Yakult Submits Letter of Commitment to Earn SBT Validation

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (President: Hiroshi Narita) today announced that it submitted a letter of commitment in which it declared its intention to set, within the next two years, science-based targets (SBTs)*¹ for reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that meet the standards of the Paris Agreement.*² The letter was accepted by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi),*³ an organization that validates SBTs, on October 25.

Yakult Honsha will accelerate its response to climate change and work to bring about a sustainable society.

The Yakult Group is committed to reducing GHG emissions across its supply chain and playing an active role in global environmental conservation under its corporate slogan of “In order for people to be healthy, everything around them must also be healthy,” in order to realize the Yakult Group Environmental Vision, the goal of which is to unite both “People and Planet as One.”

♦ Special Page Dedicated to the Yakult Group Environmental Vision

For more details on our Environmental Vision, please visit the special page on the Group’s website.

[URL] https://www.yakult.co.jp/english/sustainability/environment/vision/

*1   Science-based targets (SBTs) are targets set by companies for GHG emissions reductions that meet the standards of the Paris Agreement and are supported by scientific evidence.

*2   The Paris Agreement is a globally adopted international framework for addressing climate change by limiting the increase in the global temperature to well below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels.

*3   Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) is a joint initiative of CDP, the World Resources Institute (WRI), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The organization supports companies in establishing science-based GHG emissions reduction targets and validates these targets.