{"id":1943,"date":"2022-06-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meg-snow.com\/english\/cms2\/?page_id=1943"},"modified":"2025-12-25T09:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:38:48","slug":"esgdata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meg-snow.com\/english\/sustainability\/esgdata\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1943\" class=\"elementor elementor-1943\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52fff76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52fff76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e8e182\" data-id=\"2e8e182\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff54f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eff54f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\uff08Last Updated:Dec.25, 2025 \uff09<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0bc19f elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f0bc19f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meg-snow.com\/english\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/esg202512.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">For Printing [ 423KB ]<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1aa383 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"d1aa383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">*The scope of data collection is Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. only, unless otherwise mentioned.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">*The data may be adjusted retroactively.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dca035f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dca035f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4472786\" data-id=\"4472786\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46df80a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46df80a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Environment<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c43f6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c43f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Policy and Certification<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac4fa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ac4fa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"uk-table uk-table-divider uk-table-responsive\"><tbody><tr>\n<td><b>Environmental Policy<\/b><\/td><td>Yes <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meg-snow.com\/english\/sustainability\/reducing-environmental-load\/\">Megmilk Snow Brand Group Environmental Policy<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr>\n<td><b>Procurement Policy<\/b><\/td><td>Yes <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meg-snow.com\/english\/sustainability\/procurementpolicy\/\">Megmilk Snow Brand Group Procurement Policy<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr>\n<td rowspan=\"4\"><b>Third-Party\u00a0 Certification Sites<\/b><\/td><td>ISO14001<br \/>\n52 sites\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Megmilk Snow Brand Co., <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Co., Ltd.,\u00a0Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd.\u00a0Bean Stalk Snow Co.,Ltd.<\/span>)<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr>\n<td>Green Management<br \/>\n14 sites <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Chokuhan Haisou Co., Ltd.)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meg-snow.com\/english\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/Final_Verification_Statement_FY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third-Party Verification of CO<sub>2<\/sub> Emissions(Scope1 and 2)<\/a><br \/>\n8 companies <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Kohnan Oils and Fats Mfg. Co., Ltd., Chokuhan Haisou Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd.)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meg-snow.com\/english\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/final_scope3_fy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third-Party Verification of CO<sub>2<\/sub> Emissions(Scope3)<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.,)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a1970b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a1970b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc43171\" data-id=\"bc43171\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90c0014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90c0014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aPreventing Global Warming\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>Unit<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Electricity Used<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td>Millions of kWh<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">229<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">230<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">259<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">255<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">257<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total Fuel Used <span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Crude Oil Equivalent)<\/span><sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td>Thousands of kl<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">109.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">110.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">128.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">118.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">119.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Fuel Used<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Crude Oil Equivalent)<\/span><sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td>Thousands of kl<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">52.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">53.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">63.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">61.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">62.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Electricity Used<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Crude Oil Equivalent)<\/span><sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td>Thousands of kl<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">57.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">57.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">64.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">56.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">56.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Recyclable Energy Used<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td>kWh<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">24,500<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">26,668<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">31,733<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">230,920<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2,679,175<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Recyclable Energy Used<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td>%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.10<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CO<sub>2<\/sub> Emissions<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">22.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">27.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">25.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">24.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">24.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Scope1<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">12.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">12.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Scope2<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">12.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CO<sub>2<\/sub> Emission Offsets (such as J-Credit)<\/td><td>t-CO<sub>2<\/sub><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Adjusted CO<sub>2<\/sub> Emissions<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">24.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reduction in CO<sub>2<\/sub> Emissions<sup>*3<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Compared to Fiscal 2013)<\/span><\/td><td>%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">21.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">18.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">23.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">26.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">26.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scope3<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">236.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">224.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">231.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">225.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">223.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category1)<\/span> Purchased Goods and Services<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">211.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">200.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">206.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">201.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">199.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category2)<\/span> Capital Goods<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">7.