| GRI Standards | Disclosures | Medium of publication | |
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| GRI 101: Foundation 2016 | |||
| General Disclosures | |||
| 102: General Disclosures (2016) | 102-1 | Name of the organization | |
| 102-2 | Activities, brands, products, and services | Introduction of Business Fields Providing Value through Food |
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| 102-3 | Location of headquarters | ||
| 102-4 | Location of operations | ||
| 102-5 | Ownership and legal form | ||
| 102-6 | Markets served | ||
| 102-7 | Scale of the organization | ||
| 102-8 | Information on employees and other workers | ||
| 102-9 | Supply chain | ||
| 102-10 | Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain | ||
| 102-11 | Precautionary Principle or approach | Together with Clients/Business Partners (Basic Concept) |
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| 102-12 | External initiatives | ||
| 102-13 | Membership of associations | ||
| 102-14 | Statement from senior decision-maker | ||
| 102-15 | Key impacts, risks, and opportunities | ||
| 102-16 | Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior |
CSR Management (Basic CSR Policies) Together with Customers (Commitment to Quality) Together with Clients/Business Partners (Supply Chain Management) |
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| 102-17 | Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics | ||
| 102-18 | Governance structure | ||
| 102-19 | Delegating authority | ||
| 102-20 | Executive-level responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics | CSR Management (CSR Promotion System) Together with Customers (Communication with Customers) Together with Clients/Business Partners (Supply Chain Management) Together with Employees (Diversity) Together with Employees (Initiatives for Health Management) Environmental Management (Environmental Management System) |
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| 102-21 | Consulting stakeholders on economic, environmental, and social topics | CSR Management (The Process for Reviewing Our CSR Basic Policy and CSR System) |
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| 102-22 | Composition of the highest governance body and its committees | ||
| 102-23 | Chair of the highest governance body | ||
| 102-24 | Nominating and selecting the highest governance body | ||
| 102-25 | Conflicts of interest | ||
| 102-26 | Role of highest governance body in setting purpose, values,and strategy | CSR Management (CSR Promotion System) Together with Customers (Communication with Customers) Together with Clients/Business Partners (Supply Chain Management) Together with Employees (Diversity) Together with Employees (Initiatives for Health Management) Environmental Management (Environmental Management System) |
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| 102-27 | Collective knowledge of highest governance body | ||
| 102-28 | Evaluating the highest governance body's performance | Corporate Governance (Assessment of the Board’s effectiveness) |
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| 102-29 | Identifying and managing economic, environmental, and social impacts | ||
| 102-30 | Effectiveness of risk management processes | ||
| 102-31 | Review of economic, environmental, and social topics | CSR Management (CSR Promotion System) Together with Customers (Communication with Customers) Together with Clients/Business Partners (Supply Chain Management) Together with Employees (Diversity) Together with Employees (Initiatives for Health Management) Environmental Management (Environmental Management System) |
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| 102-32 | Highest governance body's role in sustainability reporting | ||
| 102-33 | Communicating critical concerns | ||
| 102-34 | Nature and total number of critical concerns | ||
| 102-35 | Remuneration policies | Corporate Governance (Basic Policy and Structure of Executive Remuneration System) |
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| 102-36 | Process for determining remuneration | Corporate Governance (Basic Policy and Structure of Executive Remuneration System) |
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| 102-37 | Stakeholders' involvement in remuneration | ||
| 102-38 | Annual total compensation ratio | ||
| 102-39 | Percentage increase in annual total compensation ratio | ||
| 102-40 | List of stakeholder groups | ||
| 102-41 | Collective bargaining agreements | ||
| 102-42 | Identifying and selecting stakeholders | ||
| 102-43 | Approach to stakeholder engagement | CSR Management (The Process for Reviewing Our CSR Basic Policy and CSR System) |
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| 102-44 | Key topics and concerns raised | ||
| 102-45 | Entities included in the consolidated financial statements | ||
| 102-46 | Defining report content and topic Boundaries | ||
| 102-47 | List of material topics | ||
| 102-48 | Restatements of information | ||
| 102-49 | Changes in reporting | ||
| 102-50 | Reporting period | ||
| 102-51 | Date of most recent report | ||
| 102-52 | Reporting cycle | ||
| 102-53 | Contact point for questions regarding the report | ||
| 102-54 | Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards | ||
| 102-55 | GRI content index | ||
| 102-56 | External assurance | ||
| Material topics | |||
| 103: Management Approach (2016) | 103-1 | Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | |
| 103-2 | The management approach and its components | ||
| 103-3 | Evaluation of the management approach | ||
| 201: Economic Performance (2016) | 201-1 | Direct economic value generated and distributed | |
| 201-2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate change | ||
| 201-3 | Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement plans | ||
| 201-4 | Financial assistance received from government | ||
| 202: Market Presence (2016) | 202-1 | Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage | |
| 202-2 | Proportion of senior management hired from the local community | ||
| 203: Indirect Economic Impacts (2016) | 203-1 | Infrastructure investments and services supported | |
| 203-2 | Significant indirect economic impacts | ||
| 204: Procurement Practices (2016) | 204-1 | Proportion of spending on local suppliers | |
| 205: Anti-corruption (2016) | 205-1 | Operations assessed for risks related to corruption | |
| 205-2 | Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures | ||
| 205-3 | Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken | ||
| 206: Anti-compretitive Behavior (2016) | 206-1 | Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices | |
| 207: Tax (2019) | 207-1 | Approach to tax | |
| 207-2 | Tax governance, control, and risk management | ||
| 207-3 | Stakeholder engagement and management of concerns related to tax | ||
| 207-4 | Country-by-country reporting | ||
| 301: Materials (2016) | 301-1 | Materials used by weight or volume | |
| 301-2 | Recycled input materials used | ||
| 301-3 | Reclaimed products and their packaging materials | ||
