Environmental Data

Note: Fiscal years (FY) indicate years ended March 31.

• Group Medium-term Environmental Plan Targets
• Nichirei Group CO₂ Emissions
• CO₂ Emissions Intensity
• Nichirei Group Amount of Discharged Waste and Recycling Rates
• Energy Consumption
• Nichirei Group Material Balance INPUT
• Nichirei Group Material Balance OUTPUT
• Nichirei Group specially Controlled Industrial Waste emissions
• Status of Environment-related Incidents, Legal Violations
• Solar Power Generation and CO₂ Reduction
• Management of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Substances
• SOx Emissions

• *Total figures may differ due to rounding.
• *The CO₂ emission factors for electricity are based on the adjusted emission factors by electricity provider (Ministry of the Environment) and the country-specific emission factors provided by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
• *1Reduction rates in CO₂ emissions for Group KPIs are calculated using FY2023 as the base year.

• *The emission intensity per ton of production covers domestic self-managed factories and affiliated factories of Nichirei Foods.
  Excluding the following plants
  Nichirei Foods: Nichirei Ice Inc., Nichirei Fresh Farm Inc., Fresh Chicken Karumai Inc., FRESH MEAT SAKUDAIRA Inc.

• *Total figures may differ due to rounding.

• *Total figures may differ due to rounding.
• *1Calculated by primary energy conversion factor at Act on the Rational Use of Energy
• *2Includes solar power supplied through off-site corporate PPA services based on FY2025 data.

• *Total figures may differ due to rounding.
• *1Within waste discharged, the volume of waste directly disposed of in landfills and simply incinerated not to be used as energy source.
• *2Calculations based on laws related to global warming countermeasures.
• *3Measurement implemented for facilities emitting soot and smoke. Does not include vehicle emissions
• *4Calculates amount of emissions only in cases where drainage concentration measurements are conducted.

• *The laws concerning the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register refer to the collection and publication of data related to the release into the environment of chemicals, from any source, which could possibly adversely affect the lives, growth, or development of humans, animals, or plants.

• *Facilities where measurements of smoke and soot are taken. Not including emissions derived from vehicles.

*Applicable Worksites

We collect environmental data covering areas that account for over 99% of the environmental impact within the Nichirei Group (in Japan).
The following company food plants and distribution centers are included in the calculations.

Nichirei Foods

Nichirei-Foods, Nichirei Ice, Churei, Kyurei, Nichirei Well Dinning, Nichirei Fresh Process, Nichirei Fresh Farm, Fresh Chicken Karumai, Fresh Meat Sakudaira

Nichirei Logistics Group

Logistics Network, NK Trans, Nichirei Logistics Hokkaido, Nichirei Logistics Tohoku, Nichirei Logistics Tokai, Nichirei Logistics Kansai, Nichirei Logistics Chushikoku, Nichirei Logistics Kyushu, Kyokurei

Nichirei Biosciences

Global Innovation Center

Other

Nichirei Corporation, Nichirei Aura, New Housing

Note: Fiscal years (FY) indicate years ended March 31.

• Number of Employees
• Percentage of Non-company Employees
• Female Managers Ratio
• Percentage of Female Employees in Management Positions
• Average Age
• Average Number of Years Employed
• Number of Employees Hired (new graduates, mid-career)
• Number of Resignations/Turnover Rate/Reasons for Resignation
• New Graduate Hire Turnover Status
• Number of Employees Rehired After Retirement
• Employment Rate of People with Disabilities
• Pay Gap between Male and Female Employees
• Annual Total of Actual Hours Worked
• Annual Paid Vacation: Average Number of Days and Acquisition Rate
• Number of Employees Taking Time Off in Order to Volunteer
• Employees Using Time Off for Childrearing
• Percentage of Male Employees Taking Childcare Leave
• Employees Using Time Off for Caregiving
• Number of Work-Related Accidents
• Number of Work-Related Accidents at Food Plants
• Number of Occupational Deaths
• General Regular Health Checkup Rate
• Percentage of Receiving a Full Medical Examination after Periodic Health Checkups
• Stress Check Participation Rate
• Percentage of Employees with High Stress
• Nichirei Group Main Education and Training
• Nichirei Group Education Time and Number of Participants
• e-Learning
• Quality Assurance (number of audits, certifications, and training hours)
• Donations to Non-profit Organizations
• Health Manager
• Personal Information Protection Leaks, etc.
• Number of Violations of Laws and Regulations in Advertisements/Publicity and Labeling

• *Staff other than employees: Includes temporary employees, contract employees, fixed-term employees and part-time employees; excludes dispatched employees
• *Employee-related Data applies to employees working at the following 14 companies (FY2026)

1. Nichirei Corporation
2. Nichirei Foods
3. Nichirei Fresh
4. Nichirei Logistics Group
5. Logistics Network
6. Nichirei Logistics Hokkaido
7. Nichirei Logistics Tohoku
8. Nichirei Logistics Tokai
9. Nichirei Logistics Kansai
10. Nichirei Logistics Chushikoku
11. Nichirei Logistics Kyushu
12. Kyokurei Operation
13. Nichirei Logistics Engineering
14. Nichirei Biosciences

• *Non-company Employees: includes temporary employees, contract employees, contract employees, part-time employees, and part-time employees, excluding temporary employees.

• *Applicability: Employees

• * Calculated in accordance with regulations of Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life (Act No. 64, 2015)

• *Applicability: Employees

• *Applicability: Employees
• *There may be differences between the year in which calculations began and the year that an employee joined the Company due to factors including the merger or separation of the company to which they are assigned and employee promotions.

• *Applicability: Employees

• *Applicability: Employees
• *The turnover rate is calculated based on employees who resigned excluding retired employees
• *"Others" includes appointed executives who resigned

• *Applicability: Employees

• *Number of people rehired among employees who retired in each fiscal year
• *Rehired nearly 100% of those who wanted to be rehired

• *Legal employment rate of 2.5%.
• *Applicable scope: Nichirei Aura (special subsidiary) Group applied company
• *Group applied companies (FY2026): Nichirei, Nichirei Foods, Nichirei Fresh, Nichirei Logistics Group, Nichirei Biosciences, Logistics Network, Nichirei Logistics Engineering, Tokyo Nichirei Services, Nichirei Aura

• *Calculated in accordance with regulations of Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life (Act No. 64, 2015)

• *Average number of hours worked per employee annually
• *Applicability: Employees

• *Applicability: Employees
• *Acquisition rate = Days acquired ÷ Number of days granted (excluding carry over days)
• *Other special holidays (summer vacation) averaged 2.6 days per employee (FY2025).

• *Applicability: Employees
• *Includes employees taking maternity leave
• *From FY2023, includes employees taking childcare-related leave

• *In accordance with regulations of Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No.76, 1991), calculated the percentage of childcare leave, etc. and leave for childcare purposes taken In Article 71-4, Item 2 of Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Ordinance of the Ministry of Labor No. 25, 1991).

• *Applicability: Employees

• *Scope of applicability: All employees including group companies in Japan.
• *1Number of fatalities and injuries due to work-related accidents (number of people who lost at least one day of work)
• *2Number of fatalities and injuries due to work-related accidents per 1,000,000 total actual working hours
• *3Total number of lost workdays per 1,000 total actual working hours

• *Scope of applicability: Employees at Nichirei Foods-owned plants and subsidiary of Nichirei Fresh in Japan
• *Incudes contract employees, fixed-term employees and part-time employees
• *1Number of fatalities and injuries due to work-related accidents (number of people who lost at least one day of work)
• *2Number of fatalities and injuries due to work-related accidents per 1,000,000 total actual working hours
• *3Total number of lost workdays per 1,000 total actual working hours

• *Covered employees insured by the Nichirei Health Care Association
  (Employees who joined the company on or after April 2 of the current fiscal year, employees working overseas, employees on secondment in Japan, employees on leave, and employees receiving pre-employment medical examinations are excluded from the population).

• *From FY2022, the number of quality assurance critical cases is based on the number of open recalls.

Note: Fiscal years (FY) indicate years ended March 31.

• Board of Directors Composition
• Number of Meetings of Various Committees, etc.
• Number of Meetings of Various Committees, etc., and Number of Board Members in Attendance
• Facilities Audits of Compliance Audits and Internal Controls
• Number of Whistleblowing Cases, by Type
• Anti-corruption and Bribery

■Board of Directors Composition

Category	Gender	Number of people
		FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
Inside directors	Male	7	6	6	6	6
	Female	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	7	6	6	6	6
Outside directors	Male	1	2	2	2	2
	Female	3	2	2	3	3
	Total	4	4	4	5	5
Total	Male	8	8	8	8	8
	Female	3	2	2	3	3
	Total	11	10	10	11	11

■Number of Meetings of Various Committees, etc.

		Number of Meetings Held
		FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
Board of Directors	Meets regularly on the third Tuesday of each month	19	19	19	20	17
Management Committee	Meets regularly on Tuesdays except for the third Tuesday of each month	23	25	28	19	20
Group Human Resources Committee	Convened twice a year and at other times as needed by the chairperson of the committee	2	2	2	2	2
Group Risk Management Committee	Convened twice a year and at other times as needed by the chairperson of the committee	2	2	2	2	2
Group Environmental Protection Committee	Convened twice a year and at other times as needed by the chairperson of the committee	2	ー	ー	ー	ー
Group Supply Chain Committee	Convened once a year, and as needed, convened by the chairperson	1	ー	ー	ー	ー
Group Sustainability Committee	Convened three times a year, and as needed, convened by the chairperson	ー	4	4	4	4
Group Quality Assurance Committee	Convened twice a year and at other times as needed by the chairperson of the committee	2	2	2	2	2
Group Internal Control Committee	Convened once a year, and as needed, convened by the chairperson	1	1	1	1	1
Group Officer Examination Committee	Chairperson convenes as needed	1	0	2	1	1
Social Action Program Committee	Convened once a year, and as needed, convened by the chairperson	1	1	1	1	1
Nominating Advisory Committee	Convened twice a year and at other times as needed by the chairperson of the committee	6	8	9	8*1	12*2
Remuneration Advisory Committee	Convened twice a year and at other times as needed by the chairperson of the committee	6*1	5*1	4	7*1	5*1
Examination Committee	Chairperson convenes as needed	0	0	1	0	0
Intellectual Property Management Committee	Chairperson convenes as needed	0	0	0	0	0

• *1Includes one meeting in writing.
• *2Includes two meetings in writing.

