Mitsubishi Corporation
8058・Prime Market・Wholesale Trade
Governance
As a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee, the company separates oversight from execution and has established a Corporate Governance & Nomination Committee and a Compensation Committee, both of which are majority-composed of outside directors. In FY2025, the Board of Directors met 16 times (11 regular meetings and 5 extraordinary meetings), with all outside directors and outside Audit and Supervisory Committee members attending every meeting.
Risk Management
The Company has established a risk management framework in which business groups and Corporate specialized departments collaborate, with sustainability-related risks overseen by the Sustainability Department under the CSEO. All investment and financing projects are deliberated by the Investment/Financing Committee, and for climate change risk, business classification is conducted using the MC Climate Taxonomy, along with scenario analysis (STEPS and NZE) based on the IEA WEO2025.
Shareholder Returns
Continuing progressive dividend policy. FY2025 annual dividend was ¥110 per share (interim ¥55 + year-end ¥55), total dividends of ¥408,458 million, payout ratio of 52.2%. FY2026 forecast is ¥125 (+¥15 year-on-year). Share buybacks are also conducted flexibly, with buybacks this period totaling ¥1,002,720 million.
Dividend Policy
Continuing a "progressive dividend" policy of increasing dividends in line with sustainable profit growth. Dividends are paid twice a year, as an interim dividend and a year-end dividend. The FY2025 annual dividend was ¥110 per share (total dividends of ¥408,458 million, payout ratio of 52.2%). The FY2026 forecast is an annual dividend of ¥125 (interim ¥62 + year-end ¥63, forecast payout ratio of 41.6%). The basic policy is also to conduct share buybacks flexibly, and share buybacks (net) for the current period totaled ¥1,002,720 million.
ESG
As part of its climate change response, the company has set targets of a 30%–50% reduction in GHG emissions by FY2030 (versus FY2020) and net zero by 2050. In the fiscal year under review, total emissions across Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 Category 15 amounted to 20.27 million tons of CO2e (a decrease of 1.3 million tons year on year). In terms of human capital, under the MC HR Vision "DEAR," the company has been promoting DE&I, AI talent development, an open application-based internal transfer system, and other initiatives, achieving an employee engagement score of 77% (against a target of 65% or higher).
Last updated: June 18, 2026