Last updated on May 25, 2022

Sustainability Data

Environmental Data

Environmental policy					Yes	"JFR Group Eco Vision" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/top-commitment03.html "JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Climate change
Climate change policy					Yes	"JFR Group Eco Vision" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/top-commitment03.html "JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
			Boundary	Unit	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020
Energy usage*1	City gas	Usage	Consolidated	MWh	-	70,353	67,118	64,095	58,064
	City gas	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	▲ 4.6	▲ 4.5	▲ 9.4
	Heavy oil	Usage	Consolidated	MWh	-	70	70	70	65
	Heavy oil	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	0.0	▲ 0.0	▲ 7.4
	Gasoline	Usage	Consolidated	MWh	-	6,805	6,295	5,368	2,929
	Gasoline	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	▲ 7.5	▲ 14.7	▲ 45.4
	Natural gas	Usage	Consolidated	MWh	-	13	14	11	1
	Natural gas	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	4.2	▲ 20.3	▲ 87.5
	Light oil	Usage	Consolidated	MWh	-	0	0	88	88
	Light oil	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Electricity	Usage	Consolidated	MWh	-	333,514	328,900	327,851	288,691
	Electricity	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	▲ 1.4	▲ 0.3	▲ 11.9
	Steam / cold water / hot water	Usage	Consolidated	MWh	-	64,758	65,969	68,730	54,133
	Steam / cold water / hot water	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	1.9	4.2	▲ 21.2
	Total	Usage	Consolidated	MWh	-	475,513	468,366	466,214	403,973
	Total	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	▲ 1.5	▲ 0.5	▲ 13.4
Ratio of renewable energy to total electricity usage		Renewable energy ratio	Consolidated	%	-	0.0	0.0	4.0	10.3
Ratio of renewable energy to total electricity usage		YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	0.0	0.0	4.0	6.3
Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions*1	CO₂	Scope 1 emissions	Consolidated	t-CO₂	-	14,548	13,823	13,074	11,170
		YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	▲ 5.0	▲ 5.4	▲ 14.6
		Scope 2 emissions	Consolidated	t-CO₂	-	178,102	166,606	147,294	120,123
		YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	▲ 6.5	▲ 11.6	▲ 18.4
	HFC	Scope 1 emissions	Consolidated	t-CO₂	-	1,504	2,137	2,140	813
	HFC	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	42.1	0.2	▲ 62.0
	Total	Scope 1 and 2 emissions	Consolidated	t-CO₂	-	194,154	182,566	162,508	132,106
	Total	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	▲ 6.0	▲ 11.0	▲ 18.7
Scope 3 GHG emissions*1	Total	Scope 3 emissions	Consolidated	t-CO₂	-	2,927,320*2	3,123,238	3,782,555	2,470,411*3
Scope 3 GHG emissions*1	Total	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	6.69	21.1	▲ 34.7
Number of ISO 14001 certified companies *Total number of consolidated companies: 22			Consolidated*	Companies	4	4	4	4	4
Water
Water policy					Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
			Boundary*5	Unit	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020
Water usage*1	Tap water	Usage	Consolidated	㎡	-	-	1,317,230	1,260,594	1,407,531
	Tap water	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	-	▲ 4.3	-
	Groundwater	Usage	Consolidated	㎡	-	-	480,731	452,702	459,054
	Groundwater	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	-	▲ 5.8	-
	Gray water	Usage	Consolidated	㎡	-	-	136,804	125,989	198,882
	Gray water	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	-	▲ 7.9	-
	Total	Usage	Consolidated	㎡	-	-	1,934,765	1,839,285	2,065,467
	Total	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	-	-	▲ 4.9	-
Water discharge*2			Consolidated	㎥	-	-	1,934,765	1,839,285	2,065,467
Water discharge*2			Consolidated	%	-	-	-	▲ 4.9	-
Resources/waste
Raw materials policy					Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Waste policy					Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Chemicals policy					Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Biodiversity policy					Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
			Boundary	Unit	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020
Waste1, 6 (including food waste)	Amount generated	Amount generated	Consolidated	t	19,885	18,532	17,202	17,565	21,694
	Amount generated	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	▲ 6.8%	▲ 7.2%	2.1%	-
	Amount recycled	Amount recycled	Consolidated	t	11,644	10,863	9,938	10,453	12,479
	Amount recycled	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	▲ 6.7%	▲ 8.5%	5.2%	-
	Amount disposed	Amount disposed	Consolidated	t	8,241	7,669	7,264	7,112	9,216
	Amount disposed	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	▲ 6.9%	▲ 5.3%	▲ 2.1%	-
	Recycling ratio	Recycling ratio	Consolidated	%	58.6%	58.6%	57.8%	59.4%	57.5%
	Recycling ratio	YoY change	Consolidated	%	-	0%	▲ 1.4%	2.8%	-
Food waste	Amount generated	Amount generated	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	t	4,540	4,497	4,312	4,379	2,886
	Amount generated	YoY change	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	%	-	▲ 0.9	▲ 4.1	1.6	▲ 34.1
	Amount recycled	Amount recycled	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	t	2,716	2,416	2,477	2,610	1,857
	Amount recycled	YoY change	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	%	-	▲ 11.0	2.5	5.4	▲ 28.9
	Amount disposed	Amount disposed	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	t	1,824	2,081	1,835	1,769	1,029
	Amount disposed	YoY change	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	%	-	14.1	▲ 11.8	▲ 3.6	▲ 41.8
	Recycling ratio	Recycling ratio	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	%	59.8	53.7	57.4	59.6	64.3
	Recycling ratio	YoY change	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	%	-	▲ 6.1	3.7	2.2	4.7
Specified hazardous waste*7		Amount disposed	Consolidated	t	0	0	0	0	0
Raw material usage (packaging material usage)*8		Usage	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	t	2,409	2,370	2,236	2,030	1,075
Raw material usage (packaging material usage)*8		YoY change	Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores	%	-	▲ 1.6	▲ 5.7	▲ 9.2	▲ 47.0
Environmental penalty			Consolidated	Millions of yen	-	0	0	0	0

