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Risk Information

The major risks (management risks) that the Group recognizes as having the potential to have a significant impact on its financial position, business performance, and cash flow status are as follows:

なお、将来に関する事項は、2024年3月末現在において入手可能な情報に基づき、 当社グループが判断したものです。

risk Risk Awareness Responding to risks
Risks related to raw materials procurement, exchange rates, etc.
  • Increased procurement costs due to changes in the quality and price fluctuations of key raw materials
  • Increased procurement costs due to fluctuations in exchange rates, ocean freight rates, etc.
  • 地政学リスクや各国の規制等による調達不能および調達コスト増加
  • バイオ燃料その他用途での需要増加による調達コスト増加
  • 気温上昇や異常気象による収穫量減少や品質変化などによる原料の安定確保困難
  • Transactions that are considered to be in a competitive position within the scope of raw material purchasing regulations and foreign exchange forward contract operation regulations.
  • Futures pricing and hedging transactions using forward exchange contracts, etc.
  • Research and adoption of new raw material sources and suppliers
  • 油脂と油粕の安定的な供給を目的とした製油パートナーズジャパン株式会社を通じた取組みの実行
  • コストに応じた製品の価格改定の実施と経費削減による収益改善
  • Promoting sustainable procurement activities throughout the supply chain
自然災害・感染症・事故等に関するリスク
  • 大規模な地震、台風、集中豪雨、火災や爆発などの事故等による従業員等の人的被害、施設・設備等の損壊
  • 感染症の蔓延による操業停止、製品供給の停滞
  • Difficulties in continuing business activities due to supply chain disruptions and breakdowns in social infrastructure
  • 定期的な危機管理体制および事業継続計画(BCP)の見直しによる対応力強化
  • Efficient business operations, including remote work
  • 安定要求のための、委託先や協力先の確保による生産・供給体制の複線化、適正な在庫確保と顧客への連絡・情報共有のスピード化
海外展開に関するリスク
  • 事業展開する地域における不利な影響を及ぼす法律・規制・税制等の変更
  • 紛争・テロなどの発生、政治的・社会的情勢の変動、自然災害の発生
  • Accounting fraud and illegal acts occurring due to poor governance at overseas subsidiaries
  • 外部コンサルタントや海外に進出しているグループ企業等からの各国の法規や海外リスク情報の入手、迅速な対応の実施
  • 内部統制の強化と定期的な監査の実施
製品の安全、品質、安定供給に関するリスク
  • お客様への健康危害や表示等の法令違反、異物混入などによる自主回収(リコール)の発生、および食品偽装やデータ改ざんの発生
  • 外部委託先における品質、食品安全等に関する法令違反、事業中断、製造の遅延や不良品発生などによる欠品
  • Operate a quality management system based on ISO9001 (reduce quality risks by implementing quality assessments at the product development stage and strengthening the system)
  • Obtaining ISO22000 certification and conducting quality audits to ensure proper operation and confirmation
  • Continuing employee education
  • Product development and research and development that reflects customer feedback
Logistics-related risks
  • Logistics failure due to lack of proper logistics cost management, such as stagnation of product supply and significant delivery delays due to a shortage of drivers and loading and unloading workers or an inability to secure delivery vehicles
  • 原料・包装資材の入荷遅延や停滞による生産および出荷の停止
  • Improving the logistics and working environment by improving incidental tasks outside of delivery work, reducing long waiting times, systematically securing vehicles by extending lead times, and setting appropriate fees.
  • Appropriate response to changes in laws and regulations
Risks of information leaks and cybersecurity
  • 不正アクセスやコンピュータウイルスの感染、ランサムウェア等による情報の漏洩・改ざん・消失、ICT(※1)インフラ・生産ラインなどの停止
  • Inadequate response when an incident occurred
  • 社内ネットワークへの不正侵入を防御するシステムの導入
  • e‐ラーニング等を通じた従業員のセキュリティ意識向上と周知徹底
  • インシデント発生時への対応(CRISTの継続的強化)
  • 情報漏洩対策を目的とした個人情報取扱いシステムのセキュリティ対策向上
  • ゼロトラストセキュリティ基盤への移行推進
Climate change and environmental risks
  • Increase in production costs due to stricter CO2 emission regulations
  • Decline in corporate value due to insufficient environmental measures and violations of environmental laws
  • TNFDの考え方に基づく生物多様性への対応不備による社会的信用の失墜
  • Promoting ESG management integrated into business
  • Resource and energy conservation, reduction of CO2 emissions, reduction of plastic use, effective use of water resources
