Soybean Action Plan
- Sustainability
- Efforts for sustainable procurement (action plans)
- Soybean Action Plan
In line with our Soybean Procurement Policy, we are making efforts to resolve issues throughout the supply chain, including environmental considerations in soybean production areas and continuous monitoring to gain an understanding of actual conditions. We are also a member of the Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) and will promote specific efforts, including utilizing certification systems.
Soybean Action Plan
Action plan and progress
| Activities | Progress in FY2025 (including some results to date) | |||
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| 1 | Sustainable procurement practices | Reduce CO2 emissions in the supply chain | Lobby foreign producer organizations through the industry | We established a Sustainability Committee within an industry group and confirmed the direction to adopt, as an industry standard, the GHG emissions calculation method presented by the United States, Canada, and Australia. |
| Efforts led by the Company | We launched initiatives to quantitatively grasp and visualize GHG emissions during the production and collection stages of traceable U.S.-grown Identity Preserved (IP) soybeans, with the goal of reducing emissions. | |||
| Establish a traceable supply chain | Leverage initiatives | To improve our soybean procurement rate from local collection companies (Tier 3) that have signed the Soy Moratorium, we worked with major suppliers (Tier 1*1) to assess the supply rate (82.9% in FY2025) and identified key issues. | ||
| Ongoing monitoring | Using data on collection areas by shipping port, we aggregated soybean procurement quantities by collection area in Amazônia Legal and identified the areas with high procurement quantities. We started using satellite data from Global Forest Watch and other sources to monitor changes in forest conditions in those areas over time. |
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| Expand engagement | We traveled to soybean-producing countries (the United States and Brazil) and visited exporters (Tier 2), local collection companies (Tier 3), and farmers to inquire about crop conditions and their efforts in response to environmental issues. Based on our findings regarding the circumstances with IP soybeans, we are working with local collection companies (Tier 3) to optimize fertilization control, examine no-till cultivation and other measures to reduce environmental impact, and discuss and prepare for measuring GHG emissions for target farmers only. |
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| Utilize certification systems | For soybeans and rapeseed, we compiled the standards, requirements, and adoption status for certification schemes including RTRS*2, SSAP*3, and ISCC*4, and engaged in dialogue with users in an attempt to identify trends in these schemes. | |||
*1 Tier 1: Direct suppliers
*2 Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS): A nonprofit organization established in Zurich, Switzerland in 2006, to promote the expansion of responsible soybean production, trade, and use.
*3 U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (SSAP): An official U.S. certification protocol launched by the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) and others in 2013, to verify and guarantee the sustainable production of U.S. soybeans through third-party audits.
*4 International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC): A global certification scheme established in Cologne, Germany in 2010, to promote traceable, deforestation-free, and climate-friendly sustainable supply chains.