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In order to accurately grasp the ideal form of the Kirin Group that society expects, such as when the Kirin Group is facing various management issues or revising its policies in pursuit of sustainable growth, we aim to reflect the voices of society in our strategies through stakeholder engagement and to co-create value with society through our business.

Promoting Support for Tea Plantations in Sri Lanka (December 2024)

The Kirin Group provides various support to our partner tea plantations in Sri Lanka, source of the black tea leaves used in “Kirin Gogo-no-Kocha”, to become more sustainable.

In order to promote the above effort, the Kirin Group reached out to local secondary suppliers and other relevant groups to learn directly from them about the issues that the Sri Lankan tea industry and tea plantations are facing.

Engagement targets

Tea farmers, local suppliers, Sri Lanka Tea Board, Colombo Tea Traders Association, local universities

Content

Explanation of the Kirin Group's tea plantation support in Sri Lanka

Support for obtaining Rainforest Alliance certification
Conservation of water sources within the tea plantations
Donation of books to elementary schools
Development and utilization of Regenerative Tea Scorecards

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Discussion with the tea industry and tea plantations about issues they face

Issues the Sri Lankan tea industry is^* facing
Specific initiatives to resolve the issues
Expectations for companies

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We used interviews and questionnaires to hear about the current situation and issues from the people working on the tea plantations to improve their well-being.

In the future, we will continue to survey the conditions of the tea plantation workers, share the results with the relevant departments within the company, and formulate and implement a plan for what the Kirin Group should do to improve the well-being of everyone working at the Sri Lankan tea plantations.

Kirin Supply Chain Environmental Program Briefing Session (February 2024)

In the “Kirin Group Environmental Vision 2050”, to “achieve a society that has overcome climate change”, the Kirin Group pledges to lead the way in building a decarbonized society by achieving net zero GHG emissions across the entire value chain. To achieve this goal by 2050, we have set an interim target for 2030, which is a 30% reduction of Scope 3 emissions from the 2019 level. To reduce GHG emissions associated with the production and transportation of raw materials in Kirin’s domestic food and beverages domain, which is the largest source of Scope 3 emissions, we launched the Kirin Supply Chain Environmental Program and held a briefing session to further promote collaboration with our suppliers.

Contents of the briefing session

Explanation of the program outline

1. Program implementation period: April 2024 -

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3-year Plan will be rolled out annually and continued
2. Target suppliers: Suppliers who agreed to participate

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We will focus on suppliers and items causing high emissions
3. Program details: In addition to giving suppliers the following requests, the Kirin Group has prepared a support menu, which promotes collaborative initiatives to reduce GHG emissions

Items	Request to suppliers	Support from Kirin
① Disclosing and exchanging net emissions data	Disclosure of net emissions data in Scope 1 and 2 (Kirin's Scope 3 data)	Disclosure of Scope 3 emissions data (Kirin's Scope 1 and 2) for suppliers
② Setting targets aligned with SBT standards	Setting targets aligned with SBT standards	Introduction of SBT setting tools Introduction of Kirin's initiatives to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions
③ Collaborative efforts toward GHG reduction	Efforts toward GHG reduction Approach to upstream supply chain Proposals to Kirin · promotion of collaborative initiatives	Reduction initiatives and support by leveraging Kirin's advantages Reduction through fermentation biotechnology Joint development of new materials that contribute to emissions reduction

With all of our 19 suppliers’ support, this program is moving forward (as of February 2025).

We will continue to strengthen our collaboration and partnerships with our business partners, and work together to reduce GHG emissions. This effort will be incorporated into the Kirin Group's management strategy.

The Kirin Supply Chain Environmental Program has started.