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TÜV Rheinland

System

CSS-Corporate Sustainability Service

Alliance for Water Stewardship Assessment Report

as per

AWS Standard Version 1.0

For

Suntory Beer Limited, Kyushu Kumamoto Plant

478 Hachimansui, Kita-amagi, Kashima-machi,

Kamimashiki-gun, Kumamoto 861-3104 Japan

Prepared by: TUV Rheinland

Cert. Number: AWS-010-INT-CAB-0007-00015-0119

Version: 1.0

Date: 12th November. 2019

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Contents

1. Client and Certification Details

2. Executive Summary

3. Scope of Assessment

4. Description of the Catchment

5. Summary of shared Water Challenges

6. Indicator Checklist

Major Non-conformities

Minor Non-conformities

Observations

7. Summary of the Assessment

8. Conclusion and Recommendation

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Client and Certification Details:

Client Name: Suntory Beer Limited, Kyushu Kumamoto Plant

Audit location:

478 Hachimansui, Kita-amagi, Kashima-machi, Kamimashiki-gun,

Kumamoto 861-3104 Japan

Country: Japan

Activities/Processes: Beverage (Beer, Soft drink, Water etc.) manufacturing

Contact person: Mr. Kazuhiro Ohtake

Contact email: [email protected]

Company website: https://www.suntory.com/index.html

AWS Reference

Number: AWS-010-INT-CAB-0007-00015-0119

Type of audit: Certification audit

Audit date(s): 6-7th November 2019

Audit Standard: AWS Core

Audit Team

Lead Auditor: Ian Jiang

Auditor: Hiroyuki Arie

Technical Expert: Tsutomu Nagata

Proposed date of next

audit: 5-6th November 2020

Audit report

completed by: Ian Jiang

Contact email: [email protected]

https://www.suntory.com/index.html

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Executive Summary

The scope of service covers the conformity assessment of water management and usage for

Suntory Beer Limited, Kyushu Kumamoto Plant. The assessment completed in compliance with

the AWS Standard Version 1.0 dated on July 2015.

Suntory Beer Limited Kyushu Kumamoto Plant is a beverage manufacturer, producing a variety

of products under the brand of Suntory. The products include beer, soft drink, tea, coffee and

mineral water etc. The premises occupied about 400,000 square meters and has about 300

employees. The annual production capacity is about 275,000 m3.

The production process for beer is boiling-filtration-fermentation-bottling-packing-shipping, for

other product, the process is flavor mixing-bottling-packing-shipping.

It located at the 478 Hachimansui, Kita-amagi, Kashima-machi, Kamimashiki-gun, Kumamoto

861-3104 Japan. The plant is in an industrial park with several factories around. A few miles

away the plant is a number of farming land. The site only uses groundwater for production and

domestic usage. The wastewater is treated by the onsite wastewater treatment plant, and then

discharged to the local river.

During the audit, two external stakeholders were interviewed via phone. One is a professor from

the Kumamoto University, and the other is an officer from Kumamoto prefecture. Both work

closely with the plant and have frequently communication. They expressed their concerns and

expectations during interview, and appreciated the contribution done by Suntory’s water

conservation initiatives.

The audit was conducted against V1.0. A gap analysis was conducted to enable the site to

understand what is required to compliant with V2.0 at the next surveillance audit.

Findings summary:

There was nil non-conformity raised in this audit, and six observations were identified.

Certification level: Core

After thorough evaluation, in compliance with the AWS Certification Requirement v1.0 TUV

Rheinland auditor team would recommend to reward The Suntory Beer Limited Kyushu

Kumamoto Plant AWS Core Certified status. Surveillance audit should be conducted on an

annual basis.

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Scope of Assessment

Client factories main products beer, soft drink, bottled water

Client factories production

processes

Beer: boiling-filtration-fermentation-bottling-packing-

shipping

Other product: flavor mixing-bottling-packing-shipping.

