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January 18, 2019MARUI GROUP Receives Award ofExcellence in Sustainable Finance Awards
MARUI GROUP CO., LTD., announces that it has received an award of excellence in thefourth Sustainable Finance Awards, which are organized by the Research Institute forEnvironmental Finance.

■ Sustainable Finance Awards
The Sustainable Finance Awards are an award program launched in2015 by the Research Institute for Environmental Finance, anorganization that seeks to promote and spread awarenesspertaining to environmental finance, which entails addressing
environmental issues through finance. The fourth iteration ofthis program was held in 2018.
The program looks at financial institutions and companies that provide environmental
finance products, services, or initiatives in Japan’s financial market. Awards arepresented based on a comprehensive evaluation of candidates that includes quantitative
scoring in six categories, such as novelty, profitability, and ESG level, as well asa qualitative evaluation by a judging panel.
MARUI GROUP’s receipt of this award is a reflection of the evaluation of its joining
RE100,*1 its issuance of the first green bonds*2 in Japan to be used to purchaseelectricity generated from renewable power sources, and other Groupwide efforts tointroduce renewable energy.
*1 RE100 is an international initiative led by the international NGO The Climate Group in partnership with CDP.
Companies joining this initiative are asked to declare and disclose their commitments to sourcing 100% of theelectricity used in their business activities from renewable power sources by the earliest possible date and by 2050 at
the latest.
For more information, please refer to the following news release.
→http://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/pdf/settlement/18_0710/en_18_0710_1.pdf*2 Green bonds are bonds issued for the purpose of procuring funds for initiatives that address global warming and otherenvironmental issues.
For more information, please refer to the following news release.
→http://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/pdf/settlement/18_0928/en_18_0928_1.pdf

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

■ MARUI GROUP’s Co-Creation Sustainability Management
MARUI GROUP practices forward-looking co-creation sustainability management, anapproach that merges its business, environmental, social issue response, and corporate
governance initiatives in an integrated manner.
In conjunction with the adoption of this new approach, we also redefined the focus
of our business from serving all customers to promoting inclusion. This redefinition
was accompanied by the establishment of four core themes related to inclusion that arealso based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
One of MARUI GROUP’s four core themes is ecological inclusion. Based on this theme,
we develop eco-friendly businesses to contribute to the realization of a low-carbon,
recycling-oriented society and propose ecologically sound lifestyles that are inharmony with nature and the environment.

Through co-creation activities advanced with all stakeholders, MARUI GROUP will
endeavor to help build a flourishing and inclusive society that offers happiness to all.

InformationonMARUIGROUP’svisionforco-creation

sustainability management can be found in the following
reports.
Co-Creation Management Report 2018→http://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/en/ir/lib/i-report.html

Co-Creation Sustainability Report 2017→http://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/en/sustainability/lib/s-report.html■ 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: http://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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