Suntory Group registers as “TNFD Adopter(*1)”
Tokyo, JAPAN – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Endorsing to the TNFD*2Recommendation, Suntory Group announced today that it has registered as a TNFD Adopter*1.
After being conceived at the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the TNFD was officially established in June 2021 with a mission to develop and deliver a risk management and disclosure framework for organizations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks, and an ultimate aim of supporting a shift in global financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes and toward nature-positive outcomes. Specifically, requirements include conducting an analysis of risks and opportunities after assessing dependence and impacts on nature-related businesses, and disclose them in terms of Governance, Strategy, Risk and impact management, and Metrics and targets.
*1 Organizations (report preparers) who intend to start making disclosures aligned with the TNFD Recommendations in their corporate reporting. Those who register by January 10th will be announced as TNFD Early Adopters at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The TNFD will publish a list of TNFD Adopters on its website and track market progress of the adoption of the TNFD Recommendations and use of TNFD additional guidance in Annual Status Reports from 2024 onwards.
*2 Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
Suntory Groupparticipated in the TNFD Forumin April 2022, and started pilotdisclosure of its dependence on and impact on nature-related businesses based on TNFD recommendationsthis September. The group will set future targets based on the progress of the SBTN pilot operation, further analyze risks and opportunities, and reflect specific measures in our strategy, aiming to realize a Nature Positive” society consistent with the global standards based on science.
As a corporation sustained by the gifts of nature and water, the group will continue to promote sustainability management in order to preserve biodiversity and to realize a sustainable society. Through all of its corporate pursuits, Suntory Group seeks to inspire the brilliance of life.
Learn more about Suntory Groups environmental activitieshere.
About Suntory Group
As a global leader in the beverage industry, Suntory Group offers a uniquely diverse portfolio of products, from premium spirits, beer, wine, ready-to-drink alcohol beverages, to brewed teas, bottled water, still and carbonated soft drinks, ready-to-drink coffee and energy drinks, along with health and wellness products. Suntory is home to award-winning Japanese whiskiesYamazaki,HibikiandHakushu,as well as iconic American spiritsJim BeamandMakers Mark. Suntory also fascinates the taste buds withThe Premium Maltsbeer, and owns the exceptional Japanese wine,Tomi,and the world-famousChteau Lagrange. Its brand collection includesSauza Tequila, non-alcoholic favoritesOrangina,Lucozade,Ribena,BOSScoffee,Iyemongreen tea,Suntory Tennensuiwater,TEA+ Oolong Tea,VandBRANDS, as well as popular health and wellness productSesamin EX.
Founded as a family-owned business in 1899 in Osaka, Japan, Suntory Group has grown into a global company operating throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, with an annual revenue (excluding excise taxes) of $20.2 billion in 2022. Its 40,885 employees worldwide draw upon the unique blend of Japanese artisanship and global tastes to explore new product categories and markets.
As a corporation sustained by the gifts of nature and water, Suntory Group will always protect the ecosystems that deliver water. Because its ecosystem is the wellspring, not only of its business and the rich experiences the group creates for peoples lives, but also of human life itself. Suntory Group will continue to be a company where everyone is empowered with the freedom and flexibility to innovate. Through all of its corporate pursuits, Suntory seeks to inspire the brilliance of life.
Learn more about Suntory Group, its brands, and its commitment to social responsibility and sustainability atwww.suntory.com, onFacebook,Twitter,Instagram,LinkedIn, andYouTube.
