AEON MALL CSR REPORT 2018

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Creating lush green malls Not only does greening of mall roofs and walls improve the scenery but it also suppresses rising of temperature within mall during sum-mer, thus leading to reduction of energy consumption by air con-ditioners. In addition, we produce pleasant and relaxing spaces by arranging rich green plants around each mall.Wall greening / Planting“AEON Hometown Forests Program” started in 1991 in Malaysia. Upon the opening of a new mall, we plant trees that are the most suitable to region's natural environment together with our customers. The cumulative number of planted trees reached 11.6 million trees (Group total) as of the end of February 2018.AEON Hometown Forests ProgramAEON Hometown Forests Program (THE OUTLETS HIROSHIMA)We have been working on “Smart AEON” since September 2012 to implement the “AEON eco Project” which was formulated from ve criteria that incorporate our eorts in cooperation with local communities (smart energy / electronic money and usage of Internet / trac environment / biodiversity and landscape / disas-ter-prevention and regional infrastructure), in addition to conventional eorts to create properties with less environmental burden.Smart AEON developmentAEON MALL Kobe Minami Together with Local CommunitiesCooperation with PartnersWorking Environment for EmployeesThe Five Pillars of AEON MALL CSRImplementation of environmental conservationThrough thorough implementation of energy-saving and waste control policies, we will develop a town in harmony with nature by introducing the latest technologies to minimize environmental burden and creating a mechanism to protect ecosystem.2018 AEON MALL CSR 36