Sustainability | TDK Group's SustainabilityCorporate Philosophy and Long-Term Vision

A Sustainable Society Created through Business Activities

Our society is facing various issues. The TDK Group seeks to solve these issues through our business and to achieve both a sustainable society and corporate growth. As our corporate philosophy, employees of the TDK Group abide by our corporate motto and corporate principles as the value standards for their daily conduct.
Based on our corporate philosophy, our corporate vision, Vision 2035, states clearly the ideal image that TDK should aim for as we head toward the centennial of our founding. TDK Value outlines the stance that all employees should adopt, regardless of their position, toward realization of the corporate philosophy and corporate vision.

At the same time, we aim to achieve the targets set out in our three-year medium-term management plans. In addition, we believe that the display in major markets of the five core technologies representing TDK’s strength will lead to the solution of social issues and corporate growth. Through these business activities, we will realize the society depicted in the TDK Group’s Sustainability Vision.

Corporate Philosophy

In 1930 Dr. Yogoro Kato and Dr. Takeshi Takei at the Tokyo Institute of Technology invented ferrite, a magnetic ceramic compound derived from iron and other oxides. Kenzo Saito, TDK’s first president, was deeply impressed by Dr. Kato’s remark that “A real industry is a creative industry,” and on December 7, 1935, he founded Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (present-day TDK) to commercialize ferrite. At that time the potential use of ferrite was unknown, so the establishment of the company was a courageous venture in pursuit of a vision. As a result of joint research and development by the Tokyo Institute of Technology and TDK, a component called a ferrite core was realized, and in 1937, ahead of the rest of the world, it was put to use in Japanese wireless communication equipment, radios, and so on. By the end of World War II, a total of five million units had been shipped, and the company had acquired trust. This founding spirit of creativity, of “creating values that do not yet exist in the world from the level of materials,” has been inherited as TDK’s DNA. Our corporate motto, established in June 1967, reflects this founding spirit.

1. Corporate Motto
2. Contribute to culture and industry through creativity

1. Corporate Principles
2. Vision：Always take a new step forward with a vision in mind. Creation and construction are not born without vision.
3. Courage：Always perform with courage. Performing power is born by confronting contradiction and overcoming it.
4. Trust：Always try to build trust. Trust is born from a spirit of honesty and service.

Our Long-term Vision, “TDK Transformation”

TDK formulated the “TDK Transformation” Long-term Vision, based on the Corporate Motto "Contribute to culture and industry through creativity" and Corporate Principles "Vision, Courage, Trust”, as an expression of our aspirations for the next 10 years.This long-term vision incorporates transformation in the sense of contributing to the transformation of society as well as the sense of internal transformation, that is, the continuous transformation of TDK itself. TDK Transformation incorporates our desire to accelerate these two cycles and contribute to the realization of a sustainable future. Until now, TDK has contributed to social transformation by providing products that are essential to the applications that drive industry in each era including audio and video devices, PCs, and smartphones.

The transformation of society, including green transformation (GX) and digital transformation (DX), is expected to accelerate even more in the future. In conjunction with this, TDK will continue to expand the areas in which it is able to make contributions.

In accordance with this long-term vision, we will accelerate the transformation of society and advancements in technology enabled by electronic devices developed through leveraging cutting-edge innovation in materials, processes, and software technology, contributing to the transition toward a sustainable future. We will also continue our own transformation to become the No. 1 partner growing alongside our worldwide customers.

Social Transformation

Heretofore TDK has been exploring applications that exert an impact on social transformation as the Seven Seas^*

In a society equipped with a 6G network, various devices are going to become terminals connected to the network. As a result, the volume of data exchanged will expand monumentally. In such a society, since it is forecast that the amount of electricity supplied worldwide will not be able to keep up with the amount of electricity consumed by data centers, improving the energy efficiency of various electronic equipment is going to be required. We believe that areas in which materials and electronic components that have low energy consumption, are compact and lightweight, and emit little CO2 can contribute are going to continue to expand.

*Seven Seas　The focal areas where TDK’s applications are dominantly present. Please see the website for more information.

Contribute to Social Transformation

TDK Transformation

We believe that it is important to accelerate transformation for TDK as a whole for continuous contributing to social transformation. Over the years, we have used both organic growth and M&A to refresh our business portfolio and achieve business growth. We will contribute to the transition towards a sustainable society as the No.1 partner based on establishing leading position by electronic devices developed through leveraging cutting-edge innovation in transforming human capability by diversity, we will constantly secure investment capacity and implement optimal investment, which enable us to enhance capability of management transformation. We will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society to elevate our positioning. We will accomplish this by evolving and accelerating the cycle of rapidly identifying customer needs and providing broad-based solutions, from unique materials to systems. We believe that TDK's unique values and corporate culture, which we have developed for a long time, will support the growth of “capability of management transformation” and “strategic position”.

Acceleration of TDK Transformation

Value Creation Process to Realize the Long-term Vision

Medium-Term Plan

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Key Issues (Materiality) of TDK

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