Supply Chain Management

Policies and Strategies

Basic Procurement Policy

Based on our management philosophy, sustainability policy, and action guidelines, our group understands the importance of the natural environment, and in order to deliver safe, reliable, and high-quality products that lead to the health of our customers, we conduct fair, transparent, and sound transactions, build relationships of trust in cooperation and collaboration with our suppliers, strive to continuously improve our corporate value and promote procurement activities to fulfill our corporate social responsibility.

  1. 1. Compliance with laws and regulations
    • We comply with laws, regulations and social norms.
    • We respect the International Code of Conduct and applicable national and local laws and rules.
  2. 2. Respect for human rights
    • We respect national and international norms and prevent forced and child labor.
    • We prevent discrimination and inhumane treatment in employment.
    • We respect the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining of our employees.
  3. 3. Working environment, health and safety
    • We respect domestic and international norms and promote the maintenance and improvement of the working environment and health and safety of our employees.
  4. 4. Environmental considerations
    • We promote sustainable use of resources, taking the preservation of the global environment and biodiversity into consideration.
    • We promote energy conservation, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and other measures to reduce environmental impact.
  5. 5. Fair and proper transactions
    • We promote fairness, impartiality, and transparency in our business dealings based on sound ethical standards.
    • We prohibit any improper benefit sharing, bribery, or other corrupt acts.
  6. 6. Quality and safety
    • We place the highest priority on the safety of our products and services to ensure that our customers can feel secure in our products and services.
  7. 7. Information management
    • We appropriately manage confidential information and personal information related to corporate activities to prevent leakage.
  8. 8. Sustainable procurement
    • We commit ourselves to corporate social responsibility (CSR procurement) and promote sustainable procurement.
    • We promote stable procurement as part of our business continuity plan (BCP) to prepare for unforeseen events such as disasters and accidents.

This policy was approved on November 19, 2024, by the Board of Directors.

November 19, 2024
YUKIGUNI MAITAKE CO., LTD.
Masafumi Yuzawa, President and CEO, Representative Director

Structure, Governance and Risk Management

For details, please see Sustainability Management Structure.

Indicators and Targets

We have set the following indicators and targets to realize the advanced supply chain management.

  Scope FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 Target
Responses to the CSR questionnaire survey Domestic non-
consolidated		 - 100% 100% 100% -
Overseas non-
consolidated		 100% 100% 100% 86.7% -
Status of suppliers’ human rights protection initiatives (*) non-
consolidated		 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

(*) Elimination of discrimination, forced labor, child labor, compliance with statutory minimum wage, appropriate collective bargaining agreements, compliance with working hours, etc.
This is the status of initiatives of suppliers who have responded to the questionnaire.

Initiatives

CSR Procurement

We have been conducting a CSR procurement questionnaire survey for our Tier 1 suppliers for raw and packaging materials since FY2020. This questionnaire survey includes compliance, human rights, labor environment, product safety, quality management system, environmental consideration, information management system, and business continuity plan (BCP). Through this questionnaire survey, we confirm the business environment at our suppliers. However, we recognize that grasping the status of all suppliers, including tier 3 suppliers and further upstream areas, is our issue to be addressed in the future.

CSR Procurement Questionnaire Items
Evaluation Items Contents
1. Compliance
  • Whether a supplier has created an environment where workers can ensure compliance with corporate ethics and laws and regulations, cut off relationships with antisocial forces and groups, and prevent of unfair transactions and corruption etc.
2. Human Rights
  • Whether a supplier prohibits violation of workers’ human rights, and works on matters such as elimination of discrimination, forced labor, child labor, harassment, compliance with statutory minimum wages, appropriate collective bargaining agreements, and compliance with working hours.
3. Working environment
  • Whether a supplier has established a health management system to prevent occupational accidents, ensure workers’ safety, and create a comfortable work environment for employees.
  • Whether a supplier has created a safe and healthy work environment for workers, including mental health.
4. Product safety
  • Whether a supplier has established a management system to ensure product safety and quality assurance, and has a mechanism in place to conduct periodic surveys to confirm the status of its initiatives.
  • Whether a supplier has established a system to correct the situation as necessary.
5. Quality management system
6. Environmental Considerations
  • Whether a supplier has a mechanism in place to conduct periodic surveys to check the status of implementation of its initiatives regarding thorough consideration for the environment (reduction of CO2 emissions, energy saving, reduction of waste, prevention of pollution, management of wastewater, utilization of resources, consideration for biodiversity, etc.).
  • Whether a supplier has a mechanism in place to correct the situation as necessary.
7. Information Management System
  • Whether a supplier promotes the establishment of a system, such as a promotion department, committee, or team, concerning information security.
8. Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
  • Whether a supplier conducts risk reduction activities and has developed a BCP to prepare for unforeseen events such as disasters and accidents.
  • Whether such initiatives are shared with its suppliers to encourage them to promote them.

* This covers up to 2nd tier suppliers.

On-site audits

Regarding suppliers of sawdust used for culture media, we conduct on-site inspections of their mountain forests at least once every five years in principle to confirm that there is no illegal logging.
Plans are in place to continue to conduct site visits on a regular basis.