Business risks

Fuji Oil Group risk management structure

The Fuji Oil Group operates its four main businesses in Japan, the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia, and China. As such, our Group value chain is exposed to a wide range of potential risks arising from social issues, changes in the economic environment. Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. has established a group-wide risk management framework and, based on information sources that reflect the environment influencing the Group, comprehensively assesses the degree of impact on operations, the probability of occurrence, and timing of manifestation under the leadership of headquarters from both business and functional perspectives, thereby identifying its group significant risks.
In addition, the Company convenes the Risk Management Committee to deliberate on the Group significant risks that should be addressed on a priority basis and to monitor the progress of risk mitigation measures. The Group significant risks discussed by the Risk Management Committee are then resolved by the Management Committee Meeting of Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. and monitored by the Board of Directors of Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.

Fuji Oil Group significant risks Management Process

(1) Identifying group significant risks

Our group comprehensively identifies group risks by taking into account strategic, financial, disaster and accident, operational risks, and ESG materiality under the group-wide risk management framework. Through review and discussion by the Subcommittee on Group Significant Risks and deliberation by the Risk Management Committee, the Company identifies the key risks that should be recognized and addressed on a group-wide basis as group significant risks.
In addition, risks unique to each group company are organized into “risk maps” through each company’s own risk assessment process, and identification of various risks and the implementation of countermeasures under the leadership of the headquarters.

(2) Responding to and monitoring group significant risks

Our group assigns responsible headquarters divisions and departments for each identified group significant risk and manages them by establishing risk mitigation measures and target KPIs. The progress of these measures and target KPIs is monitored by the Risk Management Committee.
In FY 2025, the Risk Management Committee met three times and reviewed the individual progress and issue status of the 12 identified group significant risks. The Company also reported to the Management Committee Meeting and the Board of Directors as appropriate, confirming the causes of manifested risks, the response measures taken, and their appropriateness and timeliness.

(3) Fuji Oil Group significant risks

Our group has identified the following items as important risks that could have a material impact on investors’ decisions and therefore require management attention. For each risk, the company has designated the responsible headquarters division or department and formulated a response policy.
Statements regarding future matters are based on information available to the Company as of March 31, 2026, and represent judgments that the company considered reasonable at that time.