Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]To ensure progress towards its climate goals, Takeda has established a Climate Action Steering Committee. The Climate Action Steering Committee is comprised of several workstreams including: "Climate Action Program at Sites†, "Renewable Energy†, "External Advocacy†, "Employee Engagement†, and "Risk Assessment† workstreams and meets monthly. Through the activities of these workstreams, ongoing assessment and monitoring of various facets of climate-related issues take place. Specifically, the "External Advocacy and Engagement† workstream engages with various government, industry, and non-government organizations on climate change policy and initiatives in line with Takeda's stated climate change goals and position on climate change. This workstream is led by our EHS team in partnership with our Global Public Affairs team and ensures that our activities that could influence policy are in line with our overall climate strategy.
In addition, Takeda has published a public position statement on climate change which was produced in partnership with the EHS and Public Affairs team. Any activities to influence policy would be in line with the principles set forth in Takeda's public position on climate change. Prior to publication of the Position Statement, it underwent review and approval by the Public Affairs Leadership Team which includes the Public Affairs Heads across all nine Takeda business units and global functions to ensure alignment.
In 2021, Takeda was one of 10 inaugural members of the Energize Program, which seeks to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and reduce GHG emissions among pharmaceutical company suppliers. A first-of-its-kind effort, it leverages the scale of pharma's global supply chain in a non-competitive fashion to drive system-level change. Partners expect the program to help hundreds of pharmaceutical suppliers learn more about renewable energy adoption and contracting and empower them to reduce their own operational Scope 2 GHG emissions. Takeda is a proud member of the UN #racetozero campaign, the largest alliance committed to halving emissions by 2030. Takeda's President and CEO Christophe Weber is a member of the World Economic Forum Alliance for Climate CEOs, which is working across industries to find solutions and advance action. Takeda is also an active member of the Japan Climate Leaders Partnership, a coalition of Japanese companies working to advance Japanese government policy on climate and sustainability.