Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Carbon Neutral
• SDGｓ

Environmental Achievements

• Aiming for a 10% reduction in CO2 emissions during the challenge2024 period and a 50% reduction by 2030 (compared to 2020).

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Decreased sales volume of meat products and aquaculture feed due to various factors including reduced export to China, sluggish domestic sales, and a decline in aquaculture fish stocks.
• Raw material situation remains challenging.
• Rebound effect from the previous year's special profit (fixed asset sales profit) resulted in a decrease in net profit.

Mitigation Strategies

• Developed a new medium-term management plan "Challenge Phase II " (2023-2024) focusing on structural reform through resource selection and concentration, accelerating DX initiatives for efficiency improvement, and reducing environmental burden (reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing global warming).
• Price adjustments for livestock feed to cope with rising raw material costs.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Aiming to contribute to the achievement of SDGs through business activities.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Governance
• Sustainability
• Carbon Neutral

Environmental Achievements

• Aiming for a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 (compared to 2020), with an initial target of 10% reduction during the current medium-term management plan.

Social Achievements

• Promoting the active use of women's perspectives in development and planning departments; implementing a system for childcare short-time work to enable women employees to continue working; and employing foreign and mid-career employees as needed.
• Providing investment education and information to employees through the web for their optional defined contribution pension plan.

Governance Achievements

• Established a Governance Committee composed of a majority of outside directors, chaired by an independent outside director, to make recommendations on director selection and dismissal, compensation, and overall board effectiveness.
• Implemented a performance-linked compensation system for directors to enhance transparency and improve corporate competitiveness.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increasing the proportion of institutional and foreign investors; the relatively low proportion of foreign investors currently makes it unnecessary to disclose information in English.

Mitigation Strategies

• The company will consider adopting an electronic voting platform and translating the convocation notice into English in the future, depending on the trend of shareholder composition.
• The company will strive to appoint more women and foreign nationals to core positions and discuss setting measurable targets in the future.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Governance
• Sustainability
• Carbon Neutral

Environmental Achievements

• Aiming for a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 (compared to 2020), with an initial target of 10% reduction during the current medium-term management plan.

Social Achievements

• Promoting the active use of women's perspectives in development and planning departments; implementing a system for childcare short-time work to enable women employees to continue working; and striving to create an environment where female employees can continue to thrive.
• Providing investment education and information to employees through the web for their asset building through the company's defined contribution pension plan.

Governance Achievements

• Established a Governance Committee composed of a majority of outside directors, chaired by an independent outside director, to enhance the independence and objectivity of the board's functions related to the nomination of directors, director compensation, and the analysis and evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the board.
• Implemented a performance-linked compensation system for directors to improve transparency and enhance corporate competitiveness.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increasing the proportion of foreign investors among shareholders.
• Need to create an environment where shareholders can easily exercise their voting rights.

Mitigation Strategies

• Currently not using an electronic voting platform or providing English translations of meeting notices, but will consider adopting them in the future based on shareholder composition.
• Currently not disclosing information in English, but will consider doing so in the future based on shareholder composition.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed