Environmental, Occupational Health, and Safety Management Policy
Release time:
2023-09-14
Article 1 Purpose
LiZhu Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. ("Our Company",together with its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as"the Group"or"we") is committed to"the mission of prioritizing patient quality of life"and focuses on providing high-quality products for life and health. Sound environmental, occupational health, and safety (“EHS”) management is an essential foundation for achieving this mission.
We adhere to the concept of sustainable development and uphold"the values of Life First, Safety First, Compliance with Laws and Regulations, and Environmental Protection"ofEHSand incorporateEHSthese considerations into corporate strategic decision-making. We are committed to continuously improving the performance of environmental, occupational health, and safety management, and we commit to setting targets for reducing environmental impact and occupational health and safety, as well as taking action to achieve those targets.
In order to clarify the overall principles, requirements, and management framework of the Group’s environmental, occupational health, and safety management, based on laws and regulations such as the "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Safety Production Law of the People's Republic of China," and the "Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China," as well as relevant internal rules and regulations, this Environmental, Occupational Health, and Safety Management Policy ("this Policy") is hereby established.
Article 2 Scope of Application
1This Policy covers all operating locations of the Group and applies to the Group, all its employees, and contract workers.
2This Policy covers the Group’s production, operation, and commercial facilities, products and services, distribution and logistics, waste management, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, and other aspects, and applies to the Group’s suppliers, service providers, contractors, and other major business partners.
Article 3 Organization and Responsibilities
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The Board of Directors of our company ("Board of Directors")’sESGCommittee (“ESGCommittee") |
●Determines this Policy and oversees the Group’s compliance with and implementation of this Policy. ●Determines the Group’sEHSmanagement targets and monitors the achievement of those targets. ●Determines the Group’sEHSManages the organizational structure and assigns responsibilities. ●Supervises the Group’sEHSperformance and determines the actions to be taken to improve performance. |
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The company’s Production Technology HeadquartersEHSDepartment |
●prepares this Policy and submits it to theESGCommittee for approval. ●Prepares the Group’sEHSmanagement objectives and submits them to theESGCommittee for approval. ●Guides and supervises the Group’s enterprises in the correct and comprehensive compliance with and implementation of this Policy. ●Based on this Policy as the general principle, develops relevant internal implementation rules and regulations and supervises their implementation. ●Manages the Group’sEHSrelated work (includingEHSthe achievement of management objectives), provides suggestions and guidance on actions to be taken to improveEHSperformance, and takes necessary corrective measures for identified problems in a timely manner. ●Regularly conducts reviews, audits, assessments, and data collection for the Group’s enterprises. |
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The General Managers of the Group’s enterprises |
●fully implement and execute this Policy, ensuring that the enterprise’s operations comply with the requirements of this Policy, and bears ultimate responsibility for the enterprise’sEHSmanagement. ●Completes the enterprise’sEHSmanagement objectives. ●Continuously improves the enterprise’sEHSperformance. ●Ensures that all employees and contract workers of the enterprise are familiar with and strictly comply with this Policy, internalEHSrelevant rules and regulations, and externalEHSrelevant laws and regulations. |
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The Group’s enterprises’EHSheads |
●implement and carry out specificEHStasks and report to the general manager of the enterprise. |
Article 4 Principles
1. Ensure that the Group fully complies with all applicable laws, regulations, international standards and regulations, voluntary programs and/or collective agreements related to environment, occupational health and safety, including the "Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China," the "Safety Production Law of the People’s Republic of China," and the "Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law of the People’s Republic of China," etc.EHSrelevant laws and regulations, as well as local ordinances and regulations in the operating locations of the Group’s enterprises.
2. Commitment to continuous improvement of occupational health and safety (“OHS”) management system performance, establishing"zero accidents and zero injuries"Set quantitative goals, establish work priorities and action plans, and implement them.
