To fulfill our corporate social responsibilities throughout the entire supply chain, including our suppliers, we are conducting a range of initiatives while formulating action principles for procurement departments, as described below.

In accordance with the Mitsubishi Chemical Group (the MCG Group) Charter of Corporate Behavior, we are working to contribute to the realization of KAITEKI.

Employees involved in procurement operations are working to implement CSR procurement in accordance with various rules and internal regulations, such as the Procurement Policy established by the Group based on this concept, (Groupwide in scope) and the Procurement Compliance Code of Conduct (for all domestic affiliates).

In selecting and reevaluating suppliers, we confirm that they do not have any relationship with anti-social forces. In addition, suppliers involved in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals are evaluated focusing on the following five criteria based on our supplier selection standards. The Company is also responsible for the procurement functions of its domestic Group companies and selects and reevaluates suppliers based on the same standards for raw materials procured by subsidiaries.

To ensure and maintain business continuity, even in an emergency, we request in advance that our major suppliers (determined based on annual transaction value, inability to find alternative supply, and other factors) keep a certain quantity of pharmaceutical raw materials on hand for continuous supply.

To build and strengthen a sustainable supply chain, we are sharing Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation (MCG) “Developing Cooperative Business Practices with Suppliers and Business Partners (Guidebook) [PDF: 452KB]” with our business partners. Also, in line with the purpose of this guidebook, we have conducted a survey to check the status of CSR initiatives such as ensuring environmental conservation, respect for human rights, and occupational safety and health. In fiscal 2019, 50 companies responded. The total value of transactions with these 50 companies accounts for 99% of our total direct material purchases. We are encouraging improvement by feeding back the aggregate results of responses to each question to our business partners and confirming their relative CSR levels.
We will continue to conduct this survey in order to get business partners to confirm the items they should prioritize and effectively promote their CSR activities.

Publication of Declaration of Partnership Building (October 22, 2021)(Japanese language only)

The Company's procurement departments regularly conduct training on the laws and regulations related to procurement. In this way, we have worked to ensure rigorous compliance awareness.

We have established procurement rules in line with our procurement policy that stipulate that we conduct our procurement activities by giving full consideration for human rights. We share the MCG’s “Developing Cooperative Business Practices with Suppliers and Business Partners (Guidebook)” with business partners and conduct a survey to check the status of their efforts to respect human rights.