ESG DATA BOOKMARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
Last updated: July 19, 2022

Data scope: Consolidated(Items for which the scope is “Non-consolidated” are indicated in “Scope.”)

Review of the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2022
Environment
Climate Change
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
・Total greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 300,000 t-CO 2 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022,
down 2%, or 7,000 t-CO2, year on year.
・Scope 2 emissions decreased 8,000 t-CO2 year on year following progress in the shift toward renewable energy,
while Scope 3 emissions increased 2,000 t-CO2 as the number of visitors to stores rose due in part to the reboundfrom prior declines that resulted from store closures conducted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Going forward, MARUI GROUP will continue to pursue reductions in CO2 emissions by optimizing
production of private brand products.
・MARUI GROUP seeks to achieve an 80% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from the ﬁscal year ended March 31,
2017, by 2030. This target was certified by Science Based Targets in 2019, indicating that this target is effective forkeeping global warming below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In addition, a 100% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2emissions will be pursued by switching to renewable energy and utilizing carbon offset schemes.

Renewable Energy and Energy Used・Total energy used in the ﬁscal year ended March 31, 2022, was 1,860,000 GJ, an increase of 7,000 GJ
from the previous fiscal year.
・Electricity used increased 13,000 GJ due to the rebound from prior store closures conducted
in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
・The ratio of renewable energy used increased 9 percentage points year on year, to 61%.
This outcome was a result of the introduction of renewable energy at 17 stores and six other business sites.
・The Company joined the RE100 initiative in July 2018, announcing its goal of sourcing 70% of the electricity
used in its business from renewable energy by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, and 100%by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2031.

Resources and Waste
Total Waste
・Total waste in the ﬁscal year ended March 31, 2022, amounted to 10,102 tons, an increase of 3%, or 310 tons,year on year. However, the ratio of recycled materials used rose 4 percentage points, to 70%, following equipment
renovations and changes in operating practices at in-store waste processing facilities, which led to more effective
waste sorting and decreases in overall waste at applicable stores. As a result, total waste disposed was down 333 tons,
or 10%, to 3,021 tons.
・Based on the new law regarding the recycling of plastic waste resources promulgated in Japan in April 2022,
MARUI GROUP is working together with business partners to curtail the use of one-time use plastic items.

Green Bond Fund Allocation Report
Total Amount of Green Bond Funds Appropriated・The amount of funds appropriated in the ﬁscal year ended March 31, 2022, from the green bonds issued in October 2018
was \8.6 billion. A total of \2.4 billion in appropriated funds was allocated to air-conditioning equipment upgrades,
which resulted in \1.4 billion in funds outstanding.

Third-Party Verification
・MARUI GROUP receives third-party veriﬁcation for 17 environment-related items, including
greenhouse gas emissions, total waste, and total water used, from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization.

ESG DATA BOOKMARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
Last updated: July 19, 2022

Data scope: Consolidated(Items for which the scope is “Non-consolidated” are indicated in “Scope.”)

Review of the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2022
SocietyEmployees
Women’s Empowerment Indexes
・Since the ﬁscal year ended March 31, 2014, MARUI GROUP has been implementing initiatives to reform employee
awareness and its corporate culture to accomplish the targets defined for its women’s empowerment indexes, whichgauge the outcomes of its efforts to empower female employees. In April 2021, these indexes were redefined andtargets for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, were set to facilitate efforts to eliminate gender preconceptions.
・Only ﬁgures for the ﬁscal years ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, are provided for the new indexes for which
disclosure was commenced in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. Figures for both years are provided forcomparison purposes. These new indexes are ratio of women in executive officer positions, ratio of applicable male
employees taking childcare leave within eight weeks of childbirth by partner, ratio of applicable male employees
taking childcare leave for one month or more, rate of elimination of gender preconceptions (ratio of employees
rejecting preconceptions about gender roles), and rate of household chore and child-rearing participation
by male employees.

Empowerment of Female Employees

FY2022

FY2026・Ratio of women in junior management positions

32%（Up 1 pp year on year）

40%

・Ratio of women in management positions

17%（Up 2 pp year on year）

20%

FY2022

FY2026

51%（Up 15 pp year on year）

80%

48%

50%

Employee Awareness and Corporate Culture Reforms
・Ratio of applicable male employees taking childcare
leave within eight weeks of childbirth by partner
・Rate of elimination of gender preconceptions(ratio of employees rejecting preconceptions
about gender roles)

Human Capital Management
・Employees taking part in voluntary
participation initiatives

4,072(Unchanged year on year)

・Employees undergoing intra-Group

2,973

profession change (aggregate)(Up 6% year on year)

Ratio of employees taking part in voluntary
participation initiatives 82% (Up 2 pp year on year)
Ratio of employees undergoing intra-Groupprofession change (aggregate)
77% (Up 8 pp year on year)

・In the ﬁscal year ended March 31, 2022, single-year proﬁt and loss items projected to contribute to medium- tolong-term improvements in corporate value were reframed as “human capital investments.” These human capital
investments are the total of prior human resource investments; personnel expenses associated with new businessdevelopment, which were previously considered R&D expenses; and the personnel expenses incurred
during the first year after employees have undergone intra-Group profession changes. In the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2022, human capital investments totaled \7.7 billion.

