Over our more than 100 years of history, the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group has been contributing to the development of attractive towns and communities along the Group’s railway lines by offering rich lifestyles to our customers.
As the core Group company, we are comprehensive developers dedicated to urban development along the Hankyu and Hanshin rail lines; in the Osaka-Umeda area, the Group’s most important business hub; and in various residential businesses, including sales of Geo condominiums. We have also been expanding our areas of business in recent years to the Tokyo metropolitan area and overseas, mainly in Asia but also in Australia and the US, by utilizing the know-how we have accumulated through rail line development.
• Osaka-Umeda Area: Becoming a Center of International Exchange
Considered the most urbanized section of one of the largest cities in Japan alongside Tokyo’s Shinjuku, the Osaka-Umeda area offers a balanced concentration of offices, commercial facilities, entertainment centers, and other urban functions all within walking distance. The Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group launched Umeda Vision, a concept for creating a welcoming city that meets a more diverse range of needs while attracting people from all over the world, in May 2022. The Group is also actively involved in the development of Umekita 2nd Project GRAND GREEN OSAKA, the Shibata 1-Chome Plan, and various other projects, including supporting the development of startup companies.
• Promoting Consideration for the Environment and Sustainability Initiatives
Rapid changes in the socio-economic and business environment in recent years have triggered calls for initiatives to build a sustainable society. Hankyu Hanshin Properties has been moving forward with various ESG (Environmental, Social, Corporate Governance) initiatives in accordance with the Sustainability Declaration announced by the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group in May 2020.
Specifically, from fiscal 2024, we will ensure all newly built condominiums to be sold or rented are ZEH-M Oriented or higher, and in the Condominiums for Sale business, we will use domestically-produced wood materials made by local communities for veneers and other parts of common-use areas, and make other efforts to promote the creation of people- and environmentally-friendly residences. We will also start using renewable energy-derived electric power in our offices and commercial facilities, and by fiscal 2025 we plan to switch to renewable energy for about 90% of the electric power usage in the facilities we operate along the Hankyu and Hanshin rail lines and in the Osaka-Umeda area.
In addition to these initiatives, we will continue to seek solutions through our businesses for safe and reliable infrastructure, environmental protection, and other social issues, as well as make efforts to promote sustainable management, improve the level of employee satisfaction, establish diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and enhance health management.
• Digital Transformation (DX) Initiatives and Customer Experience Improvements
We believe that digital transformation (DX) initiatives are an essential component of the Group’s ability to continue providing value to customers. DX has the potential to significantly change our business, so we see it as a tool not only for transforming business processes but also contributing to the development of data-driven customer understanding and improved customer satisfaction (CS) while also offering the potential to create new value in customer experiences.
In anticipation of continued rapid innovations in future technology and changes in societal values, we are dedicated to creating new value for our customers and businesses by integrating new technologies and experiences that can be created by startup companies using our business assets and know-how, thereby strengthening the competitiveness of our existing businesses and helping to develop entirely new ones.
Our next 100 years start with this year, with today, with this single step forward.
We will continue to constantly be customer-facing in our approach, to keep moving forward, and to deliver value that exceeds the expectations of each individual.
You can look forward to more great things from our company, as we continue to actively take on challenges under the Group’s management philosophy of creating satisfaction among our customers and contributing to society by delivering “Safety and Comfort” and “Dreams and Excitement.”
We appreciate your patronage and continued support for our company and the Group.
Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.
President and Representative Director
