Action Plan and Results

Kyowa Kirin Group sets its targets for each fiscal year under its Mid-term Business Plan, implements various measures to achieve the targets, and conducts a management review at year-end in order to make ongoing improvements.

Action Plan and FY 2020 Results

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Action Guideline	Action Item	FY 2020 Target	FY 2020 Results and Progress Updates	Self-assessment on FY 2020 Results (〇: Target achieved; △: Improvement made but target not achieved; ×: Failed to achieve target)	Mid-term target (FY 2016-2020)
Action Guideline 1: Expand environmental and safety functions and secure environmental safety	Strengthen environmental management system	Switch to self-declaration of conformity to ISO 14001 and retain certification	Completed the switch from third-party certification to self-declaration effective January 1, 2019 at all sites that had obtained the ISO 14001 certification (Shift to 2015 version completed) Conformity to ISO 14001 confirmed	〇	Retain ISO 14001 certification (Transition to 2015 version)
	Disasters / accidents	No work-related accidents / illnesses or environmental or safety-related accidents	3 accidents requiring time off from work^*1 0 environmental accidents 0 safety-related accidents	×	No work-related accidents / illnesses or environmental or safety-related accidents
	Environmental and safety audit	Request that leads to improvement of the management system	Performed audits that help to prevent accidents, disasters, and legal violations by improving the management system^*2 (For the plants and R&Dresearch laboratories of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., the person in charge of the environment and safety also participated in the audit, along with input by the other sites)	〇	Enhance viability of environmental and safety audit
	Environmental and safety risk assessments	Improve environmental and safety risk assessments and enhance comprehensive machinery safety standards	Conducted and reviewed safety risk assessments at each site Started considering measures to implement in response to the results of water risk assessments at domestic and overseas plants	〇	Expand environmental and safety risk assessments
Action Guideline 2: Minimize environmental and safety risks	Compliance	Appropriately respond to revised laws Enhancement of legal compliance system	Responded appropriately to revised laws; no significant legal deviation Created and distributed the legal report list and update	〇	Respond appropriately to revised laws related to the environment and occupational safety
	Compliance	Establish system for appropriate substance management	Performed audit of substance management system (Audit performance rate: 100%^*3)	〇	Improve substance management system
	Reinforcement of waste governance	Audit performance rate: More than 90% of applicable interim waste disposal service providers	Audit performed by respective sites; audit performance rate: 100%^*4	〇	Perform audit on interim industrial waste disposal service providers (Targeted audit performance rate: At least 90%)
Action Guideline 3: Promote resource recycling	[Initiatives at production and research divisions]
	Prevention of global warming (CO₂ emissions reduction)	【2020 Target】 Reduce CO₂ emissions in 2020 to 85% or less of 1990 level (global target) Reduce CO₂ emissions in 2020 to 85% or less of 2005 level (domestic target) 【2030 Target】^*7 Reduce CO₂ emissions in 2030 by 20% from 2015 level (global target) Reduce CO₂ emissions in 2030 by 30% from 2015 level (domestic target)	【2020 Target】 62% of 1990 level (global result) ^5 49% of 2005 level (domestic result)^6 【2030 Target】^7 Reduced by 23% from 2015 level (global result)^5 Reduced by 47% from 2015 level (domestic result)^*6	〇 (reduction progressing as planned toward 2030 target)	【2020 Target】 Reduce CO₂ emissions in 2020 to 85% or less of 1990 level (global target) Reduce CO₂ emissions in 2020 to 85% or less of 2005 level (domestic target) 【2030 Target】^*7 Reduce CO₂ emissions in 2030 by 20% from 2015 level (global target) Reduce CO₂ emissions in 2030 by 30% from 2015 level (domestic target)
	Reduction of unit energy consumption	Reduce unit energy consumption by at least 1% from previous year	Reduced by 2.9% from previous year^*8	〇	Reduce unit energy consumption by at least 1% per year at major plants and research laboratories
	Water use reduction	【2030 Target】^*9 Reduce water use in 2030 by 30% from 2015 level (global target)	Reduced by 43% from 2015 level^*5	〇 (reduction progressing as planned toward target)	【2030 Target】^*9 Reduce water use in 2030 by 30% from 2015 level (global target)
	Per-unit water use reduction	Reduce per-unit water use by at least 1% from previous year	Reduced by 21.1% from previous year^*8	〇	Reduce per-unit water use by at least 1% per year at major plants and research laboratories
	Final landfill disposal	Continue to achieve zero emission^*10	Final landfill disposal rate: 0.004%; final landfill disposal volume: 0.05 tons^*3	〇	Continue to achieve zero emission
	Reduction of chemical substance emissions	Reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in FY 2020 by at least 50% from FY 2003 level	VOC emissions: 242 tons; reduced by 74% from 2003 level^*6	〇	Reduce VOC emissions in 2020 by at least 50% from 2003 level
	[Initiatives at administrative divisions]
	Green Office Plan (GOP)	Reduce per-unit electricity consumption by at least 1% a year	Increased per-unit electricity consumption by 13% from previous year^*11	×	Reduce per-unit electricity consumption by at least 1% a year
		Reduce per-unit copier paper consumption by at least 1% a year (vis-à-vis average consumption in past 3 years)	Reduced per-unit copier paper consumption by 15% vis-à-vis average consumption in past 3 years^*4	〇	Reduce per-unit copier paper consumption by at least 1% a year (vis-à-vis average consumption in past 3 years)
		Secure green purchasing rate of at least 90% (value basis)	Achieved green purchasing rate of 89% for office supplies^*4	×	Secure green purchasing rate of at least 90%
	Environmentally friendly and safe distribution activities	Streamline distribution; ensure environmentally friendly and safe distribution activities	Achieved 100% replacement of company sales vehicles with hybrid cars (continues)^*12	〇	Streamline distribution activities; ensure environmentally friendly and safe distribution activities Further promote hybrid vehicles
Action Guideline 4: Ensure environmental protection across entire life cycle of products	Life cycle assessment (LCA) and material balance	Cooperate with Kirin’s LCA survey; clarify and analyze material balance	Clarified material balance and environmental impacts; continued business-by-business assessment based on resource efficiency and emission intensity	〇	Continue business assessments based on LCA and material balance
	Green procurement	Promote green procurement	Established/revised the “Kyowa Kirin Group Procurement Policy,” the “Kyowa Kirin CSR Procurement Guidebook,” and the “Supplier Code of Conduct” Conducted the "CSR survey" for suppliers (including those overseas) Conducted CSR procurement information briefings, supply chain social events, etc.	〇	Promote procurement of raw materials, office supplies, equipment, etc. with low environmental impact (promote CSR procurement)
Action Guideline 5: Ensure product safety and usefulness	Secure consumer safety and product usefulness	Disclose extensive product information	Continued to issue GHS-compliant Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for chemical substances	〇	Disclose extensive product information

