We have Two Principles that guide our actions: “Offer Customers Only the Finest Products” and “Continuously Challenge the Status Quo.“ We have acted with integrity towards all stakeholders including customers, employees, the environment, and society. For generations, we have passed down our aspiration to continuously innovate for a better future.

Our Mission is “Bringing Flavor to Life.” We are committed to offering food with pride and integrity, based on an appreciation for nature. We aim to help resolve environmental and social issues through our business activities in accordance with our sustainable business model. We will embrace innovation and challenges as we aim to be a sustainable company for the next 100 years and beyond.

Mizkan has always respected water, which is essential for nature, food, and people’s lives. We have sought to coexist with the natural environment, including the forests and ecosystems surrounding the water. As part of this, we have been conserving our forests and maintaining our biotope. The passion of our founder, who contributed to the sushi culture of the Edo period, is in our company DNA. In addition to delivering safe and secure food, developing a rich food culture and nourishing our bodies and minds has been at the core of our business.

We can expect the global environment to change drastically. Food and nutrition will become scarcer as the result of extreme climate change and population explosion. To realize our Mission, “Bringing Flavor to Life,” we drafted Vision Statement 2024 as a roadmap to ensure that our business activities contribute to the environment, society, and people’s dietary lifestyles.

We will expand our sustainability initiatives as we work to realize our vision. At the same time, we will consider the future beyond the timeline of our Vision Statement. Together with stakeholders, Mizkan will create value for customers, the environment, and society.

We identified five key issues (materiality) we must address to realize our Vision. To do so, we began by breaking down Vision Statement 2024 from a sustainability perspective. Then we reexamined Mizkan’s history and internal environment, along with changes to the external environment.

• To “champion the well-being of the earth, society, and all that dwell on it“, we need to use water in a way that minimizes environmental impact, take into consideration climate change risks in our business activities, and use resources more sustainably. This led us to identify the following as material issues: respecting water, positively impacting climate change, and using resources wisely.
• To “champion the well-being of the earth, society, and all that dwell on it“ and “innovate new taste experiences for the evolving needs of society, we need to pursue economic, environmental, and social value. We wish to do so by delivering foods that offer taste experiences and healthy choices to more people around the world. Hence, we identified delivering healthier living through food" as a material issue.
• To empower and engage our people and partners under our corporate philosophy to grow together, we need to create a fair and equitable working environment by respecting human rights and ensuring occupational safety throughout the supply chain. Hence, we identified respecting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and human rights as a material issue.

We believe that environmental issues such as climate change, water risk, and resource recycling, and social issues such as human rights, are not only business continuity risks for Mizkan, but also issues that we should help resolve through our business activities.