Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental Sustainability
• Community Engagement
• Employee Well-being

Environmental Achievements

• Achieved 82% bag refusal rate in the first half of 2009 in their "Challenger" supermarkets as part of the Niigata Prefecture's bag reduction campaign.

Social Achievements

• Participation in the Pink Ribbon campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer.
• Participation in the local "Sakura Festival" with a food stall at the Challenger Niigata Chuo Inter store.
• Offered shareholder benefits including gift vouchers and Koshihikari rice.

Governance Achievements

• Established a new sales headquarters to improve management and coordination between business units.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Intense price competition in the food industry due to consumer's cost-consciousness and economic uncertainty.
• Decreased profitability despite increased sales.

Mitigation Strategies

• Emphasis on "everyday low prices" and expansion of product lines.
• Increased productivity at the Koshihikari bento factory.
• Development of the "Hyakumai" brand for office lunch boxes.
• Cost reduction measures such as fuel price decreases and reduced sales promotion expenses.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Environmentally friendly packaging (pulp containers)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Paperless initiatives using tablets to reduce paper usage.
• Introduction of reusable delivery boxes.
• Energy conservation through LED lighting and biomass product adoption.
• Food waste recycling and use of recycled products.

Social Achievements

• Donation to Sanjo City to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the company's founding.
• Providing stable employment opportunities and a healthy workplace.
• Commitment to reducing food loss.
• Active promotion of women and foreign workers.
• Thorough production management.
• Disaster relief support partnerships.

Governance Achievements

• Compliance with laws and regulations and corporate governance code.
• Cultivating a diverse corporate culture.
• Thorough quality management.
• Promotion of employment of people with disabilities.
• Elimination of discrimination and harassment.
• Active information disclosure.
• Strengthening inter-departmental collaboration.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Securing and developing human resources.
• Strengthening the corporate governance system.
• Maintaining low-cost operations and expanding franchise operations in the supermarket business.
• Improving store environment and product composition in the supermarket business.
• Strategic business expansion in the business supermarket business.

Mitigation Strategies

• Focusing on both mid-career and new graduate recruitment.
• Improving training and follow-up systems to enhance employee skills and organizational vitality.
• Building a transparent and fair management system and making swift decisions.
• Further strengthening corporate governance in line with business expansion.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities