To address social issues such as increasing poverty and inequality, environmental problems and deteriorating working conditions, it is becoming more important for Chugai to broaden its efforts beyond its own activities to the entire supply chain.

In that context, in November 2018 Chugai joined the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI), which is made up of 40 global pharmaceutical companies. Through cooperation with the PSCI, we are conducting supplier evaluations that include compliance and environment, health and safety (EHS) performance. Guided by the PSCI Principles, which lay out the practices the industry expects suppliers to follow, Chugai evaluates the ethical, labor, safety and environmental performance of suppliers, and their management systems, based on the standards of behavior that we expect suppliers to uphold. If findings that require improvement are confirmed, we request that supplier make improvements. Through this approach, we are building a responsible supply chain.