Assessment preparations activities

include: Document review, stakeholder comments collecting

Assessment on-site activities

includes:

Document review, management interview, employee

interview, onsite tour

Assessment follow-up activities

includes (in any): Nil

Description of the Catchment

“Suntory Natural Water Sanctuary “Aso” and Kumamoto Catchment”

The plant only uses groundwater as the water source. Based on the research, the groundwater

is mainly forming in the Aso Volcano area, which covering the central area of Kumamoto. The

total groundwater area is about 400 square kilometers.

The wastewater is treated by the onsite treatment plant, and then discharged into a small river

called Amamizu river. The Amamizu river flows toward west, after merging with several rivers, it

reaches a major river, the Kase river. The Kase river finally flows into the Ariake sea which is

about 20km away from the plant, with about 600 million cubic meters flow annually. The plant

defined the catchment area in the conflux point of the Kase river, making the downstream area

about 50 square kilometers.

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Photo 1 Geographical description and map of the catchment.

The area within the red circle is the groundwater forming area, and the blue dot is the plant.

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Photo 2: Geographical description and map of the catchment.

The red dot is the plant, and the cyan line is the local river system, at the end the Kase river.

Photo 3: The local Creek Photo 4：The water meter

Stakeholder engagement and Share water challenges

Stakeholders are listed as: 1) Employee, 2) HQ and parent company, 3) Onsite supplier employee, 4)

Local community, 5) Farmer, 6) Neighborhood fishery association, 7) Academics, 8) Local government

and authority, and 9) Neighborhood factory and industrial association. Its corresponding engagement is:

1) Education subject to employment and w ater, 2) Communication through daily routine w ork, 3) Annual

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share meeting of the site report, and site tour for local resident, 4) Coordinator of the research,

groundw ater and biodiversity conservation plan consultation, 5) Report and opinion exchange through

municipal environmental monitoring committee, and 6) Other routine communication.

“Evaluation on environmental contribution by company contracted national forest” is notif ied every year

from forestry agency.

The plant has identified general shared water challenges in the catchment which had been

communicated with the stakeholders, which will be demonstrated in the below table.

Water-

related

challenges

Initiatives by related

public institutions

Relevance

for

stakeholders

Relevance

for site

Priority Reason for

priority

Depletion of

groundw ater

and

freshw ater

resources

Kumamoto Prefecture

Environmental Department

(Land of Water Kumamoto

http://mizukuni.pref.kumam

oto.jp/Default.aspx) has a

regulation about the

amount of extraction w ater

and keeps monitoring.

Domestic use

w ater is

important as

the agriculture

use.

It is an

indispensabl

e resource

for product

production

1 Sustainable

use of

groundw ater

resources is

in line w ith

the interests

of the factory

and all its

stakeholders

.

Water

pollution of

the Amamizu

River by

drainage

Kumamoto Prefecture

Environmental Department

(http://mizukuni.pref.kuma

moto.jp/Default.aspx)

describes the w ater quality

measurement results and

keeps monitoring. Our

efforts are as follow s.

・ Measurement of

w astew ater quality

regulations (pH, BOD, SS,

coliforms) as per law s and

agreements

Domestic use

w ater is

important as

the agriculture

use.

Operation

may not be

possible due

to

administrativ

e sanctions

w hen

w astew ater

exceeds

regulatory

values

2 The factory

is conducting

advanced

w astew ater

treatment

(drainage

treatment

system), and

it is dealing

w ith vehicle

oil leaks w ith

regard to

rainw ater

(rainw ater

system),

w hich may

contaminate

the Amamizu

River.

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Indicators Checklists

Per requirements set from the AWS certification requirements v1.0, below is a checklist of all

the CORE AWS indicators. The documents reviewed/ processes reviewed are also indicated.

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STEP Criteria/ Indicators Documents/Process reviewed

COMMIT

1.1 Establish a leadership commitment on w ater stew ardship:

1.1.1 Signed and publicly disclosed statement that

explicitly covers all requirements

Top management commitment on

AWS w as observed in "AWS

commitment by Suntory Beer Kyushu

Kumamoto Plant " dated Oct 1st,

2019 w ith sign by plant manager

(Senior-most manager) and contents

included all AWS requirements.

