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Kirin

Kirin is an integrated beverage company with activities spanning beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages. All these activities are operated by Kirin Brewery Company, with current key brands including Kirin Lager and Ichiban Shibori. Kirin Holdings was established in 1885 as the Japan Brewery Company. The company recently expanded its operations to include pharmaceuticals and chemicals, mainly providing raw materials to businesses and consumers.

Summary

Kirin performs below average overall and ranks 29th in the food and agriculture sector with a score of 18.7 out of 100. Its best performance is in the violence and harassment measurement area, where it performs well. It has an opportunity to improve in the marketplace and community measurement area, where it ranks at the bottom.

While the company does have a public commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment, like majority of the companies in the benchmark, Kirin can improve its transparency and commitment by providing more detailed information about its channels and grievance mechanisms, catering to both its own employees and external individuals and communities. Furthermore, the company can bolster its policies, which includes disclosing its global primary caregiver leave and secondary caregiver policies, aligning them with ILO standards of at least 14 weeks and 2 weeks, respectively. Kirin also has the opportunity to share its remediation process for addressing grievances related to violence and harassment in the workplace.

Ranking position: #68 /112
Total score: 18.7 /100

Measurement area	Score	Rank (0-112)
Governance and strategy	#1 5.0 /20	#43
Representation	#1 3.3 /17.5	#58
Compensation and benefits	#1 0.5 /17.5	#77
Health and well-being	#1 4.4 /17.5	#58
Violence and harassment	#1 5.5 /17.5	#24
Marketplace and community	#1 0.0 /10	#76
Total score	18.7 /100	#68

Value chain element	Score
Workplace	8.2 /35
Supply chain	5.5 /35

Segment
Food and Agriculture	#29

More about the company

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Number of employees: 30538
Percentage of female employees: 30%
Group revenue: USD 13,154 billion
Ownership structure: Publicly listed
Website: https://www.kirin.co.jp/