Editorial Policy


Editorial Policy

The Ajinomoto Group CSR Report 2011 is intended to convey the approach of the Ajinomoto Group to corporate social responsibility, which is based on putting the Ajinomoto Group Philosophy into practice through business activities. It presents specific initiatives aimed at helping solve the three social issues of global sustainability, food resources, and healthy living, regarded by the group as the challenges that humanity faces in the 21st century. The report is also intended to provide information on the initiatives and details of the Ajinomoto Group CSR Policy, which is being implemented within the framework of the Medium-Term Management Plan that commenced in fiscal 2011. The annually held stakeholder dialogues that include advice on CSR activities from experts in relevant fields are also covered in the report.

The Ajinomoto Group CSR Report 2011 is published online only. It is also available for download in PDF format, and includes all the information in this report.

Further information on group's environmental activities is provided in the Ajinomoto Group Environmental Report 2011.

Scope of the Report

Organizational scope:
This report covers the Ajinomoto Group, comprised, in principle, of Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (hereafter "the company") and its 116 consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates (as of March 31, 2011), which are subject to reporting under the equity method. Where sufficient information for the entire Ajinomoto Group (hereafter "the group") was unavailable, the limitation in scope is explicitly defined.
Period covered by this report:
Fiscal 2010 (April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011)
Some more recent activities are also included in the report.
Issue date: December 2011 (Next report schedule for October 2012; previous report issued in August 2010)

CSR and Environmental Reports Awarded

  • The Ajinomoto Group CSR Report 2010

    The Ajinomoto Group CSR Report 2010

  • The Ajinomoto Group Environmental Report 2010

    The Ajinomoto Group Environmental Report 2010

The Ajinomoto Group CSR Report 2010 and the Ajinomoto Group Environmental Report 2010 together received the Minister of the Environment Grand Prize for Sustainable Reporting in the environmental reporting category at the 14th Environmental Communication Awards, an event co-sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment and the Global Environmental Forum.