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Water Security

Policy

Policy on Water Use Reduction

As part of environmental management, we provide education on water con-servation to our employees and top tenant employees.
We attach stickers (see below) to utility areas around each mall. We also en-courage the reduction of water usage throughout our mall facilities, asking for the cooperation of both employees and customers.

Initiatives

The AEON Group participates in the Ministry of Environment Water Project, communicating the importance of water, including securing water resources and water security.
By communicating the water-related initiatives of this project, we aim to raise environmental awareness among the public and work together to address water recycling, securing water resources, and other issues related to water.

* Water Project:A public-private partnership project in which the national government, local governments, businesses, and citizens work together to conserve water resources for the future.

Water Use

Initiatives to reduce water use

We install water-saving fixtures and equipment in all AEON MALL facilities, using rainwater, well water, recycled water, and/or industrial water where allowed by location, mall structure, etc.
We ask for the cooperation of our specialty store tenants in conserving water.

Water Risk

Measures to mitigate the impact of drainage and surface runoff

In preparation for heavy torrential rains, we install regulating ponds at each mall site depending on location. The purpose here is to store rainwater temporarily, thereby contributing to the reduction of water damage across wide areas of land.
Rain that falls on paved roads and parking lots can mix with substances contained in gasoline and exhaust fumes as it flows over the ground surface. Certain malls allow rain that falls on parking lots to infiltrate into the ground through rain gardens, where soil and plants help filter out pollutants and circulate rainwater.

* Rain gardens refers to rainwater infiltration planting, touted as green infrastructure for cities, which allows rainwater to slowly infiltrate into the ground and return the earth and atmosphere. In this way, the plantings reduce the rise in surface temperatures and volume of rainwater runoff.

Water Withdrawal

Total water withdrawal

■Changes in total water withdrawal

	Unit	Scope^*1	Boundary	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020
Total water withdrawal	㎥	①	Entire structure	9,541,423	10,023,355	79,998,186	9,969,117	8,105,434
Total water withdrawal	㎥	Overseas	Entire structure	4,702,551	5,200,736	6,476,457	6,806,827	6,443,289
Total water withdrawal	㎥	②	Entire structure	14,243,974	15,224,091	16,474,643	16,775,944	14,548,723

*1 ① Directly managed malls in Japan: Business sites are not included in scope if we are only commissioned to perform management and operations without responsibility to manage energy.
② Consolidated. (Includes overseas and subsidiaries)

Water Withdrawal by Water Intake Area

■Changes in total water withdrawal

	Unit	Scope^*1	Boundary	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020
Total water withdrawal	㎥	②	Entire structure	14,243,974	15,224,091	16,474,643	16,775,944	14,548,723
Industrial water	㎥	②	Entire structure	—	—	614,676	603,063	6508,325
Well water	㎥	②	Entire structure	—	—	2,714,633	2,746,228	2,480,549

Drainage

Third-party verifications

We obtained third-party verification for fiscal 2020 water drainage at 80 directly operated AEON Mall stores. We will strive to improve the reliability of the data and continue to reduce water emissions.

Scope of verification

Water withdrawal and wastewater volume at 80 AEON MALL-owned stores between March 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021

Verification procedure

Verified by a third-party verification agency in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14064-3.

Total wastewater volume

■Changes in total wastewater (sewage) volume

	Unit	Scope^*1	Boundary	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020
Total wastewater (sewage) volume	㎥	①	Entire structure	7,903,120	8,465,501	8,719,243	8,798,918	7,213,636
Total wastewater (sewage) volume	㎥	Overseas	Entire structure	4,702,551	5,200,736	6,476,457	6,806,827	6,443,289
Total wastewater (sewage) volume	㎥	②	Entire structure	12,605,671	13,666,237	15,195,700	15,605,745	13,656,925

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