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Circular Society Targets

ºÚÁÏÃÅ Group 2026 Medium-Term Management Plan

Data target range or company leading initiatives

1-5: ºÚÁÏÃÅ Co., Ltd. (consolidated) (Japan only)

6, 7: ºÚÁÏÃÅ Group (consolidated) (Japan only)

	Major initiatives	Metrics	Results	Targets	Medium to long-term targets
			FYE March 2025	FYE March 2027	FYE March 2031	FYE March 2051
1	Promote the reduction of plastic containers and packaging while promoting R&D for environmentally friendly materials	Rate of reduction for plastic use (total volume) (compared to FYE March 2018 as reference year)	TBC	25% or more	30% or more
2	Reduce the amount of virgin plastic used by increasing the use of recycled plastics and biomass plastics	Rate of reduction for virgin plastic use (compared to FYE March 2018 as reference year)	TBC	40% or more	50% or more	100%
3	Increase the ratio of recycled plastic used in PET bottles	Percentage of recycled PET used	TBC	70% or more (FYE March 2026 target)	100%
4	Reduce food loss by improving supply and demand accuracy to reduce defective inventory, extending best-before dates, and indicating best-before dates in months and years	Rate of reduction for product waste in the food segment (compared to FYE March 2017 as reference year)	25.0%	50% or more (FYE March 2026 target)
5	Promoting food waste reduction along the supply chain from production (disposal of raw materials, etc.) to sales (disposal of returned products)	Reduction rate of food loss (compared to FYE March 2024 as year of reference) *Per unit of net sales	TBC	50% or more (FYE March 2031 target)	50% or more
6	Reduce final disposal volume by decreasing waste generation at factories, etc.	Recycling rate	85.5%	90% or more		Zero emissions
7	Reduce food waste by recycling residual animal and plant waste (conversion into feed, fertilizer, methane fermentation, etc.)	Food recycling rate for the food segment	TBC	95% or more

Waste/ Recycled Amount

		Unit	FYE 3/2021	FYE 3/2022	FYE 3/2023	FYE 3/2024	FYE 3/2025
Waste amount1	Japan	ten thousand tons	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.2	1.6
	Per unit of sales (Japan)	tons/hundred million yen	2.4	2.2	2.5	2.3	1.6
	Global2	ten thousand tons	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.4	2.3
	Per unit of sales (Global)	tons/hundred million yen	2.5	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.0
Hazardous waste emissions		ten thousand tons	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Recycled volume1		ten thousand tons	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.4
Final disposal volume (landfill)		ten thousand tons	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Reduction of food product waste		%	â–³29.3	â–³34.1	â–³31.5	â–³26.8	â–³25.0
Total weight of all food loss & waste		ten thousand tons	-	-	-	2.5	TBC
Total weight of food loss & waste volumes used for alternative purposes		ten thousand tons	-	-	-	2.4	TBC
Total