Materiality

Kirin Group designated the fulfillment of its role as responsibility of Kirin Group which runs alcoholic beverage businesses along with health and well-being, community engagement, and the environment as four key issues as priorities for sustainable coexistence and development with society. In addition, as a fundamentals of corporation, we address social issues beyond these key areas.

Procedure to select Materiality

Identifying management issues We have selected issues based on reporting guidelines (ISO26000,GRI,SASB), ESG assessments (FTSE,MSCI,Sustainalytics) and targets of SDGs, etc. Conduction of internal reviews We have discussed the impacts of social issues on business activities and the impact of business activities on society at the Group Executive Committee, based on objective information on social issues, including reports from NGOs and NPOs and media information. Implementation of stakeholder engagement We have engaged with investors, NGOs, NPOs, and employees(labor unions) based on the results of internal reviews to reflect their opinions. Deciding the Materiality The results reflecting the opinions of stakeholders were resolved by the Board meeting after the discussion at the Group CSV Committee.

Management Issues for Sustainable Growth
(Group Materiality Matrix)

Group Materiality Matrix

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Impact on the Group's business
small Medium large
Impact on Stakeholders large
Health and well-being
Improvement of access to nutrition
Health and well-being
  • Initiating new approaches to meet medical needs that go beyond medicines
  • Support for the prevention of non-communicable diseases
Community Engagement
Sustainable development of raw material production areas
The Environment
  • Sustainable use of biological resources
  • Sustainable use of water resources
  • Sustainable recycling of containers and packaging
  • Overcoming climate change
Fundamentals of Corporation
Promoting responsible marketing
Responsibility of Kirin Group Which Runs Alcoholic Beverage Businesses
Dealing with alcohol-related problems
Health and well-being
  • Ensuring food safety and security
  • Ensuring quality assurance and a supply of medicines
  • Creating and delivering Life-changing medicines
Community Engagement
Revitalization of local economies and communities via interpersonal and societal ties
Fundamentals of Corporation
Respect for human rights
Fundamentals of Corporation
Ensuring freedom of food choice
Health and well-being
Support for maintaining and improving internal and external health, as well as physical and mental performance
Fundamentals of Corporation
Ensuring compliance and ethics-oriented business practices
Health and well-being
  • Support for maintaining the immune system
  • Ensuring occupational health and safety
Fundamentals of Corporation
  • Having human capital development for value creation
  • Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Improving the effectiveness of corporate governance
  • Reinforcing risk management
  • Protection of personal information
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Fundamentals of Corporation
Ensuring tax transparency
Fundamentals of Corporation
  • Building sustainable logistics
  • Countermeasures against cyber attacks
Health and well-being
Implementation of health and productivity management
Fundamentals of Corporation
  • Realizing a workplace where employees can work in a lively and active way
  • Strengthening group governance
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Responsibility of Kirin Group Which Runs Alcoholic Beverage Businesses

  • Dealing with alcohol-related problems

Health and well-being

  • Ensuring food safety and security
  • Ensuring quality assurance and a stable supply of pharmaceuticals
  • Creating and supplying life-changing pharmaceuticals
  • Initiating new approaches to meet medical needs that go beyond pharmaceuticals
  • Support for the prevention of non-communicable diseases
  • Improvement of access to nutrition
  • Support for maintaining the immune system
  • Ensuring occupational health and safety
  • Support for maintaining and improving internal and external health, as well as physical and mental performance
  • Implementation of health and productivity management

Community Engagement

  • Revitalization of local economies and communities via interpersonal and societal ties
  • Sustainable development of raw material production areas

The Environment

  • Sustainable use of biological resources
  • Sustainable use of water resources
  • Sustainable recycling of containers and packaging
  • Overcoming climate change

Responsible Business

  • Respect for human rights
  • Promoting responsible marketing
  • Having human capital development for value creation
  • Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Improving the effectiveness of corporate governance
  • Reinforcing risk management
  • Protection of personal information
  • Ensuring compliance and ethics-oriented business practices
  • Ensuring freedom of food choice
  • Realizing a workplace where employees can work in a lively and active way
  • Strengthening group governance
  • Building sustainable logistics
  • Countermeasures against cyber attacks
  • Ensuring tax transparency

SDGs Materiality

SDGs Materiality

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Purpose / Management Issues SDGs targets
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Responsibility of Kirin Group Which Runs Alcoholic Beverage Businesses
Dealing with alcohol-related problems
Health and well-being
Ensuring food safety and security
Ensuring quality assurance and a stable supply of pharmaceuticals
Creating and supplying life-changing pharmaceuticals
Initiating new approaches to meet medical needs that go beyond pharmaceuticals
Support for the prevention of non-communicable diseases
Improvement of access to nutrition
Support for maintaining the immune system
Ensuring occupational health and safety
Support for maintaining and improving internal and external health, as well as physical and mental performance
Implementation of health and productivity management
Community Engagement
Revitalization of local economies and communities via interpersonal and societal ties
Sustainable development of raw material production areas
The Environment
Sustainable use of biological resources
Sustainable use of water resources
Sustainable recycling of containers and packaging
Overcoming climate change