Green Bonds

Suntory Group's Sustainability Initiatives

Suntory’s history began in 1899 when Torii Shinjiro opened Torii Shoten in Osaka City. He held an untiring “Yatte Minahare” spirit, with a belief in “Giving Back to Society” as a Company. These two management philosophies have been continuously handed down from generation to generation within Suntory since its foundation more than 120 years ago.
In the 2000s, with increased recognition of global climate change and other common issues around the world, the Company launched several key initiatives. In 2003, the Natural Water Sanctuary Project was launched, and in 2004, the next-generation environmental education program, “Mizu-iku”, aiming at coexistence with water and natural environments cultivating water resources.
Since then, under the Group’s promise of “Mizu To Ikiru” (Sustained by Nature and Water), to its customers and society, the Suntory Group has been engaged in environmental activities with a long-term perspective. In 2019, we formulated the Suntory Group Sustainability Vision to promote group-wide activities to solve common global sustainability issues.
Under Suntory’s Environmental Vision toward 2050, we aim to reduce water usage at our plants worldwide by 50%^*1 and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the entire value chain. Suntory’s Environmental Target toward 2030, will assist in achieving this by obtaining SBT certification, reducing water usage at our plants by 35%^*1 globally, reducing GHG emissions at our sites by 50%^*2, and reducing GHG emissions across the entire value chain by 30%^*2 .
Against this backdrop, Suntory has formulated the Sustainable Finance Framework as a sustainability finance initiative aiming to achieve a decarbonized society and reduce water consumption. This is the first framework in Japan that incorporates targets for reducing water consumption, and we will further promote our sustainability initiatives in the future.

• *1
  Reduction per unit production based on the business fields in 2015
• *2
  2019 emissions as base line