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category3)<\/span> Fuel- and Energy-Related Activities<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Not Included in Scope 1 or 2)<\/span><\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category4)<\/span> Upstream Transportaion and Distribution<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category5)<\/span> Waste Generated in Operations<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category6)<\/span> Business Travel<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category7)<\/span> Employee Commuting<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category8)<\/span> Upstream Leased Assets<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category9)<\/span> Downstream Transportaion and Distribution<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category10)<\/span> Processing of Sold Products<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category11)<\/span> Use of Sold Products<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category12)<\/span> End-of-Life Treatment of Sold Products&#8221;<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category13)<\/span> Downstream Leased Assets<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category14)<\/span> Franchises<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Category15)<\/span> Investments<\/td><td>Ten thousands of tons<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><td>Not calculated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fluorocarbon Leakage<\/td><td>t-CO<sub>2<\/sub><\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2,484<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,147<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2,486<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5,410<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2,013<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*1 Aggregation of 8group companies. ( Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Kohnan Oils and Fats Mfg. Co., Ltd., Chokuhan Haisou Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd. ) Figures before fiscal 2021 are non-consolidated.<br \/>*2 Aggregation of 3group companies. ( Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd.) Figures before fiscal 2023 are non-consolidated.<br \/>*3 Aggregation of 8group companies. ( Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Kohnan Oils and Fats Mfg. Co., Ltd., Chokuhan Haisou Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd. ) Figure of fiscal 2020 is non-consolidated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39cd042 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39cd042\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aSustainably Using Resources\u300b<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>% of Paper Made of Eco-Friendly Materials Used<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Scope of Data Collection: Paper Packaging and Cardboard)<\/span><sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">83.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">87.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">97.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">99.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">99.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Certified Palm Oil Used<sup>*2<\/sup><br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*Refined palm oil only<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">20.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">20.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">54.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">73.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Petroleum-derived plastic usage<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">13.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">13.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">13.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Petroleum-derived plastic usage per unit of sales revenue<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">t\/Hundred million yen<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reduction in petroleum-derived plastic usage per unit of sales revenue (Compared to Fiscal 2018)<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">12.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Biomass Plastic Used<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">0.2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*1 Aggregation of 4group companies. ( Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd. ) Figure of fiscal 2020 is non-consolidated.<br \/>*2 Aggregation of 4group companies. ( Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Kohnan Oils and Fats Mfg. Co., Ltd., Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd. ) Figures before fiscal 2021 are non-consolidated.<br \/>*3 Aggregation of 4group companies. ( Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd. )<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff1b34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ff1b34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aRecycling-Based Society\u300b<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Raw Materials Used<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,162.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,164.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,148.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,080.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,101.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Raw Milk<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,005.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,027.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">999.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">960.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">963.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Oils and Fats<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Milk-Derived Raw Materials<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">33.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">16.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">28.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">26.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Other Raw Materials<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">48.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">46.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">48.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">44.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">45.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Resources for Packaging Used<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Paper,Plastic, Glass, Alminum, etc.)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">57.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">58.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">58.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">48.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">51.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Waste<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(incl. General Waste from Business Activities<\/span><sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">16.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">19.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">20.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">16.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">16.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Waste<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">18.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">19.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reduction in Waste<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Compared to Fiscal 2013)<\/span><sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">23.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">23.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">19.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">34.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">33.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amount of Recycled Waste<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">18.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Recycled Waste<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">95.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">95.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Food Waste<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amount of Recycled Food Waste<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Recycled Food Waste<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">83.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">86.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">94.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amount of Industrial Plastic Waste<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.38<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.30<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.25<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.16<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reduction in Industrial Plastic Waste<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Compared to Fiscal 2018)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">9.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">12.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">19.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Recycled Plastic Waste<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">93.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">97.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Specially controlled Industrial Waste<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">7.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">13.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">8.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Final Disposal of Waste<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of t<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.72<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.67<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.15<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.13<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.17<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*1 Aggregation of 7group companies. (Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Kohnan Oils and Fats Mfg. Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd. ) Figure of fiscal 2020 is non-consolidated.<br \/>*2 Aggregation of 6group companies. (Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Kohnan Oils and Fats Mfg. Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd. ) Figure of fiscal 2020 is non-consolidated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f85621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f85621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aWater Resources\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Water Used<sup>*<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of m<sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10,757<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10,755<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">12,089<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11,705<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11,596<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Ground Water<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of m<sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11,316<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11,214<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Tap Water<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of m<sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">130<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">125<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Water for Industrial Use<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of m<sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">40<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">40<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Rivers<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of m<sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">218<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">217<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reduction in Water Used<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Compared to Fiscal 2013)<\/span><sup>*<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">8.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">7.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wastewater<sup>*<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of m<sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10,340<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10,408<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11,485<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11,234<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10,595<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Rivers<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of m<sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">9,452<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">9,173<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">8,482<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Public Sewer<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Thousands of m<sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2,033<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2,061<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2,112<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">* Aggregation of 7group companies.\uff08Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Kohnan Oils and Fats Mfg. Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd. \uff09Figures before fiscal 2021 are non-consolidated.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0a9d32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0a9d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aEnvironmental Management\u300b<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Fines for Violations of Environmental <br \/>Laws<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Violations<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total Fines of Violations of Environmental <br \/>Laws<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Yen<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Fines for Violations of Water Quality <br \/>and Quantity Laws<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Violations<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-696eb3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"696eb3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aEnvironmental Audit and Education\u300b<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Internal Environmental Audit<sup>*<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Sites<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">53<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">51<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">51<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">52<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">52<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&#8220;% of Participants in Environmental<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>e-learning Course &#8220;<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&#8220;Number of Participants in ISO14001 Environmental Basic Fundamental Training<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>for Marketing and Administration Section&#8221;<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">52<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">69<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">59<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">85<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Internal ISO14001 Environmental Auditor Development Training<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">95<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">87<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">47<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">48<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&#8220;Number of Participants in Environmental<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>e-learning Course for Group Companies&#8221;<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">448<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">592<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">647<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">656<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">* Aggregation of 5 group companies. (Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co.,Ltd. )<br \/>Figures before fiscal 2022 are aggregation of 4 group companies. (Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd. )<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c860e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c860e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d477618\" data-id=\"d477618\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585d9b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"585d9b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Society<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20338f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f20338f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Policy and Certification<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-909eb67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"909eb67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"uk-table uk-table-divider uk-table-responsive\"><tbody><tr><td><b>Third-Party Certification of Food Safety<\/b><\/td><td>FSSC22000<br \/>25 Plants <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(96% of the food facilities in and outside Japan that manufacture Megmilk Snow Brand products )<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><b>METI Recognition under the Certified Health &amp; Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program<\/b><\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><b>Third-Party Certification of Animal Experiment<\/b><\/td><td>Yes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meg-snow.com\/corporate\/rd\/contribution\/index.html#ani\">Ethical considerations for animal experiments<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551979d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"551979d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aDairy Farming\u300b<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in the Japan Dairy Farmer\u2019s Research Association Conference<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">218<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">208<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">261<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">313<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">330<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Dairy Farming Advisory Committee Meetings<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Area of land planted with Snow Brand Seed Feedstuff Seeds by Compared to Fiscal 2019 Levels<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">99.