Daiwa House Group

"For our business partners, we have established the CSR Procurement Guidelines as comprehensive social and environmental standards concerning human rights, labor practices, environmental protection, and bribery (including anticorruption), and which clearly states about respecting human rights as one of the codes in the Business Partner Code of Conduct, so we will respond to human rights issues that occur in our supply chain in a responsible manner. [...] Principles established in the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted at the 86th Session (1998) of the International Labour Conference and consisting of four categories: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour, the abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect to employment and occupation. All Member States (187 countries including Japan) respect, promote and assume responsibilities to realize these Fundamental Principles. "

"Survey results evaluated according to timber procurement assessment criteria Using the results of the procurement of timber survey, our Group evaluates and categorizes procured timber according to the timber procurement assessment criteria into four ranks: S, A, B, and C. First, recycled timber and timber certified by one of the three forest management certification bodies (FSC, PEFC or SGEC)*1 is categorized as rank S. Next, if the timber is sourced from a high-risk area, it is categorized as rank C. For timber not sourced from a high-risk area, we evaluate the legality and sustainability, and assign rank S for scores of 90 points or more, rank A for scores of 80-89 points, rank B for scores of 70-79 points, and rank C for scores below 70 points, out of a potential total of 110 points. We grasp the situations regarding risks (compliance, biodiversity, human rights, etc.) of the countries of our suppliers by using a risk assessment tool, the Global Forest Registry operated by Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) that certifies timber and timber products."

"to ensure none of our business partners are procuring illegally felled timber, etc., we conduct a CSR procurement of timber survey every April that helps us to monitor their procurement practices. "

Daiwa House reported their total usage of timber as 317,398m3, of which 132,532.7m3 was certified, and 54,8203m3 was recycled.

"every year since fiscal 2011, we have audited timber suppliers as per our "Biodiversity Guideline" (Timber Procurement). These audits determine if the Group is procuring timber logged in a way that illegally violates the rights of indigenous people. They are required to verify the legality and sustainability of timber they procured in the previous fiscal year and then are instructed to make improvements highlighted in audit results. Beginning in fiscal 2017, we started monitoring compliance with our "CSR Procurement Guidelines" by having our business partners conduct self-assessments "

"Moreover, every year since fiscal 2011, we have audited wood suppliers and made those results public as per our "Biodiversity Guidelines" [Wood Procurement] (Guidelines for Products). They are required to verify the legality and sustainability of wood they procured in the previous fiscal year and then are instructed to make improvements highlighted in audit results." "This was achieved because we requested the suppliers of the pieces of timber categorized as C to make improvements by procuring more pieces of timber from the low-risk areas so that we could switch the sources, in addition to asking the suppliers of pieces of timber of which legality we did not confirm through the survey conducted the previous year, to check the official documents thoroughly for legal compliance. In terms of switching the sources, we had an issue that we could not secure a sufficient quantity of timber from the low-risk areas, but we have been able to procure more pieces of timber from the low-risk areas by having the suppliers understand our Group's idea of sustainable timber procurement."

"For our business partners, we have established the CSR Procurement Guidelines as comprehensive social and environmental standards concerning human rights, labor practices, environmental protection, and bribery (including anticorruption), and which clearly states about respecting human rights as one of the codes in the Business Partner Code of Conduct, so we will respond to human rights issues that occur in our supply chain in a responsible manner. [...] Principles established in the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted at the 86th Session (1998) of the International Labour Conference and consisting of four categories: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour, the abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect to employment and occupation. All Member States (187 countries including Japan) respect, promote and assume responsibilities to realize these Fundamental Principles. "

Daiwa House Group reports their paper consumption in 2019 as being 1,123 tonnes