On November 15, 2021, Nichirei joined the United Nations Global Compact, a worldwide effort to achieve sustainable growth in the international community. In accordance with the Global Compact's 10 principles, which involve human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption efforts, Nichirei will work toward the realization of a sustainable society.

The Consumer Goods Forum is a global consumer goods distribution industry network, in which retailers and manufacturers cooperate to promote activities driven by member companies. The network encourages the introduction of practices and standardization that are useful to the consumer goods industry around the world. Nichirei Foods has been a forum member since 2011.

In response to growing global concern regarding the impact of the rapidly expanding palm oil plantations, in Malaysia and Indonesia, on the environment and human rights, the RSPO was set up in 2004 by stakeholders from the seven sectors of the palm oil industry, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

The RSPO aims to promote the sustainable production and use of palm oil through the formulation of international certification standards and stakeholder participation. The Nichirei Group became a member of the RSPO in August 2018.

Established in Switzerland in 1961, the WWF is a global environmental conservation organization that is active in more than 100 countries. Aiming to build a future in which people and nature can live in harmony, the WWF develops activities to protect biodiversity on Earth and reduce the burden that human life places on the natural environment and wildlife. Since October 2009, the Nichirei Corporation has supported the organization’s conservation efforts as a WWF Japan corporate member.

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), chaired by Michael Bloomberg, was created by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) at the request of the G20. Its aim is to set up a framework to help companies and organizations disclose climate-related risks and opportunities and, at the same time, support financial institutions.

The TCFD Consortium was established in May 2019. the Nichirei Group has been a member company since June 2020.

To strengthen information dissemination and the exchange of opinions among Japanese companies, local governments, research institutions, and NGOs that are engaged in climate change-related measures, the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) was founded in July 2018, as a loose network of 105 participating organizations. The Nichirei Group has been a member since March 2021.

This loose network of Japanese companies, government bodies, and private organizations was set up in Japan in 1996, to promote green purchasing, which prioritizes the buying of products and services that have a low environmental impact and are socially responsible.

The GPN promotes green purchasing, formulates purchasing guidelines for products and services, and operates the Eco-products Database, an environmental information website for products and services. Nichirei has been a member of the network since August 1996.

The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Promotion Consortium is operated by the Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability, and is designed to promote a wider understanding of appropriate evaluation methodologies. It also serves to support evaluations leading to the realization of a sustainable society, by promoting the adoption of products facilitating decarbonization-related innovation and sustainable business management. Nichirei has been a member since April 2021.

The Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance (CLOMA) was founded in January 2019 as a platform to accelerate innovation and strengthen alliances between a wide range of stakeholders across industry sectors. It aims to develop and promote the more sustainable use of plastic products, introduce and adopt innovative alternatives to plastic and, in the end, to completely eliminate plastic waste in order to resolve the global environmental issue of marine plastic litter. Nichirei has been a member since December 2018.

The Caux Round Table (CRT) was established at Caux in Switzerland in 1986 by a group of Japanese, American, and European business leaders. In Japan, it was organized in 2000 as the Caux Round Table Japan (CRT Japan Committee), which became a non-profit organization in 2006. It is a global network of business leaders working to realize a fair, free and transparent society through sustainable and socially responsible business. As corporate activities become increasingly globalized, investors, the civil society, and consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the need for companies to respect human rights. Since 2019, the Group has participated annually in the Stakeholder Engagement Program sponsored by the Caux Roundtable, which brings together companies, NGOs/NPOs, academics, and others to discuss "Business and Human Rights."

The JFSM was founded in January 2016, to help improve food safety in the Japanese and Asian food industries, as well as among consumers. To this end, it set up and managed food safety management certification and accreditation standards, which are consistent with international standards. The Nichirei Group plays a leading role in this association as a founding member, with one Nichirei director serving as a JFSM director.