History of Environmental Activities and Corporate Structure

Tenpo	Began distilling in Fushimi, Kyoto
1925	Established Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
1979	Start of the "Come Back Salmon" campaign for the Toyohira River in Sapporo. Eventually expanded to other rivers
1982	Save the Japanese Pine Tree Campaign
1983	Save the Japanese Bamboo Campaign
1985	Establishment of the Corporate Philosophy to create harmony among "Nature, humans, and society" "TaKaRa Harmonist Fund", a public trust, is established
1989	PADI, a sports drink, introduces the first Japanese product to use SOT (stay on tab) in place of the pull-tab. This opened the door to finding a solution to the pull-tab problem in Japan
1990	Participated in the establishment of "Foods Container Co., Ltd.", a rental company for the rental of returnable P-type boxes
1991	Cooperation in the establishment in "Clean Eco Co., Ltd.", a returnable bottle and bottle washing company
1992	Clean Island Amakusa Campaign TaKaRa Big Nature Experience School
1993	Participation in the establishment of "Crystal Clay Co., Ltd." for the recycling of one-way glass bottles
1994	Hokkaido Firefly Project Change to returnable bottles for Takara Shuzo's "Jun" and "Jun Legend" 720 ml bottles Keep the Shimanto River Clean Campaign
1995	Sierra Club, USA, Salmon Forever Campaign
1997	Begin "Eco Challenge 21", a company-wide environmental policy project. Participation in the establishment of "Yono PETE Bottle Recycle Co., Ltd." for the recycling of PETE bottles (also participated in the establishment of the PETE recycling facilities in various areas)
1998	Begin recycling waste liquids from shochu distillation at our Takanabe plant for use in cement Development of the "Eco PETE" bottle, the first PETE bottle in Japan that completely conforms to the Type 2 Designated PETE Bottle Recycle Guidelines Begin bulk sales of shochu Begin Green Ink Accounting and Environmental Accounting Begin sales of Hormone Disrupter Receptor Coupling Measurement System (first of its kind in the world)
1999	"Removable Cap" for Hon-mirin and Cooking Wine, the first such PETE bottles in Japan
1999-2000	7 factories receive ISO14001 certification
2000	The Tokyo site of the Business Sales Division receives the first ISO14001 certification * Awarded "Nisshoku Environmental Resource Cooperation Award" sponsored by the Japan Food Newspaper (1999) * Awarded the "Award for Excellence as selected by the Global Environment Committee" (2000) * Awarded the "Environmental Report Award: Excellence Award" by the Toyo Keizai News Services and Green Reporting Forum (2000)

Corporate Structure for Environmental Activities
TaKaRa carries out all of its environmental activities through "Eco Challenge 21", the company-wide environmental policy project.
In TaKaRa, we divide environmental issues into 1) environmental problems generated within production facilities or elsewhere within the company; and 2) environmental problems exported to the public through our products, such as the recycling problem. Efforts to solve these two categories of environmental problems are handled by separate sections, as appropriate for the specifics and knowledge requirements of each problem.
Overall environmental activity policy and major decisions are decided by the "Eco Challenge 21 Main Committee", headed by the chairman of the board.

* Eco Challenge 21 Main Committee Chair: Chairman of the Board, Yoshiro Hosomi
* Environment related sections: Environmental Conservation Section of the Environment/Quality Management Division (Kyoto Main Office), Environment Section of the Environment/Business Division (Tokyo Branch)