CEO Message

Leading the Co-Creation of a Future Society, with Sustainability as a Driving Force for Growth Katsunari Matsuda Chief Executive Officer President and Representative Director Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. Leading the Co-Creation of a Future Society, with Sustainability as a Driving Force for Growth Katsunari Matsuda Chief Executive Officer President and Representative Director Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.

The Meiji Group signed on to the United Nations Global Compact1 in 2019, supporting the Ten Principles related to human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption. In accordance with international frameworks, and to fulfill our responsibilities as a global corporation, we are committed to addressing social issues through our business activities.

In 2021, we adopted the slogan “Now ideas for wellness” and have since proceeded to create value that is unique to Meiji, with food and pharmaceuticals as the pillars of our business. This slogan expresses our desire to contribute to a better future for people, society, and the Earth through solutions to social issues, with “wellness” as the starting point.

To embody this slogan, in FY2021, we adopted Meiji ROESG®2 as our top management indicator, promoting sustainability management that aims to balance ROE (economic value) and ESG (social value). As a result, these initiatives have steadily taken root across the entire Group and have earned strong external recognition.

We are now in the final year of our 2026 Medium-Term Business Plan, which has “the fusion of sustainability and business strategies” as its theme. Guided by our founding spirit of “contributing to the country through nutrition,” we are redefining “wellness” as the realization of better, more fulfilling lives for people and creating value that is closely attuned to people's lives through our products. As a company supported by resources derived from nature, we also view contributing to the “health of the Earth” as a vital mission and are deepening our initiatives to simultaneously address social issues and enhance corporate value.

Going forward, collaborating with our stakeholders in Japan and overseas and working as one united Group, we will continue to evolve our management approach with sustainability as a driving force for growth. We will also continue to take on challenges toward the co-creation of a future society where people around the world, society, and the Earth are healthy and sustainable.

June 2026

1. For details, please refer to   UN Global Compact Comparison Table

2. ROESG is a registered trademark for a management indicator developed by Kunio Ito, a professor at Hitotsubashi University.