Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced CO₂ emissions (target: 0.201t-co₂/㎡ by 2026.03, from 0.309t-co₂/㎡ in 2020.03)
• Increased use of recycled and eco-friendly materials
• Collaboration with local businesses for waste reuse
• Energy saving efforts through precise temperature control of refrigeration equipment
• Planned replacement of energy-saving equipment

Social Achievements

• Continued provision of safe, secure, and fresh products
• Food education support through collaboration with local educational institutions
• Expansion of local brand products
• Support for the elderly through delivery services like Tokushimaru

Governance Achievements

• Strengthened compliance
• Enhanced risk management system
• Strengthened women's development and active employment
• Strengthened mid-career recruitment and active employment according to career and ability
• Reconstructed training system

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increased competition across industries and business types
• Rising prices of raw materials and energy costs due to the weakening yen
• Stronger consumer preference for value and selection due to rising prices
• Severe labor shortage due to factors such as the declining birthrate and aging population

Mitigation Strategies

• Focus on core business: food supermarket operations
• Concentrating resources on providing safe, secure, and attractive products to maintain customer trust and support
• Store renovations and new store openings to improve customer convenience
• Detailed sales strategies tailored to specific regions and stores
• Product strategies focusing on quality, assortment, and price
• Strengthening organizational structure and establishing a more effective and efficient management system
• Reviewing existing regulations and holding monthly compliance committee meetings
• Creating a more employee-friendly work environment through work style reforms, wage adjustments, and revisions to the continued employment system for senior employees
• Collaboration with Ito-Yokado for initiatives such as Seven Premium products, joint promotions in Obihiro, and risk management information exchange
• Mid-term management plan focusing on compliance, store expansion, competitive measures, product strength, collaboration with Seven & i Holdings, human resource development, efficiency improvement, and social contribution

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Collaboration with Seven & i Holdings for procurement, production, and distribution

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental Protection
• Employee Well-being
• Community Engagement
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Introduced water-saving equipment in all stores
• Replaced refrigerated cases in over 10% of stores
• Converted some store signage to LED

Social Achievements

• Increased the number of female managers by 2
• Improved 7 out of 8 disclosure items related to the Act on the Promotion of Women's Participation in the Workplace
• Implemented a base pay increase of 6.97% on average for non-management employees
• Held various community engagement events (Normalization events, food education events, and agricultural-welfare collaboration events)

Governance Achievements

• Increased dividend payout
• Implemented share buybacks
• Improved shareholder benefits

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Decreased profit margin due to asset retirement obligation review and new store openings

Mitigation Strategies

• Thorough cost management, including inventory, to improve gross profit margin
• Review of asset retirement obligations

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• CO₂排出量削減 (2020年3月度 0.309t-co₂/㎡ → 2026年3月度 0.201t-co₂/㎡)

Social Achievements

• 女性活躍推進法に基づく開示関連計数の改善 (女性の採用割合、賃金割合、管理職割合など)
• 地域教育機関等との連携による食育支援
• 地域ブランド商品化拡充
• 高齢者等支援（とくし丸等デリバリーサービスの拡充）

Governance Achievements

• コンプライアンスの徹底
• リスク管理体制強化
• 女性の育成強化、積極登用
• 中途採用の強化とキャリア・能力に応じた積極登用
• 研修制度再構築

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• 物価上昇、エネルギー価格の高騰
• 人口減少、少子高齢化の進展
• 都市部への人口集中、地方の過疎化
• 業種・業態を超えた競争激化
• サイバーリスクの拡大
• 惣菜等オリジナル商品の開発力
• 集中化、機械化(DX等)対応の遅れ
• 現預金比率の高さ(資金の効率的運用に課題)
• 人手不足、人財育成・女性の活用
• ブランド発信力
• 株主還元

Mitigation Strategies

• 商品開発力の強化、地域ブランド商品化拡充、セブン&アイ・ホールディングスとの連携強化
• 地域・個店別MD強化、水平展開強化、接客力の向上、DX推進、リテールメディア基盤整備、EC戦略強化、アプリ機能拡充、札幌圏を中心とした出店、新コンセプト店舗(環境配慮、省人化、DX)の検討、とくし丸、デリバリーサービスの拡充、HP等によるIR情報、SDGs情報等の発信強化
• 人事諸制度、キャリアパス、研修等の見直し、労働環境改善、女性の積極登用、採用強化、リサイクル推進、廃棄物削減、排出ガス(CO₂)削減、省エネ設備への積極・計画的な入替、新コンセプト店舗(環境配慮、低コスト)の検討、本業を通じた活性化支援
• 在庫管理の厳格化によるロス削減、セブン&アイ・ホールディングスとの連携強化、省エネ設備への入替による水光熱費削減、DX (RPA、AI発注、電子棚札等)の導入検討、セブン&アイ・ホールディングスとの連携強化、集中化(セントラルキッチン、プロセスセンター)検討、記念配当の実施、通常配当額引上げや中間配当の実施検討、収益状況等に応じた自己株式取得の検討、コンプライアンス徹底、リスク管理強化、継続的なコンプライアンス研修の実施、リスク管理体制強化(情報セキュリティ強化等)

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• 地元企業等との連携による廃棄物の再活用

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities