Daiwa House Group

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
2 out of 5
Intent and awareness 
5 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Timber 
3 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
0 out of 5
Scope and Ambition 
2 out of 5
Reporting and implementation 
2 out of 5
Social considerations 
0 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
5 out of 5
Commodity policies 
3 out of 5
Timber 
3 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
3 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
5 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
0 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
3 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
0 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
3 out of 5
Sector 
Construction
Segments 
Manufacturer
HQ 
Japan

Collective commitments

New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No
Consumer Goods Forum member
No

350 companies

To ensure deforestation free supply chains, companies need to adopt and implement timebound and measurable policies for forest risk commodities.

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This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

In 2018 the number of companies assessed increased from 250 to 350.

Profile 

Daiwa House Industry is a Japanese construction company, constructing residential homes and flats, business premises, and hotels. The group’s core business is in Japan, but it is expanding into China, the US, Australia and Southeast Asia. It is one of the largest homebuilders in, which is an industry that uses large amounts of timber, and claims to have been the largest Japanese construction company in 2014 with over 2 million units constructed as of 2015.

Other companies

Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd.

Score
2 out of 5

Precious Woods Holding AG

Score
2 out of 5

Daiwa House Group

Score
2 out of 5

Sumitomo Forestry

Score
2 out of 5

Rougier Group

Score
2 out of 5

Saint Gobain S.A.

Score
2 out of 5

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