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">103.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96.4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6da1dd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6da1dd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aWorkstyle Reform\u300b<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Total Working Hour<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Non-Managerial Employees\u3001Annual)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Hours<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,972.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,946.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,938.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,924.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,944.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Hours<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2,001.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,976.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,967.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,950.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,960.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Hours<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,843.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,817.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,817.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,814.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,879.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hours of Overtime Work<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Non-Managerial Employees\u3001Average per Month\u3001Compared to Normal Working Hours)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Hours<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">16.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Hours<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">18.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">18.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">18.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">18.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Hours<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">12.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">13.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">13.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">13.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Annual Paid Leave Taken (All Employees)<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">73.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">73.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">80.1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">83.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">80.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">72.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">70.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">76.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">80.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">78.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">79.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">81.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">90.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">91.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">85.7<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f963058 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f963058\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aDiversity and Inclusion\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Consolidated Regular Employees<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>5,669<\/td><td>5,665<\/td><td>5,715<\/td><td>5,731<\/td><td>5,751<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Consolidated Temporary Employees<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>3,438<\/td><td>3,383<\/td><td>3,328<\/td><td>3,185<\/td><td>3,096<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Regular Employees<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>3,161<\/td><td>3,134<\/td><td>3,118<\/td><td>3,129<\/td><td>3,127<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>2,670<\/td><td>2,635<\/td><td>2,606<\/td><td>2,601<\/td><td>2,581<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>491<\/td><td>499<\/td><td>512<\/td><td>528<\/td><td>546<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Female Share of Total Regular Employees<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>15.5<\/td><td>15.9<\/td><td>16.4<\/td><td>16.9<\/td><td>17.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Regular Employees with non-Japanese nationality<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td>People<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Temporary Employees<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>1,123<\/td><td>1,103<\/td><td>1,083<\/td><td>1,029<\/td><td>1,047<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>558<\/td><td>554<\/td><td>560<\/td><td>540<\/td><td>550<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>565<\/td><td>549<\/td><td>523<\/td><td>489<\/td><td>498<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Age of Employees<\/td><td>Age<\/td><td>40.4<\/td><td>40.8<\/td><td>41.2<\/td><td>41.7<\/td><td>41.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>Age<\/td><td>41.0<\/td><td>41.5<\/td><td>41.9<\/td><td>42.4<\/td><td>42.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>Age<\/td><td>36.9<\/td><td>37.1<\/td><td>37.7<\/td><td>38.0<\/td><td>38.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Years of Employment<\/td><td>Years<\/td><td>14.3<\/td><td>14.8<\/td><td>15.4<\/td><td>15.8<\/td><td>16.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>Years<\/td><td>14.7<\/td><td>15.2<\/td><td>15.7<\/td><td>16.3<\/td><td>16.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>Years<\/td><td>12.5<\/td><td>12.8<\/td><td>13.4<\/td><td>13.6<\/td><td>13.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Newly Hired Employees<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(New Graduates)<\/span><\/td><td>People<\/td><td>75<\/td><td>72<\/td><td>43<\/td><td>74<\/td><td>155<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>49<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>91<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>32<\/td><td>64<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Newly Hired Employees<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Mid-Career)<\/span><\/td><td>People<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>40<\/td><td>49<\/td><td>27<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Female Recruits among Regular Employees<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>27.1<\/td><td>33.7<\/td><td>26.5<\/td><td>35.0<\/td><td>37.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Mid-Career Regular Employees<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>21.9<\/td><td>16.3<\/td><td>48.2<\/td><td>39.8<\/td><td>14.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Retirees<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>72<\/td><td>113<\/td><td>107<\/td><td>121<\/td><td>124<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u3000Retired<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>50<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>46<\/td><td>67<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u3000The Others<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>63<\/td><td>66<\/td><td>75<\/td><td>57<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total turnover rate<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>2.0<\/td><td>3.2<\/td><td>3.0<\/td><td>3.4<\/td><td>3.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>2.1<\/td><td>3.0<\/td><td>3.2<\/td><td>3.4<\/td><td>3.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>1.7<\/td><td>4.1<\/td><td>2.2<\/td><td>3.3<\/td><td>2.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Voluntary resignation rate<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>1.0<\/td><td>1.4<\/td><td>1.5<\/td><td>1.8<\/td><td>1.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>1.0<\/td><td>1.1<\/td><td>1.5<\/td><td>1.7<\/td><td>1.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>1.2<\/td><td>2.8<\/td><td>1.7<\/td><td>2.2<\/td><td>2.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Personnel Turnover Rate of Newly Hired Graduates within 3 Years<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>9.4<\/td><td>14.3<\/td><td>10.7<\/td><td>12.5<\/td><td>4.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Rehired Staff After Retirement<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>86.7<\/td><td>84.0<\/td><td>82.9<\/td><td>84.8<\/td><td>88.