Tokyo, JAPAN – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Suntory Spirits Ltd. will reopen its Yamazaki Distillery in the outskirts of Kyoto to public from Wednesday, November 1st, 2023. This year, Suntory celebrates the 100th anniversary of whisky making which began at Yamazaki by Shinjiro Torii, the founder of Suntory. Since its journey from 1923, the company has been pioneering the art of Japanese Whisky by crafting with relentless pursuit of perfection; striving to cultivate whisky drinking culture and produce the highest quality spirits. To further to enhance quality craftsmanship and elevate visitor experience, renovations are under way through 2024 at both Yamazaki and Hakushu Distilleries. (News ReleaseNo.14314). The Yamazaki Distillery has been renovated to a place where visitors can furthermore experience the delicate whisky making embodied by the Japanese nature and climate, and created by Japanese spirits craftsmanship, which is the core attraction of the distillery. Yamazaki Distillery started its construction in 1923 as the first malt whisky distillery in Japan. Located on the outskirts of Kyoto, Yamazaki lies at the foot of Mt. Tenno surrounded by the rich nature throughout the four seasons of the year. Yamazakis water was so pristine that it appears in Manyōshū, an anthology of ancient Japanese poems. As Yamazaki is where the three rivers of Katsura, Uji and Kizu meet, it creates a damp climate ideal for whisky maturation, and by utilizing different washbacks, pot stills and casks, the company has constantly been making wide varieties of whiskies that can only be produced in Japan. As the distillery that embodies the relentless pursuit of quality and the desire to create a genuine whisky inherited from the founder Shinjiro Torii, the company has kept on renovating and renewing production facilities along with developing new technologies and creating diverse new make spirits at the pilot distillery* to future enhance its quality craftmanship. This renewal will offer new exhibitions and distillery tours for visitors to further experience this distinctive and captivating distillery. *A small scale distilling facility in Yamazaki Distillery for quality research and development. About the renewed facilities The Yamazaki Whisky Museum Tasting Lounge About the new distillery tours* Yamazaki distilleryMONOZUKURItour＆tasting Prestige Experience *No one under 20 years old can participate in the tour. Drinking and driving and drinking before the age of 20 is prohibited by the law. Drivers of automobiles, motorcycles (including passengers), or bicycles are not able to drink alcohol. Suntory Yamazaki Distillery website ### About Suntory Group Founded as a family-owned business in 1899 in Osaka, Japan, Suntory Group has grown into a global company operating throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, with an annual revenue (excluding excise taxes) of $20.2 billion in 2022. Its 40,885 employees worldwide draw upon the unique blend of Japanese artisanship and global tastes to explore new product categories and markets. As a corporation sustained by the gifts of nature and water, Suntory Group will always protect the ecosystems that deliver water. Because its ecosystem is the wellspring, not only of its business and the rich experiences the group creates for peoples lives, but also of human life itself. Suntory Group will continue to be a company where everyone is empowered with the freedom and flexibility to innovate. Through all of its corporate pursuits, Suntory seeks to inspire the brilliance of life. Learn more about Suntory Group, its brands, and its commitment to social responsibility and sustainability atwww.suntory.com,
Tokyo, Japan – WEBWIRE – Friday, February 25, 2022 Suntory Group announced that it is participating in WWF Japans (World Wide Fund for Nature Japan)* Plastic Circular Challenge 2025. Under this Japanese domestic framework led by WWF Japan, participating companies will aim to solve various issues related to plastics by committing to a milestone set for 2025 regarding containers and packaging/single-use plastic and enhancing their activities under a sustainable circular economy approach.
With a corporate mission to create harmony with people and nature and Mizu to Ikiru (living with water) promise to its stakeholders, Suntory Group is promoting sustainability management globally. In May 2019, the company established the Suntory Group Plastic Policy and has been engaging in various activities towards realizing a circular society. To stop plastic waste from entering the ocean, the company has been promoting and raising awareness on recycling and has also signed a partnership agreement with the Ocean Conservancy in July 2021.
To maintain the useful functions of plastic containers and packaging while preventing them from having a negative impact on the environment, Suntory Group will continue to contribute significantly to realizing a circular society by promoting efforts to solve the plastic issue together with various stakeholders.
●Suntory Groups initiatives related to WWF Japans Plastic Circular Challenge 2025
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About Suntory Group
Founded as a family-owned business in 1899 in Osaka, Japan, Suntory Group has grown into a global company operating throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania with an annual revenue (excluding excise taxes) of $20.4 billion in 2020. Suntory is driven by Yatte Minahare – the spirit of bold ambition – and our 40,044 employees worldwide draw upon our unique blend of Japanese artisanship and global tastes to explore new product categories and markets.
As a company that delivers blessings of water and nature to our customers, Suntory is committed to its mission to create harmony with people and nature. Always aspiring to grow for good, Suntory is devoted to giving back to society through protecting water resources, nurturing its communities and fostering the arts.
Learn more about Suntory Group, its brands, and its commitment to social responsibility at www.suntory.com
Suntory Yamazaki Distillery Reopens Revealing the Renovated Main Facilities and Two New-look Distillery Tours
Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the company aims to enhance quality craftmanship and elevate visitor experience
The Entrance
As a renewed distillery marking its 100thanniversary, the site, including the entrance, has been transformed into a forest in harmony with nature by planting trees that grow in the surrounding mountain forests of Shimamoto-town and Oyamazaki-town near Yamazaki Distillery. Visitors can walk through the entrance gate made of reused copper from pot stills and feel the unique atmosphere of the forest” of Yamazaki, while enjoying the entrance at the Whisky Museum where the new reception has been set up for distillery visits and tours.
