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FY2020 Environmental Accounting Report

AEON MALL Co., Ltd. takes action to understand the costs of environmental conservation activities and social contribution activities and manages them as ESG management indicators.
For environmental conservation activities, total investment and expenses were 9,474 million yen, a 6.0% increase compared to fiscal 2019.
Among these, investment in energy and resource conservation rose greatly due to large-scale installation of solar panels and the significant expansion of EV chargers, totaling 1,065 million yen, a 137.5% increase compared to fiscal 2019. Facility maintenance costs, including air-conditioning-related costs, increased as a result of our work to enhance air-conditioning ventilation to strengthen our ability to limit the spread of COVID-19. Costs totaled 4,950 million yen, a 0.5% increase compared to fiscal 2019.
We will continue our efforts to create sustainable malls addressing shifts in society, not only by reducing their environmental impact, but also by imple-menting permanent measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
For social contribution activities, total investment and expenses were 1,316 million yen, a 3.9% increase compared to fiscal 2019. We contribute an amount equivalent to 1% of our pre-tax profits to the Aeon 1% Club Foundation, contributing to projects under its three pillars: Sound Development of the Next Generation, Promotion of Friendship with Foreign Countries, and Sustainable Development of Regional Communities. In fiscal 2020, we contributed a total of 515 million yen, a 10.6% increase compared to fiscal 2019.
In addition, we continued to expand the number of on-site AEON Yume-Mirai Nursery Schools, bringing the Group’s total to 31 as of the end of fiscal 2020. We will advance initiatives serving to help Group companies and others who work and raise families, serving to reduce the number of children on waiting lists for childcare centers. In addition, we will continue to enhance our on-site facilities leveraging digital technology so that we can meet the needs of senior citizens in a society that will age even faster in the future.
In environmental accounting, we recorded a 5.7% increase of overall expenses for fiscal 2020 versus the fiscal 2019 level.

Breakdown of Main Environmental Conservation Costs

	Investment			Expenses			Total (million yen)
	FY2019	FY2020	YoY	FY2019	FY2020	YoY	FY2019	FY2020	YoY
Environment-related survey costs	―	―	―	39	62	159.0%	39	62	159.0%
Introduction of materials for environmental conservation	―	―	―	48	29	61.6%	48	29	61.6%
Environmental conservation/tree-planting activities	―	―	―	452	486	107.5%	452	486	107.5%
Facility maintenance	―	―	―	4,926	4,950	100.5%	4,926	4,950	100.5%
Energy and resource conservation	430	1,056	245.3%	18	10	53.2%	449	1,065	237.5%
Waste product disposal and recycling	―	―	―	1,634	1,482	90.7%	1,634	1,482	90.7%
Environmental management	―	―	―	456	407	89.3%	456	407	89.3%
Prevention and response to accidents/emergencies	―	―	―	936	991	105.8%	936	991	105.8%
Environmental conservation activities: total	430	1,056	245.3%	8,509	8,418	98.9%	8,939	9,474	106.0%
Local social contribution activities	―	―	―	1,266	1,316	103.9%	1,266	1,316	103.9%
Grand total	861	2,111	245.3%	9,775	9,734	99.6%	10,205	10,789	105.7%

Total of Investment and Expenses by Fiscal Year

(Millions of Yen)

FY2005	FY2006	FY2007	FY2008	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012
2,155	3,300	4,808	6,405	6,385	7,702	9,644	8,604

FY2013	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020
12,186	9,311	13,626	11,403	11,354	12,308	10,205	10,787

*Figures for FY2007 and thereafter are post-merger.

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