3. Commitment to continuous improvement of environmental performance and setting targets to reduce environmental impact, taking improvement actions to minimize the environmental impact of our business, including reducing carbon and waste emissions, improving energy and water resource utilization, and striving for carbon neutrality.
4. Commitment to not funding activities that deny climate change or lobbying activities that oppose climate regulations.
5. Commitment toProtecting biodiversity and not engaging in deforestation.
6. OHSThe formulation of policies and related systems should solicit opinions from employees and/or employee representatives.
7. To provide a healthy and safe working environment for the Group's employees, contract workers, and other personnel related to the Group's business, protecting them from potential health hazards and injuries.
8. Regularly and proactively disclose the Group'sEHSmanagement performance and accept supervision from investors and the public.
9. Take measures to improve the understanding of this policy and the Group's relatedEHSsystems and environmental impacts among employees, contract workers, contractors, suppliers and other internal and external stakeholders, and require them to strictly comply.
10. To provide employees withEHStraining and resource support to help them understand the environmental impact of their work activities and help improve theirEHSperformance.
11. During the formulation and implementation of environment-related policies, the opinions of external stakeholders, including but not limited to community organizations, environmental NGOs, industry experts, and local regulatory authorities, shall be fully consulted, so as to enhance the scientific rigor and inclusiveness of such policies and strengthen the effectiveness of external collaborative governance.
Article 5 Control Measures
(1) Occupational Health and Safety Control Measures
1Establish a sound safety production responsibility system, implement the responsibilities of personnel at all levels, and ensure that personnel at all levels are responsible for safety production work within their scope of responsibility.
2Establish a dual prevention mechanism for risk control and hazard investigation and governance, improve the risk prevention and resolution mechanism, improve safety production levels, and ensure safety production.
3IntegrateOHSrisk management and assessment into all business processes, develop effective action plans and priorities, and continuously improve the Group's risk management level.。
4Accident and emergency response: Develop emergency response plans andresponse mechanismsConduct regular training and emergencydrillsto strengthen the ability to respond to accidents and emergencies,minimize the impact.。
5、Establish a sound occupational disease prevention and control responsibility system, strengthen the management of occupational disease prevention and control,conduct investigations into work-related injuries、health problems, diseases and accidents and based on the investigationresultstakerelevantmeasures,improve the level of occupational disease prevention and control,to ensure the physical and mental health of employees.
6EstablishOHSan assessment mechanism, incorporatingOHSmanagement into performance appraisal, and continuously improving the Group'sOHSmanagement performance.
7Regularly hold employee representative meetings, encouraging all employees to participate in the Group'sOHSmanagement, listen to employee suggestions, continuously improve the Group'sOHSmanagement, and strengthen employeeOHSself-management awareness.
8Establish a soundOHSmanagement system and supporting documents, conduct regular audits, audits and internal audits to ensure compliance with the company's requirements and relevant laws, regulations and rules.
9Regularly conductOHSmanagement training to strengthen the Group'sOHSmanagement culture building.
(2) Environmental Management Control Measures
1Set targets for pollutant and waste reduction and incorporate them into performance appraisals, continuously strengthening the Group's environmental management efforts to reduce pollutant and waste emissions and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of production activities.
2Set targets for energy and water resource use and carbon emission reduction, and incorporate them into performance appraisals. Actively respond to the national overall goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, improve energy and water resource use efficiency through improvements in equipment, technology, and production processes, actively increase the proportion of renewable energy use, strengthen the construction and application of clean energy projects such as photovoltaics, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strive to achieve carbon neutrality.
3Governance from the source, optimize product structure, regularly review equipment and processes, and continuously practice green development.
4Actively carry outISO14001environmental management system certification, establish a sound Group environmental management system, comply with environmental laws, regulations and standards in the locations of the Group's enterprises, carry out environmental protection work strictly in accordance with relevant requirements, and encourage the Group's contractors, suppliers and other relevant parties to actively improve and implement effective environmental management systems.
