Environmental Management

Policy for Environmental Management

We believe that the Tsumura Group, which uses nature-blessed crude drugs as raw materials, must be most sensitive to changes and crises in the natural environment to achieve sustainable growth. Based on the Tsumura Environmental Basic Philosophy and Policy, we have established and operated an effective system to promote preservation and enhancement of natural capital, the source of the Tsumura Group's value creation, by realizing the Sustainability Vision and Materiality (priority issues).

Management system

Clarification of the Promotion System

The Tsumura Group has established the Environmental Management Regulations to clarify its environmental management system and stipulate essential matters concerning environmental management. The Regulations stipulate the establishment of a Sustainability Promotion Office, a department dedicatedly engaging in the management of the sustainability management system, and the appointment of an executive officer in charge of the Sustainability Promotion Office (Co-COO) as Chief Environmental Officer, and clarify the role of department heads who are the Environment Unit Managers.
The Company has specified practical operating procedures for environmental management by establishing an Environmental Management Manual to standardize environmental management activities and Environmental Action Standards to prescribe specific activities.

Effective Promotion System

The Sustainability Committee, which reports directly to the Board of Directors, examines and monitors the Company’s overall direction and activities to ensure that sustainability issues are reflected in concrete strategies. Five subcommittees have been formed under the Committee, each responsible for organizing cross-organizational discussions on knowledge, experience, and research findings collected from various divisions in accordance with the medium to long-term environmental goals and other goals.

Holding of Chair Reporting Sessions

To enhance the effectiveness of sustainability activities by stimulating discussions at subcommittee meetings, periodic Chair Reporting Sessions are held to report the results of subcommittees to the chairperson of the Committee (Co-COO).
We will pursue and promote effective sustainability activities by responding flexibly to changes in the social environment and the demands of the times.

Environmental Management System

Production sites in Japan with high environmental impact operate in accordance with ISO14001, the international standard for environmental management systems.
In addition to internal audits, we are periodically examined by an external certification body to ensure the proper functioning of our environmental management system.

ISO14001 Certification Status

We have acquired multisite certification with our head office as the central controlling office.

(As of the end of September 2023)

Medium- to Long-Term Environmental Goals

We have set up and are working to achieve medium- to long-term goals for each subject to achieve our Sustainability Vision and address Materiality (priority issues).

• ※1Tsumura entire group
  Japan：Ibaraki Plant、Shizuoka Plant、Ishioka Center、Research district、Head office、Branches and sales offices、YUBARI TSUMURA、LOGITEM TSUMURA
  China：SHANGHAI TSUMURA、TIANJIN TSUMURA、SHENZHEN TSUMURA、CHINA MEDICO CORPORATION
  Laos：LAO TSUMURA
• ※2Energy consumption per unit of production＝Energy consumption（GJ）／Pharmaceutical Extract Granule Production（ｔ）
• ※3Per-unit water intake=Water intake（ｔ）／Pharmaceutical Extract Granule Production（ｔ）
• ※4Per-unit industrial waste discharge= Industrial waste emissions（ｔ）／Pharmaceutical Extract Granule Production（ｔ）