CSR at the Food Company

CSR at this Division Company

Responding to the needs of consumers and society with environmental consideration

We aim to conduct good businesses that can contribute to society by ensuring a stable supply of safe products, checking multiple aspects of food safety, and paying attention to preserving the environment. In this manner, we strive to earn the trust of our customers and local communities.

Yoshihisa AokiPresident, Food Company

CSR Action Plans

Key points of our FY2012 action plans

We will continue advancing initiatives that meet a variety of societal needs, such as promotion of a procurement business to secure stable food resources, monitoring food safety through creation of inspection systems/supply chain management/internal audits, and promotion of prepared food recycling for environmental protection/waste product reduction.

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Examples of Key Initiatives

Food safety management support for Chinese business partner

The Food Company places the Chinese market at the center of its strategy, with its largest initiative in China being the creation of a business partnership with the Ting Hsin Group, the leading food/distribution group in China. As a result of China’s high growth, demands for food safety are increasing rapidly, and providing Japan’s advanced food safety management knowhow can be a major differentiating factor. Therefore, we visited 13 major manufacturing plants/restaurants in China and Taiwan from 2010, and have been making wide-ranging recommendations and proposals for improving on-site hygienic/operational processes and management methods with the cooperation of Universal Food Co., Ltd. Executive Officer Toshio Watanabe (currently seconded to Nippon Access Inc.), an expert on food safety management within the ITOCHU Group and a holder of the ISO inspector qualification. This initiative is also contributing greatly to building good relations with the Ting Hsin Group.

Inspection of a Ting Hsin Group restaurant

Promotion of food resource procurement focused on stable supply and assured safety

Populations and income levels are rising sharply around the world, including in Asian countries, and global demand for grains is expected to increase in the future. Meanwhile, consumers are increasingly aware of food safety, with rising demands for assuring safety and establishing traceability. The Food Company will create a global distribution network connecting the supply and demand sides of this business and promote food resource procurement, while focusing on the stable supply of grains and assuring safety. One such initiative is construction of a new grain export terminal in Longview, Washington (U.S.A.), mainly for exports to Asia. Operations are scheduled to start in 2011.