Empowering Future Generations: Kirin Launches “KIRIN Nature School in Sri Lanka” to Provide Children with Opportunities to Learn About Living in Harmony with Nature

TOKYO, December 22, 2025 — Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (Kirin Holdings) has launched the "Kirin Nature School in Sri Lanka" program in November 2025. As part of efforts to achieve a Nature-Positive impact at the upstream of the Kirin Group's supply chain, the program offers lessons on living in harmony with nature for elementary and junior high school students who are children of employees working at tea plantations in Sri Lanka.

The Kirin Group has implemented various initiatives to create positive impact＊1– the core message of its Environmental Vision 2050 – for the next generation. These include environmental education programs for junior and senior high school students and nature-focused programs for elementary school students. This time, we held the "Kirin Nature School in Sri Lanka" at two elementary and junior high schools located on tea plantations in Sri Lanka, which are positioned upstream in the Kirin Group's supply chain. The program focused on teaching the significance of environmental conservation and the importance of biodiversity. The Kirin Nature School program will continue to be implemented on an ongoing basis.
＊1 Moving beyond initiatives limited to our own company, we aim to broaden both the initiatives and their ripple effects across society, working together with communities and the young people who will lead the next generation to build a better future.

In December 2024, the Kirin Group began operating the "Regenerative Tea Scorecard" – a tool jointly developed with the Rainforest Alliance (CEO: Santiago Gowland) to facilitate the transition from conventional tea farming to regenerative agriculture＊2. The scorecard outlines methods to enhance soil health, conserve biodiversity within plantations, restore ecosystems, and improve the livelihoods of people working on the plantations. Furthermore, since June 2025, Kirin has been conducting joint research with the University of Tokyo at plantations where the scorecard is in use, confirming the presence of endangered and endemic species, and examining the role of riparian areas in their conservation*3.
To make a lasting contribution to Nature-Positive initiatives at Sri Lankan tea plantations, we believe it is essential to share knowledge about the significance of environmental conservation and biodiversity together with the young people who will lead the next generation. This is why we launched the “Kirin Nature School in Sri Lanka”.
＊2 An approach aiming to conserve and restore the environment through agricultural activities
＊3 Kirin Holdings and the University of Tokyo Quantitatively Assess the Environmental Status of Sri Lankan Tea Plantations | 2025 | KIRIN - Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

In the future, the Kirin Group will continue to tackle complex and interrelated environmental issues (biological resources, water resources, containers and packaging, climate change) in an integrated manner, and to work together with all those involved in the value chain to connect the desire to enjoy and pass on the Earth's bounty to future generations. We will actively promote various initiatives that have a 'positive impact' on nature and people.

For Reference

・Kirin Group Environmental Vision 2050
Kirin Group's Environmental Vision 2050 | The Environment | KIRIN - Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
・Kirin Group Environmental Report 2025
Kirin Group Environmental Report | Sustainability Information | KIRIN - Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

About Kirin Holdings

Kirin Holdings Company, Limited is an international company that operates in the Food & Beverages domain (Food & Beverages businesses), Pharmaceuticals domain (Pharmaceuticals businesses), and Health Science domain (Health Science business), both in Japan and across the globe.

Kirin Holdings can trace its roots to Japan Brewery which was established in 1885. Japan Brewery became Kirin Brewery in 1907. Since then, the company expanded its business with fermentation and biotechnology as its core technologies, and entered the pharmaceutical business in the 1980s, all of which continue to be global growth centers. In 2007, Kirin Holdings was established as a pure holding company and is currently focusing on boosting its Health Science domain.

Under the Kirin Group Vision 2027 (KV 2027), a long-term management plan launched in 2019, the Kirin Group aims to become “A global leader in CSV*, creating value across our world of Food & Beverages to Pharmaceuticals.” Going forward, the Kirin Group will continue to leverage its strengths to create both social and economic value through its businesses, with the aim of achieving sustainable growth in corporate value.

* Creating Shared Value. combined added value for consumers as well as for society at large

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