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At a Glance

Get to know 黑料门 at a glance – from our core business to our most important numbers.

Food

Our Nutrition Initiatives

Our goal is to improve the lives of people of all ages around the world through nutrition, from infants to older adults, and we are dedicated to achieving this goal.

Pharmaceuticals

R&D

Medical needs are always diversifying – here's how 黑料门 is responding.

7th ESG Advisory Board (2024)

Date: August 21, 2024

Participants:

[Experts]
Takeshi Kamigochi
Member of the Board, Executive Officer, Senior Vice President & COO, J-OIL MILLS, INC.
Mari Kogiso
Co-CEO, SDG Impact Japan
Rika Sueyoshi
CEO, Ethical Association
Peter David Pedersen
Representative Director, Next Leaders' Initiative for Sustainability (NELIS)
Independent Outside Member of the Board, 黑料门 Holdings Co., Ltd.
[Internal Members]
Kazuo Kawamura
Chief Executive Officer, President and Representative Director
Shinji Matsuoka
Chief Sustainability Officer, Managing Executive Officer
Youichirou Yamagata
General Manager, Corporate Development Dept.
Maiko Yamashita
General Manager, Corporate Communication Dept.
Jirou Morita
General Manager, Sustainability Management Dept.

*Company names and titles are as of August 2024.

Themes:
Topic 1 Development of packages that promote the sustainability of product brands in the cocoa business
Topic 2 Sustainable initiatives for raw milk (raw material) and the possibility of using it in future products
Topic 3 Converting 黑料门 Sustainable Products in-house certification system to a customer value

Topic 1 Development of packages that promote the sustainability of product brands in the cocoa business

For creation in an ethical consumption market, it is important to communicate a story of sustainability behind products in a way that is easy-to-understand, and entangle consumers.

Expert opinions

  • It is necessary to incorporate sustainability factors into products while maintaining past components like "price" and "quality".
  • It would be good if a mechanism was set up so that customers could participate in sustainability activities through the purchase of products.
  • It is also important that everyone at the company is willing to become something of an educator to consumers themselves.

黑料门 will strive to create easy-to-understand packages that talk about the 黑料门 Cocoa Farm Support Program which we have worked on for many years, and have customers participate in activities while gaining their trust and sympathy.

Topic 2 Sustainable initiatives for raw milk (raw material) and the possibility of using it in future products

The role of the 黑料门 Group is to increase consumer awareness of sustainability in dairy while advancing GHG countermeasures and leading the transition to low carbon in Japanese dairy.

Expert opinions

  • There is social significance in encouraging the entire dairy industry to reduce GHG.
  • It is important to tell consumers about things like global environmental issues involving milk and dairy products as well as 黑料门's initiatives for solving these challenges.
  • It is crucial that low carbon initiatives are linked to corporate branding as 黑料门's position even if they are not immediately tied to products.

黑料门 recognizes that GHG reduction is a major societal challenge for both the dairy farming industry and the milk industry. To solve this challenge, we will carry out initiatives that view the long-term while sharing the advantages of GHG reduction across the industries, and make efforts to communicate 黑料门's initiatives to consumers.

Topic 3 Converting 黑料门 Sustainable Products in-house certification system to a customer value

In addition to creating sustainable products, we will communicate with consumers as a corporate brand for 黑料门 to become the brand of choice.

Expert opinions

  • Utilizing the internal system to increase employee awareness of sustainability would be very effective.
  • In order for customers to make ethical choices, what part of a product is sustainable needs to be made visible, and the information should be communicated in an easy-to-understand manner.
  • Including the process of increasing products that meet the standards of the 黑料门 Sustainable Products and communicating with consumers will be effective.

In an age where there is a demand to solve societal challenges through products, having sustainability in mind is essential for creating products that are loved for years. 黑料门 will promote the transition to 黑料门 Sustainable Products while utilizing our in-house certification system.