Consideration for the environment in product procurement

We have defined products made with materials for which chemical substances are appropriately managed (e.g., organic cotton) and materials which save resources (e.g., recycled textiles) as "sustainable products." We are working to develop and sell these products to reduce our environmental burden in product procurement.
Sustainable products deliver safety and security to our customers by making the source of raw materials and production process traceable. (Ensuring traceability)

• Shimamura's sustainable product standard
  • Standards for Sustainable Materials　　　　　　: The products are made of materials that meet third-party certification standards or some of materials which are certified as sustainable materials by the Shimamura Group.
  • Standards for inclusion of sustainable materials: The products are assumed to meet the standards of the third-party certification or the standards of the respective manufacturers.
• Traceability confirmation
  For sustainable products, the Product Management Department checks for traceability based on the route certification documents.
  ・Raw material certificates/Raw material manufacturer certificates　・SC (Scope Certificate)　・TC (Transaction Certificate), etc.
• The "Shima-Eco" mark is printed on sustainable products.
  "Shima-Eco" refers to the environmental initiatives of the Shimamura Group.
• Examples of sustainable products　*The photograph is an image.

  Product name	Main products	Initiatives for environmental consciousness
  FIBER　DRY Suhada Suzuyala Pants （Cool pants on Skin）	Women's Bottoms	These products are certified by STANDARD100 by OEKO-TEX®* to prove they do not contain harmful chemical substances. We use organic cotton and environmentally-friendly dyes and chemicals. *This is a sustainability certification organization for companies involved in the safety and production of harmful substances from raw materials to final products.
  FIBER　DRY	Women's and Men's Innerwears	These products are made from polyester fiber recycled from collected plastic bottles
  FIBER　DRY	Women's and Men's Socks	Environmentally friendly polyester fiber is used in some of our products.
  Kokochi Labo(Comfort Fabric Series)	Towels	We use human and environmentally friendly cotton grown on certified farms that have not used chemical fertilizers or synthetic agrochemicals for more than 3 years.