Sustainability
Guideline
SASB standards content index
Takara Holdings Corporation falls under the "Alcoholic Bevarages" standard for the food and beverage sector of the industry-specific disclosure standards provided by the SASB. In order to ensure that information is disclosed in accordance with the disclosure framework for this industry, we will provide a table that contrasts the overall corporate disclosure with the SASB Standards.
ESGdata
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental compliance
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties received for violation of environmental laws and regulations | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | Number | none |
| Fines imposed for violation of environmental laws and regulations | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | yen | none |
Climate Change
GHG emissions
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
FY2022 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GHG emissions |
Scope1+Scope2 | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. |
1,000t-CO2e |
102 | 105 | 102 |
90 |
| Breakdown：Scope1 |
1,000t-CO2e |
86 | 87 | 84 |
69 |
||
| Breakdown：Scope2 |
1,000t-CO2e |
16 | 18 | 19 |
21 |
||
|
Scope1+Scope2 |
・TAKARA HOLDINGS INC. ・Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. |
t-CO2e |
ー |
107,971 |
104,859 |
90,802 |
|
|
Breakdown：Scope1 |
t-CO2e |
87,286 |
84,081 |
69,280 |
|||
|
Breakdown：Scope2 |
t-CO2e |
20,685 |
20,778 |
21,522 |
|||
|
Scope3 Total |
t-CO2e |
ー |
823,018 |
816,932 |
|||
|
Category1 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
625,373 |
605,552 |
|||
|
Category2 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
6,221 |
8,864 |
|||
|
Category3 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
18,680 |
18,450 |
|||
|
Category4 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
112,830 |
120,885 |
|||
|
Category5 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
947 |
864 |
|||
|
Category6 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
235 |
230 |
|||
|
Category7 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
586 |
575 |
|||
|
Category8 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
Not subject to calculation |
Not subject to calculation |
|||
|
Category9 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
5,300 |
4,408 |
|||
|
Category10 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
Not subject to calculation |
Not subject to calculation |
|||
|
Category11 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
Not subject to calculation |
Not subject to calculation |
|||
|
Category12 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
52,579 |
50,813 |
|||
|
Category13 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
6,408 |
6,291 |
|||
|
Category14 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
Not subject to calculation |
Not subject to calculation |
|||
|
Category15 |
t-CO2e |
ー |
Not subject to calculation |
Not subject to calculation |
|||
| Total CO2 emissions from production processes | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Takara Sake USA Inc. Takara Shuzo Foods Co., Ltd. (China), The Tomatin Distillery Co.Ltd., Takara Bio Inc., Takara Biotechnology (Dalian) Co., Ltd., DSS Takara Bio Pvt. Ltd., Takara Bio USA,Inc. |
1,000t-CO2 |
111 | 112 | 113 |
104 |
|
| Total CO2 emissions from transportation processes | ・Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. |
1,000t-CO2 |
16 | 16 | 16 |
14 |
|
- ※ Aggregated GHG：CO2 、CH4、N2O、HFCs
Energy Consumption
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Consumption | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | TJ | 1,562 | 1,555 | 1,501 |
1,467 |
- ※ International Energy Agency’s conversion coefficient of electricity 3.6 MJ/kWh was used.
Use of Resources
INPUT/OUTPUT
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
FY2022 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume of raw ingredients and materials used | Total | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 千ｔ | 204 | 201 | 185 |
183 |
| Raw ingredients | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 千ｔ | 182 | 184 | 169 |
168 |
|
| Raw materials for containers and packaging | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 千ｔ | 21 | 17 | 16 |
15 |
|
| Volume of production | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 千kl | 515 | 526 | 522 |
494 |
|
- ※ The volume of production reported under the Energy Conservation Act
Waste Management
Waste generation
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
FY2022 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste | Total | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | ｔ | 4,975 | 4,974 | 5,338 |
4,662 |
| Volume of waste recycled | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | ｔ | 4,859 | 4,886 | 5,287 |
4,616 |
|
| Amount of non-recycled waste | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | ｔ | 116 | 88 | 51 |
46 |
|
| Toxic waste | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | ｔ | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
5.1 |
|
- ※ Specially controlled industrial waste (waste oil, waste acid, waste alkali, PCBs)
Air emissions
