Tokyo – July 7, 2025 – TOPPAN Holdings Inc. (TYO: 7911) (TOPPAN Holdings) has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year as a Supplier Engagement Leader in the Supplier Engagement Assessment (SEA) conducted by CDP, the international non-profit organization focused on environmental disclosure. TOPPAN Holdings was also named to the CDP Climate Change and Water Security A Lists announced in February this year.
CDP’s Supplier Engagement Assessment evaluates how effectively companies are working with suppliers to address climate change issues. Specifically, it focuses on the areas of risk management process, governance and business strategy, supplier engagement, scope 3 emissions, and targets, with the top scoring companies being named as Supplier Engagement Leaders. TOPPAN Holdings has been recognized in particular for proactive efforts to reduce scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions across its global group of companies through the provision of low-carbon products and services.
CDP is a global non-profit that surveys and assesses the efforts of businesses and subnational governments in relation to target setting, risk management, and disclosure on environmental issues. CDP’s annual assessment process is aligned with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and is renowned as a global standard for evaluating companies’ environment-related activities. In 2024, the number of companies providing disclosures through CDP rose to 24,800, representing two thirds of global market capitalization. More than 2,100 Japanese companies have disclosed data, including over 70% of companies listed on the TSE Prime Market.
The TOPPAN Group’s Initiatives for the Environment
The TOPPAN Group consistently implements a range of initiatives aimed at accelerating efforts to ensure a sustainable society in which all forms of life can continue to thrive into the future. In 2023, the Group added the theme of “Preserving Biodiversity” to the TOPPAN Group Environmental Vision 2050 and set new targets for biodiversity preservation and optimal water use in its Medium-and-Long-Term Environmental Targets for Fiscal 2030, which are aligned with the target year of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
In January 2024, the TOPPAN Group announced its support for the final recommendations of the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). Disclosure in accordance with the TNFD recommendations is included in the TOPPAN Group’s Sustainability Report 2024 and Integrated Report 2024.
The TOPPAN Group also continues to advance measures to achieve ambitious targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In August 2024, TOPPAN Holdings received new Net-Zero Target validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for the TOPPAN Group’s GHG emission reduction targets for the entire value chain, including Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
The TOPPAN Group will continue to leverage synergies generated by combining the diverse strengths of its companies and to work with all of its stakeholders to ensure a sustainable society and enhance corporate value as a leader in harnessing digital transformation and sustainable transformation for solutions to social issues throughout the world.
About the TOPPAN Group
Established in Tokyo in 1900, the TOPPAN Group is a leading and diversified global provider committed to delivering sustainable, integrated solutions in fields including printing, communications, security, packaging, décor materials, electronics, and digital transformation. The TOPPAN Group’s global team of more than 50,000 employees offers optimal solutions enabled by industry-leading expertise and technologies to address the diverse challenges of every business sector and society and contribute to the achievement of shared sustainability goals.
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