Company Profile
Company Profile
SDGs Initiatives
SDGs, or Sustainable Development Goals, are a "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" that was
unanimously selected by more than 150 Head Members of States who participated at the United Nations Summit
in September 2015. The SDGs are 17 goals consisting of 169 targets, with the aim that the world shares to
implement a balance of three aspects: economy, society, and environment, for all countries, including
developed and developing nations.
These cover a wide range of issues, from poverty and starvation to
environmental issues, economic growth, and gender. It aims to achieve a social infrastructure by 2030
where people can live humanely by protecting the global environment while pursuing wealth and emphasizing
"not leaving anyone behind."
Certified in the Hyogo Industrial SDGs Certification by Hyogo Prefecture.
In January 2025, We Taiyo Brush was certified in the Advanced stage, the second of three stages of the Hyogo Industrial SDGs Certification.
This program certifies companies actively contributing to the achievement of the SDGs.
Only 25 companies were selected for the Advanced Stage out of 132 participating companies. Looking ahead, we aim to achieve the highest level — the Gold Stage — by further strengthening our initiatives toward achieving the SDGs and working with our local community to realize a sustainable future.
For more information about the program, please click here.
Our SDGs Initiatives
| E: Environment | ||
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| Basic Policy: | Promote initiatives for a sustainable global environment | |
| Contributing SDGs: |
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Joining the SBT for SME initiative.
We Taiyo Brush Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce that we received approval from the Science Based Targets Initiative certification in July 2023, and we set up targets to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions reduction toward 2030.
What is SBT (Science Based Targets)?
SBT refers to medium- to long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets set by companies that are aligned with the international standards required by the Paris Agreement.
Companies commit to reducing their emissions at a certain level compared to a baseline year they set themselves.
Details on SBT for SMEs and our company targets are available here.
For details of our targets: Go to the dashboard and search "Taiyo Brush Co., Ltd.”
Taiyo Brush Targets Summary
- Temperature conformity
- 1.5℃
*A reduction target sufficient to limit the rise in global average temperature to below 1.6℃
- Target
- We are committed to reducing our Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, using 2018 as the baseline year. We also aim to measure and actively reduce our Scope 3 emissions.
- Performance as of the end of 2024
- Total reduction rate for Scope 1 and Scope 2: 41.1%
- *Scope 1 (direct emissions): Greenhouse gases released directly from the company’s operations. (fuel combustion, etc.)
Scope 2 (indirect emissions): Greenhouse gases emitted from the use of electricity, etc. supplied by other companies
Scope 3 (supply chain emissions): Greenhouse gases emitted throughout the supply chain other than Scope 1 and Scope 2 (emissions by different companies related to the business's activities)
Reduce Amount of CO2 Emissions
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Use of renewable energy (self-consumption-type solar panels)
- Maintain a set production system to increase production efficiency (use efficient energy)
- Analysis and improvement from visualization of electricity usage
- Continued improvements to energy loss (air leaks, etc.)
- Support CDP
- Simultaneous cost reduction through contracts with power companies with low emission coefficients
Indicators toward 2030
- Reducing scope1 and scope2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 from a 2018 base year and measuring and reducing scope3 emissions in SBT for SMEs.
※The Total of Scope1 and Scope2 in 2018: 414.5t-CO2
Achievements in 2024
- Scope1 and Scope2: reduction of 41.1%(244.2t-CO2)
Management of Waste and Toxic Substances
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Sorting, reducing, and reusing industrial waste within the factory
- Limitations to use of paper resources through paperless
- Initiative to bring the use of toxic substances to zero
- Recycle loss toothbrushes (PP handles)
- Reduce anti-static bags used at manufacturing sites
Indicators toward 2030
- Reduction of annual industrial waste ⇒ Reduce by 50% compared with 2021
- Use of paper resources ⇒ *Reduce by 20% compared with 2019(*) *Year of data collection start
⇒ Reduce by 90% from 2019 - Recycle loss toothbrushes ⇒ Reduce by 10% from 2019
- Abolish anti-static bags used at manufacturing sites
⇒ Reduce by 95% from 2022
Achievements in 2024
- Reduction of annual industrial waste： Reduced by 66.6%
- Use of paper resources： Reduced by 36.5％
- Amount of polyethylene industrial waste: reduced by 96.8%
- Recycle loss toothbrushes ⇒ made 89．4% loss brushed recycled
- Abolish anti-static bags used at manufacturing sites
⇒ zero *we commence operations from 2025.