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOx | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | t-NOx | 104 | 100 | 94 |
80 |
| SOx | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | t-SOx | 118 | 96 | 97 |
90 |
| VOC | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
Water Security
Appropriate water usage
| Item | Scope | Unit | Fiscal year 2020 | Fiscal year 2021 |
Fiscal year 2022 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume of water used | Total | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 1,000m3 | 5,810 | 5,606 |
5,626 |
| Water supply | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 1,000m3 | 251 | 219 |
206 |
|
| Industrial water | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 1,000m3 | 1,081 | 1,089 |
1,129 |
|
| Groundwater | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 1,000m3 | 4,478 | 4,298 |
4,291 |
|
| Wastewater effluent volume | Total | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 1,000m3 | 4,927 | 5,147 |
5,565 |
| Sewage | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 1,000m3 | 853 | 883 |
824 |
|
| Rivers | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 1,000m3 | 2,769 | 2,866 |
3,462 |
|
| Harbors | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | 1,000m3 | 1,305 | 1,398 |
1,279 |
|
| Wastewater quality | COD | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | t-COD | 56 | 43 |
45 |
| Nitrogen | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | t-N | 9 | 12 |
12 |
|
| Phosphorus | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | t-P | 2 | 3 |
3 |
|
|
Water consumption by source at all Takara Group production sites |
Total | All Takara Group production sites (Takara Shuzo, Takara Shuzo International, Takara Bio) | 1,000m3 | 6,823 | 6,465 |
6,484 |
| Tap water | 1,000m3 |
297 |
295 |
290 |
||
| Industrial water | 1,000m3 |
1,835 |
1,554 |
1,602 |
||
| Groundwater | 1,000m3 |
4,514 |
4,345 |
4,335 |
||
| River water | 1,000m3 |
177 |
271 |
257 |
||
Biodiversity
Preservation of ecosystems and biodiversity（1985～as of 2023）
| Item | Scope | Unit | Cumulative total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants received for activities and research projects to preserve ecosystems and biodiversity | TAKARA HOLDINGS INC. | Number | 411 |
| Amount of grants | TAKARA HOLDINGS INC. | 10,000 yen | 19,446 |
Social
Responsibility to Customers
Safety and reliability
| Item | Scope | Unit | Fiscal year 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plants certified to FSSC22000, an international standard for food safety management systems | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | plants | all six plants in Japan(*Matsudo, Kusu, Fushimi, Shirakabegura, Kurokabegura, and Shimabara) |
| Number of customer comments received | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | Number | Approximately 7,800 |
Responsible Alcohol Producer
| Item | Scope | Unit | Fiscal year 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participation rate for e-learning programs on alcohol-related issues | Takara Group | % | 100 |
Well Ballanced Diet
Well-Balanced Diet
| Item | Name of food wholesaler | Country | Exhibitions, events | Organizer | Number of participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efforts by overseas Japanese food wholesale businesses to promote awareness of Japanese food | Mutual Trading | U.S. | JAPANESE FOOD & RESTAURANT EXPO | Mutual Trading | 5,238 persons(in 2019) |
| Mutual Trading | U.S. | JAPANESE FOOD & RESTAURANT EXPO(Virtual) | Mutual Trading | 1,847 persons(in 2021) | |
| Mutual Trading | U.S. | LA eats JAPAN | Japanese Restaurant Association of America | Approximately 10,000 persons | |
| Mutual Trading | U.S. | Lessons by MIYAKO SUSHI & WASHOKU SCHOOL | MIYAKO SUSHI & SAKE SCHOOL | 260 graduates | |
| Mutual Trading | U.S. | Japanese Food Fair | HICHIMIKAI | Approximately 1,600 persons | |
| Mutual Trading | U.S. | OSHOGATSU IN LITTLE TOKYO | JAPANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | Approximately 3,000 persons | |
| Mutual Trading | U.S. | Lessons at Sake School of America | Sake School of America | Issued certificates to over 2,300 persons | |
| Tazaki Foods | U.K. | The Restaurant Show | William Reed Business Media | Approximately 140 companies | |
| Tazaki Foods | U.K. | Hyper Japan | Cross Media | Approximately 60 companies | |
| Tazaki Foods | Germany | Anuga | Koelnmesse GmbH | Issued certificates to approximately 7,000 companies | |
| Foodex Group | France | Planned and hosted a seminar on hygiene measures against COVID-19 in restaurant operations-part I, jointly with JRO | JRO and Foodex Group | Approximately 50 persons | |
| Foodex Group | France | Co-hosted a Sake webinar for professionals, with JFOODO | JFOODO and Foodex Group | Approximately 30 persons | |
| Foodex Group | France | Supported JRO's webinar,The Art of Ikejime | JRO | Approximately 50 persons | |
| Foodex Group | Netherlands | Supported JRO's webinar on how to handle fresh fish and the art of Japanese cuisine | JFOODO and Foodex Group | Approximately 50 persons | |
