Presidentʼs Message

Considering andrealizing
the “HAPPINESS” ofall stakeholders
Representative Director, CEO and President
Executive Officer
Takara Leben Co., Ltd.

Kazuichi Shimada

Looking Back at Fiscal Year 2021
As a comprehensive real estate developer, the Takara Leben Group has a corporate vision of "THINKHAPPINESS AND MAKE THE HAPPINESS.” We are developing our business with the aim of realizing thehappiness of our customers and all other stakeholders.
In 2021, the year prior to our 50th anniversary, we continued to think about the “happiness” of people andtheir lives and actively engaged in projects to create “happiness” in the community and society. In the newcondominium business, which is the core of the Group, in collaboration with local residents and municipalities
throughout Japan, we have been able to steadily advance development projects that contribute to future
housing and new urban development by solving issues faced by regional cities, such as the hollowing out of city
centers and the aging of residents. In the energy business, where we have been pioneers in the industry, wehave recently embarked on wind power and biomass power generation, in addition to solar power generation,and have begun to further promote the spread of renewable energy that will lead to a recycling-oriented society
in the future.
Takara Leben, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, has adopted the Group slogan “Innovation for a
New Lifestyle .” This slogan expresses our desire to “propose new styles of housing by utilizing our experienceand knowledge accumulated over the years and breaking down stereotypes to help improve peopleʼs quality oflife and living.” In 2018, we launched the “INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT Project” to solicit ideas from the entire
Group and take on the challenge of creating new businesses and services that are not yet available anywhere.
In fiscal year 2021, as a commemorative project for the 50th anniversary since the foundation, we developed
condominiums that serve as a culmination of our past achievements and a guide for the future, and welaunched our first hotel brand.

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Sustainability Activities of the Takara Leben GroupThe Takara Leben Group aims to contribute to solving social issues and achieving the SDGs (SustainableDevelopment Goals) by engaging in sustainability activities through our business and to achieve continuing
development while earning the trust of our stakeholders and society. Based on the social issues surrounding
our business and the perspectives of the Group and our stakeholders, we have identified 15 key issues and ourkey sustainability themes: “Creating Lifestyles with Value,” “Forming Communities,” “Providing Comfortable
Spaces of High Quality,” and “Developing Environments and Cultures” to promote Group-wide activities. The
progress and results of our activities have been disclosed to our stakeholders in an easy-to-understandmanner, and the PDCA cycle has been implemented through the review and deliberation by the Sustainability
Committee to ensure continuous improvement. We will continue our efforts to further improve the level of oursustainability activities, including consideration of setting more effective KPIs.

Climate Change and the Takara Leben Group
Environment changes such as the spread of COVID-19 and the progress of DX (Digital Transformation) are
requiring companies to place greater emphasis than ever on contribution to the global environment andcollaboration with stakeholders. The Corporate Governance Code, revised in June 2021, requires companies torecognize “climate change,” “respect for human rights,” and “employee health” as their own management
issues, as well as to respond to issues such as “fulfilling the functions of directors” and “diversity in corepersonnel” at a high level, and the Takara Leben Group is strengthening its efforts to meet such requirements.
Besides Takara Leben Co., Ltd., Takara Leben Real Estate Investment Corporation and Takara Leben
Infrastructure Fund have endorsed the TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure)recommendations, and the Takara Leben Group has expressed its commitment to corporate management thatraises awareness of global warming countermeasures and a decarbonized society.

Growing as a Sustainable Company
The Takara Leben Group considers our sustainability efforts as one of important strategies for our medium- tolong-term growth. In the Mid-term Business Plan formulated in May 2021, we have laid out “active response toESG (environment, society, and governance)” and “fostering human resources and building a rewarding workenvironment” in core strategies and have been further driving forward the initiatives including energy business,non-financial data disclosure, carbon neutrality, and diversity and inclusion.

To All Stakeholders
The Takara Leben Group has celebrated its 50th anniversary in the knowledge that, since its establishment in
1972, we have won the support of our customers through our steadfast adherence to providing “ideal,affordable housing that anyone can buy with confidence and peace of mind.” We will continue to fulfill ourresponsibilities as a public entity of society, place importance on actions to realize a sustainable society, andaim to be “a company trusted by all stakeholders” through management from a long-term perspective that is not
limited to profit growth alone. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to working with you inthe future.
Takara Leben: The Journey

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