25 Nov 2020 --- Kirin Holdings is the first beverage manufacturer in Japan to convert all the paper it uses for containers and alcoholic beverage packaging to 100 percent Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper. Mercian Corporation was the last Kirin company to join the FSC endeavor. By fully switching its beverage portfolio packaging to FSC-certified paper, the retail wine subsidiary has secured Kirin’s position as the first domestic beverage manufacturer to fully achieve this goal.