Supply Chain (CSR Procurement)
・Audited suppliers (aggregate)

80 (80 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021)

・On-site audits of suppliers could not be performed in the ﬁscal year ended March 31, 2022,
in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
No requests for corrective actions regarding infringements of laws, human rights, or fair trade standards were madebased on surveys of and meetings with suppliers.

Third-Party Verification
・MARUI GROUP receives third-party veriﬁcation for 14 society-related items, including the employee turnover rate,
the lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR), and the occupational illness frequency rate (OIFR),
from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization.

Policy Revisions
・The MARUI GROUP Privacy Policy was revised.

URL: https://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/en/privacy/index.html

ESG DATA BOOKMARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
Last updated: July 19, 2022

Data scope: Consolidated(Items for which the scope is “Non-consolidated” are indicated in “Scope.”)

Review of the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2022GovernanceCompliance
Ratio of External Directors (Independent Directors) on the Board of Directors andRatio of Women on the Board of Directors
・Following a decrease in the number of internal directors by two, the total number of directors came to six, making fora ratio of external directors (independent directors) on the Board of Directors of 50% (up 12 percentage pointsyear on year) and a ratio of women on the Board of Directors of 33% (up 8 percentage points year on year).

Reports Filed through Whistle-Blowing System

48 (31 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021)

・It was conﬁrmed that the Company’s whistle-blowing system, which allows for direct reports to external lawyers,
is being operated in an appropriate manner with the protection of whistle-blowers as the top priority.

Code of Conduct and Ethics Breaches

2 (2 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021)

・Investigations of reports ﬁled through the Company’s whistle-blowing system or through management channels
found two code of conduct and ethics breaches. Appropriate disciplinary measures were taken
based on deliberations by Group disciplinary committees.
・No ﬁnes and/or penalties for corruption, non-compliance incidents, or customer privacy violations andcomplaints took place in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022.
・From the ﬁscal year ended March 31, 2022, the Company will disclose information on numbers of recalls.
These numbers will represent the number of publicly announced recalls instituted based on reports tothe Compliance Promotion Board. The number of recalls in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, was zero.

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Independent Verification Report
To: Marui Group Co., Ltd.
1. Objective and Scope
Japan Quality Assurance Organization (hereafter “JQA”) was engaged by Marui Group Co., Ltd. (hereafter “the Company”) toprovide an independent verification on “Marui Group’s FY2021 GHG emissions calculation report (Scope 1, 2 and 3)”, “MaruiGroup’s FY2021 water consumption calculation report”, “Marui Group’s FY2021 waste disposed calculation report”, “MaruiGroup’s FY2021 Fuels and HFCs Usage calculation report” and “Marui Group’s FY2021 Usage of electricity and the thermal
usage calculation report” (hereafter “the Reports”). The content of our verification was to express our conclusion, based on ourverification procedures, on whether the statement of information in the Reports was correctly measured and calculated, inaccordance with the “GHG emissions calculation rule, ver.6”, the “Water consumption calculation rule, ver.3” and the “Waste
disposed calculation rule, ver.2 ”(hereafter “the Rules”). The purpose of the verification is to evaluate the Reports objectively andto enhance the credibility of information regarding GHG emissions and other environmental data in the Reports.
*The FY (fiscal year) 2021 of the Company ended on March 31, 2022.
2. Procedures PerformedJQA conducted verification in accordance with “ISO 14064-3” for GHG emissions and usage of electricity, thermal, fuels andHFCs, as well as with ISAE3000 for the data of Water and Waste. The scope of this verification assignment includes Scope 1(direct GHG emissions derived from the usage of fuels and hydrofluorocarbons), Scope 2 (indirect emissions derived from theusage of electricity and the thermal usage) and 15 categories of Scope 3. Scope 1 and 2 covered energy-derived CO2 emissions
and hydrofluorocarbons such as R-22, R-32, R-404A, R-407C, R-410A, R-134a and R-123 (hereafter “HFCs”). The data ofWater and Waste covers Total water used, Total wastewater, Total municipal water supplies, Fresh surface water, Fresh groundwater, Water returned to the source of extraction at similar or higher quality as raw water extracted and Total net fresh water
consumption for the water consumption; and Total waste, Waste Recycled (including food waste), % of Recycled material, Total
waste disposed (including food waste). Usage of electricity, thermal, fuels and HFCs covered same as Scope1 and 2. The
verification was conducted to a limited level of assurance and quantitative materiality was set at 5 percent of each environmental
total data in the Reports. The organizational boundaries for Scope 1 and 2 included 69 domestic sites, for Water included 43
domestic sites, and for Waste included 40 domestic sites.
Our verification procedures included: Performing validation to check the Rules prior to the Site Visit
 Visiting three sampling sites, which were selected by the Company, for Scope 1 & 2, Water and Waste
 Holding on-site assessment to check GHG source and monitoring points for CO2 emissions (Scope 1 and 2) and HFCs
usage (Scope 1); monitoring points for Water and Waste; calculation scenario and allocation method; monitoring andcalculation system; and its controls for overall Vouching: Cross-checking the GHG emissions, Water and Waste data against evidence for all sampling sites
 For Scope 3, performing validation of integrated functions to check the Rules, and checking calculation scenario andallocation method; monitoring and calculation system; and emission data against evidence
3. Conclusion
Based on the procedures described above, nothing has come to our attention that caused us to believe that the statement of theinformation regarding the Company’s FY2021 GHG emissions, Water data, Waste data and usage of electricity, thermal, fuelsand HFCs in the Reports, summarized in the table below, is not materially correct, or has not been prepared in accordance withthe Rules.

