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E: Environmental Data

The environmental data marked with a star (★) for Fiscal Year ended in March 2025(FY2025) are assured by KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd.

Independent Practitioner’s Limited Assurance Report

Boundary(※1)

Kanematsu Corporation Headquarter, all offices in Japan and overseas branches and representatives
Consolidated(※2) Subsidiaries ( 105 companies )
Kanematsu Group Total 106 companies
  • This is the boundary of CO2 emissions (Scope1, Scope2, Scope3(excluding Category 1)) , Electricity consumption and Energy consumption.
    For Scope 3 Category 1, the boundary until FY2024 is only the beef purchased by Kanematsu Corporation. For FY2025, the goods and services purchased by Foods, Meat & Grain segment of Kanematsu Corporation.
  • The following companies without business activities such as holding companies are not included due to extremely small CO2 emissions.
    Kanematsu（Hong Kong）Ltd., Benoit Holding Company, KG Specialty, Steel Inc. and three other companies.
  • GHG emissions quantification is subject to uncertainty when measuring activity data, determining emission factors, and considering scientific uncertainty inherent in the Global Warming Potentials.

CO2 emissions（Scope1, Scope2）

（Unit：t-CO2）

    FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Kanematsu Group Scope1 9,772 9,507 8,781 8,398 ★
Scope2 19,725 18,814 17,788 18,530 ★
total 29,497 28,321 26,569 26,928 ★

Calculation Method

Scope1: Fuel consumption × emission factor
Scope2: Electricity consumption etc. × emission factor

Emission factors

Electricity
  1. ① Domestic：CO2 emission factors are based on the adjusted basic emission factors of individual power companies until FY2024 and basic emission factors (adjusted for non-fossil sources) as revised in March 2025 for FY2025.
  2. ② Overseas：Country-specific emission factors (CO2 emissions per kWh from electricity generation) published by International Energy Agency are used.
Fuel CO2 emission factors are based on a manual for GHG emissions accounting, reporting, and disclosure systems published by Japan's Ministry of the Environment.

CO2 emissions（Scope3）

（Unit：t-CO2）

Category FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Category 1 : Purchased goods and services ※1 980,261 773,773 740,394 4,008,365
Category 2 : Capital goods ※2 41,130 63,732 48,905 85,525 ★
Category 3 : Fuel- and energy-related activities (not included in scope 1 or scope 2) ※3 4,982 5,238 5,117 5,069
Category 6 : Business travel※4 1,290 4,144 5,010 3,695
Category 7 : Employee commuting※5 2,110 2,266 2,336 2,350
Category 15 : Investments※6 7,223 7,223 6,962 4,769

Calculation Method

  1. Calculated by multiplying the amount of the goods and services purchased by the emission factor. Among the goods and services purchased, only the beef purchased by Kanematsu Corporation is included in the calculations for FY2022 to 2024, and the goods and services purchased by Foods, Meat & Grain segment of Kanematsu Corporation for FY2025.
  2. Calculated by multiplying the Kanematsu group’s fixed assets purchased by the emission factor per capital goods price.
  3. Calculated by multiplying the Kanematsu Group's fuel, heat and electricity consumption by each emission factor. The emissions associated with the generation of wholesale electricity are also included in this category.
  4. Calculated by multiplying the payment amount for passenger airplanes (domestic/international), passenger trains, and automobiles (buses, taxis) by each emission factor for Kanematsu. While for group companies, calculated by multiplying the number of employees by the emission factor.
  5. Calculated by multiplying the total commuting costs for the entire group by the emission factor of passenger railways. The total commuting costs are estimated using Kanematsu’s commuting expenses and the number of employees.
  6. Calculated by multiplying Kanematsu Group's stock investment amount by the emission factor of the investment division.

In disclosing data for FY2025, more appropriate calculation methods have been retrospectively applied for categories 6, 7 and 15.

Emission factors

Emission factor is selected from the Inventory Database for Accounting for an Organization’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions throughout the Supply Chain issued by Ministry of the Environment (the latest version), the Inventory Database for Environmental Analysis (IDEA) Ver.3.4 developed by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology （AIST）and etc.

Electricity consumption

（Unit：MWh）

  FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Kanematsu Corporation 671 734 815 811
Consolidated 40,360 41,822 42,028 43,007
Kanematsu Group 41,031 42,556 42,843 43,818
  • Amount of electricity consumption which was generated from renewable energy: 5,896 MWh (FY2025/Kanematsu Group)

Energy consumption

（Unit：GJ）

  FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Kanematsu Corporation 8,347 10,391 9,938 9,536
Consolidated 509,732 515,398 517,526 468,960
Kanematsu Group 518,079 525,798 527,464 478,495

Electricity and Energy consumption of Kanematsu Corporation for FY2023 increased due to head office relocation.

