The Nisshin Seifun Group’s corporate slogan is “delivering good health and reliability”. We regard product quality as our most important responsibility, and our efforts to fulfill that responsibility are based on the concept of quality assurance from the viewpoint of consumers. Food-related priorities and needs are becoming increasingly diverse due to demographic aging, growing health awareness, and other factors. We will continue to use the accumulated knowledge of the Nisshin Seifun Group to create and deliver new value by focusing our research and development activities toward products and technologies that help consumers to enjoy good health. Our respect for consumers and customers is reflected in our ongoing efforts to contribute to healthier and more fulfilling lifestyles under our consumer-oriented management policy.

Our continuing ability to supply safe, high-quality products depends on reliable and sustainable access to safe raw materials. That is only possible if procurement activities are backed by the fulfillment of our social responsibilities, not only within our own operations, but also across entire supply chains. Under our Responsible Procurement Policy, we work with our suppliers to mitigate environmental issues and human rights risks in our supply chains and ensure that all procurement activities are conducted responsibly and on the basis of fair and ethical trading. We also monitor conditions in raw material production areas in Japan and overseas. By reliably procuring wheat and other raw materials, we ensure our continuing ability to supply safe, reliable products to our customers.

While many people in the world are still affected by hunger and poverty, food losses also continue to be a major problem. Another problem is plastic waste from packaging, which has low recovery and effective utilization ratios compared with metals and other materials. There is growing concern about pollution on a global scale caused by the release of this plastic waste into rivers and oceans.

One of our most important priorities as a food manufacturer is to minimize food waste and plastic waste through efforts to create system to reuse and recycle these materials in a sustainable manner. The Nisshin Seifun Group has been working actively for many years to reduce waste emissions and recycle resources. We have set medium-term targets for the further reduction of environmental loads, including measures to minimize food and packaging waste. We will continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society in cooperation with our partners at all stages of our supply chains.

The impact of climate change is becoming more serious year after year.. This global-scale issue is affecting society, the environment, and business across multiple generations. We are already witnessing extreme weather events caused by rising temperatures. There is also a threat of water shortages due to changing rainfall patterns and population growth. The Nisshin Seifun Group is also at risk of climate change impacts at all stages of our supply chains, including raw material procurement and logistics, due to natural disasters affecting our business sites and the areas where wheat and other raw materials are produced.

Today the survival of businesses depends on their ability to adapt to climate change and water problems. We aim to reduce CO₂ emissions at our operation sites to net zero by 2050 by accelerating our initiatives, such as energy-saving measures, the improvement of production efficiency, and the introduction of renewable energy sources. Our contributions to the realization of a decarbonized society will also include efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions across our supply chains. In addition, we will continue to monitor water risks in raw material production areas and at our operation sites, while also working to reduce water consumption at our production sites, and cooperating with our partners to ensure the effective utilization of water at all stages of our supply chains.

Employees are the drivers of growth and progress for the Nisshin Seifun Group. We have expanded into various fields of business on a global scale, with the result that the Group now employs people who are diverse in terms of nationality, age, gender, lifestyles, and values. One of our most important priorities is the development of a corporate culture based on mutual respect and acceptance of differences. We want to create working environments in which diverse employees can enjoy good physical and mental health, experience fulfillment through their work, and reach their full potential. We are pursuing workstyle reforms and health management with the aim of fostering a corporate culture that will lead to the creation of new value.