Resource Conservation and Stable Supply of Fishery Products from an SDG and ESG Perspective
First written in FY2022. 3 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2026.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「3. Initiatives in the juvenile fish release programme These initiatives enhance the sustainability of fisheries, including the recovery and maintenance of fishery resources and the conservation of ecosystems. 4. Participation in Kanagawa Marine Industries (Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Division, Environmental Agriculture and Fisheries Bureau, Kanagawa Prefecture) The company supports events including the Kanagawa Marine Industries Symposium, with the aim of increasing awareness and understanding of marine industries and encouraging people to see them as part of their everyday lives, thereby contributing to the revitalisation of Kanagawa's fishing industry and local communities.」
The company's initiatives in marine resource conservation, the SDGs and ESG have been expanded beyond the use of underutilised fish and food education to include juvenile fish releases and participation in Kanagawa Marine Industries. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「"The greatest business risk facing the Maru-u Group is considered to be the depletion of marine resources." "To address these risks and opportunities, the company is promoting the use of underutilised fish and conducting educational activities on marine resources, with the aim of making effective use of marine resources and reducing food loss."」
The company identifies the depletion of marine resources as the Maru-u Group's greatest business risk and has made responses including the identification and assessment of risks and opportunities, the commercialisation of underutilised fish, their use in school lunches and visiting educational classes into specific sustainability strategies. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The company identifies the protection of marine resources as a materiality and promotes initiatives as part of its medium-term management plan. The Board of Directors recognises these initiatives under the medium-term management plan and shares related information.」
The company positions its SDG, ESG and resource conservation policies as the materiality of marine resource protection and incorporates them into its governance framework, with information shared by the Board of Directors. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「With the seafood wholesale business and seafood sales business at the core of its operations, the company incorporates SDG and ESG perspectives, conserves resources and ensures a stable supply of seafood, and makes capital investments as necessary to strengthen the foundation for growth」
For the first time, the company explicitly identifies the combination of its traditional social responsibility of ensuring a stable supply of seafood with an SDG and ESG perspective and resource conservation as a priority issue linked to strengthening its foundations, including capital investment.