Sustainable use of biological resources

We recognize that our business activities have an impact on biodiversity, so in order to protect this biodiversity, we promote the sustainable use of biological resources.

Increasing Interest in and Importance of Biodiversity

The most recent Global Risk Report has placed climate change-related risk and the risk associated with biodiversity loss as the most severe risks to be faced over the next 10 years. These also pose a major risk to economic activity. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has also formulated Nature Positive※1, to urgently promote recognition of the importance of biodiversity.
We have a strong understanding of the importance of biodiversity in our business, as it is essential to many of the raw materials we use in our products. Therefore, we are actively looking to switch to sustainable raw materials. We have set targets for raw materials that have a particularly big impact on biodiversity and carefully manage their use.

  1. Nature Positive is the global goal of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) held in December 2022. Its mission is to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.

Initiative report

Procurement of sustainable palm oil

Palm oil is a vegetable oil obtained from oil palms grown in tropical regions. In Malaysia and Indonesia (the main producers of palm oil), there are serious issues related to large-scale deforestation of tropical forests due to agricultural development, and the human rights of agricultural workers. Since palm oil is also used in FANCL's main products such as Mild Cleansing Oil, we have set a goal of procuring sustainable palm oil. We joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)※1 and the Japan Sustainable Palm Oil Network (JaSPON)※2.

Palm oil used in FANCL cosmetics and health foods is compliant with the RSPO mass balance method or RSPO book-and-claim method. Furthermore, under our policy of increasing the proportion of palm oil certified through the mass balance method, we have acquired RSPO supply chain certification for our factories (Chiba, Gunma, and Shiga plants) and in 2025, we achieved 100% sustainable palm oil procurement, with 88.6% certified by the mass balance method and 11.4% by the book-and-claim method. Going forward, we will gradually switch to palm oil certified by the mass balance method, and maintain 100% sustainable palm oil procurement.

  1. Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
  2. Japan Sustainable Palm Oil Network

Use of environmentally friendly paper

We are actively promoting the use of environmentally friendly paper for cosmetics and health food containers and packaging.
In 2025, FANCL introduced eco-friendly paper packaging for its Skin Conditioning Cream Wash, TOIRO Vitalizing Drops, and TOIRO Vitalizing Milk. For Attenir products, we launched renewed versions of our base and point makeup lines, incorporating eco-friendly paper packaging. We will continue to make steady progress toward our goal of 100% adoption of eco-friendly paper packaging.

Kale Juice

We process kale to produce kale juice at a factory in Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture. An issue with kale juice is that a lot of remnants are left over from the production process. It was because of this that we started to research how kale dregs could be used in feed for cattle, given the high level of dairy farming in this area of Japan. After two years of trial and error, we learned how to use it in high quality feed for cattle. At the same time, the manure produced by these cows is used to fertilize the fields, where, in turn, more nutrient-rich kale is grown, which can then be processed again into kale juice, achieving a complete recycling of materials. The process has been certified by Ehime Prefecture as a "Superior Model for Resource Recycling."

Circulation of kale remnants
Circulation of kale remnants

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