JTI partners with Sourcemap for the Traceability of Reduced Risk Products

NEW YORK, October 15, 2024 - JTI, a leading international tobacco and Reduced-Risk Products (RRP)* company, has selected Sourcemap’s award-winning supply chain mapping and traceability software to increase its visibility throughout the supply chain of the RRP. 

Working with Sourcemap will enable JTI to meet the highest level of transparency throughout the supply chain, mapping every supplier down to the n-tier, and ensuring compliance with existing and emerging sustainability regulations across the world.

Taro Higashi, JTI’s RRP Sourcing Vice President, emphasizes: “Our partnership with Sourcemap reflects our commitment to building a resilient supply chain of reduced-risk products, as well as to respecting human rights and protecting the environment. Sourcemap’s solution plays a pivotal part in our robust supply chain due diligence program. It is also helping us hone our digital capabilities while fostering strong supplier collaboration.”

“JTI's pioneering use of Sourcemap supply chain transparency technology demonstrates their commitment to the highest standards across their global supply chain,” underscores Leonardo Bonanni, Founder and CEO of Sourcemap.

About Sourcemap: New York and Paris-based Sourcemap Inc. is the leading provider of supply chain regulatory software comprising end-to-end mapping, human rights compliance, sustainability assessment, customs reporting, and enterprise risk management. With over 250 brands registered and 5.6 million suppliers mapped, Sourcemap is the first choice in supply chain regulatory software for the electronics, automotive, pharmaceutical, food, apparel and consumer goods sectors. Sourcemap's end-to-end supply chain due diligence technology has been named TIME Magazine Invention of the Year in 2022 and Sourcemap was selected as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2023. Learn more about Sourcemap at www.sourcemap.com

About JTI: JTI (Japan Tobacco International), part of the JT Group, is a leading international tobacco and Reduced-Risk Products (RRP) company with products sold in over 130 markets. JTI’s purpose, “Creating Fulfilling Moments. Creating a Better Future.” unites its over 46,000 employees. JTI is committed to making its business not only the fastest growing of its kind, but also the most innovative and sustainably run. 

Through its leading global RRP brands, the Company seeks to provide adult consumers with a range of choice. JTI  develops, tests and brings to market new and innovative forms of potentially reduced-risk products with high-quality experiences for adult consumers to choose from. It currently markets its heated tobacco products under its Ploom brand, its vaping products under its Logic brand, and its nicotine pouches under Nordic Spirit.  For more information, visit www.jti.com/ 

*RRP: Products with the potential to reduce the risks associated with smoking.