Water Withdrawal / Waterwaste Discharge

（Unit：thousand ㎥）

Boundary Classification FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Tokyo Head Office City Water Usage 1.1 1.0 0.2 0.2
Treated water production volume 2.7 4.8 1.9 2.9
Waterwaste Discharge 3.8 5.8 2.4 3.1
  • If it's difficult to obtain the wastewater discharge data, we have calculate the same as the volune of water withdrawal.

Paper use/External disposal of waste

Items Boundary FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Total paper use (sheets) domestic locations on a non-consolidated basis 1,809,950 1,450,578 1,143,661
External disposal of waste (t) ※1 domestic locations on a non-consolidated basis 29.46 9.41 16.69
└Recycled waste (t) domestic locations on a non-consolidated basis 24.28 4.91 12.66
└Non-recycled waste (t) domestic locations on a non-consolidated basis 5.18 4.5 4.03
Hazardous waste disposal (t) domestic locations on a non-consolidated basis 0 0 0
  1. Data is for waste from office activities at main locations
　

Prevention of pollution and effective use of resources | Targets and action plan

　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　

Qualitative targets

Items Boundary Targets Evaluation of actions implemented in FY2025
Reduction of resources, promotion of resource recycling and understanding results Reduction of general waste from business activities Tokyo Headquarters Promote initiatives for the reduction and recycling of office waste Appropriately implemented
Reduction of paper usage Tokyo Headquarters Promote initiatives to reduce the amount of paper used Appropriately implemented

Quantitative targets

Items Boundary Targets and action plan Details FY2025 results in comparison with the base year Evaluation
Anti-contamination Serious environmental accidents Tokyo Headquarters
※1		 Annually No serious incidents None Achieved
Resource Conservation & Waste Amount of waste, etc. generated Tokyo Headquarters
※1		 March 2029 Annual decrease of 1% on average from FY2020 (the date the relocation of the head office was announced) which is the base year Reduction of 51.52% Achieved
Recycling rate Tokyo Headquarters
※1		 March 2029 Annual increase of 1% on average from FY2020 (the date the relocation of the head office was announced) which is the base year Increase of 41.0% Achieved
Environment-related fines and penalties paid Number of fines and penalties paid (yen) domestic locations on a non-consolidated basis Annually no fines and penalties 0 Achieved
Violations related to water quality/volume Number of violations domestic locations on a non-consolidated basis Annually no violations 0 Achieved
Conserving Resources Paper use Tokyo Headquarters
※1		 March 2029 Annual decrease of 1% on average from FY2020 (the date the relocation of the head office was announced) which is the base year Reduction of 76.78% Achieved
Electricity Usage Tokyo Headquarters
※1		 March 2029 Annual decrease of 1% on average from FY2020 (the date the relocation of the head office was announced) which is the base year Reduction of 13.65％ Achieved
  • 1: The Tokyo Head Office moved from the Seavance Building in Hamamatsucho to the JP Tower in Marunouchi in November 2022.

S: Social Data

Number of Hires by Gender (Non-consolidated)

We carry out new graduate recruitment and career recruitment activities every year in order to secure human resources who can play an active role in the global market.
The results of recruitment at Kanematsu over the last three years are as follows.

FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Number of Hires by Gender
(Unit: persons)		 New graduate recruitment Men 23 20 30
Women 18 16 13
Total 41 36 43
Career recruitment Men 16 19 17
Women 6 3 1
Total 22 22 18
Ratio of employees hired through career recruitment. 35% 38% 30%
  1. The numbers for mid-career hires include employees who returned by using the system to re-employ those who resigned due to their spouse’s job transfer

Performance Data Related to Diversity (Non-consolidated)

Women Employee Numbers at fiscal year end

FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Career-track employees※1 68 71 105
Employees at manager level or above 9 10 9
Assistant manager or above 38 35 13※2
Ratio of women employees among new graduate hires 43.9% 44.4% 30.2%

(As of March 31, 2025)

  • Employees for whom work location is determined according to the Company's needs and not restricted to any specific area. These employees eventually move into core operations.
  • Following the revision of the personnel system in April 1, 2024, the number of "Assistant manager or above" as of March 31, 2025 will be counted as employees at the "Deputy manager or above"

