Sustainability | Initiatives for Sustainable Growth

The ITOHAM YONEKYU Group will contribute towards the realization of a sustainable future based on the Group Philosophy of “Contribute to the realization of sound and affluent society through business.” To achieve this, we identified “seven materialities” and are working to address social issues through our businesses.

In April 2021, we established the Sustainability Committee as an advisory body to the Board of Directors. The purpose of the committee is to implement group-wide sustainability initiatives by addressing social issues and environmental issues while also achieving the Group's sustainable growth.

The six-member committee (including one independent outside director) deliberates on the following matters as an advisory body to the Board of Directors and provides advice and recommendations to the Board.

Matters Deliberated

1. Formulation of basic policies, strategies, and action plans for promoting sustainability, and monitoring of progress toward those plans
2. Determination of materiality (material issues)
3. Setting of KPIs (key performance indicators) for materiality and monitoring of progress toward those KPIs

In fiscal year 2024, we held three Sustainability Committee meetings to discuss our group's policy and progress in a wide range of areas, including climate change measures, human rights, supplier surveys, and animal welfare.
In April 2022, we established the Sustainability Promotion Office, a specialized organization tasked with advancing sustainability initiatives in collaboration with business departments. Starting in April 2023, the Sustainability Promotion Office was placed under the Corporate Strategy Department, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the president, to further align sustainability efforts with the company's overall management strategy.
Furthermore, to connect the Sustainability Promotion Office with each business division and department, we have appointed Sustainability Promotion Committee members in each business division and relevant corporate departments to accelerate sustainability initiatives across the entire group.

 

Materiality

• Materiality

Environment

The ITOHAM YONEKYU Group recognizes that preserving the global environment is one of the most important issues shared across the world and a management issue for the Group.
In particular, increasingly severe natural disasters, lower crop yields, and other climate change issues associated with global warming have a serious impact on our daily lives and business activities.
We continue to pursue environmental initiatives to do our part in solving these problems.

• Climate Change Initiatives
• Environment

Social

To realize healthy and affluent diets, we offer safe and secure products to customers through a comprehensive quality assurance system. At the same time, we endeavor to communicate the joy and pleasure of eating to our customers. As a conscientious corporate citizen, we value coexistence with society and fulfill our corporate social responsibility.
We continue to improve training programs for employees, who represent valuable corporate assets. We ensure safety, health, and a good work-life balance for employees, aiming to create workplace environments where employees can grow together with the company in a sustainable manner.

• Human rights
• Sustainable procurement
• Basic stance concerning human capital
• Social contribution activities
• Animal Welfare

Governance (Corporate Governance)

We endeavor to solve social issues and earn stakeholder trust as part of our business, as reflected in our Group Philosophy, Vision, and Code of Conduct. To this end, we established a highly transparent management organization with supervision, monitoring, and other enhanced internal control functions to make accurate management decisions and execute business quickly.
Through this basic approach, we aim to achieve sustainable growth and enhance our corporate value over the medium to long term.

• Corporate Governance
• Integrated Report
• Medium-Term Management Plan

Stakeholder Engagement