December 19, 2025
For Immediate Release
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Forestry selected for CDP's Climate A List for the 10thconsecutive year and newly selected for the Forests A List
~ Wins highest rating in CDP 2025 ~
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Toshiro Mitsuyoshi; headquarters: Tokyo; hereinafter, Sumitomo Forestry) is pleased to announce that on December 10, 2025, it was selected for inclusion in the highest-ranking Climate A list for the tenth consecutive year and newly selected for inclusion in the Forests A List by the international non-profit organization CDP.*1
CDP is one of the world's leading ESG evaluation organizations that promotes corporate disclosure of information related to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the protection of water resources, and the conservation of forests. It assesses the world's top companies by market capitalization on their efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and mitigate climate change. Companies that have demonstrated exceptional leadership in climate change and deforestation initiatives are selected for inclusion in the Climate A List and the Forests A List, respectively.
In July 2018, Sumitomo Forestry Group formulated our Group greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets (Scope 1, 2, 3) for 2030, which were certified as science-based targets by the SBT (Science Based Targets) initiative.*2 Furthermore, we newly formulated targets to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 for our entire value chain, which won SBT certification in November 2024. At the same time, we also updated our short-term targets for 2030.
To contribute to the realization of a sustainable and prosperous society through our business operations, which utilize wood as a renewable natural resource, we developed our Wood Procurement Standards in 2005 and our Wood Procurement Philosophy and Policy in 2007. In 2015, we revised these policies and expanded the scope beyond timber to include all procured items in our Sumitomo Forestry Group Procurement Policy so that our procurement activities would take into account economic, societal, and environmental considerations. For materials that do not fulfill our definition of sustainable timber and wood products,*3 we have been promoting the shift to alternatives, such as selectively harvested timber from natural forests and timber from planted forests. In September 2021, we achieved a 100% handling ratio of sustainable timber and wood products. In addition, we conduct sustainable forest management of the approximately 365,000 ha*4 of forests we own or manage both in Japan and overseas.
Sumitomo Forestry Group formulated Mission TREEING 2030, our long-term vision with 2030 as the target year, the same target year as our SDGs. In this long-term vision, we defined nine material issues from the perspective of providing value for our planet, for people and society, and for the market economy. In our medium-term management plan, Mission TREEING 2030 Phase 2 (2025~2027), which started this year, we specified the further integration of business and ESG as one of our basic policies. We will continue to promote our SDGs and other efforts to fulfill societal expectations and further enhance corporate value.
*1 CDP: https://www.cdp.net
CDP is a non-governmental organization established in London in 2000 that promotes the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the protection of water resources, and the conservation of forests by companies and governments. Working together with institutional investors with more than $142 trillion in assets, it aims to promote information disclosure and management of corporate environmental impact with the aim to deter climate change.
*2 Science Based Targets initiative: https://sciencebasedtargets.org/
The Science Based Targets initiative was established in 2015 by the United Nations Global Compact, CDP, World Resources Institute (WRI), and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to promote science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit the increase in global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
*3 Sustainable timber and wood products: https://sfc.jp/information/sustainability/social/supply-chain/distribution.html Certified timber and materials sourced from certified forests, wood from planted forests, and wood from natural forests where forest management and distribution can be assessed as sustainable (excluding wood from conversion forests), and recycled wood.
*4 As of December 2024. Includes forest areas managed by forestry funds.