*1 Received third-party assurance from LRQA Limited. Received the same assurance for water and waste in FY2020.
*2 Recalculated Category 9 emissions based on the GHG Protocol and received SBTi approval again.
*3 Revised the method for calculating Category 1 emissions and received third-party assurance again.
*4 Water discharge equals water usage.
*5 Boundaries for FY2018 and FY2019 are J. Front Retailing on a non-consolidated basis and Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores and boundaries for FY2020 and beyond are consolidated.
*6 Waste includes general waste, industrial waste and food waste.【Boundary】FY2016 – FY2019: Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, FY2020: Consolidated
*7 (1) Waste PCB, etc.; (2) PCB contaminated materials; (3) PCB processed materials; (4) waste mercury, etc.; (5) waste mercury, etc. processed materials; (6) specified sewage sludge; (7) waste asbestos; and (8) burnt residue, sludge, slag, dust, waste acid, waste alkali, etc. exceeding the limits
*8 Packaging material usage is the weight of wrapping paper, shopping bags, paper bags, plastic bags for food products, etc

Social Data

Human rights policy			Yes	"Human rights policy" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Child labor prohibition policy			Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Forced labor prohibition policy			Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Anti-discrimination policy			Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Overwork prohibition policy			Yes Yes	"Human rights policy" "Occupational health and safety policy" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Freedom of association policy			Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html
Collective bargaining rights policy			Yes	"JFR Principles of Action" https://www.j-front-retailing.com/english/sustainability/principles-of-action.html

