Contribution to and cooperation with local communities

Overview
Dialogue with stakeholders
Initiatives
Social contribution expenditure amount

Overview

In order for a company to achieve sustainable development, it is essential to deepen and strengthen communication with stakeholders from all walks of life.
Our company, which was born through the merger of companies with a history spanning more than a century since its founding, has built deep ties with stakeholders in each region by delivering products and services not only to the regions where our Plant are located, but also throughout the country. We will continue to work together in various ways to ensure that our company is loved by the local community and can grow together with them. In addition to strengthening our relationships with local communities, we will continue to explore ways to contribute to society that are appropriate for J-OIL MILLS, and we will contribute broadly to society by emphasizing dialogue with all stakeholders.

Dialogue with stakeholders

We actively promote dialogue with stakeholders in order to increase credibility and improve our corporate value in the medium to long term.
As interest in solving global social issues such as the SDGs and building company strategies from an ESG perspective grows, we are promoting dialogue with various stakeholders, including customers, business partners, shareholders and investors, local communities, NPOs and NGOs, academia, and employees, with the aim of sharing information and working together to solve issues and build strategies. We are also strengthening information disclosure as a foundation for promoting communication. In IR activities, we have held individual interviews and large meetings with investors and analysts to engage in dialogue, and in PR activities, we have increased the frequency of releases about our products and activities.
We held a dialogue between our company executives and Mr. Tamio Yamaguchi of the Circular Economy Research Association, a non-profit organization that provided a third-party opinion on our integrated report (J-OIL MILLS Report). With the theme of the environment in 2023 and human capital in 2024, we introduced our company's initiatives and actively exchanged opinions on how we should develop initiatives in the future. We will continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by understanding the expectations and requests of society through dialogue with stakeholders and promoting more progressive initiatives.

Stakeholders	Main expectations/Requests	Main means of interaction	Frequency
Customer	Food safety and security Pursuit of customer satisfaction Compliance (legal compliance) Building a relationship of trust	Customer consultation room	All year round
		Communication on official SNS	At any time
		Communication through daily business activities and transactions	All year round
		Solution proposal	All year round
		Responding to corporate survey questionnaires	All year round
Employee	Occupational safety and health Enhancing health and productivity management Promoting DE&I Work style reform & improved engagement Promoting Diversity and Inclusion Providing growth opportunities Compliance (legal compliance)	Engagement Survey	Every year
		Employee training	At any time
		CDP (Career Development Program)	Every year
		Communication via company newsletter and intranet	At any time
		Helpline (internal reporting desk)	All year round
		Joy for Life Dining (Town Hall Meeting)	Twice a year
Business partners	Food safety and security Building a sustainable supply chain Fair and fair transactions	Explanation and exchange of opinions regarding procurement policy	At any time
		Dialogue with producers in the country of origin of raw materials	At any time
		Implementation of CSR procurement self-assessment survey	At any time
Shareholders/Investors	Timely and appropriate information disclosure Dialogue Improving corporate value Appropriate profit return	Implementation of regular The General Meeting of Stockholders	Once a year
		Holding financial results briefings	4 times a year
		Holding small and large meetings	At any time
		Responding to individual interviews and interviews with ESG-related investors	At any time
Community	Contribution to and cooperation with local communities	Volunteer work in areas adjacent to Plant (cleaning activities, etc.)	At any time
		Sponsoring local events	At any time
		Support for local activities, social contribution activities	At any time
NPOs, NGOs, etc.	Global information gathering Sharing knowledge	Dialogue with external experts, NGOs, NPOs, and industry groups	At any time
Academia	Sharing technology, knowledge, and human resources	Joint research	At any time
Academia	Sharing technology, knowledge, and human resources	Endowed courses, etc.	At any time

Initiatives

Regional/ Plant initiatives

The Minebea Group has production bases throughout Japan and places great importance on its relationship with the people of each region. Each production site has been working to improve its business activities from various angles by listening to the opinions and requests of local residents through daily interactions with them. Each of our production sites, including the Shizuoka Plant, Yokohama Plant, and Kobe Plant, has long been involved in cleanup activities with the objectives of "contributing to the local community and environment," "beautifying the surrounding area," "improving employees' environmental awareness," and "strengthening labor-management cooperation.
In October 2022, in response to the large-scale water outage in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka Prefecture caused by Typhoon No. 15, Shizuoka Plant distributed drinking water and water for daily use to local residents and facilities. Going forward, we will continue to engage in dialogue with local residents as we work to solve local issues and contribute to local communities even in times of disaster, aiming to coexist with local communities even more.

Shizuoka Office: Cleaning up Miho-Masaki Beach

Shizuoka Office Water supply situation
Food education activities

We utilize our extensive knowledge and experience regarding oils and fats to carry out food education activities.