■Number of Meetings of Various Committees, etc., and Number of Board Members in Attendance

Classification	Name	Board of Directors Meeting Attendance	Nominating Advisory Committee Meeting Attendance*2	Remuneration Advisory Committee Meeting Attendance*2	Audit & Supervisory Board Meeting Attendance
Directors		17/17	12/12	5/5
		17/17
		17/17
		17/17
		17/17
		17/17
		17/17	12/12	5/5
		17/17	12/12	5/5
		17/17	12/12	5/5
		17/17	12/12	5/5
		17/17	12/12	5/5
Audit & Supervisory Board Members		17/17			16/16
		13/13*1			11/11*1
		17/17			16/16
		17/17			16/16
		17/17			15/16

• *1Kenji Yanagisawa was newly appointed and took office at the 107th Annual General Shareholders Meeting held on June 25, 2025, his attendance reflects meetings of the Board of Directors, Nominating Advisory Committee, Remuneration Advisory Committee or Audit & Supervisory Board held after that date.
• *2Two meetings of the Nomination Advisory Committee were held in writing, and one meeting of the Remuneration Advisory Committee was held in writing.

■Facilities Audits of Compliance Audits and Internal Controls

		Department in charge	FY2022		FY2023		FY2024		FY2025		FY2026		Remarks
			Domestic	Overseas	Domestic	Overseas	Domestic	Overseas	Domestic	Overseas	Domestic	Overseas
Communication with all employees on governance and internal controls
Number of training/seminars conducted (including e-Learning)		Corporate Audit Department	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1
Participation ratio (% of all employees covered)		Corporate Audit Department	91.8%	100%	90.8%	100%	95.9%	100%	95.5%	100%	93.9%	100%	Overseas includes only those stationed abroad
Governance Management
Internal audit	Number of Group audits per year	Corporate Audit Department	272	0	310	7	313	7	283	13	271	26	Compliance and facilities combined
	Group annual implementation rate (office coverage rate)	Corporate Audit Department	69%	0%	78%	15%	81%	12%	73%	22%	71%	26%	Compliance and facilities combined
Compliance audits	Number of Group audits per year	Corporate Audit Department	162	0	188	3	205	3	175	6	187	13	Compliance only (the number of Group annual audits and the Group annual implementation rate includes corporate departments)
	Group annual implementation rate (office coverage rate)	Corporate Audit Department	62%	0%	72%	12%	79%	12%	67%	24%	72%	37%
	Nichirei Foods	Corporate Audit Department	68%	0%	91%	10%	85%	20%	94%	20%	85%	36%
	Nichirei Logistics Group	Corporate Audit Department	51%	0%	55%	0%	71%	10%	47%	40%	64%	37%
	Nichirei Fresh	Corporate Audit Department	76%	0%	97%	25%	93%	0%	93%	0%	67%	20%
	Nichirei Bioscience	Corporate Audit Department	100%	0%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Facilities audit	Number of Group audits per year	Corporate Audit Department	110	0	122	4	108	4	108	7	84	13	Facilities only (the number of Group annual audits and the Group annual implementation rate includes corporate departments)
	Group annual implementation rate (office coverage rate)	Corporate Audit Department	82%	0%	90%	19%	86%	12%	84%	21%	69%	20%
	Nichirei Foods	Corporate Audit Department	94%	0%	100%	50%	100%	14%	88%	14%	76%	14%
	Nichirei Logistics Group	Corporate Audit Department	79%	0%	88%	0%	78%	12%	83%	23%	67%	25%
	Nichirei Fresh	Corporate Audit Department	89%	0%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%	50%	0%
	Nichirei Bioscience	Corporate Audit Department	100%	ー	100%	ー	0%	－	100%	－	0%	－
Number of major meetings and committees held and the attendance rate
Percentage of directors attending each committee meeting (10 individuals)	Group Internal Control Committee	Corporate Audit Department	100%	ー	100%	ー	100%	ー	100%	ー	100%	ー

■Number of Whistleblowing Cases, by Type

	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
Mistreatment	0	1	4	4	2
Workplace Disputes	2	8	3	2	0
Harassment	3	11	8	4	19
Compliance-related Breaches	11	4	4	5	6
Human rights issues	0	0	0	0	0
Other Consultations	4	2	7	11	10
Total	20	26	26	26	37

■Anti-corruption and Bribery

	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
Punished employees	None	None	None	None	None
Payment of fines	None	None	None	None	None