We are pleased to announce the issuance of our “ESG Report 2024.”
The ESG report aims to disseminate information about our specific initiatives toward realizing our mission of “Bring Smiles to the World with the Power of Nature,” to the public to deepen understanding of our company. The “ESG Report 2024” is now available on our company website.
Key topics of the “ESG Report 2024
- Completion of the “Energy Utilization Environmental Load Reduction Business Adaptation Plan (Investment Promotion Tax System for Carbon Neutrality),” which we were the first in Japan to be certified for on October 29, 2021, with a successful achievement.
- Newly set medium-term targets for reducing CO2 emissions, waste, and water usage by 2026, in line with the medium-term management plans set at the beginning of FY2024.
- Acquisition of the “Kurumin Certification” *
- Recognized as a “childcare support company” for our efforts to support work-life balance of our employees until FY2023, we acquired the “Kurumin Certification”.
- Actively introducing objective evaluation methods for ESG initiatives.
- Commenced calculation of Scope 3 CO2 emissions, which are related to the company’s business activities.
- Referencing the evaluation results of Ecovadis**, a global sustainability assessment organization, we have set targets for addressing critical issues.
*Kurumin Certification: A system in which the Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare certifies companies that meet certain criteria under ‘the Act on Promotion of Measures to Support the Next Generation’ as “childcare support companies.”
**Ecovadis: https://ecovadis.com/ja/about-us/