*1:
In Japan, the plants / research laboratories and head office of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Kyowa Iryo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Kirin Plus Co., Ltd. are covered. Overseas, the plant of Kyowa Kirin China Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is covered.
*2:
In Japan, the plants / research laboratories and head office / sales offices of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Kyowa Iryo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. and the head office of Kyowa Kirin Plus Co., Ltd. are covered. Overseas, the plant of Kyowa Kirin China Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is covered.
*3:
The plants and research laboratories of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Iryo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. are covered.
*4:
All sites of Kyowa Kirin Group in Japan are covered.
*5:
In Japan, the plants and research laboratories of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Kyowa Iryo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd., Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Pharma Chemical Co., Ltd. are covered. Overseas, the plants and research laboratories of Kyowa Kirin China Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyowa Kirin, Inc., BIOKYOWA INC., SHANGHAI KYOWA AMINO ACID CO., LTD. and THAI KYOWA BIOTECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. are covered.
*6:
The plants and research laboratories of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Kyowa Iryo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd., Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Pharma Chemical Co., Ltd. are covered.
*7:
We set the new target of reducing CO₂ emissions for fiscal 2030 (55% reduction compared to 2019 level) for Kyowa Kirin Group in 2021.
*8:
In Japan, the plants and research laboratories of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Iryo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. are covered. Overseas, the plant of Kyowa Kirin China Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is covered.
*9:
We set the new target of reducing water consumption for fiscal 2030 (40% reduction compared to the 2019 level) for Kyowa Kirin Group in 2021.
*10:
“Zero emission” : The Kyowa Kirin Group uses the term to mean a reduction in the amount of waste disposed in landfills to no more than 0.1% of generated waste.
*11:
The head office and sales offices of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Kyowa Media Service Co., Ltd., Kyowa Kirin Frontier Co., Ltd., Kyowa Kirin plus Co., Ltd., Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Pharma Chemical Co., Ltd. are covered.
*12:
The head office and sales offices of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. are covered.