• United Nations Global Compact
• TCFD
• CDP
• Japan Climate Initiative
• GX League
• Japan Paper Association (JPA)
• Joining the 30by30 Alliance for Biodiversity
• CLOMA
• Collaboration with external organizations regarding water
• Compliance with and support for laws, regulations, and policies

United Nations Global Compact

The Oji Group participates in the United Nations Global Compact and supports its Ten Principles regarding human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption matters. Oji works to implement them in its business activities every day.

TCFD

• *1 The TCFD is a task force established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) following a request made during a G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting. In June 2017, the TCFD released its recommendations that encourage companies to disclose the financial implications of climate-related risks and opportunities to help investors make appropriate investment decisions.

CDP

• *2 The CDP is an international NGO that collects, analyzes, and evaluates information about the climate change, water security and forestry initiatives of the world's leading companies.

Japan Climate Initiative

In December 2022, Oji Holdings joined the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI),^*3 which was established to strengthen the dissemination of information and exchange of opinions between companies, local governments, NGOs and others actively working to address climate change. In April 2023, we endorsed a message released through the JCI calling on the Japanese government to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels such as coal and overcome the two crises, the climate crisis and the energy crisis, by accelerating the deployment of renewable energy and introducing an effective carbon pricing system as quickly as possible.

JCI message(only in Japanese)
Overcoming Two Crises Using Renewable Energy and Carbon Pricing As members of the JCI, which includes corporations, local governments, NGOs and other organizations, we will continue our efforts to achieve net zero carbon emissions^*4 by 2050,2 towards the realization of a decarbonized society as required by the Paris Agreement.

• *3 Japan Climate Initiative (established in July 2018)
• *4 Environmental Vision 2050, Environmental Action Program 2030

GX League

Japan Paper Association (JPA)

We are a member of the Japan Paper Association. The Nippon Paper Association participates in the Nippon Keidanren's Carbon Neutrality Action Plan (formerly the Low Carbon Society Action Plan)^*5. In support of the aims of the Carbon Neutrality Action Plan, we are participating in the second phase of the Carbon Neutrality Action Plan* which has a target year of 2030.*4 We also participate as members of the Energy/Technical Committee, which the Japan Paper Association established to formulate the Carbon Neutrality Action Plan and report on its progress. We also participate in the Japan Paper Association’s Environmental Conservation Committee. Through these activities, we indirectly lobby the government by ensuring that the industry association's policy proposals on climate change issues, such as the formulation of CO2 emission reduction targets, reflect our views. To gather information and ensure that our climate change strategy is in line with industry associations’ positions, we participate in seminars on climate change organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and other government organizations, as well as seminars organized by industry associations. We also participate in various related organizations as a member of these organizations to discuss climate change issues, and we share this information internally. Furthermore, we examine the content of these discussions to make sure it is in line with our policies and coordinate these policies through the Sustainability Committee, which is chaired by the President and Group CEO. Through this process, we align our climate change strategy with our activities with industry associations.

• *5 The target for phase two of the Carbon Neutrality Action Plan is to reduce the energy-derived CO2 emissions of domestic production facilities by 38% in FY2030 compared to FY13.

Joining the 30by30 Alliance for Biodiversity

• *6 Other effective area-based conservation measures: Areas where biodiversity is being conserved through efforts by the private sector, such as corporate forests and “satoyama.”

CLOMA

Collaboration with external organizations regarding water

In 2012, the Oji Group began participating in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an NGO with a huge database of environmental information on countermeasures to prevent climate change and preserve water and forests. We respond to the CDP Water questionnaire, which assesses the Oji Group’s water resource management.

We also support the intentions of the Japan Water Forum (JWF), an NPO that collaborates with many different related parties, not only parties in Japan but also United Nations organizations, international organizations, development banks, national and municipal governments, private companies, researchers and NGOs in other countries. We have been a member of the JWF since its establishment in 2004 and we continue to work on activities involving water policy.

Compliance with and support for laws, regulations, and policies

The Company supports laws and regulations (such as the Law Concerning the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming (the Global Warming Countermeasures Law) and the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy (the Energy Conservation Law) in Japan) and policies related to climate change and the reduction of energy consumption at its domestic and overseas sites and appropriately responds to such legislation.
In addition, under the Energy Conservation Law, the specified business operators among our Group companies are required to reduce their energy intensity by an average of 1% per year. Each year, each workplace sets energy intensity reduction targets and works to achieve them.