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Feb 28, 2022
Keihan Hotels & Resorts Co., Ltd.
THE THOUSAND KYOTO

SDGs Actions that Start In Front of Kyoto Station“Go on a Trip Taking Your Favorite Amenities”
Our guest room amenities will be free of plastic
THE THOUSAND KYOTO (Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City/General Manager: Takashi Inoue) is the flagship hotelof Keihan Group. In April 2022, the Ministry of the Environment will enact the Act on Promotion of Resource
Circulation for Plastics. With the enactment, the hotel has decided to contribute to solving the worsening
plastic waste issues. For this purpose, we propose “lifestyle-type” stays where our guests bring their own
amenities they are used to using from home so that the hotel can remove plastic amenities (plastictoothbrushes and toothpaste set, plastic razors, plastic brushes, etc.) from all guest rooms. THE THOUSANDKYOTO considers Plastic Reduction to be a major global challenge that the hotel should work on and willcontinue to provide services while actively reducing the burden on the global environment. Regarding otherplastic amenities in guest rooms, they will also be removed or replaced with guest room amenities that areenvironmentally friendly.

◆Sales of Environmentally Friendly Amenities (Some Examples)
We sell environmentally friendly guest room amenities to guests who forgot to bring their own amenities.
The amenities you purchase can be used repeatedly and be taken home, so we will also provide a bag fortaking them home. Regarding other plastic amenities and furnishings in guest rooms, they will also beremoved or replaced with guest room amenities that are environmentally friendly.
■ Bamboo ToothbrushThis toothbrush has a bamboo holding section. It uses bamboo used to make daily supplies in Tokyo sinceancient times.

■ Wooden Razor
This razor has a wooden holding section. To reduce the amount of waste, we have changed it to a twinbladed razor.
■ Wooden BrushThis brush has a wooden holding section. It features a soft texture to the touch.
Plastic Amenities that will be Removed from Guest Rooms From April 1, 2022:
Toothbrush & Toothpaste Set / Razor / Brush / Shower Cap / Hair Elastic◆Our Company’s SDGs Initiatives■ Urban Beekeeping Project
Our company runs an urban beekeeping project on the rooftop as the first hotel in Kyoto to do so. Honeybees have important roles in the ecosystem circulation as a pollinator. By pollinating plants in urban areas,plants that cannot pollinate on their own grow, bear fruit, wild birds carry the seeds, creating more
greenery in the area. Then, the honey bees help again with the pollination of new plants, creating a naturalcirculation. Beekeeping in an urban area like in front of Kyoto Station allows us to promote greenery andalso sell honey we collected as products and serve them in our hotel restaurants. We aim to revitalize thelocal area through locally consuming locally produced food.

■ Obtainment of Kurumin Certification
As a company that supports its employees in balancing work and raising children, we have implemented
the General Business Owner Action Plan based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising
Next-Generation Children (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) and became Kyoto’s first hotel business
to obtain the Kurumin Certification, which recognizes companies that support raising children. We willproactively work to create a work environment that is easy to work in and diverse where working
employees can balance work and raising children. We seek to enhance each employee’s lifestyle andrevitalize our corporate activities.

■ The First Hotel in Kyoto to be Selected as New Diversity Management Selection 100 (Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry)In March 2020, we were awarded a ministerial award by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. We
focused on the work-style reform, particularly in “hiring persons with disabilities.” Persons with andwithout disabilities working together improved mutual independence and creativity, which was highly
regarded as a success.

Keihan Group’s BIOSTYLE PROJECT – A Lifestyle Proposal that Actualizes SDGs

We aim to contribute to achieving SDGs while also actualizing healthy, beautiful, and high-quality
lifestyles. Keihan Group advances “BIOSTYLE” as a lifestyle that contributes to the recycle-oriented
society, and presents it to our guests.
These activities are not limited to being bound by rules and enduring. We want to contribute to “makepositive changes to people and earth by actualizing a bright recycle-oriented society that is fun, notdemanding, and easily adaptable in daily lives. Keihan Group will do its best to promote various activities.
Also, the Urban Beekeeping Project and the New Diversity Management Selection 100 certification are
certified under the BIOSTYLE PROJECT.
▶ “BIOSTYLE PROJECT” Information
https://www.keihan-holdings.co.jp/business/biostyle/

THE THOUSAND KYOTO (ザ・ サウザンド キョウト)
Location: 570 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City 〒600-8216
Access: Around 2 minutes’ walk east of JR Kyoto Station
Opening date: January 29, 2019 (Tue.)No. of floors: B1～9F (guestrooms: 3F～9F / 222 rooms)
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