Other :

1.2 Develop a w ater stew ardship policy:

1.2.1 Publicly available policy that meets all

requirements

Suntory group "Water policy" w as

formulated in Jan. 2017, w hich

features 4 concepts as 1. know ing

w ater environment, 2.use w ater as

valued asset, 3. protect w ater source,

4. cooperate w ith local society.

Other :

GATHER &

UNDERSTAND

2.1 Define the physical scope:

2.1.1 Documentation or map of the site’s boundaries

2.1.2 Names and location of w ater sources, including

both w ater service provider (if applicable) and ultimate

source w ater

2.1.3 Names and location of eff luent discharge points,

including both w ater service provider (if applicable) and

ultimate receiving w ater body

2.1.4 Geographical description or map of the

catchment(s)

Documentation/map of the site’s

boundaries. The map and layout of

w ater supply and discharge are

provided.

Names and location of w ater sources

defined, and geographical description

is clear.

Names and location of eff luent

discharge points w ere permitted and

follow ed.

The map of the catchment and

geographical description is provided.

Other :

One observation is raised : It is

recommended to include the further

dow nstream area, the Midori river, in

the catchment mapping. Hence, to

better evaluate the impact from/to

this area.

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2.2 Identify stakeholders, their w ater-related challenges and

the site’s sphere of Influence:

2.2.1 List of stakeholders, descriptions of prior

engagements and summaries of their w ater-related

challenges

2.2.2 Description of the site’s sphere of influence

List of stakeholders w as defined, and

their influence and interest w ere

evaluated as w ell.

Water-related challenges w ere

collected and evaluated. The main

challenges are the Water pollution

and w ater resource degradation,

w hich maybe affect the production

and reputation lost.

One observation is raised:

For the nearby stakeholder, for

example, the local resident and

farmer try to collect their opinion in

w ritten form to better support the

share-w ater challenges identif ication.

In the stakeholder list, the customer

and the NGO are not included, the

plant provide an explanation that w hy

they are not included.

Remark: The plant explained that the

customer is the individual consumer,

so it is diff icult to obtain the opinion

and evaluate the influence. The local

NGO is not concerned about the

w ater issue currently, w hich is

confirmed by the expert. Therefore,

after the internal discussion, these

tw o stakeholders are not listed.

Other:

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2.3 Gather w ater-related data for the catchment:

2.3.1 List of relevant aspects of catchment plan(s),

signif icant publicly led initiatives and/or relevant w ater-

related public policy goals for the site

2.3.2 List, and description of relevance, of all applicable

w ater-related legal and regulatory requirements,

including legally defined and customary w ater rights

and w ater-use rights

2.3.3 Catchment w ater balance by temporally relevant

time unit and commentary on future supply and demand

trends

2.3.4 Appropriate and credibly measured data to

represent the physical, chemical and biological status of

the site’s w ater source(s) by temporally relevant time

unit, and commentary on any anticipated future

changes in w ater quality

2.3.5 Documentation identifying Important Water-

Related Areas, including a description of their current

status and commentary on future trends

2.3.6 Existing, publicly available reports or plans that

assess w ater-related infrastructure, preferably w ith

content exploring current and projected suff iciency to

meet the needs of w ater uses in the catchment, and

exposure to extreme events

List of "governmental plan relevant to

the site" w as observed. It reads in 3

categories as 1.catchment plan,

2.signif icant public led initiative

relevant to the site, 3.public political

Objective relevant to the site.

List of "legal requirement to the site"

is observed. It includes all applicable

w ater-related legal and regulatory

requirements, legally defined and

customary w ater rights and w ater-use

rights.

"Catchment w ater balance and

change of future supply/ demand"

w as observed. It comments that the

amount of inflow by precipitation is

1,980 million m3/y w hile outf low is

about 1942 million m3/y, according to

statistics during 1990-2006 measured

by Kumamoto city. Potential factors of

supply/ demand are expected to be

changed depend on land usage.

Recent trend leads decrease of

groundw ater due to land

development by pavement.

