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- Realizing a sustainable society through a stable food supply
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<Regarding sustainable procurement>
- The evolution of sustainable procurement
- 100% traceability to palm plantations
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<Regarding sustainable procurement>
- Maintaining 100% traceability to palm oil mills
- Traceability rate to palm plantations: 48% (actual results from January to June 2024 (※1))
- Purchase ratio of RSPO (※2) certified oil: 21.6% (including Group company PF (※3) results from January to December 2024)
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<Regarding climate change measures>
- Contributing to solving social issues related to climate change and achieving sustainable growth
- 50% reduction in CO 2 emissions (SCOPE 1, 2, compared to 2013)
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<Regarding climate change measures>
- 34% reduction in CO 2 emissions (SCOPE 1, 2, compared to FY2013)
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<Regarding research and development>
- Contribute to stabilizing growing demand for protein by expanding materials that meet the diversification of physical properties and plant-based protein sources and by providing applications
- Expansion of plant-based food ingredients to meet the needs for diverse protein sources
- We will expand our range of plant-based food ingredients that can replace meat and marine ingredients, provide applications that meet diverse needs, and contribute to the preservation of meat and marine resources.
- Expanding plant-based food ingredients that can replace meat and seafood ingredients in terms of function and texture
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<Regarding research and development>
- initiatives on developing new materials using starch, and are proposing applications using newly developed materials and existing starch materials to meet various customer needs.
- In response to rising prices of meat and seafood ingredients, we are proposing applications that use starch products as substitutes for animal protein in order to meet the corresponding needs.
- In response to the expected increase in demand for meat products using plant-based food ingredients, we are working to develop ingredients that function as both a protein source and an additive to improve texture and flavor.
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<About the product>
- Achieving low-impact food processing by reducing food waste and improving work efficiency from the perspective of "long-lasting oishisa"
- 70% of products are sustainable or use customer feedback
- We will expand our range of plant-based food ingredients that can replace meat and marine ingredients, provide applications that meet diverse needs, and contribute to the preservation of meat and marine resources.
- Expanding plant-based food ingredients that can replace meat and seafood ingredients in terms of function and texture
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<About the product>
- Increase the proportion of "SUSTEC®" series products with long-lasting properties and "Cho Toku"series products in Business use oils and fats products
- In order to realize "low-impact" value, we have expanded the scope of checklist operation based on environmental guidelines from the product design and development stage.
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<Regarding sustainable logistics>
- Steady preparations for the implementation of the physical internet (*4)
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<Regarding sustainable logistics>
- Grasp industry trends
- Striving to grasp government trends and carrying out activities to reflect our requests in government policies through industry associations
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<Regarding social contribution activities>
- Strengthening social contribution activities and increasing expenses (1% of ordinary profits)
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<Regarding social contribution activities>
- Strengthening social contribution activities, spending on social contribution activities in fiscal 2024: 25 million yen
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- Contributing to everyone's well-being through food safety and security
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<Regarding quality control>
- Further deepening our quality and food safety management system through continuous improvement utilizing information such as domestic and international regulatory trends regarding quality and food safety, examples from the food industry, and the results of quality-related audits conducted by customers, etc., as well as customer needs.
- Food safety management system expansion
- Continued zero product recalls and zero serious quality complaints
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<Regarding quality control>
- Regarding FSSC22000 certification as an extension of the food safety management system, partial certification of Yokohama Plant was expanded to Plant certification.
- Continued zero product recalls
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<Regarding research and development>
- Establishment of technology that can promote oils and fats and oils and fats and the ingredients they contain, which will contribute to improving immune strength and preventing health problems.
- Developing a variety of evidence-based products to maintain a healthy mind and body
- Providing nutritional functional ingredients to improve health issues faced by the elderly, such as frailty (by providing optimal solutions according to the status of the target person)
- Develop and provide functional materials that meet the needs of end consumers (based on health conditions, etc.)
- Providing "delicious and healthy foods and ingredients" that utilize the benefits of plant-based ingredients and are suited to a variety of lifestyles
- Commercialization of products that utilize our own materials
- Providing functional ingredients and foods to solve health issues such as lifestyle-related diseases. Continuous improvement of customer benefits through evaluation and feedback to development.
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<Regarding research and development>
- We will continue to search for ingredients that are effective in maintaining and improving both physical and mental health and to consider commercializing them. We will also continue to consider the application of our own plant materials to these purposes.
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| Materiality related to business foundations |
- Respecting diversity and improving employee motivation
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<Regarding human capital and diversity>
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<Regarding human capital and diversity>
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- Strengthen corporate governance
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<Regarding corporate governance>
- Effectiveness of the Board of Directors
- Realizing corporate governance that contributes to increasing corporate value
- Improving stakeholder engagement
- strengthen our management foundation and improving organizational culture to improve corporate value
- Number of serious violations: 0
- Engagement survey (compliance area) positive rate of 90% or more
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<Regarding corporate governance>
- Strengthening agenda setting based on the monitoring function of Board of Directors
- Strengthening Group compliance (compliance training, e-learning, etc.)
- Strengthening awareness regarding the internal reporting system
- Number of serious violations: 0
- Engagement survey (compliance area): 75% positive
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| <Regarding risk management>
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<Regarding risk management>
- Risk Management Committee identifies management risks for the next fiscal year and appoints risk management officers for each risk.
- In identifying the management risks mentioned above, we conducted a survey of all Executive Officer and interviewed internal Member of the Board to determine whether the risk awareness of management executives was reflected.
- In order to increase the effectiveness of countermeasures, management risks are selected for priority discussion at Risk Management Committee, and are monitored by Risk Management Committee once every six months.
For details, please refer to page 24 of the Securities Report, "Business Risks"
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<Regarding the media battle>
- Expanding business and increasing corporate value through media campaigns in line with company growth
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<Regarding the media battle>
- In order to improve the company's recognition and reputation, we will be implementing media communications such as increasing media exposure related to our 20th anniversary and enhancing content on our corporate website.
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