| Foodex Group | France | Planned and hosted a seminar on hygiene measures against COVID-19 in restaurant operations-part II, jointly with JRO | JRO and Foodex Group | Approximately 50 persons | |
| Foodex Group | France | Planned and hosted a business meeting to propose menus using Japan-produced food ingredients, jointly with JRO | JRO and Foodex Group | Approximately 100 persons | |
| Foodex Group | France | Sirha 2021 | Glevents Exhibitions | Approximately 150,000 persons | |
| Foodex Group | France | Sandwich & Snack Show 2021 | RX Global Limited | Approximately 10,000 persons | |
| Foodex Group | France | Planned and hosted a seminar on developing Japanese curry menus, jointly with JRO | JETRO, JRO, and Foodex Group | Approximately 50 persons | |
| Foodex Group | France | Seminar for chefs on the appeal of sake and disseminating its cooking effects, at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris (planned) | Foodex Group | Approximately 50 persons |
Human resorces
Fostering human resources
| Item | Scope | Unit | Fiscal year 2021 |
Fiscal year 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of employees attending language schools | TAKARA HOLDINGS INC., Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Takara Shuzo International | persons | 4 |
3 |
| Number of employees taking online English lessons | persons | 8 |
4 |
|
| Number of employees participating in the Corporate History Museum Observational Training Program | Takara Group | persons | 308 |
580 |
Promoting the active involvement of diverse human resources
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees | Number of regular employees | TAKARA HOLDINGS INC., Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Takara Shuzo International | persons | 1,352 | 1,340 | 1,336 | 1,314 |
1,269 |
| Male | persons | 1,178 | 1,160 | 1,141 | 1,117 |
1,074 |
||
| Female | persons | 174 | 180 | 195 | 197 |
195 |
||
| Ratio of female employees | ％ | 12.9 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.0 |
15.4 |
||
| Average years of employment (regular employees) | years | 22.8 | 22.6 | 22.4 | 22.7 |
22.6 |
||
| Male | years | 23.2 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
23.4 |
||
| Female | years | 19.7 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 18.7 |
18.5 |
||
| Number of new graduate hires (undergraduate and graduate degrees) | persons | 23 | 33 | 33 | 15 |
23 |
||
| Male | persons | 15 | 18 | 17 | 8 |
12 |
||
| Female | persons | 8 | 15 | 16 | 7 |
11 |
||
| Ratio of female employees | ％ | 34.8 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 46.7 |
47.8 |
||
| 3-year employee turnover rate (new graduate hires) | ％ | 5.9 | 23.1 | 13.3 | 6.3 |
10.9 |
||
| Promote the active involvement of female employees |
Number of female managers |
persons |
15 |
16 |
17 |
19 |
22 |
|
|
Ratio of female management staff |
% |
3.6 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
||
|
Number of new female managerial posts |
persons |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
||
| Number of women in managerial positions | persons | 30 | 34 | 34 | 39 |
41 |
||
| Ratio of women in managerial positions | ％ | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
6.7 |
||
| Number of employees newly appointed to managerial positions | persons | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
9 |
||
| Promote the active involvement of seniors | Number of employees re-employed after reaching their retirement age | persons | 36 | 34 | 35 | 39 |
39 |
|
| Facilitate the hiring of people with disabilities | Ratio of employees with disabilities (Takara Holdings) | ％ | 2 | 2.7 | 2.78 | 2.65 |
2.44 |
|
| Ratio of employees with disabilities (Takara Shuzo) | ％ | 2.59 | 2.56 | 2.59 | 2.69 |
2.59 |
||
| Recruit diverse human resources | Ratio of midcareer hires (including those promoted to regular employees) | ％ | 18.9 | 21.3 | 23.3 | 41.4 |
31.9 |
|
Achieving a comfortable workplace environment and a work-life balance
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working hours | Total number of hours worked | TAKARA HOLDINGS INC., Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Takara Shuzo International | hours | 1,880.37 | 1,856.21 | 1,845.17 | 1,862.05 |
1,862.49 |
| Number of overtime hours worked | hours | 130.98 | 135.12 | 103.55 | 137.2 |
136.45 |
||
| Paid leave taken | Percentage of paid leave taken | ％ | 64.2 | 69.1 | 66.4 | 69.1 |
76.5 |
|
| Childcare leave taken | Number of employees on childcare leave | persons | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
10 |
|
| Male | persons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 |
||
| Female | persons | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
4 |
||
| Percentage of employees who have returned to work after childcare leave | ％ | 100.0 | 87.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
100.0 |
||
|
Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave |
% |
0.0 |
7.4 |
0.0 |
18.8 |
27.3 |
||
| Work-related accidents | Number of work-related accidents per 1 million aggregate work hours※ | - | 1.09 | 0.74 | 0.36 | 1.09 |
0.74 |
|
| Number of lost work days per 1,000 aggregate work hours | - | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0 | 0.034 |
0.003 |
||