Kumamoto city enforced w ater

conservation law s in w hich

authorized entity has to conserve

w ater as much as the one uses. Also,

Kumamoto groundw ater foundation

and Kumamoto city conserve

groundw ater by creating more paddy

f ield. By such effort, w ater balance is

going to maintain in good.

"Status of physical, chemical,

biological on-site w ater sources " is

observed. Data is measured by real

time monitoring system w here PH,

electric conductivity, and other

indices show ed. It comments that

data has been stable on pH,

hardness, TOC (Total Organic

Carbon), total Nitrogen, total

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phosphorous, therefore w ater source

can be used as stable unless

signif icant natural disaster occurs like

earthquake in 2016.

"Important w ater related area" is

specif ied in document w hich

describes:

1. scope is 420ha called "natural w ater

forest ASO" located w ithin upper

stream of the site and 11ha located in

Mashiki-machi Tsumori called "Winter

paddy f ield". It’s a methodology to

increase underground w ater w here

dried paddy f ield hold w ater during

w inter to make its w ater seep into

underground and it repeats again and

again to enrich the underground

w ater.

2. reason is this area is important for all

stakeholder in terms of environmental

and economic value,

3. current status is that the site is doing

forest management activity in order

to improve w ater capacity such as

thinning of w ood, w ater holding in

rice paddle f ield in w inter and organic

agriculture implementation for natural

resource diversif ication. It's confirmed

that forest management activity and

w ater holding in rice paddle f ield in

w inter is going to be proceeded to

create w ater conservation function

using GETFLOWS for further action

on sustainability.

Existing publicly available plans in

"governmental plan relevant to the

site" is observed. It refers local

decrees "groundw ater management

and w ater conservation requirement".

Those are exploring current and

projected suff iciently to meet the

needs of w ater use and exposure to

extreme events.

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Other :

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2.4 Gather w ater-related data for the site:

2.4.1 Copies of existing w ater stew ardship and incident

response plans

2.4.2 Site w ater balance (in Mm3 or m3) by temporally

relevant time unit and w ater-use intensity metric (Mm3

or m3 per unit of production or service)

2.4.3 Appropriate and credibly measured data to

represent the physical, chemical and biological status of

the site’s direct and outsourced w ater eff luent by

temporally relevant time unit, and possible pollution

sources (if noted)

2.4.4 Inventory of all material w ater-related chemicals

used or stored on-site that are possible causes of w ater

pollution

2.4.5 Documentation identifying existing, or historic,

onsite Important Water-Related Areas, including a

description of their status

2.4.6 List of annual w ater-related costs, revenues and

description/quantif ication of social, environmental or

economic value generated by the site to the catchment

Existing w ater stew ard plan and

"emergency response SOP on

chemical leakage in to discharge

w ater treatment facility 4181-01-003"

is observed. It defines plan and

reporting f low / response f low.

"Water balance relevant to production

unit during Jan - Dec 2018" is

observed, show ing that 1.the site

used 1.48mil m3/y groundw ater,2.the

site discharged 0.92 mil m3/y to river.

3.the site discharged 0.32 mil m3/y

from pre-purif ication process. 4.the

site uses 0.23 for products.

"Status of physical, chemical,

biological on site's direct w ater in

w hich evaluated discharge w ater

treatment data and outsourced w ater

quality inspection result" is observed.

Data is measured by real time

monitoring system w here pH, electric

conductivity, and other indices

show ed. It comments that data has

been stable on pH, BOD, COD, SS,

Coli form, total Nitrogen, total

phosphorus therefore w ater source

can be used as stable unless

signif icant natural disaster occurs

w hich may incur possible pollution

sources. Outsourced w ater quality

inspection w as done by Nodaichi-

denshi dated Apr17, 2019 w hose

purpose is to verify credibility of the

site internal inspection. There w as no

outsourced w ater eff luent.

"List of w ater-related chemical

substances" is observed.

No on-site important w ater related

area is observed.

