Message from the CEO

“Together with our stakeholders, we will co-create a sustainable future for food, based on plant-based ingredients that are both delicious and healthy.” (The Fuji Oil Group Management Philosophy’s Vision)
If we look closely at the environment surrounding food, we see a rise in the price of food ingredients, a diversification of foods and an increase in population as some of the issues. Based on the Fuji Oil Group’s vision, we believe that we can contribute to the solving of these issues. Since our founding, we have created a variety of products by perfecting our original technologies and pursuing the potential of food ingredients. By combining the experience we have garnered in the four businesses of vegetable oils and fats, industrial chocolate, emulsified and fermented ingredients, and soy-based ingredients, we are aiming to develop sustainable plant-based ingredients grounded in the concept of “delicious and healthy.”

On April 1, 2025, we are going to merge with the existing Japanese Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. and become the business holding company “Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.” We are promoting business management that allows us to respond to changes in the business environment, including issues that affect the entire supply chain, brought about by rapid changes to financial and societal environments, as well as increasing geopolitical risks, among other factors. In addition to strengthening our business axes, we are going to progress management that has an awareness of capital efficiency through maintaining the functional axes we have heretofore built up, such as those in ESG and in finance.

This is the final year of our Reborn 2024 mid-term management plan. We are looking toward further growth as we steadily progress the strengthening of the management foundation we brought up in Reborn 2024 as one of its main objectives. But we cannot grow without people playing their part. As the Group has been globalizing its operations with the aim of contributing to the world's food supply, approximately 70% of our roughly 6,000 employees are now from overseas areas. In order for our group to continue to grow, I believe it is important to create an environment and culture in which a diverse range of employees can play an active role.

Human resources are the backbone of a company's activities and are important assets that support the company's sustainable growth. I believe that even in a situation of continuing uncertain change, the Group's development will be achieved through the growth of a diverse workforce, working vigorously to meet challenges and innovate, and continuing to create new businesses, technologies, and products as a united body, “One FUJI”.

I hope to receive your continued support.