Nippon Shinyaku Group’s Issues of Materiality

・Taking on the challenge of new drug discovery modalities, including gene therapy based on nucleic acid drug discovery technology

・Regularly launching highly unique healthcare products, materials and milk protein materials into the market to contribute to disease prevention

• ・Strengthening organizational capacity to respond to changes
• ・Strengthening efforts for human resource development in each department

・Providing information for medical professionals and familiarizing patients and their families with diseases

・Contributing to waste reduction by extending the expiration dates by developing a quality stabilizer/preservative that will not impair the taste of food

• ・Expanding businesses in Japan and overseas
• ・Building a global sales system to support business expansion

・Providing highly unique healthcare products and materials for EC malls in Asian countries

・Contributing to the development of related science fields by presenting scientific knowledge through academic papers or academic societies

• ・Promoting treatment and medication guidance by digital health
• ・Raising awareness of new diseases by the Web
• ・Promoting development and sales of anti-aging care products for the purpose of disease prevention

・Promoting social understanding of diseases through provision of accurate information on diseases and treatments

・Further enhancing open recruitment research grant systems

・Strengthening a system that can maintain and manage the supply of safe and high-quality products, including new drugs such as nucleic acid drugs

• ・Visualizing risks for each item to implement preventive measures
• ・Enhancing supplier management to ensure stable procurement and supply

・Collecting safety information and further promoting integrity in the sales department

・Operating the Anti-Counterfeit Committee to promote information sharing and implement countermeasures

・Improving business efficiency and customer satisfaction by promoting digital communication

・Implementing measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

・Implementing measures to promote waste plastic recycling

・Promoting resource saving, waste reduction and 3Rs

• ・Promoting proper management of chemical substances, including PRTR Law-designated chemicals
• ・Continuously reducing emissions to the natural environment

・Continuing activities to protect and grow endangered species at the Yamashina Botanical Research Institute

・Enhancing vitality and productivity by maintaining or improving the health of employees

・Making effective use of health data to understand the health status of employees (improvement or worsening)

・Further strengthening activities to ensure workplace safety, such as enhancing the industrial accident risk prediction capacity and implementing zero accident campaigns

・Establishing a PDCA cycle of “strategy setting,” “implementation,” “evaluation,” and “improvement” for health and productivity management

• ・Supporting diverse work styles tailored to individual employees
• ・Reviewing wages, bonuses, evaluations, etc. to improve job satisfaction

・Developing self-independent human resources and global human resources who are motivated to grow

・Promoting various work styles, such as flextime and teleworking, and reviewing operations using ICT

・Promoting various work styles, such as flextime and teleworking, and reducing business hours using ICT

・Revising personnel systems and operation thereof to realize a company that is friendly to and satisfying for workers

・Promoting recruitment activities in view of diversity and inclusion

・Fostering an organizational culture where “individuals” are respected and their strengths and weaknesses can be frankly pointed out or accepted

・Developing a workplace environment where every member can have opportunities to play an active role regardless of gender, and establishing the necessary organizational structure

・Promoting development of job areas available for people with disabilities

・Developing a work environment where employees can work with peace of mind without worry about personal circumstances, such as childcare leave, nursing care, or illness

• ・Continuously carrying out activities to preserve and maintain Kyoto culture
• ・Implementing contribution activities for each region

・Promoting educational support through sports and picture books

・Supporting children’s mental health through offering picture books, etc.

• ・Examining measures appropriate for current risks each year to improve the system
• ・Enhancing privacy protection and information security for customers and employees

・Enhancing the system for stable product supply by promoting risk management of plants and suppliers

・Enhancing governance throughout the Company, including subsidiaries

・Fostering compliance awareness and preventing corruption

• ・Maintaining fair transactions
• ・Fostering high ethical standards

• ・Promoting AI/IT themes throughout the Company
• ・Improving company-wide IT literacy, developing IT human resources

・Enhancing IR activities for investors

・Disclosing information to shareholders/investors, employees, business partners, customers (healthcare professionals/patients and their families), and local communities