List of "cost, revenues and shared

values on the site to catchment" is

observed. It reads 1.f inancial data,

2.shared value as economically

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w hich created approx.250 w ork

employee in local and draw n 80K

guests for Kumamoto plant tour,

produced 68K w ater bottle product,

appeal Kumamoto brand, cooperate

inviting entities from outside

Kumamoto, and as socially w hich

made commitment on emergency

w ater supply. In fact, 20K w ater bottle

and 210K w ater bottle w ere supplied

by Kumamoto plant and Suntory

group in 2016 earthquake. In

addition, carried out recovery support

activity after earthquake 2016, 300mil

JPY fund given to its recovery

project. Environmentally the site

made double amount of w ater

conservation vs 2017, 1.35 mil m3/y

groundw ater intake, 1.38 mil m3

Groundw ater conservation "Natural

w ater forest ASO" and 1.35 mil m3

groundw ater conservation "w ater

holding in rice paddle f ield in w inter".

Other :

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2.5 Improve the site’s understanding of its indirect w ater use:

2.5.1 List of primary inputs w ith their associated

embedded annual (or better) w ater use and (w here

know n) their country/region/or catchment of origin w ith

its level of w ater stress

2.5.2 List of outsourced services that consume w ater or

affect w ater quality and both (A) estimated annual (or

better) w ater w ithdraw als listed by outsourced services

(Mm3 or m3) and (B) appropriate and credibly

measured data to represent the physical, chemical and

biological status of the outsourced annual (or better)

w ater eff luent

List of "primary raw material,

packaging material and w ater amount

used for its production" is observed.

Water amount for raw

material(primary imputes) is 28.3 mil

m3 w here coffee bean and extract

shares 45% follow ed by 16% of

sugar then starch, alcohol, tea, milk,

fruit, additives entails. In such indirect

w ater used country, Central/South

America 12 mil m3, North America

5.9 mil m3, Japan 5.6 mil m3, then

Asia, Africa, Oceania, EU follow s.it

comes from Asia 43% as majority

among north America, Japan,

south/central America, Oceania.

List of "outsourced services that

consume w ater" is observed. There

are 3 services 1.w ater quality

analysis by Nodaichi-denshi using

68.4L/y, discharge w ater quality

analysis 0.3 m3/y, septic tank

hygiene analysis zero m3/y.

Other :

2.6 Understand shared w ater-related challenges in the

catchment:

2.6.1 Prioritized and justif ied list of shared w ater

challenges that also considers drivers and notes related

to public-sector agency efforts

List of shared w ater challenges w as

defined.

Other :

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2.7 Understand and prioritize the site’s w ater risks and

opportunities:

2.7.1 Prioritized list of w ater risks facing the site, noting

severity of impact and likelihood w ithin a given time

frame

2.7.2 Prioritized list of w ater-related opportunities for

the site

2.7.3 Estimate of potential savings/value creation

List of w ater risks facing the site w as

defined.

List of "prioritized w ater opportunities

on the site" is observed. It reads that

opportunity is credibility improvement

for the site, safer security for

groundw ater resources, etc.

"Estimate of potential savings/ value

creation" is observed. Refer to 2.4.6.

One observation is raised: Prioritized

list is provided; how ever, risk matrix

of severity of impact and likelihood is

not made by clear criteria thus some

risks are remained untouched w hile

impact of remained risks are

considered not a big.

PLAN

3.1 Develop a system that promotes and evaluates w ater-

related legal compliance:

3.1.1 Documented description of system, including the

processes to evaluate compliance and the names of

those responsible and accountable for legal compliance

List of "environmental legal

requirement & monitoring result

dated Feb 25, 2019" is observed. It

reads 1.environmental aspect, 2.legal

requirement, 3.description, 4.person

in charge, 5.To do list, 6.yearly plan

and monthly record for compliance

and special notes. The system is

properly running to evaluate

compliance and specif ied responsible

and accountable for legal

compliance.

