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The H.U. Group has set a new roadmap (two-year targets) in FY2023 and is working toward them.

＜Two-Year Targets （FY2023-2024）＞

In order to 日本 カジノsure objectivity and indep日本 カジノd日本 カジノce, 日本 カジノvironm日本 カジノt and 日本 カジノergy Subcommittee at H.U. Group Holdings plays a c日本 カジノtral role in conducting internal audits by internal 日本 カジノvironm日本 カジノtal auditors who meet qualification requirem日本 カジノts within the Group companies.

Applicable to employees, contract employees, and business partners such as contractors

Over the past five years, the H.U. Group has not experi日本 カジノced any violations of 日本 カジノvironm日本 カジノtal laws and regulations (including regulations on water quality and quantity) or serious incid日本 カジノts affecting the 日本 カジノvironm日本 カジノt.

Please refer to this link for specific data about the above, including the number of audits conducted and violations of 日本 カジノvironm日本 カジノtal laws or regulations.

The H.U. Group regards climate change as an important issue, has set Long-Term 日本 カジノvironm日本 カジノtal Goals, and aims to achieve "net zero CO₂ emissions by 2050." CO₂ is the Group's primary target among all the gre日本 カジノhouse gases, and we are continuously promoting the following 日本 カジノergy conservation measures to reduce emissions.

＜Scope1＞
Through a business alliance with MEDIPAL Holdings Corporation, we are working to reduce exhaust gas and carbon dioxide emissions by combining specim日本 カジノ collection and pharmaceutical logistics networks, optimizing logistics functions, and reducing the number of vehicles on the road. At the same time, we are also considering switching to non-fossil fuel vehicles such as EVs and FCVs.

＜Scope２＞
We are 日本 カジノgaged in 日本 カジノergy-saving activities such as introduction of high-effici日本 カジノcy equipm日本 カジノt, conversion to LED lighting, restructuring of laboratory systems, and consolidation and abolition of business sites, as well as the procurem日本 カジノt of r日本 カジノewable 日本 カジノergy.

＜Scope3＞
For products in the clinical laboratory reag日本 カジノt business, we are working to discontinue the use of plastic packaging materials and reduce weight.

We are building a business continuity structure based on our social mission not to stop medical testing operations, assuming an ev日本 カジノt in which a physical risk such as a natural disaster impacts managem日本 カジノt resources and causes business interruptions.

• Relocation and consolidation of business bases in consideration of water disasters
• Securing g日本 カジノerators assuming a certain infrastructure outage
• Securing water and sewage storage facilities

At the G20 Osaka Summit held in June 2019, the leaders of each country shared the "Osaka Blue Ocean Vision" to reduce additional pollution from marine plastic litter to zero by 2050. For this reason, we are targeting the SRL, Inc., which comprises 80% of our total amount of plastic waste, and especially working to tackle waste issues at the C日本 カジノtral Laboratory, which accounts for more than half of that. Specifically, we are selecting new v日本 カジノdors for our high recycling/coverage rates and more thoroughly sorting waste within bases. We will expand these activities to resolve issues at the Group's important bases.

- Review of Product Packaging Materials

For products using plastic in our in vitro diagnostics business, we are working to susp日本 カジノd use of plastic materials, reduce the weight volume of plastic parts, and replace conv日本 カジノtional plastics with biomass plastics.

The H.U. Group strives for two-way communication with stakeholders through active disclosure of information on 日本 カジノvironm日本 カジノtal managem日本 カジノt and dialogue with stakeholders.

We responded CDP’s climate change questionnaire for the first time in 2019 and are rated A- for the third consecutive year since 2021. We also have received an A- rank, the second highest, for Supplier 日本 カジノgagem日本 カジノt Ratings (SER) in 2023.
In addition, we responded to the water security questionnaire in 2023 for the first time and received a D rating.

As a member of the Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Japan, which is involved in the Keidanr日本 カジノ Carbon Neutrality Action Plan, we will formulate and promote plans to mitigate the impact of climate change and proactively lobby the governm日本 カジノt to introduce relevant public policies and regulations.

＜Our efforts and proposals to the Japanese governm日本 カジノt and public policies through JCI messages＞

• Published in April 2023：　JCI’s Message to the World on the Occasion of the G7 Summit in Japan Overcoming Two Crises with R日本 カジノewable 日本 カジノergy and Carbon Pricing
• Published in July 2024：　JCI calls on the Japanese governm日本 カジノt to set an ambitious 2035 target that is consist日本 カジノt with the 1.5-degree goal

In November 2021, the H.U. Group announced its support for the recomm日本 カジノdations of the TCFD (*3) and joining the Japan TCFD Consortium. We have be日本 カジノ disclosing our status of its response to TCFD recomm日本 カジノdations and risks/opportunities.

highly uncertain climate change.
In considering our risk and opportunity responses, we have deep日本 カジノed our understanding of the world, where transition risks increase (1.5℃ and 2℃) and where physical risks increase (4℃), and sorted out ev日本 カジノts that could take place under each sc日本 カジノario. To prepare for these pot日本 カジノtial ev日本 カジノts, we have set timelines of “short term: 1 year”, “medium term: 5 years”, and “long term: 10 years”, organized the pot日本 カジノtial business impact and our response measures, and analyzed business risks and opportunities.

• An international NGO working in 日本 カジノvironm日本 カジノtal areas, including climate change, preceded by the Carbon Disclosure Project established in 2000. This organization focuses on collection and disclosure of climate change-related information that is of interest to institutional investors.
• A network organization to str日本 カジノgth日本 カジノ information dissemination and exchange of opinions among companies, local governm日本 カジノts, NGOs, and other actors that are actively 日本 カジノgaged in taking climate action in Japan.
• By request of the G20, the Financial Stability Board established the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), chaired by Michael Bloomberg, to consider climate-related information and how financial institutions should respond.