Exhibitions in the Museum
The Yamazaki Whisky Museum has remained on the grounds of the Yamazaki Distillery since its establishment. The interior of this historic building has been enhanced to emphasize the inheritance and innovation of Suntorys whisky making at the Yamazaki Distillery that date back to the founder Shinjiro Torii, and showcases the craftmanship of creating diverse new make spirits that can endure long-term aging. The company also aimed to create an exhibit that would give visitors a sense of the attention to detail that goes into its craftsmanship, to foster expectations for the quality of Suntory Whisky in the future.
We have reopened a special tasting lounge where visitors can enjoy each Suntory Whisky brands, including Suntory Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki brand, as well as component whiskies only available at this location, in a place surrounded by a variety of original matured whisky bottles produced at the Yamazaki distillery. With a bar counter which reuses the pot stills that were used at the site, a standing table facing the matured whisky bottles, and low back chairs where you can see the forest of Yamazaki sprawling beyond the windows, it will provide a one and only special Suntory Whisky experience to many visitors from those who are familiar with whisky to those who are new to the whisky world.
Yamazaki distilleryMONOZUKURItour & tasting
●Duration:80 minutes
●Participation fee:3,000 JPY (tax included)
●Main contents:
This tour will walk the visitors through the distillery where Suntory Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki brand is made, for a distinctive and sensory experience of the aroma and atmosphere that can only be felt at the site.The tasting will include Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki, rare component malt whiskies and Yamazaki Highball, with an original Yamazaki tasting glass as a souvenir to take home.
●Duration:120 minutes
●Participation fee:10,000 JPY (tax included)
●Main contents:
This tour will walk the visitors through the distillery where Suntory Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki brand is made, for a distinctive and sensory experience of the aroma and atmosphere that can only be felt at the site. This prestige tour will take visitors exclusively to limited manufacturing areas, along with a tour to see the craftsmen actually working on whisky making, leading visitors to have a deep experience of the perfection to craftmanship at the Yamazaki Distillery. The tasting will include Suntory Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki 12 Years Old and rare component malt whiskies for the visitors to enjoy.
https://www.suntory.com/factory/yamazaki/
As a global leader in the beverage industry, Suntory Group offers a uniquely diverse portfolio of products, from premium spirits, beer, wine, ready-to-drink alcohol beverages, to brewed teas, bottled water, still and carbonated soft drinks, ready-to-drink coffee and energy drinks, along with health and wellness products. Suntory is home to award-winning Japanese whiskiesYamazaki,HibikiandHakushu,as well as iconic American spiritsJim BeamandMakers Mark. Suntory also fascinates the taste buds withThe Premium Maltsbeer, and owns the exceptional Japanese wine,Tomi,and the world-famousChteau Lagrange. Its brand collection includesSauza Tequila, non-alcoholic favoritesOrangina,Lucozade,Ribena,BOSScoffee,Iyemongreen tea,Suntory Tennensuiwater,TEA+ Oolong Tea,VandBRANDS, as well as popular health and wellness productSesamin EX.Suntory Group to Participate in WWF Japan’s “Plastic Circular Challenge 2025”
Suntory Group aims to use 100% sustainable PET bottles globally by 2030 by using only recycled or plant-based materials. In Japan, the companys soft drinks business originally had a mid-term target of using more than 50% recycled materials in its PET bottles by weight, but has accelerated its target by 3 years and now raises an ambitious goal to make one in two PET bottles used in Japan to be made from 100% recycled materials by volume by 2022.
Starting March 2022, the companys soft drinks business will gradually introduce a new logo Bottles are resources! Towards a Sustainable Bottle on all of its PET bottles in Japan to communicate to consumers that PET bottles are resources that can be recycled many times if sorted and collected properly, and strengthen its communication to consumers. By switching its products to 100% sustainable PET bottles, the company will contribute to realizing a circular and sustainable society.
WWF is a global environmental conservation organization established in Switzerland in 1961. To build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, WWF is currently promoting environment projects in more than 100 countries to protect rare wildlife species, preserve natural environments such as forests and oceans, promote sustainable use of natural resources, and prevent global warming, among many other things.
As a global leader in the beverage industry, Suntory Group offers a uniquely diverse portfolio of products from premium spirits, beer and wine to brewed teas, bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, ready-to-drink coffee and energy drinks, along with health and wellness products. Suntory is home to award-winning Japanese whiskies Yamazaki, Hibiki and Hakushu as well as iconic American spirits Jim Beam and Makers Mark. Suntory also fascinates the taste buds in Japan and the Asian market with our Premium Malts beer and also owns the exceptional Japanese wine Tomi and the world famous Château Lagrange. Its brand collection also includes Sauza Tequila, non-alcoholic favorites Orangina, Lucozade, Ribena, BOSS coffee, Iyemon green tea, Suntory Tennensui water, TEA+ Oolong Tea, V and BRANDS, as well as popular health and wellness product Sesamin EX.
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