June 6, 2022
Sekisui House, Ltd.

Sekisui House Complies with International Standards for Timber
Procurement; Acquires CoC Certification Covering Timber Processingand Distribution
As of May 15, 2022, Sekisui House, Ltd. acquired CoC certification for the main structural membersof its SHAWOOD wooden framed houses. This certifies the processing and distribution of certified
products from certified forests under the PEFC certification1, an international forest certification

system, as well as SGEC certification2, an independent Japanese forest certification system.

As seen in the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use announced in 2021, achieving
zero deforestation is an urgent international challenge, and an independent third-party forest
certification system which certifies sustainable forests and wood products originating from them, isconsidered an effective means to achieve this goal. The Forest Certification System consists of forest
management (FM) certification, which certifies the forest itself, and chain-of-custody (CoC)
certification, which certifies the distribution and processing of wood and other products from thecertified forest. Only when this process is continuous are the materials recognized as certified.
Previously, this process was not continuous so it was not possible to supply certified wooden framedhouses, however, with our company's proactive efforts to encourage distributors and suppliers andour own acquisition of CoC certification, we are now ready to supply wooden framed houses that use
certified main structural materials.
As the housing company with the world's largest cumulative number of dwellings built, Sekisui House
will continue our efforts to ensure the traceability of the materials we use and promote the use ofhighly sustainable timber. Sekisui House will continue to work toward building a sustainable society
based on its global vision to make home the happiest place in the world , and aims to be a leading
company in ESG management.

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*1: The world s largest certification system, with 55 member countries and over 320 million hectares of certified forests
worldwide (as at end of March 2022).
*2: Japan s independent certification system. A number of countries have independently developed certification systems
in addition to international certification systems.
*3: Trademarks are used with permission of SGEC/PEFC Japan respectively.

Link to release (in Japanese):https://www.sekisuihouse.co.jp/company/topics/topics̲2022/20220606/

About Sekisui House
Founded in 1960, Sekisui House, Ltd. is one of world s largest homebuilders and an international

diversified developer, with cumulative sales of over 2.5 million homes4. Based in Osaka, Sekisui House

has over 300 consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates5, over 28,000 employees6 and is listed on theTokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange.
Sekisui House aims to create homes and communities that improve with time and last for generations.

With Love of Humanity as its Corporate Philosophy, Sekisui House believes that homes should offer
comfort, security and peace of mind for residents, while maintaining harmony with the environment
and its surroundings. Sekisui House has sustainability as a core corporate target and is now the global

leader in the construction of net-zero-energy houses with more than sixty-thousand7 of them built
since the product was launched in 2013. In 2009, Sekisui House expanded into several new
international markets and now operates in the United States, China, Singapore, Australia and theUnited Kingdom.
*4: 2,544,849 homes delivered (As of January 31, 2022)*5: 335 consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates (As of January 31, 2022)*6: 28,821 employees (As of January 31, 2022)*7: 69,163 net-zero-energy houses (As of March 31, 2022)

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