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PLEASE TELL US A BIT ABOUT ASAHI Asahi is an exciting business because it’ s a global business based on beer. It was established in Osaka in 1889 and then started to grow – firstly in Japan, becoming number one in the country with the amazing Super“ Dry” beer, but also acquiring other businesses, moving to beverages and food.

The portfolio is really diverse in Japan: 60 % of the revenue comes from alcoholic beverages, but the other 40 % is food and soft drinks.

And then the company decided to grow and to bring Asahi to the world, but also acquire new brands because it is a lot about the people and brands for the company.

TITLE: GROUP CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER

COMPANY: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS INDUSTRY: FOOD & BEVERAGES LOCATION: TOKYO, JAPAN

Drahomira Mandikova spent 10 years as Corporate Affairs Manager for SABMiller in Slovakia, before nine years as Director of Corporate Affairs and Communication, Czech and Slovak Republic, Plzeňský Prazdroj. Following three years as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Asahi Europe & International, Drahomira became CSO of Asahi Group Holdings in March 2024.

WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AND HOW ARE YOU DRIVING SUSTAINABILITY AT ASAHI? Sustainability has been a part of the business for many years. But there was a different approach in different regions. So my role as the Global Chief Sustainability Officer is to ensure that we integrate our sustainability approaches into every decision, every business process, everything that we do.

One key thing is to build our global capabilities. So we are working on the IT system now to collect the data that we need. We also launched a common methodology for Scope 3 measurements.

Everybody was doing it their way to collect or understand the Scope 3 impact. So we created one methodology on the global level – a standardised approach.

84 June 2025