Ajinomoto : Named to CDP’s Climate Change A List for Six Consecutive Years

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Named to CDP's Climate Change A List for Six Consecutive Years

Tokyo, January 30, 2026 - Ajinomoto Co., Inc. ("Ajinomoto Co.") has been selected by CDP (https://www.cdp.net/en), an international environmental not-for-profit charity, for inclusion in its Climate Change A List for 2025. Selection for the A List, CDP's highest evaluation, is in recognition of factors including Ajinomoto Co.'s comprehensive disclosure and pioneering initiatives regarding climate change. This is the sixth consecutive year for Ajinomoto Co. to make its appearance on the A List.

CDP drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests, and it leverages institutional

investors and major purchasers worldwide that have a strong interest in environmental issues to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. Each year, CDP collects, analyzes and evaluates information on the environmental activities of major companies around the world. In 2025, more than 22,100 companies, accounting for over half of the world's market capitalization, responded to the survey.

The Ajinomoto Group upholds as its Purpose "contributing to the well-being of all human beings, our society, and our planet with AminoScience", and places sustainability at the center of its ASV management. Looking toward 2030, the Group is strengthening science-based initiatives in order to reduce negative impacts arising from its business activities while at the same time advancing the creation of positive impacts by leveraging its proprietary technologies.

In response to the increasing frequency of extreme weather events and the growing materialization of climate change risks, the Ajinomoto Group is further accelerating the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its entire value chain. Specifically, the Group is promoting reductions in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions through the transition to fuels with lower GHG emissions, the optimization of production processes, and increasing the share of renewable energy at its factories. In addition, the Group is advancing reductions in Scope 3 emissions throughout the entire supply chain. Furthermore, in light of its business characteristics that depend on agricultural and livestock production, the Group is also engaged in value creation that delivers positive impacts on the transformation of agrifood systems, which account for approximately one quarter of global GHG emissions, and is advancing the development of sustainable business models adapted to a decarbonized society.

The following section of the corporate website introduces the Ajinomoto Group's approach and initiatives for climate change.

Climate Change (Disclosures Based on the TCFD Recommendations)

https://www.ajinomoto.com/sustainability/initiative/environment.php#anchor02

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