Establishment of a Framework for Sustainability Promotion and Climate Change Response
First written in FY2023. 3 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2025. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 1 of 10 companies on the "Worse" side.
65 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The committee is responsible for formulating basic sustainability policies, planning ESG initiatives and monitoring progress toward targets, among other matters.」
The policy to establish the Sustainability Promotion Committee took concrete form as a management-level operating framework responsible for basic policy, ESG initiatives and monitoring progress toward targets. Five materiality issues have also been identified. - 2026-05-08AdvancedManagement Planning
「2025年6月に「サステナビリティ推進委員会」をはじめとするガバナンス体制を整備し、経営レベルでの監督体制を構築いたしました。」
サステナビリティ推進体制について、従来の方針・体制整備から、委員会を中心とする経営レベルの監督体制と5つのマテリアリティの特定へ進展している。 - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In June 2025, we established a governance structure centered on the Sustainability Promotion Committee in order to further strengthen and systematize our future sustainability initiatives, and built an oversight framework at the management level.」
The sustainability policy presented in 2023 progressed to the establishment of a management-level oversight framework centered on the Sustainability Promotion Committee. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「To consistently deliver products such as sugar, an essential commodity, and functional materials including oligosaccharides to consumers, and to help maintain and improve their affluent and healthy diets, our group will formulate and implement measures addressing all types of issues, from protecting domestic sugarcane and sugar beet farmers, who produce nationally important commodities under the sugar industry system, to addressing challenges shared worldwide, including climate change. We will also work to enhance our disclosures.」
Began standalone sustainability disclosures and presented the protection of domestic producers, climate change response, policy implementation and enhanced disclosure as an integrated initiative.