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of managers<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*As of April of the next fiscal year<\/span><\/td><td>People<\/td><td>686<\/td><td>694<\/td><td>711<\/td><td>704<\/td><td>698<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>652<\/td><td>652<\/td><td>660<\/td><td>649<\/td><td>638<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>51<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>60<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u3000Mid-Career<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>31<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Female managers<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*As of April of the next fiscal year<\/span><\/td><td>%<\/td><td>5.0<\/td><td>6.1<\/td><td>7.2<\/td><td>7.8<\/td><td>8.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Women in upper management positions <span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(General Manager Level)<\/span><\/td><td>%<\/td><td>0.5<\/td><td>3.1<\/td><td>3.4<\/td><td>4.5<\/td><td>7.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Women in lower management positions <span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Manager Level)<\/span><\/td><td>%<\/td><td>6.7<\/td><td>7.2<\/td><td>8.7<\/td><td>9.1<\/td><td>9.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of new managers who were internally promoted<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>100.0<\/td><td>97.8<\/td><td>98.1<\/td><td>100.0<\/td><td>97.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Employees Taking Childcare Leave<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>76<\/td><td>107<\/td><td>114<\/td><td>128<\/td><td>112<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>43<\/td><td>77<\/td><td>88<\/td><td>94<\/td><td>81<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>33<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>31<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Days of Childcare Leave Taken<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Men)<\/span><sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td>Days<\/td><td>13.6<\/td><td>13.5<\/td><td>21.4<\/td><td>29.4<\/td><td>44.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Employees Taking Childcare Leave<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td>%<\/td><td>56.3<\/td><td>78.7<\/td><td>91.9<\/td><td>105.8<\/td><td>96.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Men<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>45.3<\/td><td>71.3<\/td><td>89.8<\/td><td>106.8<\/td><td>94.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Women<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>82.5<\/td><td>107.1<\/td><td>100.0<\/td><td>103.0<\/td><td>103.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gender Pay Gap<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Average Female Salary \/ Average Male Salary)<\/span><\/td><td>%<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>60.5<\/td><td>62.3<\/td><td>65.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Regular Employees<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(incl. Full-Time Employees Changed to Permanent Employment)<\/span><\/td><td>%<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>64.0<\/td><td>65.4<\/td><td>68.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Temporary Employees<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td>75.0<\/td><td>73.8<\/td><td>74.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Six Months Tenure after Taking Maternity and Childcare Leave<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>100.0<\/td><td>98.9<\/td><td>100.0<\/td><td>100.0<\/td><td>98.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shortened Working Hours<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>59<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>61<\/td><td>49<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Care Leave<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>35<\/td><td>36<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>71<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Care Leaves<\/td><td>People<\/td><td>79<\/td><td>80<\/td><td>83<\/td><td>89<\/td><td>88<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Disabled in Workforce<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>2.22<\/td><td>2.25<\/td><td>2.39<\/td><td>2.59<\/td><td>2.56<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Employees Unionized<\/td><td>%<\/td><td>99.6<\/td><td>99.6<\/td><td>99.5<\/td><td>99.6<\/td><td>99.5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*1 Currently only from the Asian region.<br \/>*2 The average number of days taken by male regular employees.<br \/>*3 This rate may exceed 100% because it includes employees who had a child in the previous fiscal year but did not take childcare leave in that same year, and instead took childcare leave in the following fiscal year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-affc347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"affc347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aSecuring and Training Human Resources\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Amount Cost of Training<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Regular Employee)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Ten thousand yen\/ People\/Year<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">1.9<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">2.0<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">4.2<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">5.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Female Leader Training<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">22<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">38<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">25<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">25<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in the Training for Heads of Departments<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">18<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Public Offering Business Skills Training<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">351<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">347<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">268<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">378<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Career Development Training<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Workshop Style)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">201<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">518<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">363<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">553<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">601<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Self\u2010Development Correspondence Education<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">374<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">364<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">374<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">368<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">417<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Participation in Group Activities for Sustainability<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b42c63c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b42c63c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aWork Engagement\u300b<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th class=\"t_center\" bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Engagement Score<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Points<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">63.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">65.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Engagement survey<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,272<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,415<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Participants in Engagement survey<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">92.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">97.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Employees That Have Undergone Routine Health Checkup<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">99.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Employees That Have Undergone Stress Check<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">91.9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">91.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">90.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">88.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">92.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Obesity\uff08Over 40years Old \uff09<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">44.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">44.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">43.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">45.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Smoking<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">24.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">23.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">23.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">25.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Specific Health Guidance<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">22.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">21.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">20.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">19.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">19.