Social Impact Research Launches Materiality Support Service Focused on Investor Needs: Achieving 6-Month Consulting Process in Just 2 Months
Social Impact Research Co., Ltd. has launched a new service to help companies identify materiality and build 'corporate value improvement stories' that connect non-financial KPIs to financial results. Based on the sustainability disclosure perspectives valued by GPIF, the service completes in 2 months a process that typically takes 6 months at major firms, clarifying the link between sustainability issues and business strategy or ROIC.
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Social Impact Research Co., Ltd. has launched a support service to disclose materiality and formulate corporate value improvement stories requested by investors. The service organizes the relationship between materiality, non-financial KPIs, financial results, and corporate value, based on the perspective of 'excellent sustainability disclosure' emphasized by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). A key feature is the ability to execute the disclosure improvement process in 2 months, which can take up to 6 months at major consulting firms.
### Background of the Service
In recent years, corporate sustainability disclosure has reached a major turning point. Previous disclosures focused on broadly explaining initiatives related to environmental, social, and governance issues. However, investors today are not looking for simple exhaustiveness of ESG items. What is important is to demonstrate, as a causal relationship, what materiality is truly important to the company and how it leads to business strategy, competitive advantage, profitability, capital efficiency, risk reduction, and corporate value improvement.
In particular, 'excellent sustainability disclosure' evaluated by GPIF and domestic equity investment institutions requires the ability to explain how sustainability issues are linked to the company's business and growth strategies, and how non-financial KPIs affect financial indicators such as sales, profit margins, ROIC, and cost of capital.
### Overview of the New Service: Corporate Value Improvement Story Construction Support
This service analyzes a company's integrated reports, IR materials, sustainability reports, and securities reports to reconstruct them into corporate value improvement stories that resonate with investors. Based on existing materials, we organize the connections between materiality, business strategy, non-financial capital, financial KPIs, and corporate value, and present directions for disclosure improvement in a short period.
### Strengths of the Service: Completing 6 Months' Worth of Improvement in 2 Months
The greatest strength is the ability to execute the process in as little as 2 months. While general projects often take a long time for status analysis, interviews, materiality organization, KPI design, and financial impact analysis, we utilize a proprietary analytical framework and investor-perspective checklists to identify disclosure issues and clarify improvement directions quickly starting from existing materials.
1. **Materiality and Business Strategy Connectivity Diagnosis**
We diagnose whether the currently disclosed materiality is more than just a list of general social issues. We reorganize it into a form that communicates to investors by aligning it with the company's business model, competitive advantage, business portfolio, and growth strategy.
2. **Non-financial KPI and Financial Impact Connectivity Analysis**
We analyze how non-financial capital, such as human capital, intellectual capital, natural capital, and social relationship capital, affects financial results. Specifically, we organize connections such as:
- How human capital investment leads to productivity improvement, lower turnover, stronger recruitment, and improved profit margins.
- How R&D and intellectual capital lead to new product sales, profit margins, and growth options.
- How environmental responsiveness affects raw material costs, carbon costs, regulatory compliance, brand value, and cost of capital.
- How strengthening supply chains leads to supply stability, quality, customer trust, and revenue growth.
### Background of the Service
In recent years, corporate sustainability disclosure has reached a major turning point. Previous disclosures focused on broadly explaining initiatives related to environmental, social, and governance issues. However, investors today are not looking for simple exhaustiveness of ESG items. What is important is to demonstrate, as a causal relationship, what materiality is truly important to the company and how it leads to business strategy, competitive advantage, profitability, capital efficiency, risk reduction, and corporate value improvement.
In particular, 'excellent sustainability disclosure' evaluated by GPIF and domestic equity investment institutions requires the ability to explain how sustainability issues are linked to the company's business and growth strategies, and how non-financial KPIs affect financial indicators such as sales, profit margins, ROIC, and cost of capital.
### Overview of the New Service: Corporate Value Improvement Story Construction Support
This service analyzes a company's integrated reports, IR materials, sustainability reports, and securities reports to reconstruct them into corporate value improvement stories that resonate with investors. Based on existing materials, we organize the connections between materiality, business strategy, non-financial capital, financial KPIs, and corporate value, and present directions for disclosure improvement in a short period.
### Strengths of the Service: Completing 6 Months' Worth of Improvement in 2 Months
The greatest strength is the ability to execute the process in as little as 2 months. While general projects often take a long time for status analysis, interviews, materiality organization, KPI design, and financial impact analysis, we utilize a proprietary analytical framework and investor-perspective checklists to identify disclosure issues and clarify improvement directions quickly starting from existing materials.
1. **Materiality and Business Strategy Connectivity Diagnosis**
We diagnose whether the currently disclosed materiality is more than just a list of general social issues. We reorganize it into a form that communicates to investors by aligning it with the company's business model, competitive advantage, business portfolio, and growth strategy.
2. **Non-financial KPI and Financial Impact Connectivity Analysis**
We analyze how non-financial capital, such as human capital, intellectual capital, natural capital, and social relationship capital, affects financial results. Specifically, we organize connections such as:
- How human capital investment leads to productivity improvement, lower turnover, stronger recruitment, and improved profit margins.
- How R&D and intellectual capital lead to new product sales, profit margins, and growth options.
- How environmental responsiveness affects raw material costs, carbon costs, regulatory compliance, brand value, and cost of capital.
- How strengthening supply chains leads to supply stability, quality, customer trust, and revenue growth.
FAQ
Why is a 'causal story for corporate value improvement' necessary for disclosure?
Because current investors value logical connectivity—how ESG items lead to profitability, capital efficiency, risk reduction, and ultimately, corporate value improvement—over mere comprehensiveness of ESG items.
How can the process be completed in as little as two months?
Instead of zero-base research, we start from existing integrated reports and IR materials, using a proprietary analytical framework and investor-perspective checklists to identify issues and clear improvement directions quickly.
What kind of KPI connectivity can be analyzed?
We organize and analyze quantitative connections, such as how human capital investment contributes to profit margins through productivity gains or lower turnover, and how R&D leads to new product sales or growth options.