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Special Reports / TCFDManagement

Social (S)Environment (E)Governance (G)Recognition / Assurance

Special Report 1: The Aims of Toppan’s Human Rights Policy | Special Report 2: Sustainable Procurement | Special Report 3: Evolution of Activities Focused on the TCFD | Climate Change Disclosure According to TCFD Recommendations

Special Report 2: Sustainable Procurement
Revising the Procurement Guidelines
Raising value for Toppan and suppliers by enhancing sustainable procurement from a global perspective
The Toppan Group CSR Procurement Guidelines have been the foundation for activities conducted in cooperation with suppliers andsubcontractors. With growing attention on human rights, occupational safety and health, and the environment, businesses must now takespecific and broad-ranging approaches to supply chain management. We therefore added to and revised our guidelines, renaming them

Message
Hironori Majima

Director & Executive Officer
Manufacturing Management
Division

the Toppan Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines in January 2022.

Key Points of Revision

Supply Chain Management

The Toppan Group has grown with its suppliers andsubcontractors. A variety of social issues have recently① Reorganized into nine themespresented challenges for sustainable procurement,

Version 2 (2014)

Revised (2022)

including the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights

Human Rights Added: Prohibition of infringing on the rights ofand Labor
local communities, etc.

violations, and damage due to climate change. To

HumanRights

Health andSafety

Added: Maintaining occupational health andsafety; occupational injury; industrial hygiene; etc.

TheEnvironment

Environment

Added: Environmental permits; decarbonization;
air emissions; water use; etc.

AntiCorruption

Fair Businessand Ethics

Added: Preventing corruption; inappropriate
benefits; disclosure of information; etc.

Labor

Added

Legal Compliance and Respect forInternationally Recognized Standards
Information
Security

Business Continuity
Planning

overcome these, we need to work with suppliers andsubcontractors to drive sustainability across supply

Impactonsociety

Enhancesupply chain
quality
Key suppliers
andsubcontractors

Quality andSafety
Establishing aManagement System

Toppan Inc.

② Added and clarified
・Revised content based on international guidelines
・Clarified requirements for suppliers and subcontractors
・Identified and clarified as headings what needs to be achieved

Timing2022ToppanGroup

Expand tooverseas
Group

Expand no. ofcompanies
2022-2025

https://www.toppan.com/assets/en/pdf/sustainability/The_Toppan_Group_
Sustainable_Procurement_Guidelines.pdf

The new guidelines are composed of the Basic
Procurement Policy and the Sustainable Procurement
Standards. The policy states that Toppan employees
will observe the law and build fair and cooperative

Expandoverseas

Enhancequality2026-

By ensuring awareness of the guidelines across the supply chain
Details of the Toppan Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines

chains.

relationships of trust with suppliers andsubcontractors. The standards present a wide range ofsocial issues that companies should address.
Toppan employees are expected to understand theguidelines and collaborate with suppliers andsubcontractors to target a sustainable society.
We ask our suppliers and subcontractors for theirand driving a cycle of implementation, audit, and correction, wecontinued understanding and cooperation with thewill work with suppliers and subcontractors to accelerate

new guidelines.

sustainable procurement and enhance supply chain quality.

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ContentsIntroduction

Special Reports / TCFDManagementSocial (S)Environment (E)Governance (G)Recognition / Assurance

Special Report 1: The Aims of Toppan’s Human Rights Policy | Special Report 2: Sustainable Procurement | Special Report 3: Evolution of Activities Focused on the TCFD | Climate Change Disclosure According to TCFD Recommendations

communities, and biodiversity.
We recognize the growing importance of preventing humanrights violations and addressing country risk. We procure about
60% of our lumber from overseas. We keep an eye on theinternational situation as a supplier and as a purchaser.
Toppan’s guidelines reemphasize the importance of doing sowhile identifying and countering potential future risks in view ofglobal circumstances.

Takuya Motohashi

Makiko Kobayashi

Printing Group
Printing Paper Sales Department ⅡPrinting Paper Sales Division
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

Supply Chain Management Team
Purchasing & Cost Management Center
Manufacturing Management Division
Toppan Inc.

Q3

What is your thinking on advancing sustainability

activities across supply chains?

For a sustainable society, we need to reduce negative impacts onsociety and the environment at every stage of product life cycles.
Our paper is made into products by customers like Toppan. It is
important to ascertain environmental impact over the life cycleof our paper up to and including use, recovery, recycling, andAdvancing Sustainability throughout Supply Chainsdisposal. We also need to identify risks and challenges
throughout supply chains, implement countermeasures andWorking with suppliers to address social issues and create sustainable value

improvements, and disclose information appropriately.

We spoke to Nippon Paper Industries about the Toppan Sustainable Procurement Guidelines as seen from the supplier’s perspective andabout the importance of working together throughout supply chains. (Interviewer: Makiko Kobayashi, Toppan)

Q4

What are your expectations for Toppan’s sustainability

management going forward?

We would like to pursue activities with Toppan over the long
links with society and the environment. Our raw materialmaterial procurement at Nippon Paper Industries?

term to address issues facing society, including climate change,

procurement sections conduct regular surveys of wood material

resource circulation, biodiversity preservation, and respect for

Our slogan is to be a “comprehensive biomass company shaping

suppliers to confirm sustainability. We have acquired

human rights.

the future with trees.” We provide products that contribute to acertification for all 170,000 hectares of our forests in Japan andcircular economy. We do this by leveraging diverse technologies

overseas. We also employ our unique technologies to makeprepare for events and risks that are difficult to predict, as withand know-how to make the best possible use of wood resources

forests function even better as carbon sinks.

the pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Q1

Can you tell us about major sustainability initiatives andunder a business model based on three types of circulation—

By working closely with Toppan and the entire supply

What do you think of the Toppan Group Sustainablecirculation of sustainable forest resources, circulation of wood

Q2

resources, and product recycling.

Procurement Guidelines?

Wood resources form the foundation for our group. It is
important to establish a sustainable supply chain considerate of

We also need to maintain and reinforce supply chains tochain, we hope to create and deliver sustainable value to society.

They are robust guidelines for sustainable procurement that not
only confirm legality, but also consider human rights, labor,

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