Meiji | Sustainability Performance

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Food and pharmaceutical company producing dairy products, confectionery, and healthcare products.

1916

Japan

10,001+ employees

Food Production

$1B - 10B in revenue

$500M - 1B in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#4223

Overall

#189

in Japan

#206

in Food Production

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

95 out of 436

Overview

Environmental

Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste managementWater managementAir and land impactNature and biodiversityNature riskClimate risk

Social

Diversity and inclusionPay gapsHealth and safetyExternalities

Governance

TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and exclusionsB-corp & CDP

Financial Data

Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections

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CO2 scope 1 + 2

537.2K CO2e tonnes, 2025

Aligned

Renewable energy

10% 2025

Laggard

Waste generated

23.0K tonnes, 2025

Leading

Female engagement

45% 2025

Leading

Externalities

49.1M $, 2025

Laggard

Market cap

178.7T $, 2026▲26.9% YoY

Revenue

7.8B $, 2026▲1.7% YoY

R&D intensity

3.16% 2026

Intensity

Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)

Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)

Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)

Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)

Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)

Industry Benchmark

68.5

B/M 69.8

674.4

B/M 705.7

230.8

B/M 216.5

2.4K

B/M 1.0K

2.9

B/M 5.8

Controversy level

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Meiji Holdings Co Ltd, Japanese major food/pharma, has faced sustained class actions over alleged inadequate disclosure of postCOVID Japanese food customer demand normalization including the contested 2024 Meiji Seika Pharma Daiichi Sankyo joint venture disputes, plus periodic Japanese FSA enforcement scrutiny on inadequate disclosure of Asian customer concentration affecting Japanese institutional shareholders.

Carbon emissions breakdown

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Biodiversity impact

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Waste management

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Water management

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Air pollution

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Health & safety

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Externalities

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SBTi targets and commitments

Target	Status	Temperature alignment	Year
Near-term target	Targets set	1.5°C	FY2030
Long-term target	Targets set	1.5°C	FY2050
Net-zero	Targets set	-	2050
Business Ambition 1.5°C	Not disclosed	-	-

Target details

Overall net-zero target: Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. commits to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by FY2050. Near-term targets: Energy & Industry: Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 50% by FY2030 from a FY2019 base year. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream and downstream transportation and distribution, and end-of-life treatment of sold products 30% within the same timeframe. FLAG: Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. commits to reduce absolute scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions 33.3% by FY2030 from a FY2019 base year.* Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. also commits to no deforestation across its primary deforestation-linked commodities, with a target date of 31 December, 2025. *Target includes FLAG emissions and removals. Long-term targets: Energy & Industry: Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 90% by FY2050 from a FY2019 base year. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream and downstream transportation and distribution, and end-of-life treatment of sold products 90% within the same timeframe. FLAG: Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. commits to reduce absolute scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions 72% by FY2050 from a FY2019 base year.* *Target includes FLAG emissions and removals.

SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Controversy level

Very Low

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Meiji Holdings Co Ltd, Japanese major food/pharma, has faced sustained class actions over alleged inadequate disclosure of postCOVID Japanese food customer demand normalization including the contested 2024 Meiji Seika Pharma Daiichi Sankyo joint venture disputes, plus periodic Japanese FSA enforcement scrutiny on inadequate disclosure of Asian customer concentration affecting Japanese institutional shareholders.

Meiji | Sustainability Performance

Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Carbon emissions

Renewable energy

Renewable electricity

Intensity

Female engagement

Waste

Controversy level

Carbon emissions breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

Waste management

Water management

Air pollution

Land use

Diversity & inclusion

Pay gap breakdown

Health & safety

Externalities

Revenue & EBITDA

Margin trends

R&D intensity

Return on invested capital

Analyst revenue estimates & actuals

Environmental policy coverage

SBTi targets and commitments

Target details

Sustainability targets and commitments

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Environment

Social

Governance

Exclusion screening

CDP Scores

SDG impact

SDG impact (historical)

Reporting

Sustainability employees

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Renewable energy

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Waste

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Carbon emissions breakdown

Climate risk

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Production loss

Revenue at risk

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Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

Waste management

Water management

Air pollution

Land use

Diversity & inclusion

Pay gap breakdown

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