Sustainability

Sustainability
at Towa

Sustainability is one of the pillars that gives meaning to everything we do at Towa International. It is deeply integrated into our Ikigai and guides every decision we make.

Our inspiration: Sanpō-yoshi and Mitsuha

As a Japanese-origin company, we are inspired by the Sanpō-yoshi (三方良し) philosophy, which means “good for the three sides”: every action must generate value for the producer, the receiver, and society as a whole. From this vision comes our sustainability symbol, Mitsuha (三つ葉), meaning “the three leaves” in Japanese. A natural figure representing harmony, health, and growth, symbolizing our ESG strategy and making sustainability a transversal lever of our corporate strategy, structured around the three core ESG pillars:

ENVIRONMENT

Minimizing our environmental impact and reconverting it into renewable.

SOCIAL

Protecting the health, equity and well-being of our people.

GOVERNANCE

Assuming responsibility for our activity beyond legal obligations, protecting people’s health.

Our philosophy is to grow in a balanced, transversal, and sustainable way.

Our environmental commitment

Climate change and energy efficiency

At Towa International, we acknowledge that every activity generates an environmental impact, and we work to reduce it in a tangible and measurable way. We implement a variety of initiatives to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and promote a circular economy. Key initiatives include:

Installation
of new, more efficient GEAs.

Integration of climate-control and process GEA networks.

Improvements in
air-compressor management software.

Optimization of lighting and compressed
air systems.

Our carbon
footprint

Thanks to these actions, in the last fiscal year 2024, we continued advancing in our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint:

We have achieved a 60% reduction in our own emissions (scopes 1 and 2).
And an 18% reduction in our global carbon footprint (scopes 1, 2, and 3) compared to our base year (2019).

Waste management and circular economy

At Towa International, we work every day to minimize our environmental impact and promote circular economy practices across all our operations.

Our objective is to be NetZero.

Thanks to our sustainable waste management initiatives, we have increased our recovery rate, reaching 67%.
This means that more than two-thirds of our waste is directed to recycling or recovery processes, contributing to a more efficient use of resources and the protection of the environment.

We are also members of different associations for waste management. In Spain, we are affiliated with SIGRE for the management of pharmaceutical packaging waste, and with ECOEMBES for parapharmacy product packaging. This allows us to ensure the proper collection and recycling of the packaging placed on the market. In Portugal, we are affiliated with Sociedade Ponto Verde. In Italy, we are affiliated with CONAI (Consorzio Nazionale Imballaggi), the national consortium responsible for packaging waste management.

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Renewable energy

Since 2015, we have operated the largest photovoltaic installation in Catalonia and the second largest in Spain. Today, it covers 100% of the available surface of our production plant, supporting our transition toward 100% renewable energy.

Sustainable mobility

Additionally, we promote sustainable mobility through the full electrification of our commercial fleet in Portugal and providing electric vehicle charging stations at our production plant and office parking facilities in Martorelles, Barcelona. We also offer shuttle bus services for our employees.

Water management

At Towa International we protect natural resources, and water is one of the strategic pillars of our work. We have defined commitments and specific objectives to ensure responsible use of this resource and reduce consumption.

Conservation of natural resources:
Our tangible impact

Water saved

0 m³

Roughly equivalent to the volume of 14 Tokyo Dome stadiums filled with water.

Electricity reduced

0 kWh

Enough to light approximately 1.000 Japanese temples for a year.

Natural gas saved

0 kWh

All with renewable origin certificates, equivalent to the annual heating consumption of 200 residential homes in Japan.

Waste recovered

0%

A weight comparable to
2 million pieces of nigiri sushi.

Own emissions reduction

(scopes 1 and 2)

0%

Compared with 2019.

Global footprint reduction

(scopes 1, 2, and 3)

0%

Compared with 2019.

Certifications

ISO 14001 since 2003, successfully renewed in 2024.

Our commitment to people

Our social strategy is built around three key pillars: our people, workers across our value chain, and the patients and consumers who rely on us.

For our people,

we focus on five core priorities: advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion; ensuring strong health and safety performance; investing in training and skills development; maintaining fair working conditions and competitive compensation; and supporting
employee wellbeing.

For workers in the value chain,

we are committed to upholding human rights and decent
labor conditions through clear standards, robust supplier due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and continuous improvement plans.

For patients and consumers,

we prioritize product quality and safety, responsible use, equitable access where feasible, and the provision of clear, reliable information to support better outcomes and long-term trust.

Our
certifications

We have been ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certified since 2007, and we are also recognized as a Certified Healthy Company (AENOR, 2024) thanks to our Employee Well-being Program.

Our Healthy Towa program

Our commitment to well-being starts with the people who work in Towa. This commitment is embodied in HealthyTowa, Towa’s international well-being program for everyone that is part of our community.
The program is structured into the 4 dimensions of holistic health: Body, Mind, Heart and Soul.

Flexibility and work-life balance

We believe in work-life balance. That’s why we have flexibility programs and promote teleworking.

Be Genuine: our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program

We create holistic well-being environments in which all Towa people can grow and develop feeling themselves, being genuine.

Holistic well-being goes far beyond health. At Towa we create safe and well-being spaces. We foster a diverse, inclusive and equitable environment in which all people can grow, participate and belong in their authenticity, while being themselves.

As a result of our initiatives,
we received the Diversity Leading Company 2024 award by Equipos & Talento.

Discover more about Our People.

Growth: talent and development

We all have talent; we just need to identify our skills and develop them to the fullest.

Our professional development is an intrinsic part of organizational transformation and is based on willingness and active commitment. At Towa, we are committed to self-development as a fundamental element for people to grow and develop professionally.

Our commitment to business continuity

Sustainability supply chain

At Towa, we are committed to integrating sustainability into different areas to facilitate business continuity and growth. In this regard, we focus on ensuring that our sustainability strategy is shared with our suppliers through our code of conduct and positions us as a benchmark in sustainability for our customers.

All of this incorporates Innovation as a cross-cutting theme in everything we do.

Supporting our suppliers and news partners to go green

We maintain a strong commitment to our community and to a responsible supply chain.

More than 140 of our suppliers have been assessed for their sustainability practices.

A reliable and sustainable partner for our customers

We have earned silver medals for sustainability from both Achilles and EcoVadis and we have completed up to 22 sustainability audits or assessments by our customers with satisfactory results.