, indicate the number of external members or non-corporate members under our top governance organization. | Corporate Governance and Compliance | |
| 4.4 | Refers to the mechanism so that our shareholders and employees can propose or provide instructions to our top governance organization. | Corporate Governance and Compliance Together with our Employees（Employment） Together with our Shareholders and Investors（In Order to Hear from our Shareholders） |
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| 4.5 | Refers to the relativity of the remuneration for our Top Governance Members, Senior Managers, and Corporate Officers (including protocols for their resignation) versus performance of the organization (including performance both socially and environmentally). | Corporate Governance and Compliance | |
| 4.6 | Refers to the process to be conducted by our top governance organization to ensure avoidance of conflict of interests. | Corporate Governance and Compliance | |
| 4.7 | Refers to the process to determine suitability and specialization of the members of our top governance organization to lead to our organizational strategies into economic, environmental, and social themes. | Corporate Governance and Compliance | |
| 4.8 | Refers to our declaration, code of conduct, and principles as to our mission and value being developed within our organization by reflecting economic, environmental, and social performance, plus its status of progress. | Corporate Philosophy and Yokohama Rubber Group's Approach to CSR | |
| 4.9 | Refers to the process so that the organization can specify economic, environmental, and social performance, followed by our top governance organization's supervision to make sure of its management. It also includes related risks and opportunities, internationally agreed standards, code of conducts, support of the principle, and its compliance. | Corporate Philosophy and Yokohama Rubber Group's Approach to CSR Corporate Governance and Compliance Environmental Preservation（Environmental Management） |
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| 4.10 | Refers to the process to evaluate the performance of our top governance organization from the viewpoint of economic, environmental, and social performance. | Corporate Philosophy and Yokohama Rubber Group's Approach to CSR Corporate Governance and Compliance |
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| Commitment to our External Initiatives | |||
| 4.11 | Refers to whether the organization is addressing preventive approaches or its principles, plus an explanation over what kind of measure are being taken. | Environmental Preservation（Environmental Management） Environmental Preservation（Management of Chemicals and Emission Provision onto Water, Air, and Soil） Together with our Customers（Understanding the Needs of Safe Products (Quality) - MB Group） |
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| 4.12 | Refers to any economic, environmental, social charters, principles or any other initiatives being developed by outside entity agreed or acknowledged by the organization | Environmental Preservation（Environmental Management） Together with our Society（Other Social Activities） |
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| 4.13 | Organization possessing membership eligibility for (corporate group, etc.) groups / or advocating agencies both in domestic and overseas which belongs to the below-mentioned or the same nature: ・Possess managerial position within governance organization ・Participating various projects or committees ・Providing practical financial assistance more than the mandatory amount stipulated as ordinary membership ・Consider membership eligibility as their business strategy |
Together with our Society（Other Social Activities） | |
| Stakeholder Participation | |||
| 4.14 | List of stakeholders who belongs to our organization | Corporate Philosophy and Yokohama Rubber Group's Approach to CSR | |
| 4.15 | Standard of specification and selection of the stakeholders who should belong | Corporate Philosophy and Yokohama Rubber Group's Approach to CSR | |
| 4.16 | Approach as to stakeholder participation such as the frequency of participation per type, or per stakeholder group | Together with our Customers Together with our Employees Together with our Business Partners Together with our Shareholders and Investors Together with our Society |
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| 4.17 | Including cases through such reporting, refers to how the organization deals with main themes and any concerns to settle which came up through stakeholder participation. | Together with our Customers Together with our Employees Together with our Business Partners Together with our Shareholders and Investors Together with our Society |
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| 5 Management Approach and Performance Index | |||
| Economy | |||
| Management approach | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance Together with our Shareholders and Investors |
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| Aspect: Economic Performance | |||
| EC1 | Central Core | Refers to direct economic value being created or distributed such as income, operational cost, personnel remuneration, donation and investment to other communities, internal reserve, and any other expenditure for capital providers or government. | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance |
| EC2 | Central Core | Refers to financial effect and other types of risks and opportunities rendered by our organizational activities with regards to climate changes. | Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| EC3 | Central Core | The range of contribution by the organization with regards to defined benefit pension plan | Together with our Employees（Employment） |
| EC4 | Central Core | Financial assistance equivalent to our government subsidiary | Yokohama Rubber Group at a Glance |
| Aspect: Market Presence | |||