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Health Management Online Education<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,226<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,135<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,505<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Participants in Health Management Online Education<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">91.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">90.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">99.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Absenteeism<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Days<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Presenteeism score<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">91.6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">91.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">91.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Presenteeism test<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,125<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,089<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,064<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Participants in Presenteeism test<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">89.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">88.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">91.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Frequency Rate<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Number of work-related injuries resulting in time off or death \u00f7 Total working hours \u00d7 1,000,000)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.91<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.69<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.72<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.92<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.52<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Manufacturing Average<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.21<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.31<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.25<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.29<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1.30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Severity Rate<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Total Number of Days Lost due to Work-Related Accidents \u00f7 Total Working Hours \u00d7 1,000)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.04<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.02<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.01<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.02<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Manufacturing Average<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.07<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.06<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.08<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.08<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0.06<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TRIR <span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Total Recordable Incident Rate)<\/span><sup>*4<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.23<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.50<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.80<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2.54<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3.28<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of deaths from workplace accidents<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*1 Sick and absent from work.Average number of days of sick leave taken.<br \/>*2 Working with poor physical condition, reducing productivity.Ratio of labor impairment due to health issues, assessed to quantify the organization\u2019s labor function.<br \/>*3 Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, &#8216;Labor Accident Trend Survey&#8217;<br \/>*4 Number of casualties due to work-related accidents (injuries without absence from work + accidents resulting in absence from work or death) \u00f7 total working hours \u00d7 1,000,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f1e540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f1e540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aQuality Control\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>% of Certification under an International Food Safety Scheme<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(such as FSSC or SQF)<\/span> Recognized by GFSI.<sup>*<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">93<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">93<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Certified Sensory Evaluation Technicians with the Ability to Evaluate Flavor<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*As of April of the next fiscal year<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,522<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,601<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,573<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,574<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1,644<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Quality Assurance Basic Understanding Check<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,877<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,860<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,740<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,680<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,651<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Certified Inspectors<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">537<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">579<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">530<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">567<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">574<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Food Saftey Training<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,460<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,455<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,500<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,586<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,701<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Corporate Ethics Committee Quality Subcommittee<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(incl. Plant Audits)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">15<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">9<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">* Food facilities in and outside Japan that manufacture Megmilk Snow Brand products. (Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Ibaraku Co., Ltd., Kohnan Oils and Fats Mfg. Co., Ltd., Michinoku Milk Co., Ltd., Yatsugatake Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd., PT. Megmilk Snow Brand Indonesia,YOSHIDA CORPORATION, Luna Bussan Co., Ltd., Miruku no Sato Co., Ltd.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16984b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16984b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aFood for Contributions to Health\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Priority Functional Foods Sales<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Hundred million yen<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">641<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Food Education Activities Participants<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">9,715<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">44,376<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">64,150<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">62,764<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">50,785<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Research Presentations That Contribute to Extending Healthy Life Expectancy<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Papers<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">10<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Research Papers Published That Contribute to Extending Healthy Life Expectancy<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Papers<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*1 Group consolidation.<br \/>*2 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we shelved these activities from February 2020, resumed food education activities in a limited way on June 2020, and started online on October 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-430e989 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"430e989\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aCommunication\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Social Contribution Activities Expenses<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">million yen<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">827<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plant Tours Participants<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">213<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">9,198<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">12,570<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">43,205<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">50,939<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Human Rights Impact Assessment<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dialogue with Human Rights Experts<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"t_right\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*1 18group companies.