	Boundary	Unit	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020
Number of employees	Consolidated	People	10,732	10,429	10,276	9,844	9,635
Regular employees	Consolidated	People	6,871	6,723	6,695	6,579	6,528
Dedicated employees	Consolidated	People	－	1,573	1,697	1,739	1,688
Fixed-term employees	Consolidated	People	3,861	2,133	1,884	1,526	1,419
Share of female employees	Consolidated	％	ー	57.2	56.8	57.0	56.3
Share of women in management positions*1	Consolidated	％	12.2	14.3	14.7	16.6	19.9
Number of new graduate hires	Consolidated	People	58	79	94	76	94
Male	Consolidated	People	24	36	44	38	41
Female	Consolidated	People	34	43	50	38	53
Share of female new graduate hires	Consolidated	％	58.6	54.4	53.2	50.0	56.4
Employment rate of disabled people	Consolidated*2	％	ー	ー	2.21	2.21	2.21
Number of foreign employees	Consolidated	People	ー	ー	15	14	40
Share of foreign employees	Consolidated	％	ー	ー	0.1	0.1	0.4
Employee turnover rate*3	Consolidated	％	ー	3.6	3.3	3.9	1.9
Involuntary turnover rate	Consolidated	％	0	0	0	0	0
Number of employees taking childcare leave	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	People	186	175	203	161	139
Numer of employees working shorter hours for childcare	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	People	135	137	166	157	209
Return rate after childcare leave	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	％	89.3	93.0	97.4	89.5	94.4
Number of employees taking family care leave	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	People	2	2	10	3	2
Number of employees taking family care time off	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	People	20	31	42	30	30
Numer of employees working shorter hours for family care	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	People	1	0	1	0	0
Percentage of employees earning minimum wage by region*3	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	％	0	0	0	0	0
Health examination participation rate	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	％	99.7	99.7	99.9	99.6	100
Stress check response rate	Daimaru Matsuzakaya	％	94.0	95.9	96.4	96.5	97.4
Number of labor accidents (work accidents)	Daimaru Matsuzakaya*5		31	40	38	68	81
Number of labor accidents (commutation accidents)	Daimaru Matsuzakaya*5		25	26	17	23	38
Lost time injury frequency rate*6 Employees	Consolidated	％	－	－	2.17	1.86	1.74
Number of fatal work injuries Employees	Consolidated	People	－	－	0	0	0
Number of fatal work injuries Contractors	Consolidated	People	－	－	0	0	0
OHSAS1800/ISO45001 acquisition rate (Calculated on a business site basis)	Consolidated	％	－	－	0	0	0
Number of harassment cases	Consolidated		16	14	22	50	40
Number of usage of JFR Group Compliance Hotline	Consolidated		22	28	24	36	24
Data security: number of data breaches*7	Consolidated		0	0	0	0	0
Amount donated to communities	Consolidated	Millions of yen	－	43	71	67	62

*1 Manager level or above
*2 Special scope of associates as of June each year
*3 Number of retired employees during the year / Number of employees at the beginning of the year
The number of retired employees above excludes employees who retired because of retirement age, transfer and becoming officers.
*4 Grade 1 and 2 dedicated employees of Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores paid according to a wage table by region
*5 Figures for FY 2019 and 2020 are on a consolidated basis.
*6 Lost time injury frequency rate: The frequency of lost time injuries occurring in a workplace per one million hours worked
*7 Confidential information breaches and personal data breaches

Governance Data

	Unit	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Number of Directors	People	9	13	13	13	13	12
Male	People	8	12	11	11	12	9
Female	People	1	1	2	2	1	3
Number of independent Outside Directors	People	2	5	5	6	6	6
Male	People	1	4	3	4	5	4
Female	People	1	1	2	2	1	2
Share of independent Outside Directors	%	22.2	38.5	38.5	46.2	46.2	50.0
Number of Directors and Executive Officers	People	7	5	5	4	4	4
Share of Directors and Executive Officers	%	77.8	38.5	38.5	30.8	30.8	33.3
Share of female Directors	%	11.1	7.7	15.4	15.4	7.7	25.0
Number of Auditors	People	5	-	-	-	-	-
Male	People	5	-	-	-	-	-
Female	People	0	-	-	-	-	-
Number of independent Outside Auditors	People	3	-	-	-	-	-
Male	People	3	-	-	-	-	-
Female	People	0	-	-	-	-	-
Share of independent Outside Auditors	%	60.0	-	-	-	-	-
Share of female Auditors	%	0	-	-	-	-	-
Political contribution expenses (consolidated)	Millions of yen	-	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.07	0.04
Penalty for corruption (consolidated)	Millions of yen	-	0	0	0	0	0
Punishment/dismissal for anti-corruption violations (consolidated)	People	-	0	0	0	0	0

*The Company made the transition to a Company with Three Committees (Nomination, Audit and Remuneration Committees) at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held on May 25, 2017.