Hiring of People with Disabilities

　　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
  FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
The portion of employees with disabilities2.45%2.42%2.75%

(As of March 31, 2025)

Employees Using Leave and Special Holidays for Childcare or Women Care (Non-consolidated)

FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Users of childcare leave
(Women)		 29 14 15
Users of childcare leave
(Men)		 10 11 3
Users of special childbirth leave for spouse 2 5 14
"Hello Baby" Leave (Launched Oct. 2022)
(Women)		 0 0 0
"Hello Baby" Leave (Launched Oct. 2022)
(Men)		 6 12 24
Users of leave to care for sick children
(Women)		 36 42 46
Users of leave to care for sick children
(Men)		 13 21 23
Users of family care leave 0 0 0
Users of special family care holidays
(Women)		 13 20 23
Users of special family care holidays
(Men)		 12 6 7

Each fiscal year is the period from April to March of the following year

Annual Vacation Usage Rate

  FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Annual Vacation Usage Rate (All Kanematsu Corporation Employees) 70.4% 73.1% 71.2%

Performance Data about Health

  FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Presenteeism (%) *1 20.3 20.4 19.5 19.0
Absenteeism (day) *2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7
Work engagement (point) *3 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.3
  • Measurement method：SPQ “Single-Item Presenteeism Question”, 100% - Average result of employee responses to the question “Rate your own work performance for the past 4 weeks on a scale of 0 to 100% (excluding times of illness or injury)" Number of respondents in FY2025: 812; response rate: 98.3%
  • Measurement method：Average number of days off work due to injury or illness per employee
  • Measurement method：Average result of employee responses to the question: "Rate your job satisfaction on a scale of 1 to 5." Number of respondents in FY2025: 812; response rate: 98.3%

Data on occupational health and safety (Non-consolidated)

FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026
Occupational health and safety goals Number of occupational accidents - 0 0 0 0
Number of fatal accidents - 0 0 0 0
Number of occupational accidents Full-time employees 2 3 9 4 -
Contract employees 0 0 1 0 -
└Of which, number of commuting accidents Full-time employees 1 1 3 2 -
Contract employees 0 0 0 0 -
└Of which, number of fatalities Full-time employees 0 0 0 0 -
Contract employees 0 0 0 0 -
└Of which, number of lost time incidents Full-time employees 0 0 0 0 -
Contract employees 0 0 0 0 -
Training on health and safety Training New Recruits 33 41 36 43 -
Training for Newly Appointed Managers 20 3 10 0 -
The percentage of operating sites certified with ISO45001 (OHSAS18001) Occupational 0 0 0 0 -
  • Full-time employees: permanent employees; Contract employees: fixed-term employees
  • During fiscal 2025, a total of four work-related accidents were reported: two commuting-related accidents, one fall-related accident in the workplace, and one accident due to other causes.To prevent recurrence,the office fall accident was addressed by the monthly Safety and Health Committee, and a notice was posted internally along with the meeting minutes to raise awareness. Similarly, internal notices were issued to remind employees to exercise caution during commuting, in response to the two commuting-related accidents.

Voluntary turnover rate（Non-consolidated）

FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Voluntary turnover rate 4.4% 2.7% 4.4%

Monetary and Time Investment in Human Resource Development (Non-Consolidated)

  FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Training hours※1 20,756 hours 19,466 hours 19,019 hours
Average hours of training per FTE※2 24 hours 22 hours 22 hours
Monetary investment 110 million yen 98.7 million yen 109 million yen
Average cost of training per FTE 130,000 yen 110,000 yen 120,000 yen
  1. Number of employees calculated based on full time equivalent (FTE); does not include employees on leave, re-hired retirees, or temporary employees.
  2. Note 1 Each training year starts from July 1st to June 30th of the following year.

