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Flextime employees who work for a short time newly joined the union, which increased the number of labor union mem-bers to 2,669 (as of February 28, 2018). Because small-scale oces are scattered across our malls throughout Japan, we carry out labor-management consultations by trying to iden-tify and solve problems at each branch oce and forming a special committee to establish company-level systems. In a work environment with dierent positions and ways of working, we believe communication and exchanges through labor union activities will exert a favorable inuence upon our daily operations.“AEON Yume-mirai (Dreams for the Future) Nursery School” established in our malls and AEON group is an employer-provided childcare facility where chil-dren of employees of the AEON group and specialty stores, whose age is from zero to preschool, are cared for. We are managing and operating 20 nursery schools* nationwide including partnerships with child-rearing operators (as of the end of February 2018) to support employees who work while raising their children. AEON Yume-mirai (Dreams for the Future) Nursery Schools in AEON MALL Shinkomatsu (Ishikawa Prefecture), AEON MALL Tokushima (Tokushima Prefecture), AEON MALL Kobe Minami (Hyogo Prefecture), and AEON MALL Matsumoto (Nagano Prefecture), that opened in and after March 2017 are rec-ognized by the Cabinet Oce as “company-driven childcare services” that solve the issue of children on waiting lists for nursery schools, and support the balance between work and child rearing.Expanding childcare facilities as “company-driven childcare services”We revised the rules of employment and introduced a “lively holiday system” (a maximum of 2-day leaves per year) to replace conventional “anniversary holiday system” in February 2017. By expanding reasons for taking holiday more than before such as family care, child care, anniversary, birthday, school or community event, and homecoming, we are encouraging employees to value time available to refresh their body and heart.Introduction of “lively holiday system”Having various training systems, AEON MALL provides many opportunities to study for qualications and positions in accor-dance with the degree of growth required. To realize AEON’s basic philosophy “Customer-First”, we have been implementing wide-ranging education programs such as training to share common values, dierent levels of practical trainings to enhance knowledge and skills required as a commercial developer and “AEON Business School” for sta who want to challenge in new positions to acquire knowledge and skills. Enhanced human resources development systemWe send overseas trainees to China and ASEAN countries to develop human resources who will be in charge of growing over-seas business. Through the development program of about one year, we aim to have participants develop leadership skills in an environment where cultural and historical backgrounds are dierent, and acquire knowledge and skills required outside Japan.Global trainee systemFrom the AEON MALL Labor UnionSDGsSustainable Development Goals* Includes six “AEON Yume-mirai (Dreams for the Future) Nursery School” facilities which have been installed at the AEON group and two facilities entered into a partnership by AEON MALL with a general child-rearing operator regarding the childcare use by employees.Feature 1TOP MessageCompany ProleCSR TopicsFeature 2Feature 3The Five Pillars of CSRTogether with Local CommunitiesCooperation with PartnersWorking Environment for EmployeesSafety Management at MallsEnvironmental ConsiderationCorporate GovernanceThird Party’s OpinionAEON MALL DataAccounting Report Safety Management at MallsEnvironmental ConsiderationKenichi WatanabeChairman of the Central Executive BoardAEON MALL Labor Union2018 AEON MALL CSR 31