Simultaneous Creation of Social and Economic Value through ASV
First written in FY2016. 8 of 15 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-06-19.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 6 of 33 companies on the "Worse" side.
18 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-06-19RestatedGovernance
「We will continue working to strengthen corporate governance in order to realize our purpose of contributing to the well-being of people, society and the planet through AminoScience® under ASV Management.」
Reaffirmed the basic policy of creating social and economic value through ASV Management and continuing to strengthen governance to achieve the Group's purpose. - FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「By 2030, to achieve the two outcomes of “reducing environmental impact by 50%” and “extending the healthy life expectancy of 1 billion people,” we will steadily reduce negative impacts through our business activities while also leveraging our strength in AminoScience® to develop technologies, expertise, products and services that create positive impacts for society.」
The Group has reaffirmed the two 2030 outcomes—reducing environmental impact and extending healthy life expectancy—as well as the creation of positive impacts through AminoScience®. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In 2024, from the perspective of what the Ajinomoto Group is expected to deliver by its multiple stakeholders and the value it will provide to society, we organized the “material themes” addressed by the Group into the following 6 areas: ① “Realizing a sustainable global environment” ② “Realizing well-being through food” ③ “Contributing to advanced medicine and prevention” ④ “Contributing to the evolution of a smart society” ⑤ “Respecting diverse values and human rights” ⑥ “Strengthening the management foundation.”」
The areas for implementing ASV management were organized into 6 material themes, and an operating framework linking materialities, initiatives and KPIs was developed. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Through this acquisition, we aim to achieve our roadmap ahead of schedule by combining the Ajinomoto Group’s AminoScience® with Forge’s gene therapy CDMO platform, opening new treatment options for people facing the challenges of rare diseases and building a robust business foundation in advanced medicine. Looking toward 2050, we will also enter next-generation business areas based on the technologies and customer relationships we have developed, advance the shift to high-value-added business models, and accelerate growth and improve profitability in healthcare.」
The ASV and AminoScience® concepts have progressed into specific acquisition initiatives: combining them with Forge’s gene therapy CDMO platform, creating treatments for rare diseases and building a business foundation in advanced medicine. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We hereby disclose the initiatives established by the Group for each materiality.」
The ASV and materiality framework has been translated into an operating framework showing the challenges, initiatives underway, targets and KPIs for each of the 12 material issues. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「The Ajinomoto Group had previously stated its aspiration to “solve food and health issues through the functions of amino acids,” but has now evolved this to “contribute to the well-being of people, society and the planet through AminoScience®.”」
While maintaining the basic ASV policy, the Group expanded its purpose from solving food and health issues to contributing to the well-being of people, society and the planet through AminoScience®. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「ASV management seeks to co-create social and economic value through business. In 2020, the Ajinomoto Group declared that it would “transform into a company that solves food and health issues” as its vision for 2030, thereby pledging internally and externally to evolve ASV management.」
The Group reaffirmed ASV as a management approach for co-creating social and economic value and continues to pursue its 2030 corporate vision and outcomes of extending the healthy life expectancy of 1 billion people and reducing environmental impact by 50%. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「By further accelerating and evolving management that advances ASV, we will contribute to resolving social issues and creating value at an even higher level, linking these efforts to sustainable growth and enhanced corporate value.」
The Group positioned ASV as the essence of management under its new medium-term management plan and presented a framework linking its acceleration and evolution to solutions for food and health issues, sustainable growth and enhanced corporate value. - FY2017ReframedAnnual report
「We call this initiative ASV (Ajinomoto Group Shared Value), and will pursue sustainable growth through the evolution of ASV by actively contributing through our business to “planetary sustainability,” “food resources” and “healthy living,” the “challenges facing human society in the 21st century.”」
While reaffirming ASV as the policy of co-creating social and economic value, the Group incorporated “sustainable growth through the evolution of ASV” into the growth framework of its new medium-term plan. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The Ajinomoto Group carries forward its founding aspiration to improve the nutrition of the public by making simple food delicious through umami, and will create social value through contributions to society via its business and generate economic value under ASV (Ajinomoto Group Shared Value) in response to the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century: “planetary sustainability,” “food resource security” and “healthy living.”」
The Group continues to pursue the basic policy of creating social and economic value simultaneously through ASV. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The Ajinomoto Group carries forward its founding aspiration to improve the nutrition of the public by making simple food delicious through umami, and will create social value through contributions to society via its business and generate economic value under ASV (Ajinomoto Group Shared Value) in response to the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century: “planetary sustainability,” “food resource security” and “healthy living.”」
The Group continues to pursue the basic policy of creating social and economic value simultaneously through ASV. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The Ajinomoto Group carries forward its founding aspiration to improve the nutrition of the public by making simple food delicious through umami, and will create social value through contributions to society via its business and generate economic value under ASV (Ajinomoto Group Shared Value) in response to the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century: “planetary sustainability,” “food resource security” and “healthy living.”」
The Group continues to pursue the basic policy of creating social and economic value simultaneously through ASV. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「In response to the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century—“planetary sustainability,” “food resource security” and “healthy living”—we will create social value through contributions to society via our business and generate economic value under ASV (Ajinomoto Group Shared Value).」
ASV positions contributions to social issues as a basic management philosophy, without separating them from economic value creation.