Parent-child event held in collaboration with "Kids' Orange Page"

In March 2024, we teamed up with "Kodomo Orange Page" to hold "J-OIL MILLS Exciting Parent-Child Cooking Lesson: Learn about the Power of Oil, Make Cooking, and Eat It♪" at the hands-on studio Coto Lab Asagaya. A total of 15 parent-child pairs participated in this event, learning about the role of edible oils and the differences between types in a quiz format. Afterwards, parent-child pairs used our edible oils to try cooking snacks and fried foods. Participants commented, "Even though I put in a lot of vegetables, my child ate it all up in no time," and "I was afraid of frying at home, so I was glad that I could experience it with my child using oil that doesn't splash."

Parents and children having a cooking experience

Tasting the cooked food

"Children's Japanese Food Session" Booth Exhibit

In July 2024, we exhibited a booth at the summer vacation food education experience event "Children's Japanese Food Session". This event was co-hosted by the Japanese Food Culture National Conference and the Hattori Gakuen Hattori Nutrition College, with the aim of providing children with an opportunity to experience "Japanese food" and increase their interest. At our booth, under the theme of "Learn about vegetable oil and have fun!", we exhibited panels on the types of vegetable oil, the manufacturing process, and the history of vegetable oil. In addition, to make vegetable oil more familiar to visitors, we showed videos of the manufacturing process of soybean and canola, and displayed actual samples of each manufacturing process, clearly introducing the process until it is commercialized. As an experience program, we held an "oil rice ball" making event, where visitors could experience how adding vegetable oil can make rice Good taste better for longer and experience the flavor of each type of vegetable oil.

"Oil rice ball" making experience

Panel display
Support for creating a place for children

In August 2020, our Group, in collaboration with Iceline Co., Ltd., began selling "Harenokuni soybean Cooking Oil," a private brand (PB) product for Business use oils and fats for the company.
For each can of this product sold, Iceline Co., Ltd., our company, and the restaurant that purchased it will each donate the same amount, and the donation will be made to Okayama City's "Creating a Place for Children" project*1. As a result of our activities, the circle of support is steadily expanding, with the number of participating restaurants now reaching approximately 200. To date, we have donated over 3 million yen, and will continue to provide support in the future.

*1 Initiatives to increase the number of "places" where children and families in difficulty can be identified and connected to the necessary support, such as through children's cafeterias and learning support, and where they can connect with local adults and society.

*Related pre-release: Donation of 1 million yen from sales of "Hare no Kuni soybean Cooking Oil" used for Okayama City's "Creating a Place for Children" project Joint project with Iceline Co., Ltd., with 200 local restaurants participating
Donations to activities aimed at preserving the ocean and river environments

We implemented the "JOYL Green Project - Joy for the Future" project, in which we donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of our convenient and eco-friendly paper-packaged edible oils "Smart Green Pack^®" series products, and following on from last year, we made a donation to JEAN, a general incorporated association working to conserve the ocean and river environments, including reducing marine plastic. This project donates approximately 3 yen for each product in the "Smart Green Pack^®" series, and the total donation of 997,272 yen will be used for activities to reduce marine plastic.

*Related pre-release: A portion of the proceeds from the "Smart Green Pack^®" series of edible oils in paper packs will be donated to activities that protect the environment of oceans and rivers | Press Room | JOYL -J-OIL MILLS (j-oil .com)

(From the left) Azusa Kojima of JEAN, Yoshiko Yoshino of JEAN, Mitsuari Furukawa, Executive Officer charge of sales strategy and marketing, and Atsushi Suzuki, Business Division Household use oils and fats Marketing Department. The donation presentation ceremony was held on October 24th.
On-site classes for elementary school students “Learning Festival 2023 Summer”

In August 2023, we exhibited at "Learning Festival 2023 Summer," an on-site class for elementary school students sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun Co., Ltd. and Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun. Our company held a class on oil and an olive oil tasting under the theme of "Become an Olive Doctor." Approximately 2,000 elementary school students and their parents attended the event, and our booth was a great success. As a company involved in food, we will continue to carry out various initiatives such as food education activities.
Sponsoring the “Kobe Olive Festival”

In September 2024, the Kobe Olive Festival was held at the Kusunoki Public Hall in the grounds of Minatogawa Shrine in Kobe, allowing local residents to learn about and enjoy the connection between Kobe and olives. Our company participated as a sponsor and gave a wide-ranging lecture titled "All About Olives," in which we introduced olive producing areas and the characteristics of olive varieties, our company's efforts to ensure quality, and olive oil recipes.
Parent-child Plant tour “We are Sanpai* Detective Team”

In August 2023, in response to a request from the Shizuoka Prefecture Industrial Waste Association, a public interest incorporated association, we held Plant tour for parents and children to think about industrial waste, which is a big part of our daily lives, through tours of industrial waste generating Plant and industrial waste treatment facilities. The academic conference "We Are Sanpai* Detective Team" was held at Shizuoka Office. During the tour, we also explained initiatives to reduce industrial waste and various environmentally friendly products.　 *Abbreviation for Industrial Waste