IKK Holdings, Inc.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023-11-01 to 2024-10-31, 2024)
Reporting Period: 2023-11-01 to 2024-10-31
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:5342 t-CO2 (Scope 1+2, 2023)
Scope 1 Emissions:463 t-CO2 (2023)
Scope 2 Emissions:4879 t-CO2 (2023)
ESG Focus Areas
- Climate Change
- Workplace Environment
- Customer Satisfaction
- Stable Management Base
Environmental Achievements
- Implemented energy-saving measures in wedding facilities, including installation of energy-efficient components for air conditioners and efforts to reduce power consumption.
- Introduced garbage disposers and utilized environmentally friendly materials in stores.
Social Achievements
- Established a support window for diversity and inclusion.
- Implemented measures to improve the ratio of female managers.
- Implemented measures to reduce employee turnover and absenteeism.
- Provided various training programs tailored to employee career paths.
Governance Achievements
- Strengthened corporate governance, internal control systems, and compliance management.
- Sustainability Promotion Committee reviews sustainability issues, including climate-related ones, and reports to the board of directors.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Medium-term Goals:
- Halve Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030.
Environmental Challenges
- Decreasing number of wedding ceremonies due to declining birthrate and changing wedding styles.
- Intensifying competition in the wedding industry.
- Securing and retaining talent in the caregiving industry.
- Maintaining safety and trust in the food industry.
- Meeting diverse needs in the wedding photography industry.
- Economic uncertainty due to inflation and geopolitical risks.
- Market shrinkage in the wedding industry.
- Intensifying competition in the wedding industry.
- Changes in wedding styles.
- Securing and retaining talent.
- Finding suitable locations for new stores.
- Regulatory changes and risks in the caregiving industry.
- Geopolitical risks and unexpected events in overseas business.
- Safety concerns and rising material costs in the food industry.
- Regulatory changes and weather-related risks in the photography industry.
- Food safety risks.
- Personal information management risks.
- Infectious disease risks.
- Natural disaster risks.
Mitigation Strategies
- Improving customer service and proposal skills.
- Strengthening information gathering, analysis, and utilization capabilities.
- Strengthening safety measures for customers.
- Maintaining and enhancing the quality of existing stores.
- Implementing steady store expansion.
- Strengthening corporate governance.
- Developing and creating new businesses.
- ISO 22000 certification for food safety management system.
- Introduction of ultrasonic nebulizers for norovirus prevention.
- Employee training based on manuals.
- Reviewing regulations and manuals, strengthening internal control systems, and collaborating with external experts and supervisory authorities.
- Regular maintenance and renovations of existing stores.
- Reflecting customer and employee feedback in services.
- Careful selection of locations for new stores.
- Balancing human resource development with store expansion.
- Strengthening corporate governance, internal control systems, and compliance management.
- Actively developing and creating new businesses.
- Implementing infection control measures.
- Purchasing insurance against natural disasters.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Selection of safe and high-quality product manufacturers.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Flooding
- Typhoons
- Heavy rain
- Extreme weather events
Transition Risks
- Carbon pricing
- Plastic regulations
- Changes in consumer preferences
- Rising energy prices
- Rising material costs
Opportunities
- Development of energy-efficient products and services
- Expansion of renewable energy use
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: TCFD
Certifications: ISO 22000
Reporting Period: 2024
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed
ESG Focus Areas
- Not disclosed
Environmental Achievements
- Not disclosed
Social Achievements
- Ranked No. 1 in the Kyushu and Okinawa areas by location of the popular corporate rankings for Mynavi and Nikkei; Ranked No. 1 for 7 consecutive years in the company's popularity ranking by industry [Ceremony Funerals]; Ranked 47th in the ranking of popularity among literary general employment enterprises nationwide; Selected as 1 of the top rankings in a survey report conducted by OpenWork; Selected as 1 of the top rankings in a survey report conducted by OpenWork, which operates job market platforms for job seekers and job changes
; Acquired ISO22000:2005 certification, the first international standard for food safety management systems in the hotel and wedding industries
Governance Achievements
- Not disclosed
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
- Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
- Not disclosed
Environmental Challenges
- Decrease in the number of couples married in the domestic wedding business, resulting in a year-on-year decrease in business results.
Mitigation Strategies
- Planning a variety of investments, including new store openings and the opening of sweets labs in the food business; Aiming for dramatic corporate growth by investing from a long-term perspective
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Responsible Procurement
- Not disclosed
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Not disclosed
Transition Risks
- Not disclosed
Opportunities
- Not disclosed
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: Null
Certifications: ISO22000:2005
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Not disclosed
Awards & Recognition
- Not disclosed