Environmental

"In order for people to be healthy, everything around them must also be healthy."
This slogan embodies Yakult's belief that everything on the Earth, from the natural environment to society itself, must also be healthy to ensure our human well-being.

Uniting both "People and Planet as One."
Since its founding, Yakult has been devoted to preventive medicine, which aims to help people avoid sickness.
We take the same approach with the environment.
We strive to minimize the environmental impact of our corporate activities, and pursue a society where people and the planet can co-exist as one, both now and into the future.

Environmental Vision 2050

To realize a society where people and the planet co-exist as one through a value chain that has zero environmental impact
Our goal is to achieve Net Zero Carbon by 2050 (in Scope 1, 2 and 3).

Environmental Targets 2030(Revised May 2025)

As a medium-term milestone toward achieving Environmental Vision 2050, we have established Environmental Targets 2030 with a global scope in mind, and are pursuing initiatives accordingly.

Environmental targets	Initiatives
Climate change mitigation and adaptation	Initiatives	Scope：Corporate headquarters and all domestic and international consolidated subsidiaries 1. Reduce GHG emissions (scopes 1 and 2) by 42% (compared to FY2022) 2. Reduce GHG emissions (scope 3) by 25% (compared to FY2022) 3. Reduce GHG (FLAG*) by 31% (compared to FY2022)
Transition to sustainable plastic containers and packaging	Initiatives	1. Implement sustainable initiatives equivalent to 20% or more of the plastic containers and packaging usage (Japan and overseas) (in FY2030) 2. Establish a Bottle - to - Bottle recycling system for Yakult containers
Sustainable water source management	Initiatives	1. Identify issues in each region with detailed water risk assessments at dairy product plants in Japan and overseas and implement measures for all high priority issues 2. In addition to continuing water use reduction efforts, implement water source conservation activities targeting the amount of water used in products manufactured in FY2030 (at dairy product plants in Japan and overseas)
Biodiversity conservation	Initiatives	1. Promote support and participation in biodiversity conservation activities in local communities 2. Understand the impact of business activities on biodiversity and implement impact reduction measures