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August 27, 2019

VISION BOOK 2050 Receives Silver Award in 2019
International ARC Awards, the World’s Largest
Annual Report Competition
MARUI GROUP announces that its VISION BOOK 2050 (English-language edition) won
a Silver award in the Sustainability Report: Asia, Mid-East & Pacific section of theSpecialized A.R. category of the 2019 International ARC Awards, the world’s largest
annual report competition.

■ International ARC Awards
The International ARC Awards are a yearly annual reportcompetition held by U.S. independent evaluation institution
MerComm, Inc. Each year, numerous applications are received fromcompanies, nongovernmental organizations, government agencies,
and other parties from around the world. Uninfluenced byadvertisers or sponsors, reports are submitted to impartial
evaluations by judges selected from a wide range of fields. Judging criteria include
financial information as well as the president’s letter, vision, and other management
information and visual aspects such as report concept and design.

■ VISION BOOK 2050
VISION BOOK 2050 provides explanations on MARUI GROUP’s 2050 Vision and theinitiatives in three businesses founded on co-creation and in sustainability governance foraccomplishing this vision. This
report also includes a roadmap
MARUI GROUP’s quest tohelp build a flourishing andinclusive society that offers
happiness to all.

Public Relations Office, MARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
3-2, Nakano 4-chome, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8701, Japan
Telephone: 03-3384-0101 (Receptionist) Fax: 03-5343-6615

for≪MARUI GROUP’s 2050 Vision≫

VISION BOOK 2050 contains information on the conceptof inclusion and the vision for the world of 2050 thatformed the basis for MARUI GROUP’s 2050 Vision of“harnessing the power of business to build a world thattranscends dichotomies.”≪Three Businesses Founded on Co-Creation≫
MARUI GROUP has identified three businesses founded onco-creation that will aid it in accomplishing its vision:･Inter-generational businesses･Co-creative businesses･Financial inclusion

VISION BOOK 2050 details the long-term targets of eachbusiness and its initiatives for realizing its vision.

≪Sustainability Governance≫
MARUI GROUP realizes that co-creation with future
generations is vital in its quest to help build a sustainable
society and global environment through its business. For
thisreason,futuregenerations

have been included

alongside the five groups of stakeholders the Company has
previously emphasized. VISION BOOK 2050 explains thenew value creation initiatives being advanced to promote harmony and expand theintersections between the interests (happiness) of the now six groups of stakeholders.

VISION BOOK 2050
･Japanese-language edition:
https://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/sustainability/lib/s-report.html･English-language edition:
https://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/en/sustainability/lib/s-report.html-2-■ Company Overview
Name: MARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
Head Office: 3-2, Nakano 4-chome, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8701, Japan
Telephone: 03-3384-0101 (Receptionist) Fax: 03-5343-6615
Corporate Website: https://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/en/
President and Representative Director: Hiroshi Aoi
Major Affiliates: MARUI CO., LTD.; Epos Card Co., Ltd.; AIM CREATE CO., LTD.; etc.

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