Message from the President & CEO

We now live in an era of significant change. As the external environment undergoes dramatic changes, social issues that must be addressed from a global perspective are becoming increasingly more severe. These include climate change, resource constraints, geopolitical risks, and traffic safety. People’s values are also changing, and there is growing interest toward fundamental questions such as how we ought to live and what we should value.

To achieve genuine growth in this era of change, I believe that corporations need to pursue business activities that aim to create social value. The creation of social value involves addressing social issues that constantly exist but change in nature in accordance with the times. As these social issues always exist, they represent a form of genuine demand that transcends time and region, and I believe that sincerely addressing these issues serves as a reliable compass for corporations in this era of change as well as a source for sustainable corporate growth.

We adopt the principle of “Provide Quality Products and Service,” as stated in the DENSO Creed, which represents our founding spirit, and we possess a strong desire to resolve social issues through our business activities. This desire is embedded in our unchanging DNA and serves as the starting point for our sustainability management.

In the mobility domain, we have established “green” and “peace of mind” as two pillars for maximizing the value we provide. Guided by these pillars, we have sought to clarify our responsibilities as a core player in mobility and proactively accelerate our efforts accordingly.

For the green pillar, we have built a product lineup capable of accommodating all types of powertrains, including not only for BEVs but also HEVs, PHEVs, and FCEVs, in order to respond to diversifying powertrain needs across the globe.

For the peace of mind pillar, we have been actively pursuing the development and popularization of advanced driver assistance systems with a view toward achieving zero traffic accident fatalities.

Furthermore, making use of the advanced technologies and quality capabilities that we have cultivated in the mobility domain, we have begun the genuine pursuit of resolving new social issues in areas such as energy, smart agriculture, and factory automation. In fiscal 2025, we made steady progress in launching businesses in each of these areas and will further accelerate business development moving forward.

In this era of complexity and uncertainty, the power of our people will be our greatest asset. No matter how advanced our technologies are, it is people who transform these technologies into value and create the future. For this reason, I believe it is essential to align our human resource strategy more closely with our management and business strategies, with a focus on ensuring people’s well-being and happiness. It is also critically important to actively invest in human capital in order to enhance both the value of our people and the added value they create. We will therefore focus on strategically recruiting, developing, and deploying talent with the necessary expertise while striving to enhance employee motivation and engagement. By fostering an organizational culture where individual aspirations of our employees resonate with the vision of the Company as a whole, we will maximize the capabilities of our people and organization, which in turn will serve as the driving force for creating the future.

However, no matter how strong our organization is, the grand objective of resolving social issues cannot be completed by one company alone. To that extent, we will seek to refine the strengths of our technologies and people through open and constructive dialogue with a diverse range of stakeholders, starting with customers, shareholders, and suppliers, so that we can work together with them to create value that is genuinely needed by society.

I would like to ask for your continued support as we pursue these endeavors going forward.

October 2025

Shinnosuke Hayashi
President & CEO
Representative Member of the Board