We have strengthened our CSR management system to ensure that our operating companies fulfill their social responsibilities with further effective management and oversight.

At Seven & i Holdings and our operating companies, we believe that interactions with our stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, business partners, local communities and employees, are at the heart of our CSR activities.
To make this happen anytime and anywhere, we at Seven & i Holdings need to manage our operating companies to ensure that they act responsibly toward their stakeholders, in addition to fulfilling our own responsibilities to our shareholders and operating companies.
With this in mind, we have established the CSR Management Committee, the Risk Management Committee and the Information Management Committee, each of which work closely with the relevant operating companies.
These committees also periodically review and evaluate each operating company’s performance in related areas. The findings and results will be reflected in the future management objectives of our Group and the individual operating companies. By doing so, our entire Group aims to work in unison to take our CSR activities to the next level.

Establishment of the CSR Management Committee responsible for promoting groupwide CSR activities

At the inception of our organization, we at Seven and i Holdings established the CSR Promotion Committee and its five specialized sub-committees. This was part of our efforts to develop a mechanism for centrally reviewing and evaluating the CSR performance of our operating companies.
In February 2008, however, we decided to restructure the CSR Promotion Committee by clearly separating the promotion function and the oversight function, with the aim of achieving even more effective, prompt implementation. To this end, the committee’s functions were allocated to three separate committees: the CSR Management Committee, which promotes CSR activities, the Risk Management Committee and the Information Management Committee, which is responsible for the Group’s overall information management. In addition, the Compliance Committee and the Environment Committee were established under the CSR Management Committee.