| 302: Energy (2016) | 302-1 | Energy consumption within the organization | |
| 302-2 | Energy consumption outside of the organization | ||
| 302-3 | Energy intensity | ||
| 302-4 | Reduction of energy consumption | Realization of a Low-carbon Society (Initiatives for Energy Saving) |
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| 302-5 | Reductions in energy requirements of products and services | ||
| 303: Water And Effluents (2018) | 303-1 | Interactions with water as a shared resource | |
| 303-2 | Management of water discharge-related impacts | ||
| 303-3 | Water withdrawal | ||
| 303-4 | Water discharge | ||
| 303-5 | Water consumption | ||
| 304: Biodiversity (2016) | 304-1 | Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas | |
| 304-2 | Significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity | ||
| 304-3 | Habitats protected or restored | ||
| 304-4 | IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations | ||
| 305: Emissions (2016) | 305-1 | Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions | Environmental Load Generated by Business Activities Realization of a Low-carbon Society (Initiatives to Reduce CO2 Emissions) |
| 305-2 | Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions | ||
| 305-3 | Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions | ||
| 305-4 | GHG emissions intensity | Realization of a Low-carbon Society (Initiatives to Reduce CO2 Emissions) |
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| 305-5 | Reduction of GHG emissions | Realization of a Low-carbon Society (Initiatives to Reduce CO2 Emissions) |
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| 305-6 | Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) | ||
| 305-7 | Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and other significant air emissions | ||
| 306: Waste (2020) | 306-1 | Waste generation and significant waste-related impacts | |
| 306-2 | Management of significant waste-related impacts | ||
| 306-3 | Waste generated | ||
| 306-4 | Waste diverted from disposal | ||
| 306-5 | Waste directed to disposal | ||
| 307: Environmental Compliance (2016) | 307-1 | Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations | |
| 308: Supplier Environmental Assessment (2016) | 308-1 | New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria | |
| 308-2 | Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken | ||
| 401: Employment (2016) | 401-1 | New employee hires and employee turnover | |
| 401-2 | Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees | ||
| 401-3 | Parental leave | ||
| 402: Labor/Management Relations (2016) | 402-1 | Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes | |
| 403: Occupational Health and Safety | 403-1 | Occupational health and safety management system | |
| 403-2 | Hazard identification, risk assessment, and incident investigation | ||
| 403-3 | Occupational health services | ||
| 403-4 | Worker participation, consultation, and communication on occupational health and safety | ||
| 403-5 | Worker training on occupational health and safety | ||
| 403-6 | Promotion of worker health | ||
| 403-7 | Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts directly linked by business relationships | ||
| 403-8 | Workers covered by an occupational health and safety management system | ||
| 403-9 | Work-related injuries | ||
| 403-10 | Work-related ill health | ||
| 404: Training and Education (2016) | 404-1 | Average hours of training per year per employee | |
| 404-2 | Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs | ||
| 404-3 | Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews | ||
| 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity (2016) | 405-1 | Diversity of governance bodies and employees | |
| 405-2 | Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men | ||
| 406: Non-discrimination(2016) | 406-1 | Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken | |
| 407: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining (2016) | 407-1 | Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk | |
| 408: Child Labor (2016) | 408-1 | Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor |
Together with Clients/Business Partners (Supply Chain Management) |
| 409: Forced or Compulsory Labor (2016) | 409-1 | Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor |
Together with Clients/Business Partners (Supply Chain Management) |
| 410: Security Practices (2016) | 410-1 | Security personnel trained in human rights policies or procedures | |
| 411: Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2016) | 411-1 | Incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous peoples | |
| 412: Human Rights Assessment (2016) | 412-1 | Operations that have been subject to human rights reviews or impact assessments | |
| 412-2 | Employee training on human rights policies or procedures | ||
| 412-3 | Significant investment agreements and contracts that include human rights clauses or that underwent human rights screening | ||
| 413: Local Communities (2016) | 413-1 | Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs | |
| 413-2 | Operations with significant actual and potential negative impacts on local communities | ||
| 414: Suplier Social Assessment (2016) | 414-1 | New suppliers that were screened using social criteria | |
| 414-2 | Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken | ||
| 415: Public Policy (2016) | 415-1 | Political contributions | |
| 416: Customer Health and Safety (2016) | 416-1 | Assessment of the health and safety impacts of product and service categories | |
| 416-2 | Incidents of non-compliance concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services | ||
| 417: Marketing and Labeling (2016) | 417-1 | Requirements for product and service information and labeling | |
| 417-2 | Incidents of non-compliance concerning product and service information and labeling | ||
| 417-3 | Incidents of non-compliance concerning marketing communications | ||
| 418: Customer Privacy (2016) | 418-1 | Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data | |
| 419: Socioeconomic Compliance (2016) | 419-1 | Non-compliance with laws and regulations in the social and economic area | |
The Company considers its key tasks as a food manufacturer to be delivery of safe, reliable products to customers and procurement of sustainable raw materials that are not harmful to the global environment or society.
“I wish to provide delicious, highly nutritious Western confectionaries to the people of Japan.” Morinaga & Co., Ltd. was launched with this strong desire as expressed by Taichiro Morinaga, the company’s founder.
The Morinaga Group is aware of various social issues that it faces at every stage of its value chain (planning and development, procurement, production, distribution and sales, and consumption/disposal) and is promoting measures to resolve them.
Society as a whole is becoming increasingly health-conscious and there is a growing need to take proper nutrients in an easy and functional way. The Morinaga Group has been working on the development of wellness products that can help people lead a healthy and happy life.