Reduce Water Usage Throughout Life Cycle
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Reduce use of water resources by utilizing water conservation valves
Indicators toward 2030
- Water usage ⇒ Reduce by 15% from 2015
Achievements in 2024
- Achieved Reduction of 31.9%
Promote the Three Rs of Plastic Resources (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Pursue recycled plastic and biomass plastic (handles, bristles, and packaging materials)
Indicators toward 2030
- Always be in a state whereby proposals from customers can be handled
- Development of renewable toothbrushes from our original brand
⇒ More than one item
Achievements in 2024
- Development of renewable toothbrushes from our original brand: No results.
*Number of prototypes: 5
*Number of items in the consideration stage: 2
| S: Society | Connection with employees |
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| Basic policy: | Perceive employees' mental and physical health, diversity, and abilities as an important management resource, and create a relationship where the company and employees can develop together and contribute in the long term |
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Job Satisfaction, Diversity, and Development
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Promote women's empowerment and diversity
- Promote working style reforms
- Employee awareness surveys (job satisfaction)
- Enhance the internal evaluation system
Indicators toward 2030
- Appoint women's management positions ⇒ More than one person
- Appoint personnel regardless of nationality, gender, etc. ⇒ More than compared with 2015
- Telework and remote operation system construction rate ⇒ Achieved 100%
- Rate of employees who feel job satisfaction ⇒ More than 80%
- Level of satisfaction with internal evaluation system ⇒ More than 80%
Achievements in 2024
- Appoint women to management positions: 0 (only 3 of sub-chiefs)
- Appoint personnel regardless of nationality, gender, etc: 2 foreign nationals
- Telework and remote operation system construction rate: 100%
- Rate of employees who feel job satisfaction: Not yet measured (method under consideration)
- Level of satisfaction with internal evaluation system: Not yet measured (method under consideration)
Mind and Body Health
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Enhance care with periodic stress check examinations and cooperation with industrial physicians.
Indicators toward 2030
- Number of patients with serious stress: Zero
Achievements in 2024
- Number of patients with serious stress: Zero
Promote Work-life Balance
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Continue with the Health Management Excellence Corporation certification
- Initiatives to increase the rate of employees taking paid leave
- Initiatives to reduce overtime
- 100% return rate of employees taking childcare leave
Indicators toward 2030
- Rate of employees taking paid leave ⇒ 90%
- Overtime ⇒ 10 hours of monthly overtime/average for all employees
- Rate of employees taking childcare leave ⇒ 100%
Achievements in 2024
- Rate of employees taking paid leave ⇒ 89.01％
- Overtime ⇒ 1hour40minutes of monthly/average
- Rate of employees taking childcare leave ⇒ 100%（1 out of 1 returned to work）
Strengthen Health Management
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Continue the 100% rate of health checkups
- Routine dental checkup initiatives for all employees
Indicators toward 2030
- Rate of health checkups ⇒ 100%
- Rate of employee dental checkups ⇒ More than 80%
Achievements in 2024
- Rate of health checkups ⇒ 100%
- Rate of employee dental checkups ⇒ 55.5%
Enhance Working Safety Management System
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Strengthen operations through health and safety management
- Strengthen management systems through the construction of BCP and BCM
Indicators toward 2030
- Number of law violations related to serious occupational health ⇒ Zero
- Number of serious accidents and disasters ⇒ Zero
Achievements in 2024
- Number of law violations related to serious occupational health ⇒ Zero
- Number of serious accidents and disasters ⇒ Zero
| S: Society | Connection with customers |
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| Basic Policy: | Stand in the customer's position when it comes to product development, production, and quality control. Listen to customers and improve capabilities in order to meet their expectations and earn their trust |
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Build Responsible Supply Chain Management
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Strengthen purchases and product provision for "safety, security, and stability" through gathering information about standards, systems, and materials
- Create unified opinions (independent standards, etc.) for security guarantees related to oral
health utensils
(Create standards as accompanying documents, not amendments to JIS standards)