  • Maximizing resource utilization efficiency by utilizing AI in the value chain
Human rights risks
  • Decreasing corporate value due to inadequate human rights practices in the supply chain
  • ハラスメントなどの人権侵害
  • Identify and improve sustainability issues in the supply chain through effective use of external programs
  • Ensuring traceability in raw material procurement
人財確保・労務に関するリスク
  • 労働人口減少等における継続的な採用や育成が計画通りに進まないことによる、高度な専門性を持つ人財、多様な価値観を持つ人財および次世代を担う人財の不足
  • 労働災害、労働関連法令違反や労務トラブル等による企業価値の失墜、損害賠償請求など
  • Maintaining and improving a pleasant working environment, establishing a fair personnel and treatment system and implementing appropriate operations
  • Developing human resources with advanced expertise and the next generation of management talent
  • Promoting diversity through the active participation of women and post-retirement employment extension systems
  • Implementing safety and health education, establishing a safety and health management system, improving the working environment, and responding quickly when accidents occur
Risks related to fund raising
  • Increase in interest burden due to rising market interest rates
  • Difficulties in raising funds due to turmoil in financial markets
  • 格付が低下した場合における資金調達難
  • Selection of a comprehensive fund raising method based on the nature of fund demand, financial market environment, long-term and short-term balance, fund raising costs, and diversification of fund raising sources
  • Reduce interest rate fluctuation risk by combining fixed interest rate financing through corporate bonds and long-term borrowings
  • Grasp the scale of capital impairment risk through continuous monitoring of assets with impairment risk and deferred tax assets
  • Improve capital efficiency by thoroughly reducing assets through working capital management and reduction of cross-shareholdings
Risks related to impairment losses on goodwill and fixed assets
  • Poor performance of subsidiaries acquired or invested in, and significant shortfall in business plans
  • 固定資産の公正価値の下落
  • Deliberations at the Investment and Loan Committee and the Management Committee regarding the appropriateness of the acquisition price and follow-up on the realization of post-acquisition synergies
  • Regular monitoring of the macroeconomic environment
  • Estimates of future cash flows based on business plans
Risks regarding intellectual property
  • 競合他社による同様の技術開発に対し当社の知的財産の権利化が不十分なこと、あるいは競合他社により自社の知的財産を侵害されることによる競争優位性の喪失
  • 第三者の知的財産権の侵害による販売の差し止めや損害賠償請求など
  • Strengthening collaboration with related departments to quickly discover inventions and acquire intellectual property rights promptly and appropriately
  • Establishing a mechanism to prevent infringement of third party intellectual property rights
  • Ongoing training for employees on intellectual property rights
Compliance risks
  • Occurrence of acts that violate laws, regulations, or social norms, or fraud, harassment, etc.
  • Business constraints due to changes or additions to laws and regulations
  • Formulated the "J-Oil Mills Code of Conduct" to ensure compliance with laws, regulations and social norms, and thoroughly publicized it through in-house training
  • Early detection and correction of fraud and harassment through the establishment of internal reporting systems both inside and outside the company
  • Keep a close eye on information on amendments to laws and regulations to keep up with changes
グループ経営体制の整備に関するリスク
  • グループガバナンスやグループ内における内部統制に重大な不備や弱点が認められた場合の改善に要する追加コストの発生
  • グループ戦略の立案や見直しが適切に行われないことによるシナジー効果の希薄化
  • グループ会社の内部統制の有効性を確保するための報告の実施
  • グループ会社を巻き込んだ研修等、グループ横断的支援体制の推進

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