Other:

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3.2 Create a site w ater stew ardship strategy and plan:

3.2.1 Available w ater stew ardship strategy

3.2.2 Available plan that meets all component

requirements and addresses site risks, opportunities

and stakeholder shared w ater challenges

Chart of "the site's w ater stew ardship

strategy and plan" is observed. It

reads as strategy 1.facilitate creation

for sustainable w ater forest,

2.reduction for w ater use. Also, it

reads as plan 1.purpose, 2.target,

3.KPI, 4.action, 5.cost/benefit,

6.risk/opportunity/outcome/theme,

7.AWS related article, 8.responsible

person, 9.date to start, 10 date to

complete. Purpose lists 3 category

1.groundw ater capacity

management, 2.w ater conservation,

3.discharge w ater control. Other

subjects are properly deployed

according to purpose.

All requirements have been met in the

w ater stew ardship plan.

Other :

3.3 Demonstrate responsiveness and resilience to w ater-

related risks into the site’s incident response plan:

3.3.1 A description of the site’s efforts to be responsive

and resilient to w ater-related issues and/or risks in an

appropriate plan

The emergency respond plan

including different scenarios is

established, and the routine drilling is

conducted.

Other:

One observation is raised:

Effectiveness evaluation of

emergency response training on

chemical leak w as not effectively

implemented. Its effectiveness

evaluation w as done right after

training by only communicating if

participants understand.

Understanding itself is not able to say

effective.

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3.4 Notify the relevant (catchment) authority of the site’s

w ater stew ardship plans:

3.4.1 Documented evidence of communicating the

site’s plan to the relevant catchment authority/agency

"Commentary document about

reporting to Kumamoto pref.

environmental promotion div. " is

observed. It reads the site explained

AWS activity on Aug 22nd, 2019 and

acknow ledged by public off icer

Mr.Kiyofuji catchment authority.

Other :

IMPLEMENT

4.1 Comply w ith w ater-related legal and regulatory

requirements:

4.1.1 Documentation demonstrating compliance

4.1.2 (Catchments w ith stakeholders w ho have an

unmet human right to safe drinking w ater and

sanitation) Documentation of efforts to w ork w ith

relevant public sector agencies to fulf il human right to

safe drinking w ater and sanitation.

The applicable law s and regulations

w ere collected. Based on research,

no violation happened in the past

three years.

Other :

4.2 Maintain or improve site w ater balance:

4.2.1 Measurement-based evidence show ing that

targets have been met

4.2.2 (Water scarce catchments only) Evidence of

continual decrease or best practice

4.2.3 (Sites w ishing to increase w ithdraw als in w ater

scarce catchments only) Evidence of no net increase in

w ater scarcity

It's confirmed to have met a w ater

balance target on site. Also, w ater

reduction target w as met by show ing

w ater consumption ratio i.e. w ater

amount used in process vs amount

used in total production.

One observation is raised: It doesn't

clearly show that target has been

met. Measurement based evidence

w as there, but it show s only target of

w ater-saving per unit not w ater

balance on w hole.

Other :

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4.3 Maintain or improve site w ater quality:

4.3.1 Measurement-based evidence show ing that

targets have been met

4.3.2 (Water quality-stressed catchments only)

Evidence of continual improvement or best practice

4.3.3 (Sites w ishing to increase eff luent levels of w ater

quality parameters of concern in w ater quality-stressed

catchments only) Evidence of no net degradation in

w ater quality in the catchment

"measurement-based evidence" is

observed. It reads 1.site's w ater

quality w hich is verif ied to hit the

target by external w ater inspection

service provider w ith inspection result

dated Apr 23rd, 2019, 2.The site

controls w ater use not cause overall

increase in catchment. 3.The site set

a target to keep compliant on

discharge w ater criteria w ith

Kumamoto pref. and it meets the

target.

