Crisis Management

Enhancement of the Takeda Group’s Crisis Management Structure

Preventing emergency situations, or responding precisely when they occur, is an important aspect of the Takeda Group’s corporate governance. It has therefore been necessary to establish a crisis management structure, improving it as required, in addition to ensuring adequate audits and other internal controls and promoting compliance  on a group-wide basis.
When implementing crisis management, it is important to act with fairness and integrity to ensure the Takeda Group’s employees and finances are safeguarded. This is a responsibility that Takeda must fulfill toward its stakeholders, who include shareholders, customers, business partners, employees, communities and society at large.
Takeda is therefore working on a Business Continuity Plan(BCP), as part of its response, to prevent the interruption of business activities in the event of any accident or disaster, or, where interruption is unavoidable, to resume business at the earliest opportunity.
In 2008, Takeda created “Basic Policies for Guideline Development” regarding business continuity and “Guidelines for Pandemic Influenza Phase 4.” The latter addressed the possibility of a bird flu pandemic, which was believed to be a global threat. For employees, we developed “Preventive Measures against Pandemic Influenza and Action Manual,” and established a website specifically to improve communications with employees in the event of a major outbreak. By these means, we have straightened our possible measures to prevent or deal with new forms of influenza by providing appropriate information to employees and their families. We believe that these steps to ensure both the health and safety of our employees, and our capacity to fulfill our role as a pharmaceutical company by maintaining a reliable supply of drugs, will minimize any potential impact on our operations.

Crisis Management Guidelines

In accordance with "Takeda Group Crisis Management Guidelines," which is to clarify and share basic policies, rules and standards for crisis management, Takeda strives to ensure that all possible preventive measures are taken to avoid potential crises. In addition, in line with the guidelines, Takeda has established a structure and scheme in order to respond to crises in an appropriate manner, aiming to minimize personal, financial and social damage in the event of a crisis.

Scope of Crisis in the Guidelines

Cooperation with the Group Companies

Each division of Takeda and its group company is responsible for establishing and implementing its own crisis management system, to take preventive measures and to take the appropriate action in the event of a crisis.
In the case of crisis that may affect the entire group, we maintain mutual cooperation while grasping the information and situation in a unified manner at the Crisis Management Committee, in which Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is situated as an office to conduct reporting for top management as well as instructions for countermeasures, and follow-ups for each division and group company.

Positioning of Crisis Management Guidelines