Metrics and Targets Regarding Human Resource Development and Improving Workplace Environments

(i) Human Capital Development Policy (targets and results / non-consolidated)

Key theme KPI FY2025
Result		 FY2027
Target
the ability to design optimal solutions that are deeply rooted in supply chains Business plan training 49.7% 60％
the capability to implement and operate solutions IT Passport test pass rate 58.2% 100％
DX-related training participation rate※1 57.6% 70％
Personnel exchange with ICT/data business companies 28 60

(ii)Work Environment Policy (targets and results / non-consolidated)

Key theme KPI FY2025
Result		 FY2027
Target
Leveraging Diverse Individuality through DE&I Percent of management positions held by women 5.9% 10%※1
Childcare leave usage rate among eligible men 85.7% 100％
Diverse human resource hiring rate (women and non-Japanese nationals) 34.7％※2 Keep at 35%
(4 years average)
Enhancing Engagement to Maximize Performance Engagement score 62％ The global average of companies in the top 10%※3
Diversify work styles Annual vacation usage rate 71.2% 75％
Full flex system usage rate 80.3% 95％
Health & Productivity Management Focused on Employee Well-Being and Employee-Friendly Labor Practices Rate of employees undergoing regular medical checkups 99.9% 100％
Rate of employees undergoing stress checks 98.3% 100％
Harassment prevention training participation rate 98% Keep at 100％
  1. Since the initial target of 7% was exceeded as of April 2025, it has been revised upward to 10%
  2. As this is the second year under the four-year average target for new graduate recruitment, the average for the past two years is disclosed.
  3. Global average calculated across approximately 700 companies with approximately 7,000,000 employees (average score of global companies in the top 10% based on financial performance in their respective industries); this score was 72% in 2024

G：Governance Data

Corporate Governance Structure（As of June 27, 2025）

Unit：Number of members

Boad of Directors Directors 7(1)
└Of which, internal directors 4(0)
└Of which, Outside directors 3(1)
Rate of Outside directors 43%
Audit & Supervisory Board Audit & Supervisory Board 4(1)
└Of which, Audit & Supervisory Board member(Outside) 2(1)

( ) indicates the number of female officers

Advisory Committees to the Board of Directors

Unit：Number of members

Nominating Committee Outside directors Chair 1
Members 2
Internal director 1
Total 4
Compensation Committee Outside directors Chair 1
Members 2
Internal director 1
Total 4

Meeting attendance status (fiscal year ending March 2025)

Unit: Number of times attended / Number of times held

Name Title Boad of Directors Nominating Committee Compensation Committee Audit & Supervisory Board
Kaoru Tanigawa Chairman 20/20 4/4
Yoshiya Miyabe President & CEO 20/20 2/2
Tetsuro Tsutano Director 20/20
Shuji Masutani Director 20/20
Yuko Tahara Director（Outside） 20/20 4/4 2/2
Kazuhiro Tanaka Director（Outside） 19/20 4/4 2/2
Hiroyuki Sasa Director（Outside） 20/20 4/4 2/2
Motohisa Hirai※1 Audit & Supervisory Board member 3/3
Yoshio Tajima Audit & Supervisory Board member 13/13
Yoichiro Muramatsu※2 Audit & Supervisory Board member 10/10
Yusaku Kurahashi Audit & Supervisory Board member（Outside） 13/13
Nobuko Inaba Audit & Supervisory Board member（Outside） 13/13
  • Audit & Supervisory Board Member Motohisa Hirai retired at the 130th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 28, 2024, and therefore the number of Audit & Supervisory Board meetings he has held differs from that of other Audit & Supervisory Board Members.
  • Audit & Supervisory Board Member Yoichiro Muramatsu was appointed at the 130th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 28, 2024, and therefore the number of meetings of the Audit & Supervisory Board held by him differs from that of other Audit & Supervisory Board Members.

Officer remuneration, etc.

Officer classification Total amount of remuneration
（million yen）		 Total amount by type of remuneration（million yen) Number of applicable officers
Monetary compensation Non-monetary compensation,
Performance-linked compensation
Stock compensation
Basic remuneration Performance-linked
Remuneration
Directors (excluding outside directors) 292 168 124 41 4
Audit & Supervisory Board members（excluding outside one） 60 60 - - 3
Outside Officers 50 50 - - 5
  • The above includes one Audit & Supervisory Board Member who retired at the conclusion of the 130th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 28, 2024.
  • The amount of non-monetary compensation, etc. above (41 million yen) is the amount recorded in the current consolidated fiscal year as expenses related to performance-linked stock compensation.

Anti-corruption policy violations ＆ Violations of the compliance code

Violations of the compliance code

In FY2025, there were no violations of compliance that had a significant impact on the management of Kanematsu or its consolidated subsidiaries.

Anti-corruption policy violations

The fiscal year ended March 31, 2025

Anti-corruption policy violations 0
└Dismissals of employees: 0
└Disciplinary actions against employees: 0
└Corruption-related fines: 0

Political contributions:

The fiscal year ended March 31, 2025

Political contributions: 0 yen
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