| EC5 | Addition | The gap ratio of standard salary between fresh graduates and entry level of the local staff at our main operation sites | - |
| EC6 | Central Core | Guidelines as to local suppliers at our main operation sites, business practices, and their expenditure ratio | - |
| EC7 | Central Core | The ratio of employees appointed to senior manager from local community through our procedures for locally hired staff at our main operation sites | Together with our Employees（Our Diversified Personnel） |
| Aspect: Indirect Economic Effect | |||
| EC8 | Central Core | Investment on infrastructure and service to be provided for public interests, its development map and any effect through business activities, logistic supply, or volunteer work | Together with our Society |
| EC9 | Addition | Understanding and description of significant indirect economic effect such as the degree on influence | - |
| Environment | |||
| Management approach | Environmental Preservation | ||
| Aspect: Raw Materials | |||
| EN1 | Central Core | Weight or quantity of raw materials to use | Environmental Preservation (Overall Picture of Environmental Burden) |
| EN2 | Central Core | The ratio of raw materials generated through recycling | Environmental Preservation（Utilization of Natural Resources / Reduction of Industrial Waste） |
| Aspect: Energy | |||
| EN3 | Central Core | Direct energy consumption amount per primary energy source | Environmental Preservation (Overall Picture of Environmental Burden) Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| EN4 | Central Core | Indirect energy consumption amount per primary energy source | Environmental Preservation (Overall Picture of Environmental Burden) Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| EN5 | Addition | Energy amount able to be saved through energy saving and improvement on efficient operation | Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| EN6 | Addition | Refers to our initiative approaches in order to provide our products and services based on highly-efficient energy or recyclable energy, plus the reduction amount of necessary amount of energy as a result of such initiative approaches. | Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| EN7 | Addition | Our approaches to reduce indirect energy consumption amount and the achieved reduction amount | Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| Aspect: Water | |||
| EN8 | Central Core | Total amount of water to withdraw from water sources | Environmental Preservation (Overall Picture of Environmental Burden) Environmental Preservation（Utilization of Natural Resources / Reduction of Industrial Waste） |
| EN9 | Addition | Any water source may significantly be affected through water withdrawal | There is no water withdrawal from specially protected aquatic zone. Also, we are not withdrawing any water from the area registered under the Ramsar Convention. |
| EN10 | Addition | The ratio of recycled water or reused amount versus total amount of water to use | Environmental Preservation（Utilization of Natural Resources / Reduction of Industrial Waste） |
| Aspect: Biodiversity | |||
| EN11 | Central Core | Contains various locations and their areas as to the land we own, rent, or manage with a high value of biodiversity within the protected area, its vicinity, or other than protected areas. | Environmental Preservation（Biodiversity） |
| EN12 | Central Core | Explains our activities towards biodiversity, significant effect on our products and services both within and outside of protected areas with high value of biodiversity. | Environmental Preservation（Biodiversity） |
| EN13 | Addition | Protected or restored habitats | Environmental Preservation（Biodiversity） |
| EN14 | Addition | Our strategies to manage effects on biodiversity, plus current measure and our future plans | Environmental Preservation（Biodiversity） |
| EN15 | Addition | Contains the species of the RED List (endangered species) under IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) residing in their inhabitant area within the zones which may be affected by our business operation, plus the number of the list of our national endangered species. It should be classified as per its degree of the risk of extinction. | Environmental Preservation（Biodiversity） |
| Aspect: Discharge, Sewage Water, and Industrial Waste | |||
| EN16 | Central Core | Total emission amount of direct and indirect greenhouse gases expressed by weight | Environmental Preservation (Overall Picture of Environmental Burden) Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| EN17 | Central Core | Emission amount of other indirect greenhouse gases expressed by weight | Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| EN18 | Addition | Initiative approaches and achieved reduction amount to reduce greenhouse gas emission | Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| EN19 | Central Core | Emission amount which may destroy ozone layer expressed by weight | Environmental Preservation (Management of Chemicals/ Emission Provision onto Water, Air, and Soil) |
| EN20 | Central Core | NOx, SOx, or any other emission materials that may have significant impact; expressed either by type and weight | Environmental Preservation (Overall Picture of Environmental Burden) Environmental Preservation（Management of Chemicals and Emission Provision onto Water, Air, and Soil） |
| EN21 | Central Core | Total water discharge amount per water quality and discharging destination | Environmental Preservation (Overall Picture of Environmental Burden) Environmental Preservation（Management of Chemicals and Emission Provision onto Water, Air, and Soil） |
| EN22 | Central Core | Total weight of industrial waste per type and disposition method | Environmental Preservation (Overall Picture of Environmental Burden) Environmental Preservation（Utilization of Natural Resources / Reduction of Industrial Waste） |
