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Kirin Holdings Company

Kirin Holdings Company

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Consumer Goods Forum Launches Local Group to Tackle Sustainability Challenges in Japan
Consumer Goods Forum Launches Local Group to Tackle Sustainability Challenges in Japan

6 years ago - As part of its ongoing regionalization strategy, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has created a Japan Sustainability Local Group. Chaired by Koji Inoue of Ajinomoto Co., Inc., the Local Group will help local and multinational CGF members in Japan share knowledge and best practices on sustainability challenges facing the consumer goods industry and strategies for working towards the CFG’s global Environmental and Social Sustainability Resolutions.

How a Community-Based Strategy Helped Kirin Create Shared Value
How a Community-Based Strategy Helped Kirin Create Shared Value

7 years ago - When Japanese brewer Kirin launched its Creating Shared Value (CSV) Division in 2013, the link between competitive advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was a relatively new concept, and Kirin was the first corporation in Japan to institute CSV management. Masaya Hayashida, who spearheads Kirin’s CSV division as executive officer and general manager, states plainly that he is not interested in hypothetical arguments over CSR or CSV. He’s practical, and Kirin’s CSV pursuit of social & economic value has come to fruition in the form of a community-based approach.