*Please refer to the next page.
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Table: Environmental data reported by Marui Group Co., Ltd for the FY2021
GHG emissions(t-CO2)

Scope1

Scope2

Scope3

Total

10,54029,983

258,224

298,747

Total water used

Total wastewater

1,059,036

1,018,869

1,050,448

Waste Recycled (t)Total waste disposed(t)including food waste (t)including food waste (t)

7,081

3,021

1,479

310

Water(m3)

Total waste (t)Waste
10,102

Total municipal water
Fresh surface water Fresh ground watersupplies
08,588Water returned to thesource of extraction atsimilar or higher quality
as raw water extracted

Total net fresh water
consumption for thewater consumption

0

1,059,036% of Recycledmaterials (%)

70

City Gas (m3)Fuel oil A (kl)Deasel oil (kl)Gasoline (kl)

HFCs ( t-CO2)

3,909,803

12266

131,014

Electricty(kWh)% of Renewable energy inthe electricity usage (%)

Hot water(GJ)

Cold water(GJ)

Steam(GJ)

158,684,502

60.9

39,44830,1950Fuels and HFCs Usage

Electricity and thethermal usage

4. Consideration
The Company was responsible for preparing the Reports, and JQA’s responsibility was to conduct verification of GHG emissions
and other environmental data in the Reports only. There is no conflict of interest between the Company and JQA.

Sumio Asada, Board Director
For and on behalf of Japan Quality Assurance Organization
1-25, Kandasudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JapanJune 16, 2022

*Please refer to the previous page.
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Information on a Social Dimension
Verification Report
To: Marui Group Co., Ltd.
1.

Objective and Scope

Japan Quality Assurance Organization (hereafter “JQA”) was engaged by Marui Group Co., Ltd. (hereafter “the Company”) to provide
an independent verification on “Marui Group’s indicators of a social dimension calculation report (Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2022)”(hereafter “the Report”). The content of our verification was to express our conclusion, based on our verification procedures, on whether
the statement of information regarding the indicators of a social dimension in the Report, as shown in Table 1, was correctly calculated, inaccordance with the “indicators of a social dimension calculation rule (Revised in May 2022)” (hereafter “the Rule”). The purpose of
the verification is to evaluate the Report objectively and to enhance the credibility of information regarding indicators of a social dimensionin the Report.
Table 1. Indicators of a social dimension
1.

Female share of total workforce *1(44.7%)

6. Employees Unionized *4(93%)

11. Lost-Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) – Employees(0.64)

2.

Females in management positions *2(16.5%)

7. Total employee turnover rate
(4.8%)

3.

Females in junior management positions *2(33.3%)

8. Voluntary employee turnover rate
(2.8 %)

4.

Females in management positions in revenuegenerating functions *2(14.4%)

9. The number of work-related fatalities - Employees(0 person)

12. Lost-Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) – Contractors(0.00)
13. Occupational Illness Frequency Rate (OIFR) –Employees(0.00)
14. Occupational Illness Frequency Rate (OIFR) –Contractors(0.00)

5.

Disabled in Workforce *3(2.87%)

10. The number of work-related fatalities Contractors(0 person))*1: As of March 31st, 2022

2.

*2: As of April 1st, 2022

*3: As of June 1st, 2021-

*4: As of March 1st, 2022

Procedures PerformedJQA conducted verification in accordance with “ISAE 3000”. The scope of this verification assignment includes indicators shown inTable 1. The verification was conducted to a limited level of assurance and quantitative materiality was set at 5 percent of the eachindicator in the Report. The organizational boundaries of indicator 1 in Table 1 included affiliate company’s 206 domestic sites, andothers included 212 domestic sites.
Our verification procedures included: Performing validation to check the Rule including the boundaries and the calculation formulas, and performing verification tocheck the indicators in the Reports including Monitoring and Calculation system and its controls for overall.

 Vouching: Cross-checking the indicators against evidence.
3.

Conclusion

Based on the procedures described above, nothing has come to our attention that caused us to believe that the statement of theinformation regarding the Company’s Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2022 indicators of a social dimension in the Report, is not materiallycorrect, or has not been prepared in accordance with the Rule.

4.

Consideration

The Company was responsible for preparing the Report, and JQA’s responsibility was to conduct verification of indicators of a social
dimension in the Report only. There is no conflict of interest between the Company and JQA.

Sumio Asada, Board Director
For and on behalf of Japan Quality Assurance Organization
1-25, Kandasudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
June 16, 2022