5Continuously improve environmental management performance, establish a sound environmental management framework from top to bottom, break down tasks item by item, and implement responsibilities at all levels.
6Conduct internal and external environmental audits, covering: legal compliance, waste reduction, pollutant reduction, environmental management system improvement, energy saving and consumption reduction, water resource use, biodiversity protection, etc.
7Promote the Group's green and sustainable development through cooperation with external institutions such as universities and research institutions on environmental protection work.
8Regularly disclose the Group's environmental management information in accordance with relevant requirements and accept supervision from investors and the public.
9Regularly conduct ecological and environmental protection training for employees and implement an ecological and environmental protection responsibility system to clarify the ecological and environmental protection responsibilities of all levels of the Group.
10Continuously improve the environmental protection awareness of internal and external stakeholders such as employees, contract workers, suppliers, and contractors through ecological and environmental protection activities.
11. Protecting biodiversity. Key measures include:
(1) Strictly complying with laws and regulations related to biodiversity protection.
(2) Assessing the dependence and impact of its own business activities and value chain on natural resources, identifying and disclosing priority areas, continuously reducing the adverse impact of business activities on biodiversity, promoting the sustainable use of natural resources, and maintaining ecological balance.
(3) Applying the mitigation hierarchy approach, namely avoid, reduce, restore, and offset, and setting biodiversity-related targets for priority areas to achieve no net loss. Priority areas include its own operational sites, traditional Chinese medicine herb cultivation bases, and raw material origins assessed to have high dependence on or impact on biodiversity. Specifically:
Avoid: When carrying out business activities such as project and plant planning, avoid locations with important biodiversity and environmentally sensitive areas, consider alternatives, so as not to cause loss to local biodiversity, and ensure that biodiversity is comparable to that of the ecosystem before project or plant construction.
Reduce: Mitigate negative impacts on biodiversity, including direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts, through eco-friendly technologies and supporting measures.
Restore: If negative impacts have already occurred, take remedial measures to restore the damage caused.
Offset: Compensate for biodiversity damage that cannot be avoided, reduced, or restored, in order to offset any remaining adverse impacts.
(4) Commit to achieving a net positive impact (NPI) on biodiversity: stabilize the Group's value chain biodiversity impact by 2030, and achieve a net positive impact on biodiversity by 2050.
(5) Not use any animal or plant materials from species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) for product production, and verify raw materials provided by suppliers to ensure that they are not animal or plant materials from species listed in CITES.
(6) Cultivate respect for natural resources in all business operations, raise employee and supplier awareness of biodiversity protection, and continuously strengthen internal publicity and training on biodiversity protection.
12. Commit to ending all deforestation (no gross deforestation), and not offsetting newly added deforestation through future reforestation. Its own operations and corporate processes, including new, renovation, and expansion projects, and site selection and construction of plant areas and traditional Chinese medicine herb bases, have achieved and will continue to maintain zero deforestation, with 2025 as the baseline year; the supply chain, including traditional Chinese medicine herb cultivation and procurement, packaging paper, and wood-derived materials and other forest-risk procurement, is included in the same commitment, with 2030 as the planned year for full implementation. Suppliers that do not comply are required to rectify within a specified period, and cooperation may be suspended or terminated when necessary.
13. Incorporate incentive and supervision measures into the procurement process, give priority to suppliers with good environmental performance, integrate zero deforestation and biodiversity protection requirements into supplier access, evaluation, and contract terms, and promote supply chain partners to improve their environmental awareness and performance.
Article 6 Other
1This policy has beenESGreviewed and approved by the committee.ESGThe committee regularly reports to the board of directors on the implementation of this policy and provides suggestions for the board of directors' decision-making and supervision.
2、ESGThe committee has full authority to implement, supervise, and regularly review this policy.ESGThe committee is responsible for the interpretation and revision of this policy.
3Matters not covered in this policy shall be implemented in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and normative documents.
4This policy shall come into effect from the date of its promulgation.
Lizhu Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
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