For Immediate Release
November 18, 2020
LIXIL Group Corporation

LIXIL marks World Toilet Day 2020,Improving sanitation for 21 million people in over 38 countries
Tokyo – On November 19, LIXIL, maker of pioneering water and housing products, and an advocate ofuniversal access to basic sanitation, celebrates World Toilet Day 2020 by marking improved access totoilets for 21 million people in over 38 countries.¹ As part of the commemoration, LIXIL will release thefirst progress report for the ‘Make a Splash!’ partnership with UNICEF, highlighting joint efforts to end opendefecation and provide access to clean and safe toilets in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. LIXIL continues toexpand its contribution to improving global sanitation and hygiene with a series of global marketing andawareness campaigns, its internal “Team Splash” donation-program for employees, and partnerships such aswith the Toilet Board Coalition.

Read the full report here

Currently, an estimated two billion people – about one-fourth of the global population – live without access tosafe, sanitary toilets. 700 children under the age of five die every day due to diarrheal diseases caused byunsanitary conditions. Women or children are placed under risk of being sexually assaulted while trying tofind somewhere private to relieve themselves. The lack of toilets in schools also contributes to the gender gap
in education – identified as a reason why teenage girls feel they are no longer able to attend classes. The lackof a safe and clean toilet comes with a devastating human cost, and the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted
the inequalities in access to water services around the world.

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LIXIL is committed to improving the livelihood of 100 million people
through improved hygiene and sanitation by 2025. The company
believes that toilets can change lives, and as a major global maker of
toilet and bathroom products, it can help tackle the global sanitation
crisis. Leading LIXIL’s ambitious commitment is the SATO brand of
toilet products and components, serving as an affordable andaspirational option for households and communities of rural andperi-urban areas of developing economies. Drawing on LIXIL’s
expertise in water solutions and its consumer-centric approach, theSATO brand has developed viable solutions that cater to the uniquechallenges of underserved communities. Today, its products range
from a variety of squat toilet pans to toilet stools, and componentsthat include connection systems such as the V-Trap and I-Trapsystems. As a social business, SATO is also helping to create thesanitation economy, where communities play a vital role in bringing
sustainable change.

Approx.4.3 million of LIXIL’s SATO toilets
have been shipped to 38 countries in Asia,Africa, and Latin America, improving
access for 21 million people to date.¹(More on SATO)

Make a Splash! Partnership with UNICEF
In 2018, LIXIL entered the “Make a Splash!” partnership with UNICEF. It is UNICEF’s first global shared-value
partnership in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, and the first of its kind with a Japanese company. The
partnership combines UNICEF’s WASH sector leadership with LIXIL’s global expertise in toilet design andinnovation. The “Sanitation and Hygiene for All” report captures the impact the partnership has made on thepeople, schools and communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania over the last two years.

Siaya County is one of the counties inKenya that has managed to eliminate
open defecation. However, the quality oflatrines remains an issue. The ‘Make ASplash!’ partnership has filled this gap,
giving children a sense of independence
and confidence with the comfort andconvenience of a clean toilet. (Report)“We believe the ‘Make A Splash!’ partnership between LIXIL andUNICEF is the right partnership at the right time to help tackle theissue of global sanitation and hygiene “says Jin Montesano, Director,
Chief People Officer of LIXIL Group Corporation. “At LIXIL, we design
products that matter to people, including the SATO’s range ofaffordable and innovative bathroom solutions that meet the needs ofconsumers in some of the most remote parts of the world. The
partnership demonstrates how businesses such as LIXIL in
collaboration with UNICEF, governments, NGOs and communities can
support the development of sustainable sanitation markets. We areproud to be entering the third year of the ‘Make A Splash!’partnership, and in response to the COVID-19 emergency have
expanded the scope to include activities in handwashing andsanitation.”

Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships, UNICEF echoes LIXIL on the importance ofpartnerships. “This partnership is a good example of UNICEF’s vision for partnerships with business – itbuilds on respective strengths to deliver a shared ambition of transformational change for children. It isinnovative in its approach in tackling the global sanitation crisis, delivers at scale while also producing
business results in terms of corporate reputation, employee engagement and business performance. As wereimagine our world post-COVID, we will need to develop partnerships like these that are creative andinnovative. Partnerships like ‘Make A Splash!’ that are based on a shared commitment and responsibility that
aim to build a better world for every child, everywhere, will be critical, as no one entity can achieve theseresults alone.”
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LIXIL will also be marking World Toilet Day with a series of programs and events. LIXIL Owners Club , afree-membership, Japan domestic end-user service will be donating 10 JPY for each new member to the‘Make a Splash!’ partnership. This follows GROHE’s CRM campaign that donated 20 EU for every shower soldin Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg that completed a successful campaign in October. ’Team Splash,’
LIXIL’s employee donation program that has collected over 12 million JPY has started recruiting members for
its fifth term, and its own social media campaign #Whereisthetoilet? will run throughout the day to raiseawareness of the sanitation crisis on Facebook and Linkedin.
As part of strengthening collaboration, LIXIL continues its role as a founding member of the Toilet BoardCoalition, working with public and private partners in building a Sanitation economy, a new marketplace forinnovation, entrepreneurship and investment.
The UN has established achieving universal access to basic sanitation and hygiene by 2030 as one of its SDGs,
and has called organizations around the world to make it a “Decade of Action,” by coming together anddriving real change. Through its SATO social business initiatives, partnerships and stakeholder programs, LIXIL
is committed to contributing to the UN’s SDGs as it strives to make better homes a reality for everyone,everywhere.

¹Calculated on the assumption there is an average of five users for every SATO unit shipped, as of October 2020
-EndLIXIL’s Corporate Responsibility
LIXIL is committed to making better homes a reality for everyone, everywhere, and to pursuing the growth of its businessthrough responsible and sustainable innovations. Aligning its business and CR strategies, “Global Sanitation and Hygiene,”“Water Conservation & Environmental Sustainability,” and “Diversity & Inclusion” form what it calls its three strategic CRpillars. These are the fields in which LIXIL strives to make its biggest positive impact on society, while contributing to global
efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Goals (SDGs).
About LIXIL
LIXIL makes pioneering water and housing products that solve everyday, real-life challenges, making better homes areality for everyone, everywhere. Drawing on our Japanese heritage, we create world-leading technology and innovate to
make high quality products that transform homes. But the LIXIL difference is how we do this; through meaningful design,an entrepreneurial spirit, a dedication to improving accessibility for all, and responsible business growth. Our approachcomes to life through industry leading brands, including INAX, GROHE, American Standard, and TOSTEM. With
approximately 60,000 colleagues operating in more than 150 countries, we are proud to make products that touch thelives of more than a billion people every day.
LIXIL Group Corporation (TSE Code: 5938) is the listed holding company for LIXIL’s portfolio of businesses.

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