Seikagaku Corporation has made “Creativity, Fairness, Dreams and Passion” its motto. The purpose is to live up to the following management creed: “We create safe and useful products for human well-being with basic research based on glycoscience”. The  company’s efforts, along with collaboration with business partners, are essential for creating a stable supply of safe, useful, and high quality pharmaceuticals and products.

Accordingly, Seikagaku Corporation has formulated the Procurement Policy which sets out the company’s sustainability approach in procurement activities and reflects the company’s practice of responsible procurement. Procurement for the purposes of this Policy includes raw and other materials, supplies, and all resources necessary for the business. Seikagaku Corporation will abide by the content of this Policy and, together with our business partners, contribute to the sustainability of Earth and society.

1.Scope of application

This Policy applies to all directors, officers, and employees of Seikagaku Corporation and its subsidiaries. We also expect the business partners of Seikagaku Corporation Group to understand and comply with this Policy.

2.Legal compliance and fair procurement activities

We will comply with the applicable procurement laws and regulations of the countries and regions where Seikagaku Corporation engages in business activities.

3.Respect for human rights

We fulfill our corporate social responsibility by respecting the human rights of involved stakeholders and undertake to develop in collaboration with our business partners a safe working environment.

4.Environmental protection

We will engage in procurement activities that align with the Environmental Policy and strive to reduce environmental impacts throughout the entire supply chain in collaboration with our business partners.

5.Quality and safety assurance and fair selection of business partners

We engage in procurement activities with the highest priority on quality and safety assurance, including business partner selection. We will build a fair and transparent procurement process that also gives consideration to impacts on society and the environment.

6.Information management

We will develop a system for appropriately managing information obtained from our business partners in procurement activities and work to build relationships of trust.

7.Promotion of responsible procurement

We will promote responsible procurement activities by engaging in initiatives in line with this Policy and work toward a more sustainable society.

April 1, 2023
President & CEO