What is a company’s role in society? What do customers expect from AEON? What should AEON’s aims be as a company? The AEON Group 1% Club (now, the AEON 1% Club Foundation) was inaugurated in 1989 in response to such questions, and with the philosophy that AEON should be a company that, for the future and for the community, makes proper use of the benefits we receive from our customers. Our major group companies contribute 1%of pre-tax profits for a variety of activities centered around environmental conversation, international cultural and ‘people to people’ exchanges and human resources development, and revitalization of local culture and communities. We are positioned to carry out programs with our customers and we intend to continue to value joining hands with our customers.

We aim to foster plentiful life and an earth that has a variety of rices. Without the earth’s environment, it is essential that private enterprises and citizen groups work together with local and national government government agencies. The AEON Environment Foundation (formerly AEOn Group Environment Foundation) was founded in 1990 with the intention of supporting and giving assistance to like minded groups actively developing activities to protect the global environment. Since the start, AEON Environment Foundation has been implementing tree-planting activities around the world, as well as a variety of joint environmental protection initiatives, such as development of human resources in the field of the environment and biodiversity.