Yakult Honsha | Sustainability Performance
Produces and markets probiotic beverages and related products.
1935
Japan
10,001+ employees
Food Production
$1B - 10B in revenue
$100M - 500M in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#2663
Overallⓘ#156
in Japanⓘ#86
in Food ProductionⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsExternalitiesGovernance
SDG ImpactFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Leading
Leading
Leading
Intensity
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)
Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)
Industry Benchmark
87.4
B/M 52.5
501.3
B/M 140.4
0.8
B/M 0.9
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Controversy level
- Yakult Honsha Co Ltd, Japanese major probiotic dairy (Yakult Lactobacillus casei Shirota), has faced multiple US/European class actions over alleged misleading marketing of probiotic health benefits at multiple US retail customer sites, plus periodic Japanese FSA enforcement scrutiny on inadequate disclosure of Asian probiotic customer demand changes affecting Japanese institutional shareholders.
