Analysis of Climate Change Risks and Opportunities and Response to Extreme Weather

「The group regards addressing climate change as one of its important management issues and is pursuing initiatives to reduce CO2 through its business activities, contributing to the achievement of the goals of the Paris Agreement, an international framework for addressing climate change, and the realization of a carbon-neutral society by 2050.」

「Most of our products are reusable rather than disposable and are uniforms replaced on a cycle of approximately 3 to 4 years. We believe that successfully extending their useful lives and adopting environmentally conscious designs, such as suppressing heating and cooling use through comfortable, functional textile products, conserving water and shortening washing times by making stains easier to remove, and designing products that are easier to recycle, could contribute to addressing climate-change issues. We also believe that replacing the disposable gowns and other products widely used in operating rooms today with reusable gowns and other products from our company that can be washed, sterilized and used approximately 50 to 80 times would contribute to addressing climate-change issues and expanding revenue.」

「In response to the intensification of extreme weather, an acute physical risk, we are checking the projected flood inundation levels for each site using hazard maps and implementing measures as necessary.」