Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainability
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Employee Well-being

Social Achievements

• Launched SDGs project for employee awareness on sustainability.
• Implemented personnel system reforms in 2021, including a regional limited employee system to support women's career advancement and management positions.
• Established an action plan for promoting women's active participation, aiming for 30% female representation in management positions by 2024.

Governance Achievements

• Established a Nomination and Remuneration Committee as an advisory body to the Board of Directors.
• Implemented a performance-based compensation system for directors (excluding outside directors and audit committee members).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Continued challenges in employee training and improving the knowledge of store staff.
• Creating a workplace environment where women can thrive.
• Lack of a clearly defined succession plan for the representative director.

Mitigation Strategies

• Actively promoting the development of young executives to cultivate future leadership.
• Gradually establishing and implementing a succession plan through the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
• Developing a sustainability policy and plan aligned with long-term corporate value enhancement, monitored by the Board of Directors.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Women's empowerment
• SDGs
• Community investment
• Supplier relationships

Social Achievements

• Increased percentage of women in management positions to 40.2% in 2021 from 36.6% in the previous year.
• Launched the "Childcare Support Pass" program, with approximately 160,000 registrations by the end of June 2021.
• Supported the Citrus Ribbon Project, donating a portion of sales to support infection control activities.

Governance Achievements

• Transitioned to a holding company structure in January 2022.
• Became an Audit & Supervisory Board Company in September 2021.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Decreased sales due to the end of the previous year's stay-at-home demand and the impact of the state of emergency.
• Decreased sales due to the closure of 35 unprofitable stores.

Mitigation Strategies

• Closed 35 unprofitable stores to reduce fixed costs.
• Implemented cost reduction measures, including reducing advertising and promotional expenses.
• Improved profitability through cost reduction and increased efficiency.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Women's empowerment
• Community investment
• SDGs

Social Achievements

• Increased the percentage of women in management positions.
• Donated a portion of sales to support infection control activities through the Citrus Ribbon Project.
• Launched the Fujiku SDGs Project.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Decreased sales due to the end of the stay-at-home demand from the COVID-19 pandemic and worsening macroeconomic conditions.
• Decreased number of customers.
• Delays in system development projects.

Mitigation Strategies

• Store closures and restructuring.
• Price adjustments and cross-selling.
• New promotional strategies through alliances.
• Strengthening classroom initiatives.
• Development of a seamless purchasing environment integrating stores and EC.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities