Sustainability Material Issues, 2030 Objectives and Indicators, 2022 Results and Measures to 2030

• Down 13% compared with 2017
  (Figure after deducting purchases of carbon credits. 4% reduction if not deducted.)

• Reduce energy usage through energy-saving activities.
• Purchase electricity generated by renewable energy sources.

• Up 12% compared with 2017

• Reduce household CO₂ emissions from product use through the provision of environmentally friendly products and services and the promotion of environmentally friendly habits.
• Reduce CO₂ emissions at the stage of procurement through supplier engagement and the purchase of raw materials that generate low CO₂ emissions.

• Reduce society’s overall CO₂ emissions through collaboration with other industry actors and companies.
• Reduce household CO₂ emissions through provision of environmentally friendly products and services.

• 97% (Japan)
  Rate of containers and other packaging using sustainable materials: 3.2%

• Reduce usage of petrochemical-derived materials through the increased use of recycled plastic and biomass materials in products, containers and packaging.
• Continuously promote reduced use and reuse of plastic in products, containers and packaging.

Oral care habits: 300 million*

Spreading Awareness of Preventive Dentistry Habits

Japan:

• Began services supporting the oral care habits of corporate customers and senior citizens (Okuchi Plus You and ORAL FIT)

Overseas:

• Conducted educational and awareness activities to promote the formation of good tooth brushing habits among kindergartens and elementary school children
• Participated in oral care improvement support program sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Conducted educational and awareness activities to promote oral care during pregnancy

Putting Preventive Dentistry Habits into Practice

Japan:

• Promoted greater frequency of tooth brushing.
  35% of population brushed teeth after lunch (target for 2030: 50%)
• Promoted greater use of products other than toothpastes and toothbrushes.
  31% of population used dental floss products (target for 2030: 50%)

*Source: Lion survey

• Increase range of products and services that promote the creation of better oral care habits.
• Reinforce educational and awareness activities aimed at establishing preventive dentistry and better oral care habits.
• Promote activities to address personal and social challenges through oral care(Inclusive Oral Care).

Cleanliness and good hygiene habits: 120 million*

Promoting and Establishing Cleanliness and Good Hygiene Habits through Educational Institutions

Lion Group:

• Conducted educational and awareness activities at preschools, kindergartens and elementary schools to promote hand washing habits
• Received 24,250 entries in the My Bottle Sticker Drawing Contest from 8 countries and regions where we do business

Broadening Coverage of Activities to Support the Establishment of Cleanliness and Hygiene Habits

Japan:

• Conducted the Relay Project for Cleanliness in collaboration with shopping districts, local governments and elementary schools
• Conducted a project to promote “HAND WASH & HYGINE before meals at hotels and restaurants”.

*Source: Lion survey

• Provide products and services that support the establishment of hand cleanliness and hygiene habits in daily living.
• Provide new customer experiences in all aspects of daily living through the provision of products and services that protect customers from bacteria and viruses.
• Implement educational and awareness activities to establish cleanliness and hygiene habits in all aspects of daily living.

• Ratio of women in management ⇒ 30% or more
• Employees who feel that employees with diverse values are able to succeed professionally　⇒　80% or more

• Ratio of women in management: 20%
• Employees who feel so: 54% (Japan)

• Provide opportunities for employees to deepen their understanding of diverse values.
• Create systems and mechanisms for diverse human resources to succeed professionally.

• Introduce e-learning system and curriculum that meet the needs of overseas Group companies.
• Create mechanisms that will be used to provide contents for learning opportunities on an ongoing basis.

• Employees getting dental checkups ⇒100％
• Absenteeism ⇒Improve from the 2021 level

• Employees getting dental checkups: 88% (Japan)

  Note: Support for dental checkups is provided (Overseas)

• Absenteeism: 0.8% (Lion Corporation in Japan; unchanged from 2021)

  Note: Calculation method under consideration (Overseas)

• Use a self-administered daily oral care program and regular dental checkups to create an environment that allows all employees to implement a PDCA cycle and to provide information and learning opportunities regarding oral self-care.
• Provide opportunities for management to learn about checking the mental health of subordinates and for all employees to learn about caring for their own mental health.
• Improve health literacy by providing information that helps employees understand their own health conditions and future risks, as well as what preventative actions to take in their daily lives.

• Participation in safety education and training ⇒Implement as planned (100%) at work sites
• Compliance with occupational safety and health laws and regulations Serious accidents and incidents ⇒Zero

• Participation in training: 100% as planned
• Serious accidents and incidents: Zero

• Provide opportunities to learn about safety and disaster prevention, and implement activities to promote understanding of basic safety activities.
• Build mechanisms for exchanging safety information, and proactively disclose information on levels of workplace safety based on the management of records of occupational accident frequency.

• Human rights due diligence implementation
  Lion Group: 100%
  Suppliers: 68%

• Build a mechanism for addressing human rights issues.
• Identify material human rights risks and verify how those affected are negatively impacted.
• Execute and monitor measures for addressing human rights risks that have been identified.
• Proactively disclose status of response to human rights due diligence.

• Procurement of third-party certified paper and pulp (FSC, PEFC, etc.) and palm oil, palm kernel oil and their derivatives (RSPO, etc.) ⇒100%
• Procurement of third-party certified paper and pulp (FSC, PEFC, etc.) and palm oil, palm kernel oil and their derivatives (RSPO, etc.) from suppliers that support efforts aimed at zero deforestation ⇒100%

• Ratio of certified raw materials procurement

  Japan:

  Certified paper and pulp: 65%
  (item ratio)
  Certified palm oil and palm kernel oil derivatives: 99%
  (based on key raw materials)

  Lion Group:

  Certified paper and pulp: 17%
  (item ratio)
  Certified palm oil and palm kernel oil derivatives: 48%
  (based on key raw materials)

• Ratio of suppliers supporting zero deforestation

  Japan:

  48%

  Lion Group:

  39%

• To promptly respond to customer comments on social media, we launched a social media risk management manual in January 2022 and conducted training to deal with online flaming in May 2022 (Japan)
• We improved the accessibility of the corporate website through a site renewal in June 2022 (Japan)

• Evolve the activities of customer response departments by steadily promoting three steps: Understand the current situation Formulate plans Promote activities
• Create an environment for improving customer relationships and expanding the range of problem resolution methods.
• Create and implement a system for reflecting customer feedback in products and services.

• Build and raise awareness of a management system that includes overseas Group companies.
• Use a consistent format for investigating risks and implement countermeasures.
• Share information on progress of response through reports to the Board of Directors once a year.

• Participation in compliance education and training ⇒Implement as planned (100%) at work sites
• Serious compliance violations ⇒Zero

• Participation in training: 100% as planned
• Serious compliance violations: Zero

• Build and enhance a compliance system that includes overseas Group companies.
• Further inculcate compliance through ongoing implementation of management and employee training and questionnaires, etc.
• Improve Group-wide risk perception and accelerate risk response by designating compliance managers at overseas Group companies and building a global hotline.

• Disclosure of the results of the establishment and operation of the internal control system ⇒At least once a year
• Improvement in evaluations from external organizations ⇒Continuously improve from the 2020 onward

• Disclosed once
• As in 2021, continued activities to improve evaluation results

• Evaluate and disclose results of the operation of the current internal control system.
• Clarify status of establishment of internal control systems at overseas Group companies and evaluate their operation.
• Continuously and proactively disclose governance-related non-financial information.