Environmentally Conscious Products and Promotional Materials

Environmentally friendly products, promotional items

Example of products with reduced weight and dimension in container and packaging

Reduction of plastic use by eliminating outer packaging

A 10 percent or more reduction in plastic use by eliminating outer packaging has been achieved for our renewed mandom Happy Deo FACE SHEET.

mandom Happy Deo FACE SHEET Refresh
Mint P

mandom Happy Deo FACE SHEET Clear
Fruity P

Reduction of individual packaging

Eliminated individual packaging for 3-piece sets sold exclusively through EC

Example of product without film window in its box, now 100% made out of paper

Example of refill product, reusable container

LUCIDO Deodorant Body Wash
(Refill) Big Size

Bifesta
Micellar Cleansing Water Brightup

Example of product using recycled material for part of the packaging

Use of recycled material for blister

GATSBY Premium Type
Deodorant Roll On Unscented
(Quasi-drug)

Example of product using bioplastic

As part of our effort to reduce CO₂ emissions, we use bioplastic for four types of hair wax and a gel grease product in the "gatsby THE DESIGNER" line.
(Bioplastic accounts for 25 percent of all the materials used for containers and lids. Bioplastic Certification No. 210149）

Example of product using recycled paper for its box

LUCIDO-L
Creamy Milk Hair Color Chocolate
Ganache(Quasi-drug)

Example of product using FSC® certified paper for its box

Example of product adapted to separation disposal

Our product containers are easy to dismantle into can and plastic parts for sorting and proper disposal. Products include sprays and hairstyling foams for hairstyling, hair fragrances, and deodorants. Also, our spray products are designed to be taken apart and degassed easily with a degassing cap.

Reference

Customer Support > Search Results for "DISPOSAL-METHOD"

Example of reduction in packaging material

We have eliminated the inner boxes on many of our paper-related products, new products, and series products. This effort has vastly reduced the amount of paper in use.
We are working to eliminate inner boxes while paying attention to quality assurance, productivity, cost reduction, and easing environmental impact.

Without inner boxes: packaging specs changed to use cardboard box partitions

Working with Products

We place eco-friendliness as one of our product values and promote efforts to create value that empathizes with society in accordance with the Mandom Group Eco-Friendliness Product Standards. (The Mandom Group's Environmental Policies "4.Initiatives for eco-friendliness in products and services")

Formulating environmental-friendliness standards

In line with our Environmental Policy, Mandom strives to offer customers products and services that are friendly to the environment.
As part of our effort, we have adopted our own eco-friendly product standards alongside medium to long-term targets.
We are committed to making eco-friendly products in aid of achieving sustainability across society.
These standards will be updated on an ongoing basis, with reference to the latest information on technology and developments in Japan and overseas while taking into account views, expectations and wishes of all our diverse stakeholders.

Life cycle stage	Environmental Issues	environmental-friendliness standards
Procurement of rawmaterials	Biodiversity conservation Forest conservation	Product that uses recycled paper with 80%+ content of waste paper pulp as material for its outer and inner box package inserts and other paper-based items
		Product that uses FSC certified paper as material for its outer and inner boxes, package inserts and other paper-based items
		Product that uses raw and other materials that have satisfied other international environmental certification systems or criteria
	Climate change Carbon neutrality / CO₂ emissions reduction	Product that uses 25%+ plant-derived biomass content for its container and packaging materials
		Product that uses 10%+ biomass content for its laminate packaging
		Product that uses 25%+ recycled materials for its container and packaging materials
		Product that uses 50%+ recycled materials for its laminate packaging
Product use		Product that uses 20%+ less in power for dryer and gas for hot water supply when product is used, compared against benchmark.
Product use	Water use reduction	Product that uses 20%+ less water when product is used, compared against benchmark.
Disposal	Waste reduction	Product that eliminates use of main container and packaging materials or reduces weight or dimension to achieve 10%+ less use of such packaging, compared against benchmark
		Product that eliminates use of individually packaged units or reduces weight by 10%+ of such packaging, compared against benchmark
		Refill product that reduces container weight by 50%+, compared to standard container weight.
	Plastic waste reduction	Product that has switched from petroleum-based plastic to alternative materials (e.g. paper, glass)
Other	Recycling Circular economy	Product that uses mono materials that make separation for disposal easier

* Product that satisfies one or more of the criteria above shall be considered an eco-friendly product.

* The benchmark will be a product manufactured in 2016 when Mandom revised the Environmental Policy.

Medium to long-term targets

By 2027, we aim to turn 90% of Mandom products marketed in Japan into eco-friendly products.
By 2050, we aim to turn 100% of products marketed by the Mandom Group into eco-friendly products.

Reducing plastic

Joining Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance (CLOMA)

Mandom joined the Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance (CLOMA) in October 2020. CLOMA addresses issues relating to marine plastic litter.
By joining CLOMA, Mandom is taking action towards addressing the problems relating to marine plastic litter. We will further strengthen our 4R activities regarding plastic products by liaising with CLOMA member companies across different industry sectors. We will discuss alternative materials such as paper and the use of biodegradable plastics.

Reference

Latest CSR news > Joining Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance (CLOMA) (Japanese only)

Policy on Plastic Microbeads

In recent years, there have been growing concerns over the environmental impact that plastics have when they are released into the oceans.
In the United States and other countries, a law was passed to phase in the ban of Plastic Microbeads in personal care cleansing products. In light of this situation, the Mandom Group set a policy to stop using Plastic Microbeads in its facial cleansing products by the end of 2017, replacing Plastic Microbeads using a formulation that does not cause such concerns.
Although the Mandom Group previously used components containing Plastic Microbeads in some of its cleansing products, in accordance with the above policy, in fiscal 2017 we completed the switch to alternative raw materials in applicable products.
Moving forward, the Mandom Group will continue to carry out product development that is both consumer- and environment-friendly.