Yakult Sustainability | Our Commitment to a Healthier Future

Top Commitment

Strengthening sustainability initiatives
to promote continued growth.

Hiroshi Narita
President and Representative Director

Yakult Group's Approach to Sustainability

The Yakult Group Basic Policy on CSR was established based on our corporate philosophy as well as our belief of “in order for people to be healthy, everything around them must also be healthy.” We will also contribute to the achievement of a sustainable society through initiatives based on material themes identified in March 2021.

Yakult’s Impact on Society

The Yakult Group creates products that are available in 40 countries and regions around the world, conducting our business on the basis of local production for local sales. We recognize that our corporate activities have not only positive but also negative impacts on local communities and environments in various locations globally. By minimizing these negative impacts and maximizing the positive ones, we will help create a sustainable society.

Yakult Group Materiality

In fiscal 2020, we identified six material themes to achieve sustainability as a further step in realizing our mission of contributing to the health and happiness of people around the world based on our belief that “in order for people to be healthy, everything around them must also be healthy.” To identify these themes, we established a cross-departmental working group that mapped various issues from environmental, social, governance and operational perspectives along two axes: “Impact for the Yakult Group” and “Importance for the sustainability of the planet and society.”

Contribution to the SDGs

Our passion for and approach to health can be traced back to our founder’s wish to protect the health of people around the world. Yakult engages in business activities based on our corporate philosophy, expressed as: “We contribute to the health and happiness of people around the world through pursuit of excellence in life science in general and our research and experience in microorganisms in particular.” We see these activities as contributing to Goal 3, “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages,” of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).