| Working from home | Number of employees using the work-from-home system | persons | - | - | 942 | 927 |
924 |
|
- * Number of work-related accidents per 1 million aggregate work hours: (Total number of lost time incidents and deaths + incidents with no lost time) / aggregate work hours x 1,000,000
Community
Environmental education held in collaboration with local communities
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Takara Shuzo Farm-school participants | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., | persons | 54 |
| Number of Takara Shuzo Eco-school participants | Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., | persons | 58 |
Provide donations, water supply, and volunteer activities
| Item | Year | Reason | Amount | Other support | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major Donations | 2011 | Great East Japan Earthquake | 30 million yen | Supplying water from large wate | Japanese Red Cross |
| 2014 | Great East Japan Earthquake recovery support | Donated land owned by the company in Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, to the city for temporary housing | Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture | ||
| 2016 | 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake | 10 million yen | Japanese Red Cross | ||
| 2018 | 2018 Torrential Rains | 10 million yen | Japanese Red Cross | ||
| 2018 | 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake | 5 million yen | Japanese Red Cross | ||
| 2019 | 2019 East Japan Typhoon | 10 million yen | Japanese Red Cross | ||
| 2020 | Shuri Castle Reconstruction | A percentage of product sales | Okinawa Prefecture Shuri Castle Restoration and Reconstruction Support Donations Secretariat | ||
| 2022 | Humanitarian Assistance in Ukraine | 10 million yen | United Nations World Food Programme |
Governance
corporate governance
corporate governance structure
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
FY2022 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Directors | Internal | Male | TAKARA HOLDINGS INC. | persons | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
4 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
||||
| Total | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
4 |
||||
| External | Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1 |
|||
| Female | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2 |
||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
3 |
||||
| Of which, independent external Directors | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
3 |
||||
| Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
7 |
||||
| Proportion of independent external Directors | % | 22.2% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 33.3% |
42.9% |
|||
| Proportion of female Directors | % | 11.1% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 22.2% |
28.6% |
|||
| Number of Audit & Supervisory Board Members | Internal | Male | persons | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2 |
|
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2 |
||||
| External | Male | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2 |
|||
| Female | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1 |
||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
3 |
||||
| Of which, independent external Audit & Supervisory Board Members | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 |
||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
5 |
||||
| Proportion of independent external Audit & Supervisory Board Members | % | 20% | 20% | 20% | 40% |
40% |
|||
Attendance at the Board of Directors' Meetings/Audit & Supervisory Board Meetings/Committee Meetings (fiscal 2022)
| Position | Name | Attendance at Board of Directors' meetings | Attendance at Audit & Supervisory Board meetings | Attendance at Nomination and Compensation Committee meetings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Mutsumi Kimura | 100%（14/14） | - | 100％（3/3） |
| Maneging Director | Hideo Takahashi | 100%（14/14） | - | 100%(2/2)※1 |
| Director | Koichi Nakao | 100%（14/14） | - | - |
| Director | Keisuke Mori | 100%（14/14） | - | - |
| External Director | Masako Tomotsune | 100%（14/14） | - | 100％（3/3） |
| External Director | Tomoko Kawakami | 100%（14/14） | - | 100％（3/3） |
| External Director | Takao Motomiya | -※2 | - | -※3 |
| Standing Auditor | Teruaki Mitsui | 100%（14/14） | 100%(13/13) | - |
| Standing Auditor (External auditor) | Toshihito Yamanaka | 100%（14/14） | 100%(13/13) | - |
| Standing Auditor | Yoichi Suzuki | 100%（14/14） | 100%(13/13) | - |
| Standing Auditor (External auditor) | Satoshi Matsunaga | 100%（14/14） | 100%(13/13) | - |
| Standing Auditor (External auditor) | Akiko Yoshimoto | -※４ | -※４ | - |
- ※1 Commissioner appointment is June 2022.
- ※2 Appointment to the Board of Directors is June 2023.
- ※3 Commissioner appointment is June 2023.
- ※4 Auditor appointment is June 2023.
Themes for e-learning for compliance training for employees (April-December 2023)
| Anti-fraud and anti-corruption | SNS | Appropriate expense processing | |
| Cyber attack | Maternal harassment and power harassment | LGBTQ |
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Information management |
Helpline |
Moderate drinking |