ROHTO Pharmaceutical conducts its business activities using the bounty of precious nature created by biodiversity.
Our important responsibility is to conduct business activities with consideration given to creating an environment in which various living things can coexist.
In 2022, we clarified our policy on biodiversity conservation.
We will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by fulfilling our social responsibilities related to biodiversity in cooperation with our stakeholders.
Biodiversity Conservation Policy
Recognizing that all of our business activities benefit from and impact the natural environment, we are committed to preserving biodiversity for a sustainable society by working in harmony with the natural environment.
- We will strive to understand how our business activities relate to and impact biodiversity, and work to avoid or minimize the impact.
- We will strive to conduct our business activities in a manner that takes into consideration the ecosystems of the regions in which we operate.
- We will strive to preserve the environment by promoting the development of products and technologies that take biodiversity into consideration.
- We will strive to raise employee awareness of biodiversity and support and promote environmental preservation activities through cooperation and partnerships with a variety of related stakeholders.
- We will comply with national and international agreements and laws regarding biodiversity.
Paper resources
In addition to reducing the use of paper resources, ROHTO Pharmaceutical will use environmentally friendly paper, such as FSC※certified paper and recycled paper, when using it.
We are gradually switching to paper that takes into account forest conservation, such as product packaging, sales promotion tools, corporate brochures, and paper used in offices.
*The Forest Management Council (FSC:Forest Stewardship Council) is an international body that manages the forests that produce timber and the systems that certify the process of distributing and processing timber cut out of that forest.
By choosing and purchasing products with a FSC mark, we are able to select products (lumber) that are produced abroad without significant impact on the environment or society. This system allows us to indirectly support global forest conservation.
Palm oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the oil palm tree, some of which is also used as a cosmetic ingredient (fatty acids and glycerin). In recent years, however, various problems have arisen, including the destruction of tropical rainforests in relation to the development of oil palm plantations. We select and procure “sustainable raw materials” as much as possible. We will continue to work with suppliers to utilize sustainable raw materials
Dealing with microplastic beads
Microplastic beads are an ingredient used in products for cleansing and rinsing, but recently concerns have been raised both in Japan and overseas regarding their environmental impact, such as marine pollution. We stopped adding microplastic beads to our new cleansing products in 2010, and in 2016 we completed the switch to microplastic bead-free formulas for our existing cleansing products.
Consideration for marine pollution and coral protection
In February 2022, we launched a new sunscreen that does not contain ingredients with concerns of causing marine pollution and coral die-off. These ingredients are essential for sunscreen effectiveness, and are found in many sunscreen products. However, we have achieved high sunscreen effectiveness, comfort of use, and environmental friendliness, by making full use of our formulation technology.