| EN23 | Central Core | Total number of cases and spillage amount of the leak that may have significant impact | Environmental Preservation（Environmental Management） Environmental Preservation (Management of Chemicals/ Emission Provision onto Water, Air, and Soil) |
| EN24 | Addition | Refers to the weight of the industrial waste classified as harmful under Annex I, II, III, and VIII of Basel Convention which was transported, imported, exported, or disposed, and the ratio of industrial waste which was transported internationally. | There is no direct transportation of industrial waste from Japan to overseas for the items subject to Basel Convention. |
| EN25 | Addition | Determines the location of aquatic zones which may be greatly impacted by sewage water or discharged liquid by reporting organization, the scale of related inhabitants, condition of preservation, and the value of biodiversity. | Environmental Preservation（Biodiversity） |
| Aspect: Products and Services | |||
| EN26 | Central Core | Initiative approaches to alleviate environmental effects on our products and services, plus the degree of improved reduction | Environmental Preservation（Environmentally-Friendly Products） |
| EN27 | Central Core | Selling products to be recycled and their packing materials per category, plus its ratio | Environmental Preservation（Environmentally-Friendly Products） |
| Aspect: Compliance | |||
| EN28 | Central Core | The amount of the relevant penalty for any violation against environmental regulations, plus the number of cases for sanction imposed other than penalty | Corporate Governance and Compliance Environmental Preservation（Environmental Management） Environmental Preservation（Management of Chemicals and Emission Provision onto Water, Air, and Soil） |
| Aspect: Transportation | |||
| EN29 | Addition | Significant environmental effect through products to be used for organization's work operation, other goods, transportation of raw materials, and various travelling by our employees | Environmental Preservation（Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission） |
| Aspect: General | |||
| EN30 | Addition | Total expenditure and investment for the purpose of environmental protection per its type | Environmental Preservation（Environmental Management） |
| Labour Practices and Decent Work (Fair Working Conditions) | |||
| Management approach | Together with our Employees | ||
| Aspect: Employment | |||
| LA1 | Central Core | Total labour force as per employment type, employment contract, and region | Together with our Employees（Employment） |
| LA2 | Central Core | Total number of employee resignation, plus breakdown by age, gender, and region of resigning employees | Together with our Employees（Employment） |
| LA3 | Addition | Social welfare to be provided for permanent workers per main operation sector, but not applicable for temporary staff or part time staff | Together with our Employees（Employment） |
| Aspect: Labour Relations | |||
| LA4 | Central Core | The ratio of employees subject to collective negotiation agreement | Together with our Employees（Employment） |
| LA5 | Central Core | Minimum notice period as to major work operation changes including whether or not it is stipulated in the labour protocol | Together with our Employees（Employment） |
| Aspect: Workplace with Safety and Health | |||
| LA6 | Addition | Refers to the ratio of our entire employees subject to the official joint committee of labour and management for workplace with safety and health; those who supervise and advise our workplace with a safety and health program. | Together with our Employees（Workplace with Safety and Health） |
| LA7 | Central Core | The ratio of injury and bodily illnesses arising from work operations, number of the days lost, absenteeism, plus the total death toll arising from work operations | Together with our Employees（Workplace with Safety and Health） |
| LA8 | Central Core | Refers to our enlightenment, seminar, counselling, preventive, or risk management programs to support our workers, their family members, and community members against any severe bodily illnesses. | Together with our Employees（Workplace with Safety and Health） |
| LA9 | Addition | Various themes as to safety and health incorporated into the official agreement with our labour unions | Together with our Employees（Workplace with Safety and Health） |
| Aspect: Seminar and Enlightenment | |||
| LA10 | Central Core | Average training hours annually per employee category and per employee | - |
| LA11 | Addition | This is a program to support our employees with their continual employability and assist their achieving goals with their career; it is meant for the management of their skills and life-long learning. | Together with our Employees（Work-Life Balance） |
| LA12 | Addition | The ratio of our employees who are receiving performance or career development review on a regular basis | Together with our Employees（Enlightenment and Training） |
| Aspect: Diversity and Equal Opportunities | |||
| LA13 | Central Core | Breakdown of the structure of our governing body (executive management position) and our employees per category based on gender, age, minority group, or other index considered as diversity | Together with our Employees（Our Diversified Personnel） |
| LA14 | Central Core | Basic salary comparison between male and female per employee category | Together with our Employees（Our Diversified Personnel） |
| Human Rights | |||
| Management approach | Together with our Employees | ||
| Aspect: Business Practice of Investment and Procurement | |||
| HR1 | Central Core | The ratio and the total number of any major investment agreements upon adaptability screening including provisions for human rights or human rights per se | - |
| HR2 | Central Core | The ratio of main suppliers and contractors who went through adaptability screening on human rights, plus any measure being taken | Together with our Business Partners（Development of CSR to our Business Partners） |
