The CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) represents an international initiative driven jointly by institutional investors showing concern over corporate responses to climate change, water, forest and other global challenges and calling for corporations to disclose concrete data on GHG emissions attributable to their activities.
The Tsumura Group has expressed support for the initiative, and discloses relevant information by responding to CDP surveys on climate change issues.

The Tsumura Group has signed up to support the TCFD recommendations.
Going forward, we will enhance our disclosure in reference to the information disclosure framework recommended by the TCFD.
Also, we are stepping up efforts to address climate change, principally by innovating crude drug cultivation techniques, dispersing cultivation locations, and ensuring proper inventory levels.

The Tsumura Group has expressed support for the Keidanren Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation.
In 2022, Tsumura formulated the Sustainability Charter, which includes consideration for biodiversity conservation. Based on this, we are properly addressing an array of related issues, such as appropriate harvesting of wild crude drugs, careful management of crude drug production based on the Tsumura GACP, and appropriate use and testing of agrochemicals.

Tsumura applied for the “Forest Preservation and Decarbonization Challenge” hosted by Japan’s Forestry Agency, and as a result, the Company was selected as a Green Partner 2023. This program commends business and other organizations for promoting forest preservation activities, thus contributing to achieving a decarbonized society. In 2008, Tsumura started the Tosa Tsumura Forest project in one of its main crude drug cultivation locations in Kochi Prefecture for the purpose of conservation of the natural environment and regional development. In recognition of related activities, the Company was selected as a Green Partner 2023.

Kurumin certification is offered by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to commend enterprises for providing appropriate support for employees with parenting responsibilities. To be Kurumin-certified, companies must prepare a general business owner action plan based on the Act for Measures to Support the Development of the Next Generation, and meet certain criteria by achieving goals in the action plan. The certification is given based on approval of the application submitted by each company.
On April 1, 2015, the government launched Platinum Kurumin, an advanced stage of the certification scheme, in order to acknowledge corporations that are Kurumin-certified and engaging in high-level activities by implementing a range of systems and programs to support the work-life balance of employees, while also encouraging such corporations to continue these activities.

Eruboshi certification is given by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to recognize enterprises carrying out good activities to support women’s advancement in the workplace. To be Eruboshi-certified, companies must prepare and submit a general business owner action plan based on the Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life, and meet certain requirements set for eligibility. The certification is given based on approval of the application submitted by each company to the municipal labor department.
The government launched Platinum Eruboshi, an advanced stage of the certification scheme, in order to acknowledge enterprises engaged in even more effective activities to support women’s advancement in the workplace (effective on June 1, 2020).

This is a certification program run by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in order to help enterprises prevent employees from leaving work to care for family members, and develop an environment where workers can continue to pursue their career while fulfilling family care duties. Certified companies are allowed to display the certification symbol (”Tomonin” mark). It is a government measure to raise public concern and awareness about the need for a workplace environment that helps those with family care duties achieve a work-life balance and build social momentum for promoting efforts to stop many people from leaving work to engage in care duties.