Participation in Initiatives and Collaboration with External Organizations

The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is the world's largest sustainability initiative for building a healthy global society through cooperation between the United Nations and the private sector (companies and organizations).
Japan Pulp & Paper and OVOL Singapore signed the UNGC in 2023 and 2007 respectively, and are contributing to the realization of a sustainable society by adhering to the 10 principles advocated by the UNGC and by more actively promoting sustainable management.

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was established by the Financial Stability Board, a group of financial authorities from major countries working to maintain stability in the international financial system, to discuss the effective and efficient corporate disclosure of climate-related information and its use by financial institutions.
Japan Pulp & Paper endorsed the TCFD recommendations in 2021 and joined the TCFD Consortium, which is comprised of Japanese companies, financial institutions, and other organizations that agree with the recommendations, and proactively discloses information on both the risks and opportunities that climate change presents to its business based on the recommendations.

CDP, an environmental NGO based in the United Kingdom, is among the world’s largest ESG rating agencies. It surveys the climate change, forest, and water risks of companies and public institutions, and discloses the results to their investors, customers, and other stakeholders.
In addition to responding to CDP's Climate Change questionnaire, Japan Pulp & Paper is working to expand its disclosure of information on its response to climate change.

Sedex is an online platform provided by an NPO member organization for the purpose of storing and viewing data on ethical and responsible business practices.
Japan Pulp & Paper, Ball & Doggett (Sydney), and PT Oriental Asahi JP Carton Box participate as supplier members and are committed to building a sustainable supply chain.

The GX League is a forum for industry, government, and academia to work together to achieve sustainable growth in the present and future society by taking on the challenge of Green Transformation (GX) under the leadership of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, with a view to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and social transformation.
Japan Pulp & Paper has been participating since 2023, and through the use of this framework, we are further strengthening our efforts to address climate change.

The Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance is a public-private alliance initiated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan to solve the marine plastic pollution problem.
Japan Pulp & Paper joined in 2019, and through this platform, the company is working to solve the problem of marine plastic litter by enhancing cooperation with various companies and promoting the development and introduction of alternative materials.

The Japan Earth Conscious Labeling Association, also known as J-ECOL, is a non-profit organization that promotes the recycling of used release paper from labels and stickers. Release paper protects the adhesive part of unused labels and stickers and is not being effectively recycled resulting in this resource being underutilized. Japan Pulp & Paper joined J-ECOL in 2023 and is making efforts beyond its corporate boundaries to create a resource recycling model that involves all companies (procurement, manufacturing, sales, and collection) in the release paper value chain.

The Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation is an organization established by Japan’s Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) to support nature conservation activities in Japan and developing countries, as well as to promote corporate conservation activities.
Japan Pulp & Paper joined in 2022, and as a corporate group whose main product is paper, a raw material made from forest resources, we are promoting biodiversity initiatives.

The Human Capital Management Consortium was established with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Finance in Japan as observers with the aim of promoting human capital management in Japanese companies, both in terms of practice and disclosure.
Since joining in 2022, Japan Pulp & Paper has been actively participating in the consortium to maximize the value of the group’s human resources (human capital) and is further promoting human capital management that will lead to medium-to-long-term enhancement of corporate value.