Nearly 75% of Japan Inc. is lax on supply chain rights abuses: survey

Majority stops short of setting up whistleblower hotlines or auditing suppliers

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A man unloads fruit bunches of oil palm in Selangor, Malaysia. Japan's MUFG now asks for sustainability certification before approving financing in the palm oil industry. © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Less than a third of Japanese companies are rolling out mechanisms to address human rights abuses in their supply chains, according to a Nikkei survey, demonstrating how much ground needs to be covered in running sustainable businesses.

This year's Nikkei Sustainable Development Goals Management Survey found that 660 out of 886 companies queried, or 74.5%, are setting up procedures for reporting and resolving human rights violations that occur within their organizations.

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