1、Contents and Editorial Policy 1ContentsandEditorialPolicy01 CoverStory 2 NECsManagementforSustainability02NECsCorporateValue 3MessagefromthePresident 8NECsValueCreationJourney 9NECsStrengths11NECsBusinesses12CFOMessage16NECsValueCreationProcess17 NECsApproachtoMaterialityforIncreasingCorporateValue0
2、3StrategiesandProgress18Mid-termManagementPlan202519BusinessStrategy19 ITServices20 ITServicesinJapan21 DigitalGovernmentandDigitalFinance22 SocialInfrastructure23 TelecomServices24 AerospaceandNationalSecurity25FutureGrowthBusinesses25 Green/CarbonNeutralityBusinesses26 HealthcareandLifeScienceBusi
3、nesses27 EmployeeRoundtable30 Innovation:R&DandBusinessDevelopment04InitiativesandFrameworks36NEC,forThoseWhoSeekChallenge42 LivingHarmoniouslywiththeEarthtoSecuretheFuture48RespectingHumanRights50SupplyChainSustainability52CorporateGovernanceDialogue54CorporateGovernance60 MessagesfromNewlyAppointe
4、dOutsideDirectors63Directors65RisksandOpportunities05 CorporateData67FinancialandNon-financialHighlights68CorporateOverviewReporting PeriodApril1,2022toMarch31,2023(hereinafterreferredtoas“fiscal2023”;allotherfiscalyearsarereferredtosimilarly).Thisreportalsoincludesinformationobtainedafterthisreport
5、ingperiod.Scope of ReportNECCorporationanditsconsolidatedsubsidiariesReference Guidelines ISO26000 GRIStandards UnitedNationsGlobalCompact InternationalFinancialReportingStandards(IFRS)Foundations“InternationalIntegratedReportingFramework”JapansMinistryofEconomy,TradeandIndustrys“GuidanceforCollabor
6、ativeValueCreation”Other Related Information EarningsReleases/AnnualSecuritiesReport CorporateGovernanceReport ESGDatabook InformationSecurityReportEditorial PolicyNEChaspublishedannualreportscontainingbothfinancialandnon-financialinformationsince2013.Startingin2018,uponhavingdefinedits“materiality,