Financial and Non-financial Highlights
Key financial performance indicators of the medium-term business plan
Capital efficiency indicator
- FY2018 ROIC is 9.4% if calculated excluding transient impacts such as income from sale of assets, etc.
- Figures up until FY2018 have been retroactively adjusted to reflect changes to accounting policies in FY2019.
Profitability and growth indicator
- The target is averaged over a three-year period.
Key non-financial performance indicators of the medium-term business plan
CSV Commitment
The Kirin Group made steady progress in fulfilling the CSV Commitment laid out in the first fiscal year of its medium-term business plan. Results in main categories of the CSV Commitment are as follows.
[KB]Kirin Brewery Company, Limited [KBC]Kirin Beverage Company, Limited [ME]Mercian Corporation [LN]Lion Pty Limited [MBL]Myanmar Brewery Limited [KH]Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
A Responsible Alcohol Producer
0.1 Responsible drinking / passing a culture of enjoying alcoholic beverages to the next generation
[KB][ME][LN][MBL]
CSV Commitment indicator
Number of participants in appropriate drinking education programs / viewers of drinking manner advertisements
2021 target
Deploy new programs and advertisements to promote responsible drinking
Reason for setting the target
To educate consumers on risks associated with the harmful use of alcohol
SDG indicator
Harmful use of alcohol, defined according to the national context as alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol
Health and Well-being
1.1 Supporting self-care for healthy people and people with pre-disease
[KBC]
CSV Commitment indicator
Development and expansion of sales of no- and low-sugar, low-calorie products and products with positive health effects
2021 target
Increase the sales of products with healthy additives and products with either reduced or no sugar in order to expand the percentage of products in the Health & Well-being domain among the entire product portfolio
Reason for setting the target
To help customers lower the risk of developing obesity or other lifestyle diseases
SDG indicator
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
Community Engagement
2.2b More sustainable production of raw materials
[ME]
CSV Commitment indicator
Volume of grapes produced at our own vineyards
2021 target
Increase the volume of high-quality grapes grown by Kirin Group-operated vineyards in order to expand sales volume of Japanese wine
Reason for setting the target
To help increase high-quality grapes grown for Japanese wine
SDG indicator
Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming / pastoral / forestry enterprise size
The Environment
3.3 Actions regarding biological resources
[KB][KBC][ME][KH]
CSV Commitment indicator
Use of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper for paper containers and packaging
2021 target
Switch all paper used for container packaging of products sold by KB, KBC, and ME to FSC-certified paper (and also switch from plastic cups to paper cups made with FSC-certified paper)
Reason for setting the target
To contribute to raising the sustainability of forest resources that could otherwise be destroyed by deforestation
SDG indicator
Progress toward sustainable forest management