Other :

4.4 Maintain or improve the status of the site’s Important

Water-Related Areas:

4.4.1 Documented evidence show ing that targets have

been met

4.4.2 (Degraded Important Water-Related Area

catchments only) Evidence of continual improvement or

best practice

NA(No site’s Important Water-Related

Areas)

Other :

4.5 Participate positively in catchment governance:

4.5.1 Documented evidence of the site’s ongoing efforts

to contribute to good catchment governance

4.5.2 (Weak w ater governance catchments only)

Evidence of continual improvement or best practice

Narrative document of "opening

school for forest and w ater" in w hich

facilitated aw areness of the site's

environmental activity w ith ASO

region. 40 participants are there in

regular basis and it counts 372 times

opened w ith 13,126 participants

during 2004-2019. Kyushu "river"

w orkshop has been yearly

implemented w ith 200 participant/

time collaborating government.

Other:

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4.6 Maintain or improve indirect w ater use w ithin the

catchment:

4.6.1 List of suppliers and service providers, along w ith

the actions they have taken as a result of the site’s

engagement relating to indirect w ater use

List of "suppliers and engagement

carried along w ith actions taken by

suppliers for reduction of w ater use"

is observed. 44 raw material

suppliers and 19 packaging material

suppliers are listed. Suntory

environmental policy w as

communicated in 2016 and supplier

guideline in 2017 follow ing by

questionnaire to encourage

aw areness. All suppliers had taken

some actions such as setting target

for indirect w ater use, review ing

environmental PDCA effectiveness,

initiated to get ISO14000 certif ied.

Other :

4.7 Provide access to safe drinking w ater, adequate

sanitation and hygiene aw areness (WASH) for w orkers on-

site:

4.7.1 List of actions taken to provide w orkers access to

safe w ater, effective sanitation and protective hygiene

(WASH) on-site

List of "safe drinking w ater, effective

sanitation control, and preventive

hygiene control" is observed. Water

is inspected by external inspection

service provider every year and

hygiene education including virus,

food poisoning is provided in timely

manner and sanitation such as

w ashing hand is encouraged

throughout year.

Other :

4.8 Notify the ow ners of shared w ater-related infrastructure of

any concerns:

4.8.1 List of individuals contacted, and key messages

relayed

Ow ners of shared w ater-related

infrastructure is Kumamoto pref. and

concerns are communicated through

timely visit and Kumamoto ground

w ater foundation. There is no

individual list but list of authorities like

Kumamoto pref., Kumamoto city,

Kashima tow n as entity to be

contacted. Key message is reported

in Stakeholder dialogue.

Other :

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EVALUATE

5.1 Evaluate the site’s w ater stew ardship performance, risks

and benefits in the catchment context:

5.1.1 Post-implementation data and narrative

discussion of performance and context (including w ater

risk)

5.1.2 Total amount of w ater-related costs, cost savings

and value creation for the site based upon the actions

outlined in 3.2 (draw n from data gathered in 2.4.6)

5.1.3 Updated data for indicator 2.4.7 on catchment

shared value creation based upon the actions outlined

in 3.2

The site introduced the AWS at the

Apr. of 2019, compared the

performance betw een year 2018 and

Jan. to Oct. of year 2019, both the

w ater consumption for unit product

w as reduced.

Other :

5.2 Evaluate w ater-related emergency incidents and extreme

events:

5.2.1 Documented evidence (e.g., annual review and

proposed measures)

The emergency respond plan w as

established and the site conducted

the drill annually.

Other :

5.3 Consult stakeholders on w ater-related performance:

5.3.1 Commentary by the identif ied stakeholders

Tw o w ritten comments from the

stakeholders are provided.①

Professor from Kumamoto University

as of 25th Oct. 2019 : Suntory w orked

w ith University and other associated

to understand the groundw ater f low

and implemented conservation of this

area. ②A chief off icer Kumamoto

Environmental Bureau as of 30th Oct,

2019: The off icer praised Suntory's

contribution to groundw ater

conservation by multiple initiatives.

Other :

5.4 Update w ater stew ardship and incident response plans:

5.4.1 Modif ications to w ater stew ardship and incident

response plans incorporating relevant information

NA, the site has adopted the AWS

only for half of the year.

Other :

COMMUNICATE

& DISCLOSE

6.1 Disclose w ater-related internal governance:

6.1.1 Disclosed and publicly available summary of

governance at the site, including those accountable for

compliance w ith w ater-related law s and regulations

The site provided a contact in the site

AWS report, the public can request

the w ater-related governance and

organization chart via this contact.

