Based on our mission, “Spreading Happiness through Food into the Future,” the Nichirei Group considers it its mission and purpose to use food as a starting point to bring joy and value to people’s day-to-day lives and society and the entire Earth, and thus create a delicious future.

Today, global warming caused by climate change, geopolitical risk, and other factors all have a major impact on the food-related supply chain in the Company’s business environment. How can the Nichirei Group, which plays a role in supporting social infrastructure, contribute to addressing global environmental change and achieving a sustainable society? We are being strongly asked by society to answer this.

In the Group’s long-term management goal “N-FIT2035,” the Nichirei Group has set forth two long-term management strategies related to sustainability:”Reduction of environmental impact to enhance corporate value” and ”Establishing a business model that contributes to solving social issues.”The entire Nichirei Group is working together to achieve these strategies, based on the Group’s approach toward material matters (materiality). To maintain a sustainable food supply chain in the future, we will carefully protect the abundant natural environment and food resources as we continue to engage in business activities, and actively work to achieve carbon neutrality.

For 80 years since our founding, the Nichirei Group has grown through businesses that solve various social issues. As a company with a supply chain that covers wide-ranging areas related to food, from materials procurement to logistics, we will continue utilizing our unique characteristics to act as a connector, and through group synergies, I believe we will be able to create new social value and enhance economic value.

Going forward, we will continue promoting sustainability management, as we aim to maximize corporate value with a balance of both social and economic value. We will work toward our aim of creating a society centered on wellbeing, where Nichirei Group employees and all other stakeholders involved with the Nichirei Group, as well as people all over the world, can enjoy healthy day-to-day life with a smile on their face.

I hope we can count on your continued support.

Kazunori Shimamoto

Representative Director, President, Chief Executive Officer
Nichirei Corporation