<br \/>*2 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we shelved these activities from February 2020, started online on June 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd628d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd628d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aComplaints\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Comments Received from Customers<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Comments<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">53,722<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">51,016<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">46,988<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">42,759<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">40,221<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Of These, Number of Complaints<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Complaints<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5,259<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4,421<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,912<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,825<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3,766<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e56a150 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e56a150\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed5ddf3\" data-id=\"ed5ddf3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e7de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07e7de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Governance<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acf9a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acf9a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"uk-table uk-table-divider uk-table-responsive\"><tbody><tr><td><b>Form of Organization<\/b><\/td><td style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Company with Audit and Supervisory Committee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><b>Accounting Auditor<\/b><\/td><td style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><b>Anti-Takeover Measures<\/b><\/td><td style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><b>Whistleblowing System<\/b><\/td><td style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Yes (Internal Whistleblowing Hotline &#8220;the Megmilk Snow Brand Hotline&#8221;, and an External Hotline (Attorney) )<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bcbe4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bcbe4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aBoard of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Committee\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>As of June 25, 2025<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Directors<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">\uff08incl. Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1em;\">External Directors<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1em;\">Female Director<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Exective Officers<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .7em;\">*Of them, 3people concurrently serve as directors.<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Directors who Concurrently Serve as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1em;\">Independent External Directors<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3d453 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c3d453\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aNumber of Meetings\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u3000<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Board Meetings<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Board Meetings Attendance<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Audit and Supervisory Committee Meetings<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Audit and Supervisory Committee Meetings Attendance<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Nomination Advisory Committee Meetings<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nomination Advisory Committee Meetings Attendance<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Remuneration Advisory Committee Meetings<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Remuneration Advisory Committee Meetings Attendance<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">100.0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9b123d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9b123d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aIR Activities\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Financial Results Briefing<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Small Meetings<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">8<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Meetings with outside directors hosted by securities companies<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IR day<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Business Presentations Facility Tours etc.)<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Briefings for Personal Investors<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Small meetings with Overseas Investors<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dialogues on ESG and Integrated Reporting<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dialogues with the Institutional Investor Collaborative Dialogue Forum<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Individual Meetings<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">62<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">55<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">51<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">65<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">73<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6671cb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6671cb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aCompliance\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>% of Employees That Have Information Security e-learning Course<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">98.4<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">99.3<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">99.2<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">97.0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">97.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Product Recovery with Announcement<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Incidents<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">1<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Corporate Ethics Committee<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Corporate Ethics Committee Product Information Subcommittee<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Times<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Participants in Compliance Training<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">People<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">123<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">115<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">93<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">117<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">178<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% of Employees That Have Compliance e-learning Course<sup>*2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">%<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">99.7<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96.5<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">96.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amount Spent on Political Contributions, Lobbying<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Hundred million yen<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p style=\"font-size: .8em;\">*1 Aggregation of 17group companies until fiscal 2021, aggregation of 18group companies since fiscal 2022.<br \/>*2 Aggregation of 13group companies in fiscal 2022, aggregation of 18group companies since fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b99c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b99c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-overflow-auto\"><table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider\"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>\u300aWhistleblowing\u300b<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\">\u00a0<\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2020<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2021<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2022<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2023<\/b><\/th><th bgcolor=\"#ededed\"><b>2024<\/b><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Whistleblowing<br \/><span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">(Boundary: Megmilk Snow Brand Group Total (Japan) )<\/span><\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Matters<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">52<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">42<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">61<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">67<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">51<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding-left: 1.6rem;\">Human Relations<\/td><td class=\"t_center\">Matters<\/td><td class=\"t_right\">26<\/td><td 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