Sustainability Report 2025 and Appendices (Environmental Data, Personnel and Labor-Related Data, Tax Data)

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Contents

Sustainability Policy and Framework P004

Message from the CEO P005

Message from the Executive Officer in Charge of Sustainability P006

Corporate philosophy framework Our Philosophy P007

Framework for ESG and sustainability P010

Materiality P012

Ajinomoto Group value chain P022

Key initiatives and progress P023

Stakeholder engagement P027

Participation in initiatives P028

Expectations and recommendations from external stakeholders P030

Help Extend the Healthy Life Expectancy of 1 Billion People P036

Initiatives to solve nutritional issues P037

Cooking and sharing meals P047

Medical foods P048

Disseminating information on MSG safety and benefits P049

Addressing health issues P051

Reduce Our Environmental Impact by 50% P054

Environmental management P055

Climate change (disclosures based on the TCFD) P059

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the value chain P066

Reduction of waste across product lifecycles P074

Contribution to sustainable agriculture P084

Food loss and waste P088

Biodiversity and natural capital (disclosures based on TNFD) P092

Sustainable materials sourcing P103

Animal welfare P107

Social P109

Human rights and human resources P110

Human rights P113

Human resources management P121

Occupational safety and health P130

Supply chain management P132

Strengthening relationships with local communities P135

Quality management P137

Marketing communications P144

Governance P145

Risk management P146

Compliance P148

Information security and personal information management P153

Proper utilization and management of intellectual property P155

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Editorial policy

Related content

Sustainability website

https://www.ajinomoto.com/sustainability/

The Ajinomoto Group Works with Society Along with society

https://www.ajinomoto.com/sustainability/society/

About the Ajinomoto Group

https://www.ajinomoto.com/aboutus

Web magazine "Stories"

https://www.ajinomoto.com/stories

Organizational scope

This report covers the activities of the Group, comprising, unless otherwise noted, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. ("the Company") and its consolidated subsidiaries and equity-method affiliates (as of March 31, 2025). When comprehensive Group information is not available, the data parameters are explicitly defined.

Period covered by this report

Fiscal 2024 (April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025)

Past circumstances, data, and recent cases outside of this time period are presented when appropriate.

Ajinomoto Group Sustainability Report 2025

The Sustainability Report is a report that describes the Ajinomoto Group's approach to sustainability and initiatives from the perspectives of health and nutrition, environment (E), society (S), and governance (G), along with numerical data. We hope

this report, in combination with our ASV Report (integrated report), enhances the understanding of our stakeholders, including shareholders and investors, related to our approach to sustainable value creation.

This report conforms to GRI standards.

[Related material system]

Financial information

Financial Report

ASV Report

Results

Medium- to long-term perspective

Sustainability Report

Sustainability Website

Non-financial information

Sustainability Policy and Framework

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Message from the CEO P005

Message from the Executive Officer in

Charge of Sustainability P006

Corporate philosophy framework Our Philosophy P007

Framework for ESG and sustainability P010

Materiality P012

Ajinomoto Group value chain P022

Key initiatives and progress P023

Stakeholder engagement P027

Participation in initiatives P028

Expectations and recommendations from

external stakeholders P030

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Sustainability Policy and Framework

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Message from the CEO Message from the Executive Officer in Charge of Sustainability Corporate philosophy framework our philosophy Framework for ESG and sustainability Materiality Ajinomoto Group value chain

Key initiatives and progress

Stakeholder engagement

Participation in initiatives Expectations and recommendations from external stakeholders

Message from the CEO

Dear stakeholders

Shigeo Nakamura

Director

Representative Executive Officer President & Chief Executive Officer

The Purpose of the Ajinomoto Group is contributing to the wellbeing of all human beings, our society and our planet with "AminoScience." Under this Purpose, we pursue Ajinomoto Group Creating Shared Value (ASV), an initiative to co-create social and economic value through our businesses. The Ajinomoto Group Way (AGW) represents our guiding principles: Create new value, pioneer spirit, social contribution, value people. We codify these principles in Our Philosophy.

This deep engagement with the Ajinomoto Group Purpose serves as my inner driving force. With this Purpose in mind, we focus on creating social value through solutions to social issues that leverage innovative products and services. At the same time, we strive to create even greater levels of economic value. To this end, we seek to strengthen our intangible assets represented

by human resources, technology, customers, and organization, while we refine our advanced bio and fermentation technologies based on "AminoScience," our Deliciousness Technology, our health value improvement technology, and our unique functional design technology.

The Ajinomoto Group vision for 2030 include reducing our environmental impact by 50% and helping extend the healthy life expectancy of 1 billion people. Sustainable agrifood systems are also very important to the Ajinomoto Group, which deals mainly in the Food Products business and Bio & Fine Chemicals business. As a value chain, agrifood systems have an enormous environmental impact upstream, namely the production of

agricultural and livestock products. For example, about a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, 70% of freshwater use, and 50% of flat land use are attributed to agricultural

and livestock production. Notwithstanding, one-third of food is wasted across the breadth of the value chain, including the

manufacturing stage and downstream consumption. This amount is far from negligible as a cause of diverse problems, including climate change, biodiversity, water resources, and deforestation.

While the focus of global climate change issues continues to be the movement away from fossil fuels, interest in the agrifood systems has increased over time. Two years ago, the Emirates

Declaration at COP28 incorporated sustainable agrifood systems as a key element for the first time. COP30 will be held in Brazil in 2025. We expect to see advancements in the area of sustainable agrifood systems toward international frameworks and rules on climate change.

I was honored to speak at COP29 in Azerbaijan last year at the Japan Pavilion event. During my comments, I highlighted the sustainable activities at AJINOMOTO DO BRASIL INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO DE ALIM. Brazil is an enormous agricultural country, and we have been part of the Recovery of Degraded Pasture Verification Study Project in Brazil. Farms can mix AjiPro®-L,

a lysine formulation for cattle, with feed to supplement amino acids that tend to be lacking and improve the amino acid balance of the feed. This approach can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 1 ton (CO2equivalent) per cow per year. Field tests are underway for dairy and beef cattle in Brazil, which has more head of cattle than any other country. We will also participate in COP30 to accelerate the Group's global sustainability efforts.

In these ways and more, we not only reduce the negative impacts of Ajinomoto Group business on society and the environment, but also create much social and economic value through positive impacts, all while challenging ourselves to generate dramatic sustained growth in Ajinomoto Group corporate value.

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