Suntory Beverage & Food’s Vision for Sustainability Management

As a multifaceted beverage company, Suntory Group, which includes Suntory Beverage & Food (“The Company”) are dedicated to realizing a sustainable society where enriching people’s lives and conserving the natural environment go hand in hand. We deeply respect the blessings of nature on which our products rely, and engage in a range of activities to ensure sustainable use of natural resources and a healthy natural water cycle. In addition to delivering products and services that enrich peoples’ lives, we strive to ensure that our business growth contributes to a sustainable society across our entire value chain.

Our approach to sustainability and the seven sustainability themes to which we are contributing are outlined in the Suntory Beverage and Food Group Sustainability Vision. Being strongly aware of the interdependence between nature and people, we are implementing a range of activities, together with our stakeholders, to realize a world where nature and people live in harmony.
The world faces a wide variety of environmental and social issues, such as water shortages and loss of biodiversity from the changing climate, pollution and increasing waste, poverty, and human rights violations. As companies are expected to implement proactive actions for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)*, which are objectives shared by the whole world, the Suntory Beverage and Food Group, which operates globally, will also continue to take on the challenge of realizing a sustainable society by tackling global issues more sincerely than ever before.

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  The Sustainable Development Goals are goals adopted at a UN Summit in September 2015 that the whole world should tackle by 2030

Suntory Beverage and Food Group Sustainability Vision

Materiality of Suntory Beverage and Food Group

To promote sustainable management that considers the changes which can be anticipated in the macro environment over the medium to long term, the Suntory Beverage and Food Group has identified its materiality, and this materiality is reflected in our sustainability strategy.
In 2023, we reviewed the results of the materiality analysis that had been performed in 2017. This time, the materiality analysis was based on the double materiality concept and sought to identify and evaluate the impact on both the company’s business and the people and the environment. The seven themes outlined in the Suntory Beverage and Food Group Sustainability Vision are a summary of the issues identified as materiality this time. Both the materiality and the Suntory Beverage and Food Group Sustainability Vision were approved following discussion by the Board of Directors.

Materiality Identification Process

Materiality Matrix

Using the process outlined above, we identified materiality items for the Suntory Beverage and Food Group. The seven themes outlined in the Suntory Beverage and Food Group Sustainability Vision are a summary of the issues identified as materiality this time.

Suntory Beverage & Food’s Implementation Structure

The Sustainability Committee promotes global initiatives in alignment with the direction set by the company’s Board of Directors. This includes formulating strategies based on the Suntory Group Sustainability Vision and monitoring progress on various initiatives.

Suntory Beverage & Food’s
Implementation Structure

Theme	Issue	Commitment	Suntory Beverage & Food Initiatives
Water	Water Stewardship and Conservation Management Biodiversity Water Pollution	Based on our Sustainable Water Philosophy, we as a group conduct activities including understanding of the water cycle, water conservation, recycling and wastewater management, watershed conservation, community engagement, and work with external stakeholders to achieve water sustainability.	Water Sustainability
CO2	Climate Change Biodiversity	Aiming to realize the net zero-carbon society, we are working to reduce carbon emissions at our facilities as well as in our operations throughout the value chain by adopting the latest energy-saving technologies and use of renewable energy.	Climate Action
Raw ingredients	Responsible Sourcing in the Supply Chain Biodiversity	For agricultural crops and other raw ingredients that rely on the blessings of nature and are essential to our products, we cooperate with suppliers across the supply chain to identify social and environmental challenges and promote sustainability initiatives that enable us to grow together and contribute to enriching communities.	Sustainable Procurement
Containers and packaging	Sustainable Packaging Biodiversity	For our main packaging materials and containers, we strive to reduce environmental impact throughout the product life cycle — from product design to transportation and post-consumption recycling — and work to achieve a circular economy.	Packaging & Resource Efficiency
Health	Impact to Health Responsible Marketing Well-being Addressing Alcohol-Related Problems	We believe that as a consumer-oriented company, it is important to support the pursuit of a balanced life both mentally and physically. Our consumers have different needs and preferences at different stages of life, and through our diverse business activities, we support wellness at each of these stages. By offering choices in products, services and experiences across our businesses in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, health foods, and more, as well as by driving innovation to create value, we support consumers to achieve well-being and lead balanced lives.	Consumer Health
Human Rights	Human Rights Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)	Group Employees In addition to ensuring workplace safety, we promote health management and provide employees with growth opportunities from a long-term perspective. Along with promoting respect and preventing harassment, we embrace diversity, including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, language, and disability. We also embrace inclusion that accepts and values the individual differences and recognizes how differences make our Group stronger, and strive to create employee-friendly environments for all that are full of “Yatte Minahare” spirit. Value chain To contribute to the well-being of all people that make up the value chain, we carefully review and identify our businesses’ impacts on human rights and cooperate with external stakeholders including suppliers to conduct activities for human rights protection.	Respect for Human Rights
Enriching life	Creating New Value Enriching Life by Community Co-creation Understanding Changes in Consumer Preferences/ Values	In addition to providing products and services that bring mental and physical enrichment, we also promote innovation, create new value, and contribute to creating a more “human” society for all. Based on our founding spirit of "Giving Back to Society," we seek to address social challenges and contribute to the welfare of society, including through activities in the arts, culture, science, sports, and next-generation education. In the regions where we do business, we value dialogue with the local communities, and strive to help address local challenges to benefit people’s lives.	Communities

Relations with Stakeholders

We pursue our business activities while engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders. We will make clear our responsibilities to our stakeholders and communicate with them in various ways so that we can continue making contributions to realizing sustainable society. We aim to incorporate feedback we receive and societal needs into our company activities and continuously work to build highly trustworthy and collaborative relationships with stakeholders.

Opportunities for Communication with Stakeholders