Environment

Materiarity Climate change measures

Environmental Policy

The Qol Group strives to preserve the global environment in all our business activities through the following activities. Enhancement of environmental management Reducing environmental impacts Environmental communication Environmental management that the Qol Group aims for

Enhancement of environmental management

We will care for ecosystems, reuse resources and energy, and strive to manage waste thoroughly.

Thorough management of medical waste
Responding to the Industrial Safety and Health Act
Resource recycling (enforcing use of recycled toner)

Reducing environmental impacts

We are concentrating on promoting stores (hardware) with designs that do not place a burden on the environment, energy conservation, and CO2 reduction facilities and equipment.

Environmental communication

We will strive to cooperate with local communities and improve our employees' awareness of environmental conservation.

Climate change measures

The Company established the Sustainability Committee, chaired by the President and Representative Director to address sustainability issues such as social and environmental issues toward the realization of a sustainable society. In addition, the materiality was identified at the board of directors meeting. The Company will take measures based on the recommendations prepared by the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Information Disclosure (TCFD), respond to climate change issues, and promote information disclosure.

Group-wide Greening campaign "Green Smile Project"

Qol Group is working on a greening campaign called "Green Smile Project."

Nationwide pharmacies are planting flowers and installing ornamental foliage plant in order to create a pharmacy that is comfortable for patients, contribute to environmental conservation and promote company-wide understanding of SDGs.

To embody "mutually supportive" and "gentle" within the Corporate Slogan "Always there to care.", we are moving forward to become an "environmental- and patient-friendly pharmacy" through the campaign.

Reducing environmental impacts through business activities

Model stores with CO₂ reduction and environmentally friendly facilities

The Qol Group strives for global environment conservation by reducing environmental impacts in all of its business activities. At pharmacies, we focus on store design that does not place a burden on the environment or stores with good energy-saving performance and CO2 reduction facilities. Examples include solar panels on rooftops and highly energy-saving LED lighting.

Solar Panels on roof

Energy-saving LED lighting

Change lighting by time of day

Environmental volunteering activities

While making efforts to increase our involvement in local communities, we are committed to raising environmental conservation awareness of each employee within the Group.

Environment beautification volunteering activities (beautification and cleaning of the surroundings of the pharmacies)
Promote Cool Biz and Warm Biz (wearing cooler clothing during summer and warmer clothing during winter to save energy and reduce CO2 emissions)
Activities for going paperless (Qol)

Promoting use of reusable shopping bags and eco-friendly plastic bags

All stores of the Qol Pharmacy Group are running the Bring Your Own Bag Campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags. When plastic bags are necessary, we use eco-friendly plastic bags containing 30% plant-derived biomass materials.