Indicators toward 2030
- Omissions from Household Goods Quality Labeling Acts for toothbrushes ⇒ Zero
- Omissions from JIS S3016-1995 (toothbrushes) ⇒ Zero
- Create unified independent standards and their conservative rate for security guarantees
related to oral health utensils
⇒ Achieve 100%
Achievements in 2024
- Omissions from Household Goods Quality Labeling Acts for toothbrushes ⇒ Zero
- Omissions from JIS S3016-1995 (toothbrushes) ⇒ Zero
- Create unified independent standards and their conservative rate for security guarantees related to oral health utensils
⇒ Achieved 100%
Strengthen Relationships with Customers (Cost and Delivery Time Aspects)
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Promote IoT ⇒ Improve productivity through improved tools
- Reduce costs and shorten delivery times with production reforms through DX
- Production technology reforms through the introduction of FA and robot systems
Indicators toward 2030
- Increase productivity at manufacturing sites through site improvements
⇒ Direct labor cost comparison rate: 10% down compared with 2019 - Reduce processing times through management operation improvements
⇒ Added value amount per hour: 10% up compared with 2019
Achievements in 2024
- Direct labor cost comparison rate decreased to 13.8%(18.8% down)
- Added value amount per hour: 43.3% up in October 2024
Quality Control
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Strenghthen quality management system through ISO9001
- Maintain remote observation and inspection environment (install remote support camera systems, etc.)
Indicators toward 2030
- Reduce rate of claims to production volume ⇒ One incident per 10 million toothbrushes, annually
- Implement remote production observation and quality inspection ⇒ Achieve 100%
- Reduce defect loss ⇒ Overall annual loss rate below 0.5%
Achievements in 2024
- Reduce rate of claims to production volume:1 in 2.26 million brushes overall, 1 in 3.39 million brushes by manufacturing-related complaints
- Implement remote production observation and quality inspection: No reports.
*remote support camera contract canceled, renewal launched on-site - Reduce defect loss: Total defective rate 0.66%
Reworkable defective rate 0.57%
Non-reworkable defective rate 0.09%
| S: Society | Connection with society as a whole |
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| Basic policy: | Create ideas to solve social issues and provide to society as a whole |
| Contributing SDGs: |
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Utilize Products That Lead to Solving Social Issues (Raise funds)
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Raise funds by issuing private placement bonds to promote SDGs, support local medical services, and with local contribution donations.
(Utilize product collaboration with local financial institutions from the side of the company's desire to "donate to solving social issues")
Indicators toward 2030
- Raise funds through SDG-related private placement bonds for a portion of annual funding requirements:
- Continue with one matter every term, annually
Achievements in 2024
- No results
Increase Recognition of SDGs, a Goal the World Shares
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Carry out various training questionnaires internally
Indicators toward 2030
- Increase employee recognition: More than 90%
Achievements in 2024
- Company-wide training is 100% completed.
| G: Governance | ||
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| Basic Policy: | Realize our basic policy for management of maximizing company value and aim to improve prompt and precise disclosure of information and management transparency | |
| Contributing SDGs: |
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Further Improve Levels of Transparency
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Improve discussions related to management plans, SDGs, ISO (risks), and CDP
- Consider further improving disclosure of information
Indicators toward 2030
- Disclosure of information about management plans and internal initiatives ⇒ More than once per year
Achievements in 2024
- Announcement of the annual plan (November 2024 to October 2025)
Risk Management
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Continue to develop risk management
- Strengthen security systems that secure the prevention of information leaks.
Indicators toward 2030
- Number of risk occurrences that deliver a serious impact on operations ⇒ Zero
- Disclosure of information that addresses serious future risks ⇒ More than once per year
Achievements in 2024
- Number of risk occurrences that deliver a serious impact on operations ⇒ Zero
Compliance
Key Initiatives and Goals
- Maintain our compliance training system as a company
Indicators toward 2030
- Number of serious compliance violations: Zero
Achievements in 2024
- Number of serious compliance violations: Zero