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Initiatives for Biodiversity Conservation

Recognizing the importance of the ecosystem services provided by biodiversity and the impact of our business activities on biodiversity, The CITIZEN Group has established The CITIZEN Group Biodiversity Vision and is working together with local communities to conserve biodiversity.

The CITIZEN Group Biodiversity Vision (Revised in April 2020)

Basic Policy

Recognizing that our business activities benefit from and have an impact on ecosystem services, The CITIZEN Group is united in its efforts to conserve biodiversity in order to contribute to a sustainable civil society where people and nature can live in harmony and peace of mind.

Priority Policy
  1. We will provide attractive environmentally friendly products and services that inspire people to respect and live in harmony with nature.
  2. We will promote the greening of business premises in consideration of biodiversity.
  3. We will actively disclose information on our environmental initiatives and deepen communication with society regarding biodiversity.
  4. We will promote environmental and biodiversity conservation activities in local communities.
  5. We will provide education on ecosystem services to all employees to deepen their understanding of biodiversity conservation.

Promoting Activities to Preserve Biodiversity

Based on the Group’s Biodiversity Vision, The CITIZEN Group continues to resolve issues related to biodiversity and conduct conservation activities in the regions where it operates.

In 2020, CITIZEN WATCH initiated the Eco Tree ACTION program, wherein customers opting out of receiving a box for their purchased CITIZEN brand watch have a mangrove seedling donated through NICE, an international NGO. Additionally, since the same year, CITIZEN WATCH has been replacing printed paper user manuals in nine languages with digital ones. This effort has resulted in an annual reduction of 20 tons of CO2 emissions (equivalent to the yearly carbon absorption of 1,400 cedar trees) and a saving of 37 tons of paper (equivalent to the volume of 3.7 buses).

CITIZEN WATCH also endorses the Ministry of the Environment’s 30by30 Alliance, which aims to conserve at least 30% of Japan’s land and sea areas as natural environmental areas by 2030, and it has been a member of this alliance since FY2023.

The CITIZEN Group has declared its support for the disclosure recommendations issued in September 2023 by the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and the Group also registered as a TNFD Adopter in April 2025.
Rooted in the essence of The CITIZEN Group Biodiversity Vision, we acknowledge the intrinsic significance of ecosystem services derived from biodiversity, as well as the influence our business undertakings exert on biodiversity. In this pursuit, we are resolute in collaborating with local communities to safeguard and conserve biodiversity.
Going forward, we will identify, examine, and assess our impacts and dependence on nature and biodiversity, as well as nature- and biodiversity-related risks and opportunities, and disclose the information in line with the TNFD recommendations.

  • * TNFD: An international initiative, launched in 2021 following the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), to establish a non-financial disclosure framework. The TNFD aims to restore biodiversity by creating a framework that encourages companies to disclose information on risks and opportunities related to the natural environment and biodiversity and by supporting a shift in global financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes.

[Case Study] Eco Tree ACTION Program to Turn a Watch Box into a Mangrove

CITIZEN WATCH

Starting on November 1, 2020, CITIZEN WATCH has been implementing the Eco Tree ACTION program, in which a mangrove* seedling is donated through NICE, an international NGO, if a customer opts out of receiving a box that otherwise would come with a CITIZEN brand watch they purchase.

Under this program, in FY2024, approximately 20,000 watch boxes turned into the same number of seedlings donated, which can offset approximately 2.0 tons of CO2 emissions (equivalent to the annual CO2 absorption of about 140 cedar trees).

Mangroves absorb a large amount of CO2 from the atmosphere and contribute to the prevention of global warming, which is considered a factor in climate change. The planting of mangroves helps protect not only the diversity of species living in brackish water but also the livelihoods of people living in coastal areas.

  • * Plants that grow in brackish water areas, where seawater and freshwater are mixed, are collectively called "mangroves."
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[Case Study] Use of FSC®-certified Paper in Consideration of Forests and Local Communities

CITIZEN WATCH

CITIZEN WATCH is promoting the use of FSC®*-certified paper for boxes and attachments for watches, as well as pamphlets and other promotional materials, to avoid being involved in illegal logging of forests and environmental destruction.

FSC® certification is a mechanism for visibly delivering to consumers products made from lumber harvested from properly managed forests, recycled resources, and other properly managed raw materials, thereby enabling consumers to support responsible forest management. Unfortunately, some of the lumber available on the market includes illegally harvested lumber and over-cut lumber from poorly managed plantation forests. Choosing FSC® certified products means supporting foresters and communities that manage their forests properly, leading to the conservation of forests throughout the world.

We will always remain keenly aware of our responsibility to appropriately use precious forest resources in order to pass on the richness of forests to the next generation.

  • * FSC®: Forest Stewardship Council®; FSC® N002484
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[Case Study] Conservation Activities for Endangered Species at Our Business Sites

CITIZEN FINEDEVICE / CITIZEN MACHINERY / CITIZEN WATCH MANUFACTURING

The site of CITIZEN FINEDEVICE’s Kitamimaki Works (Tomi City, Nagano Prefecture) includes a habitat for the orurishijimi (Shijimiaeoides divinus; a kind of blue), which is listed as an endangered species. The works is therefore a member of the Group for Orurishijimi Conservation, formed by the local community, and since 2003 its staff have participated in the group’s habitat conservation activities, including planting clara (Sophora flavescens) bean plants, on which the butterflies feed, and controlling insect pests.
They also help local community members deepen their understanding of conservation activities by sponsoring family observation events held on the premises.
In October 2024, the CITIZEN FINEDEVICE Kitamimaki Works site was certified as an OECM site (site conserved through "other effective area-based conservation measures") by the Ministry of the Environment.

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Taking photos of Shijimiaeoides divinus butterflies alighting on clara plants, on which they feed
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Shijimiaeoides divinus

Moreover, CITIZEN MACHINERY’s property is home to rare species and plants, such as the miyamashijimi (Lycaeides argyrognomon) and the ezoakayamaari (Formica yessensis), both of which are on the Red List of the Ministry of the Environment. Since the site was certified as an OECM site, where biodiversity is conserved, by the Ministry in February 2024, the company has been implementing conservation activities under the leadership of the Sustainability Promotion Team.

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Lycaeides argyrognomon (Reverdin’s blue)
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Formica yessensis (an ant species)

[Case Study] CITIZEN Forest Certified as an OMAf Site by the Social and Environmental Green Evaluation System (SEGES) andIncluded among the First Batch of Sites Certified under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Evaluation and Certification System to Secure Urban Nature and Green Space (TSUNAG System)

CITIZEN WATCH

In 2019, as a local disaster prevention measure, CITIZEN WATCH removed deteriorated factory buildings and greened the site to meet the statutory ratio of greened land stipulated by the Factory Location Act. This is how the CITIZEN Forest originated. In 2021, the forest received the Good Design Award, the first for a works, and in 2023, it was also certified as an OMAf site (forest site with the operation, management, and active use of green spaces) at Excellent Stage 1 by the Social and Environmental Green Evaluation System (SEGES).

Furthermore, in 2024, the forest led to CITIZEN WATCH being included in the first batch of companies certified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism included under its Evaluation and Certification System to Secure Urban Nature and Green Space (TSUNAG System).
From the perspective of improving the wellness of employees and the local environment, the forest is composed of native species that form local forests in the Musashino area.
Designed in consideration of the ecological network, the forest provides comfortable places for birds and insects to fly in and out.
We will continue our efforts to maintain the greenery and coexist with nature and living creatures based on our planting management plan.

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