Message
from the Chief
Sustainability Officer

Since its founding, the MOL Group has carried the responsibility of supporting logistics in Japan and around the world through maritime transportation, guided by our Group Corporate Mission: "From the blue oceans, we sustain people's lives and ensure a prosperous future." As a global social infrastructure company, we have consistently strived to fulfill this role. Even as the scope and scale of our business have expanded, we recognize that sustainable growth for the Group is inseparable from developing and progressing alongside society. Accordingly, sustainability is positioned at the core of our corporate management plan, BLUE ACTION 2035.

Recently, some have suggested that soaring energy prices and the emergence of geopolitical risks may create headwinds for ESG initiatives, including decarbonization.
However, the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events are an undeniable reality threatening people's livelihoods worldwide. As a global social infrastructure company, the MOL Group will continue to advance sustainability initiatives, including climate change countermeasures, toward the realization of a sustainable society.

At the same time, ensuring profitability is essential for a company to remain sustainable. To achieve a balance between corporate and social sustainability, it is crucial to pursue business growth by simultaneously creating economic and social value. In practice, however, there is a tendency to fall into a trade-off where social value increases while economic value declines.

Transforming this trade-off into a "trade-on" relationship, where economic and social values are achieved together, is essential to building a sustainable society. To create such a system, it is important not only to focus on our own initiatives but also to build partnerships and collaborations within the shipping industry and beyond. In particular, in the area of decarbonization, the MOL Group seeks to play a pioneering role by actively presenting our perspectives in international forums and continuously promoting industrywide decarbonization through the development of relevant systems and regulations.
Through these activities, we aim to create new markets in collaboration with like-minded partners and contribute to building a system in which sustainability is viable as a business.

By leveraging our sustainability initiatives as a driver of business growth, the MOL Group aims to establish long-term competitive advantages and become a company chosen by all stakeholders, including business partners and future generations, across a wide range of business opportunities. To this end, we will remain steadfast and not be influenced by temporary or short-term changes in the external environment. Upholding a long-term perspective and guided by our Group Corporate Mission, we will continue to contribute to the development of the global economy as a social infrastructure company rooted in the ocean, while striving to enhance corporate value through solutions to social and environmental challenges.

We sincerely appreciate your continued understanding and support for the MOL Group.