Other :

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6.2 Disclose annual site w ater stew ardship performance:

6.2.1 Disclosed summary of site’s w ater stew ardship

results

The site has disclosed the shared

w ater challenges and the relevant

approaches to respond these

challenges.

One observation is raised: It is

recommended to list some detail

activities or actions (f low process

improvement/testing w ater saving

approach) in the annual disclosed

site report.

Other :

6.3 Disclose efforts to address shared w ater challenges:

6.3.1 Disclosed and publicly available description of

shared challenges and summary of actions taken to

engage stakeholders (including public-sector agencies)

The site has disclosed the shared

w ater challenges and the relevant

approaches to respond these

challenges.

Other :

6.4 Drive transparency in w ater-related compliance:

6.4.1 Available list of w ater-related compliance

violations w ith corresponding corrective actions

No violation has been identif ied via

the internet research and stakeholder

engagement.

Other :

6.5 Increase aw areness of w ater issues w ithin the site:

6.5.1 Record of aw areness efforts (dates and

communication) and, if possible, level of aw areness

The site has implemented some

actions to raise the internal

aw areness of w ater issues, such as

training and online e-learning.

Other :

Assessment Non-conformities:

Major and Minor Non-conformities:

- No Major or Minor Non-conformity has been raised during the audit.

Observations:

NO. Description of Observation Client’s response and

Documentation provided

Auditors’

assessment

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1

It is recommended to include the further dow nstream area, the Midori

river in the catchment mapping. Hence, to better evaluate the impact

from/to this area.

2

For the nearby stakeholder, for example, the local resident and

farmer, try to collect their opinion in w ritten form to better support the

share-w ater challenges identif ication.

In the stakeholder list, the customer and the NGO are not included,

the plant provide an explanation that w hy they are not included.

Remark: The plant explained that the customer is the individual

consumer, so it is diff icult to obtain the opinion and evaluate the

influence. The local NGO is not concerned about the w ater issue

currently, w hich is confirmed by the expert. Therefore, after the

internal discussion, these tw o stakeholders are not listed.

3

It is recommended to list some detail activities or actions (f low

process improvement/testing w ater saving approach) in the annual

disclosed site report.

4 Prioritized list is there how ever, risk matrix of severity of impact and

likelihood is not made by clear criteria.

5

Effectiveness evaluation of emergency response training on chemical

leak w as not effectively implemented. Its effectiveness evaluation

w as done right after training by only communicating if participants

understand. Understanding itself is not able to say effective.

6

It doesn't clearly show that target has been met. Measurement based

evidence w as there, but it show s only target of w ater-saving per unit

not w ater balance on w hole.

Gap analysis between V2.0 and V1.0

The audit was conducted against V1.0. During onsite assessment, a gap analysis was

conducted to enable the site to understand what is required to compliant with V2.0 at the next

surveillance audit.

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Summary of the Assessment

In assessment of the water stewardship performance of the Suntory Beer Limited, Kyushu

Kumamoto Plant, it is apparent that the sites put considerable effort to adopt the AWS standard

into the management system.

Nil non-conformity was identified in this audit.

Six observations were issued during this audit, auditors have pointed out the areas that to be

considered for improvement in the following implementation, however, no action is demanded

during the audit cycle.

All evidences provided to TUV Rheinland to address the non-conformity was reviewed and

evaluated to ensure the compliance to the AWS standard. All actions were accepted as sufficient

to close the non-conformity.

In conclusion, The Suntory Beer Limited, Kyushu Kumamoto Plant met the AWS standard- Core

Level.

Conclusion and Recommendation

With the satisfactory evidence reviewed during the audit at Suntory Beer Limited, Kyushu

Kumamoto Plant , 478 Hachimansui, Kita-amagi, Kashima-machi, Kamimashiki-gun,

Kumamoto 861-3104 Japan , TUV Rheinland recommend the status of the AWS Core

Certified Status can be maintain with a surveillance audit interval of annual frequency.