Human Rights Due Diligence
Specific Initiatives
The Sapporo Group positions respect for human rights as a key priority in its corporate activities and respects the human rights of its Group partners based on the Sapporo Group Human Rights Policy. We also ensure a working environment that does not unjustly discriminate based on reasons from race, ethnicity, nationality, creed, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity etc.
In accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, we have embedded a human rights due diligence process -- comprising (1) impact assessment, (2) integrating and addressing assessment results, (3) follow-up investigation, and (4) information disclosure -- into our business activity process and are advancing it on a continuous basis. We regularly assess our impacts on human rights, implement measures to avoid, prevent, and mitigate adverse impacts, and disclose relevant information regarding these efforts.
We will also strive to build a sustainable supply chain in line with the Sapporo Group Human Rights Policy by strengthening our relationships with suppliers.
Supply chain initiatives
In our supply chain, we have prioritized checking the status of malt, hops, lemons, plums that are the main raw materials of our business, and raw materials* that are considered to have high human rights risks.
The Sapporo Group has been a member of Sedex since October 2022. Sedex is a non-profit organization that provides an online platform for companies to manage and improve working conditions in the global supply chain. It is the world's largest platform for sharing information on ethical suppliers, enabling companies and organizations to strengthen responsible and sustainable business practices and improve procurement activities. We aim to further strengthen our commitment to human rights by using these tools and working with our business partners to develop and improve our initiatives.
* The decision was based on a comprehensive review of information such as the U.S. Department of State “Trafficking in Persons Report” and the Child Labor Risk Map.
Priority raw materials: Palm oil, tea leaves, coffee beans, soybeans, cocoa beans, liquid sugar, and crude alcohol.
Creating a bright workplace without discrimination and harassment
The Sapporo Group respects the human rights of its employees and incorporates various measures to create a bright workplace with no discrimination and harassment.
We promote training and awareness activities for managers and employees to prevent human rights violations and to eliminate harassment, including the establishment of consultation desks.
- For all employees
Conducting annually web-based training on harassment elimination, with approximately 8,200 employees participating each year.
Creating opportunities for employees in the workplace to reflect on issues together and training on how to respond when harassment occurs. - For Managers
To ensure healthy workplace management, conducting annually training sessions on harassment elimination, psychological safety, one-on-one communication and unconscious bias.
Training on harassment elimination includes specific methods of how to respond to actual harassment consultations as a manager. Furthermore, all parties involved in handling the information of persons who seek consultation at consultation desks are required to sign a confidentiality agreement, and careful measures are taken to ensure that information leading to the identification of such persons is not leaked outside of the parties involved.
About foreign technical intern trainees
We have conducted a survey on the employment of foreign technical intern trainees at the Group's consolidated subsidiaries and have confirmed that there is currently no employment of such trainees. (As of December 2024)