Values and Vision

Special Report

Value Creation

Management Strategy

Sustainability

Governance

DataJ. Front in Motion

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Tackle the Circular Economy.
Until now, society has developed around a lineareconomy, a so-called linear economic system based on
mass production, mass consumption, and disposal. On
the other hand, it is also true that the results of suchactivities have led to various environmental issues at
the global level, such as resource shortages, global
warming, and waste disposal, posing a major risk to thesustainability of society.
It is undeniable that the Group has also achieved
long-term growth by providing value to its customers
and society under such an economic environment. It
is clear that we cannot avoid revising this system inorder to realize a sustainable society. We are required
to change the business model itself, as well as ourSubscription
Environment-conscious
subscription businessmindset and behavior.
One of the main characteristics of the Group, which
has a retail business at its core, is its role as a link
between its customers and suppliers. For example, wecollaborate with suppliers who share our awarenessof issues, or encourage our customers to change theirbehavior. We believe that there are not a few things

Think GREEN- ECOFF, an initiative we workon with our customers

AnotherADdress, a fashion

Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department
S t o r e s’ T h i n k G R E E N p r o g r a m
proposes sustainable products andlifestyles. As part of this initiative,
ECOFF is a sustainable initiative tocollect unwanted clothing, shoes, bags,etc. from customers at each store andpromote recycling and reuse to prevent
disposal.

subscription business launched in
March 2021, is a service that aims
to shift to a business model withhigh sustainability for society andthe environment by emphasizing

the intrinsic value of fashion andsustainable initiatives based on thebelief that clothes are not disposable.

we can do because we are located in the middle of thesupply chain.
We will actively practice the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse,and Recycle), which will lead to the reduction of risks
related to environmental issues such as waste recycling,
and contribute to the creation of a sustainable society
together with our stakeholders.

shops and hold other events, focusing
on environmentally friendly products.
Through the activities of ECOFF, wehave gained support from many ofour customers for our environmental
initiatives, which have led to a
reduction in our environmental impact.
The entire Group will further pursue
a circular economy that only wecan realize, and we will work on thecreation of economic value, in otherwords, CSV (Creating Shared Value)
through the resolution of social issues.

We hope to create the experienceof subscribing to fashion with a

Scrap materials sublimatedinto art

sophisticated lineup of brands and thefreedom to choose what customers
want to wear now, and to build a newmarket that does not exist in existing
businesses.

While fulfilling the role of passing on

the precious resources of fashion, we
aim to provide a service for the futurethat sends each and every “dress” fordressing in the “address” with love
Business Modelfrom here. We believe that fashion has

when the awareness of ownership andcheerful.” In Japan, however, sincethat the Group should work to reiterate

the “power to make people happy andthe bursting of the bubble economy,

opportunities to feel this power seemto be decreasing. The Group has

the empowerment of creative clothing
to more people.

At AnotherADdress, we take orders

developed together with the fashion

from our customers as the businessthe fashion of the times. In this era

a delivery company, a cleaning

industry by introducing to its customers¥SUBSCRIPTION（STOCK）

owner and partner with a 3PL company,company, and a recycling company thatare promoting their own sustainable

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consumption is changing, we believe

initiatives, and we are always looking

for environmentally friendly ways todeliver clothing.

In addition, by making it a 100%

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3PL company

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online ordering and subscription-based

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stock business, we will also take on theCustomer

challenge of diversifying our businessmodel from traditional department

Recycling
company

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Cleaning
company

Apparelcompany

stores’ dependence on physical storesand flow business.

This initiative started in fiscal 2016and has grown every year due to thegrowing environmental awareness andactive participation of our customers,
making it a pioneering sustainability
event. In fiscal 2022, the amountcollected was approximately 367 tons
(the cumulative amount collected since
fiscal 2016 was approximately 1,468tons), and the number of participants
reached a record high. In conjunction
with ECOFF, we also open pop-up

J. Front Design & Construction, oneof the Group companies involved in theinterior design of hotels and offices,
inevitably generates scrap materials in
the manufacturing process of interior
construction materials and otherproducts at its factories. We are always
thinking about whether there is reallyno use for such “scrap materials thathave to be thrown away.”
As part of such trial-and-error
a c t i v i t i e s , J . Fr o n t D e s i g n &Construction teamed up with Osaka
University of Arts to implement asustainable project. By making themost of the rich imagination andflexible design skills of the students ofOsaka University of Arts, we have given
new life to scrap materials that would
otherwise be thrown away, creating
new value that no one has ever seen
before.

Sustainable

For the project, we decided not
to set categories such as “objects”
or “furniture” to call for entries, but
to leave the work to the students’
free ideas. This is partly because we
wanted to attract interest and entries
from students of all faculties of Osaka
University of Arts. The participants
created their works happily andseriously with free ideas and concepts,
facing the interesting irregularity ofscrap materials, mainly scraps of wood,scraps of Refex mirror, and unusable
film. This was a perfect match
between the Group’s commitment tosustainability and the students’ passion
for craftsmanship.
The connection between thecompany and local university studentsoverflowing with passion for creating
works of art. This project for the future,
which could only be created throughcollaboration because we shared thesame thoughts in the same area, willcontinue in the future.

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