As the business of Morinaga Milk Group is founded on food, the availability of agricultural raw materials and water resources, changes in customers' preferences, impacts on production and distribution from typhoons and other weather disasters, tightening of regulations, climate change, and other changes in the environment may impact our business activities.

We revised our Environmental Policy in 2022, clarifying that we will undertake mitigation of and adaptation to environmental issues with the aim of reducing the mutual impacts between business activities and the environment, and clearly naming climate change as a concrete environmental issue.

Morinaga Milk endorsed the TCFD recommendations in March 2021, and has been working toward them.

We will continue working to address climate change and will disclose related information.

Initiatives Related to TCFD

For facilities such as wastewater treatment plants and boilers that could cause environmental pollution, the Morinaga Milk Group has compiled all legal requirements for each facility into a checklist to confirm that regulatory requirements are met. Moreover, these laws and regulations are checked once a year for revisions. A system for smoothly obtaining the necessary information through industry organizations was also established.

Environmental management system

Morinaga Milk Group has acquired ISO14001:2015 multi-site certification at its head office laboratory, plants, and Group companies. ISO14001 certified business sites account for 96%^※ of sites that manufacture food products for Morinaga Milk and affiliated companies.

※Of the 11 business sites that manufacture food products for Morinaga Milk and 16 business sites that manufacture food products for domestic affiliated companies, those that have acquired ISO14001 as of September 30,2023.

ISO14001 certified sites

ISO14001: 2015-certified business sites (as of September 30,2023.)
Scope of certification: Manufacture, research, development, and sales of milk, milk products, ice cream, beverages, and other food products

• Head office
  Head office (Plaza Building)
  Shiba 5-33-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8384
  Head office (Meguro Building)
  Meguro 4-4-22, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8657
  Head office (Shibaura DF Building)
  Shibaura 3-13-8, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0023
• Research & Information Center
  Higashihara 5-1-83, Zama City, Kanagawa 252-8583
• Tokyo Office
  8-1 Konan 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075
• Kanto Shinetsu Branch Office
  16-11 Sakae-cho, Takasaki-shi, Guma 370-0841
• Order Control Center
  2-8-1 Shinyokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 222-0033
• Saroma Plant
  Nishitomi 123, Saroma-cho-aza, Tokoro-gun, Hokkaido 093-0504
• Betsukai Plant
  Nishishunbetsu-kiyokawa-cho 18 , Betsukai-cho, Notsuke-gun,Hokkaido 088-2572
• Morioka Plant
  Aoyama 2-3-14, Morioka City, Iwate 020-0133
• Fukushima Plant
  Shimizuuchi 5, Fushiogami-aza, Fukushima City, Fukushima 960-8154
• Tone Plant
  Uchimoriya-machi 4013-1, Jousou City, Ibaraki 303-0043
• Tokyo Tama Plant
  Tateno 4-515, Higashiyamato City, Tokyo 207-0021
• Yamato Plant
  Tateno 4-601, Higashiyamato City, Tokyo 207-0021
• Chilled Products Coordination Center - East Japan
  Tateno 4-540, Higashiyamato City, Tokyo 207-0021
• Matsumoto Plant
  Kamada 2-1-4, Matsumoto City, Nagano 390-0837
• Fuji Plant
  Nakazatohigashi-cho 639, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka 418-0046
• Chukyo Plant
  Nakanara-cho Hitotsume 1, Konan City, Aichi 483-8256
• Kobe Plant
  Mayafuto No. 3, Nada-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 657-0854
• Chilled Products Coordination Center – West Japan
  Mayafuto No. 3, Nada-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 657-0854
• Hokkaido Hosho Milk Plant Co., Ltd.
  Katsuraoka-cho 3-8, Otaru City, Hokkaido 047-0264
• Tokachi Urahoro Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
  Zaimoku-cho 1, Urahoro-cho-aza, Tokachi-gun, Hokkaido 089-5607
• Tohoku Morinaga Milk Co., Ltd., Akita Plant
  Kamikaruishino 38-1, Iwase-aza, Odate City, Akita 018-3596
• Tohoku Morinaga Milk Co., Ltd., Sendai Plant
  Minato 1-1-9, Miyagino-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi 983-0001
• Nihon Seinyu
  Takanoichi 694-1, Nukanome-aza, Takahata-machi-oaza, Higashiokitama-gun,Yamagata 999-2176
• MK Cheese Co., Ltd.
  Ochiaikita 1-1-1, Ayase City, Kanagawa 252-1116
• Yokohama Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
  Yoshiokahigashi 3-6-1, Ayase City, Kanagawa 252-1125
• Fuji Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
  Nameri 18, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka 411-0933
• Morinaga-Hokuriku Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Toyama Plant
  Mukaishinjo-machi 8-3-45, Toyama City, Toyama 930-0916
• Morinaga-Hokuriku Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Fukui Plant
  Takagi 2-601, Fukui City, Fukui 910-0805
• Hiroshima Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
  Miiri 1-19-7, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 731-0211
• Kumamoto Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
  Kakize-machi 431-1, Higashi-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 861-8011
• Furijiport Co., Ltd., Kumamoto Plant
  Morikata-nitahata 1812-24, Kikuchi City, Kumamoto 861-1312
• Furijiport Co., Ltd., Chiba Plant
  Kamikoya 1355-31, Yachiyo City, Chiba 276-0022
• Okinawa Morinaga Milk Co., Ltd.
  Agarizaki 4-15, Nishiharacho-aza, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa 903-0105

The Morinaga Milk Group evaluates the magnitude of environmental impacts from its business activities as well as the risks and opportunities to its business activities from environmental changes such as global warming; KPIs are established as environmental goals.

These initiatives are incorporated into the targets for each business site, with progress managed on a monthly basis using an “implementation table.”

The Morinaga Milk Group carries out awareness and competency training for ISO 14001. Awareness training is provided to all employees at ISO 14001-certified sites as an e-learning program. Seminars at each site are also held to improve environmental knowledge and awareness among employees. Competence training is provided for employees engaged in environment-related work in order to maintain the necessary skills and knowledge.

The Group also encourages the acquisition of professional qualifications and attendance at external courses.

Through internal audits, Morinaga Milk confirms whether it is implementing matters such as initiatives toward its environmental goals, compliance with environmental laws, and environmental education in an appropriate manner.There are two types of internal audits: those carried out at a business site by internal auditors employed at that site, and general internal audits by auditors from other sites.

In FY 2022, the seminar for Level 3 auditors was held 3 times and was completed by 151 employees. The seminar for chief internal auditor was held 1 time and was completed by 27 employees. A total of 2,928 employees are certified for one of the four levels.

In FY 2022, general internal audits were held at 12 business sites by general internal auditors.

Environmental management system certification is outsourced to an external auditing organization, with an annual check done for adherence to ISO 14001 multi-site certification.