Goals and Initiatives | Sustainability | CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.

The Chugai Group has set environmental goals and health and productivity management goals to continuously promote environmental protection activities and health and safety activities from a medium-to-long-term perspective.

Mid-Term Environmental Goals 2030

The Chugai Group will contribute to the realization of a sustainable global environment by setting mid-term environmental goals for the three issues identified as material: climate change countermeasures, use of renewable/recycled resources, and protection of biodiversity, with the final year set for 2030. Furthermore, since climate change is the most critical global theme and requires long-term, large-scale countermeasures, we have also established long-term goals for some items, with 2050 as the final year.

Material issues	Item	KPI (Base year 2019)
Climate change countermeasures (prevention of global warming)	Scope 1+2^* CO₂ emission reduction	40% reduction by 2025 60～75% reduction by 2030 Zero emissions by 2050
	Scope 1+2^* Energy reduction	5% reduction by 2025^ 15% reduction by 2030^
	Sustainable electricity ratio	100% by 2025
	Fuel consumption by MR vehicles	35% reduction by 2025 75% reduction by 2030
	Halogenated Hydrocarbons	25% reduction by 2025 100% reduction by 2030 (Base year 2020)
Use of renewable/ recycled resources (resource conservation, waste management)	Industrial waste reduction	5% reduction by 2025^ 10% reduction by 2030^
	Plastic waste reduction	5% reduction by 2025^ 10% reduction by 2030^
	Water resource conservation (water withdrawal)	15% reduction of intake volume by 2030^**
Protection of biodiversity (Reduction of environmental load)	Chemical substance management (SVHC^***)	After 2021, manufacturing processes without using SVHC-listed chemicals are established for all Chugai original candidate molecules by commercial productions.
	Hazardous waste reduction	5% reduction by 2025^ 10% reduction by 2030^

* Scope 1: Direct emissions, Scope 2: Indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy
** Per total floor area (Excluding leased properties)
*** Substances of Very High Concern

Mid-Term Environmental Goals 2020

In 2014, the Chugai Group set the following four mid-term environmental goals, with 2020 as the final year, to promote environmental protection activities from a medium-to-long-term perspective.

Energy consumption per employee: 20 percent reduction compared with 2010
Discontinuance of the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
Zero emissions of waste (A waste recycling ratio of 99 percent or more): Three facilities
Average fuel efficiency of MR fleet: 16 km/L or higher

Environmental Action Plans

As we work toward achieving our mid-term environmental goals, we have implemented an ongoing program of environmental and safety activities that involve setting yearly action goals or plans for each item based on the mid-term plan, evaluating the results, and reflecting those results in the following year’s plan.

2019 Action Plan and Performance/2020 Action Plan [PDF 167KB]

Health and Safety Goals

As we advance health and safety activities in line with our basic approach, we have established six priority items in the area of health and productivity management: countermeasures for employees against cancer; lifestyle-related diseases, mental health, and improvement of employee presenteeism (working while sick)^*1; health literacy and workplace safety measures. We have set mid- to long-term goals for each of the following items, and are conducting activities to achieve them.

Cancer prevention and treatment support: Increase cancer screening participation rates (Lung, stomach, colon, breast, and cervical cancer) to 90% or higher.
Lifestyle disease prevention: Reduce the rate of high-risk individuals to 2% in 2020.
Health literacy: 90% or higher awareness of Company programs
Workplace safety: EHS risk assessments conducted at each site at least once every three years

*1 Employee is present but is unable to perform adequately due to a physical or mental health problem.

Goals to and Initiatives to Achieve Non-smoking within the Chugai Group

Chugai has strengthened smoking restrictions as a means of addressing cancer and lifestyle-related diseases, two of the priority items in our health and productivity management program, to eliminate the adverse health effects of smoking, including passive smoking. The entire Company is working toward the goal of a “zero percent” smoking rate among all employees.

Goals (in Japan)

End of September 2020: Smoking prohibited in all workplaces
End of 2021: Smoking prohibited during work hours
End of 2030: Achieve a “zero percent” smoking rate

Initiatives by Theme

Theme	Approach to Initiative
Implementation of EHS Risk Assessments Workplace Safety Measures	Improve work environments that are free from unacceptable EHS risks.
Climate Change Countermeasures Energy conservation	Reduce greenhouse gas^*2 emissions by reducing energy consumption as a company-wide initiative including not only on reducing energy consumption at plants and laboratories, but also on deploying eco-friendly vehicles in the MR fleet and others.
Resource Conservation/ Waste Management	Achieve zero emissions of waste by improving recycling ratio and further reducing landfill waste. Monitor water withdrawal and wastewater emissions, and enlighten staff in effective use of water resources.
Biodiversity Protection Prevent Environmental Pollution	Suppress destruction of the ozone layer by eliminating use of specific CFCs and HCFCs. Suppress emissions of pollutants into the environment by complying with laws and regulations of air, water and soil conservation. To protect the water environment, in addition to conducting whole effluent toxicity (WET) tests, participate in activities to protect the water source environments of rivers used by plants and research laboratories.
Improve Environmental Literacy	Inform relevant staff about laws and regulations and raise awareness through ISO14001 internal auditor training.
Chemical Substance Management	Promote the establishment of a proper management system of chemical substances to ensure safety and prevent environmental pollution. Continue risk assessments to control exposure to substances handled.
Reduction of Environmental Risk	Ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations by conducting extensive environmental law checks by an external consultant.
Employee Health Management Improvement of Health Literacy	Continue to maintain an employee support system based on cooperation with the health management organization and related departments. Improve health literacy as the basis for all health and safety activities, and conduct training for all employees.
Countermeasures against Cancer	Aim for early detection of cancer by strengthening recommendations for cancer screening, and provide enhanced support for continuing to work while undergoing cancer treatment.
Countermeasures against Lifestyle-related Diseases	Encourage high-risk individuals to take appropriate treatment and strengthen health guidance for them to reduce leaves of absence, job departures and accidents caused by lifestyle-related diseases.
Countermeasures against Mental Health	Conduct return-to-work programs and countermeasures to improve working environments based on the results of stress checks in cooperation with relevant departments.
Improvement of Presenteeism	Plan, implement and evaluate activities based on health survey results.
Countermeasures against Smoking	Strengthen smoking countermeasures as part of countermeasures against cancer and lifestyle-related diseases, and to eliminate the adverse health effects of smoking, including passive smoking.

*2 Greenhouse gas