When formulating our 2024 Medium-Term Business Plan, we reviewed our materiality based on changes in the external environment surrounding our management.
The newly identified and organized issues requiring action were assessed in terms of importance by 16 external stakeholders (three investors, five business partners, one NGO, three Advisory Board Members, and four Outside Directors) and 11 key members of the Company. Based on this result and repeated discussion among board members, given comprehensive consideration on their relation to the Morinaga Group's management and business operations, we have identified five materialities.
Importance Matrix of the Initiative Theme and the five identified materialities are as follows:
Contribute to Healthy Lives of People around the World
Diversity and Inclusion of People
Achieve Sustainable Value Chains
Conserve the Global Environment
Strengthen Governance in Sustainability