| HR3 | Addition | The total hour of employee training as to guidelines and procedures related to human rights aspects on work operation, including the ratio of employees who went through such training | Together with our Employees（Human Rights） |
| Aspect: No Discrimination | |||
| HR4 | Central Core | Total number of the cases of discrimination and countermeasures being taken | Together with our Employees（Human Rights） |
| Aspect: Freedom of Association | |||
| HR5 | Central Core | Refers to work operations deemed to be exposed to significant risk of the freedom of association, exercise of rights in collective negotiation, or any measure to support such rights. | Together with our Employees（Human Rights） |
| Aspect: Child Labour | |||
| HR6 | Central Core | Any measure to contribute to the prevention of child labour or any work operation that may pose significant risks as to any incidents of child labour | Together with our Employees（Human Rights） Together with our Business Partners（Development of CSR to our Business Partners） |
| Aspect: Forced Labour | |||
| HR7 | Central Core | Any measure to contribute to the prevention of forced labour or any work operation that may pose significant risks as to any incidents of forced labour | Together with our Employees（Human Rights） Together with our Business Partners（Development of CSR to our Business Partners） |
| Aspect: Practice on Security | |||
| HR8 | Addition | Organization's guidelines or procedures as to human rights aspect related to work operation, or the ratio of trained security personnel | - |
| Aspect: Rights for First Nations | |||
| HR9 | Addition | Total number of any violation case with regards to the rights for First Nations, plus any countermeasure being taken | - |
| Society | |||
| Management approach | Corporate Governance and Compliance | ||
| Aspect: Local Community | |||
| SO1 | Central Core | Program to evaluate and manage business performance impact towards local communities including participation, business operation, and withdrawal; plus any nature of business practice, range of application, and its validity | - |
| Aspect: Fraudulent Activities | |||
| SO2 | Central Core | The ratio of business units subject to risk analysis with regards to fraudulent activities and its total number | Corporate Governance and Compliance |
| SO3 | Central Core | The ratio of our employees who went through training as to organization's fraudulent activity prevention measures and its guidelines | Corporate Governance and Compliance |
| SO4 | Central Core | Any countermeasure being taken against any incident of fraudulent activities | Corporate Governance and Compliance |
| Aspect: Public-Interest Policy | |||
| SO5 | Central Core | How we position ourselves under public-interest policy, plus participation in various proposals for public-interest policy and lobbying activities | - |
| SO6 | Addition | Total amount of donation for government parties, government officials, related agencies per country, plus any material gifts | - |
| Aspect: Anti-Competitive Activities | |||
| SO7 | Addition | Total number of the incidents of legal measure with regards to anti-competitive activities, anti-trust or monopolistic practices, and their results | Corporate Governance and Compliance |
| Aspect: Compliance | |||
| SO8 | Central Core | The amount of the relevant penalty for any violation against legal regulations, plus the number of cases for sanction imposed other than penalty | Corporate Governance and Compliance |
| Product Liability | |||
| Management approach | Management approach | ||
| Aspect: Safety and Health for our Customers | |||
| PR1 | Central Core | The stage of lifecycle being evaluated for improvement with regards to the influence on safety and health of our products and services, plus our mainstay products subject to such procedures and the ratio among service category | Together with our Customers (Understanding the Needs of Safe Products (Quality) - Tire Group) Together with our Customers (Understanding the Needs of Safe Products (Quality) - MB Group) Environmental Preservation（Environmentally-Friendly Products） |
| PR2 | Addition | Describes the number of violations per result as to regulations plus our voluntary rules on safety and health influence of our products and services. | Together with our Customers (Understanding the Needs of Safe Products (Quality) - Tire Group) Together with our Customers (Understanding the Needs of Safe Products (Quality) - MB Group) |
| Aspect: Labelling to our Products and Services | |||
| PR3 | Central Core | It contains the types of product and service information required according to various procedures, plus the ratio of our mainstay products and services subject to such information requirements. | - |
| PR4 | Addition | Describes the number of violations per result as to regulations plus our voluntary rules on information or labelling of our products and services. | Together with our Customers (Communication with our Customers) |
| PR5 | Addition | Work practice as to customer satisfaction including survey result to measure customer satisfaction | Together with our Customers |
| Aspect: Marketing Communication | |||
| PR6 | Central Core | This is a program for the law, standards, or voluntary rules with regards to marketing communication including advertisement, promotion, and any supporting activities. | Together with our Customers (Communication with our Customers) |
| PR7 | Addition | Describes the number of violations per result as to regulations plus our voluntary rules on marketing communication including advertisement, promotion, and any supporting activities. | - |
| Aspect: Customers' Privacy | |||
| PR8 | Addition | The total number of complaints with legitimate background as to customers' invasion of privacy and data loss | Corporate Governance and Compliance |
| Aspect: Corporate Compliance | |||
| PR9 | Central Core | Amount of the relevant penalty for any violation against legal regulations with regards to the provision and usage of our products and services | Corporate Governance and Compliance |