The Seven & i Group (hereinafter referred to as "we") respects the human rights of all people and engages in business activities that contribute to the development of society together with all stakeholders based on the spirit of "trust and integrity" set forth in our corporate motto. In order to respect the human rights of all people in our value chain, we established the "Group Human Rights Policy" in 2021 and are working to respect the human rights of all people through our core business activities. We support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the ILO International Labor Standards, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and ISO 26000, and are a signatory to the UN Global Compact. We recognize that our business activities may impact human rights, and we are committed to establishing a system of human rights due diligence in accordance with procedures based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, to resolve human rights issues, and to help realize a sustainable society. In resolving human rights issues, we have identified the human rights challenges of key stakeholders related to the Group's business activities.

Step.1 Organize stakeholders in the value chain and human rights issues

While taking into account the Group's value chain and business activities, we identified human rights risks and organized human rights issues based on interviews with each of the Group's operating companies and the results of CSR audits.

Step.2 Human rights risk assessment within the Group and its supply chain

Human rights risk assessments were conducted for the businesses of major group companies (14 businesses) and business partners (122 businesses).

Step.3 Creating a Human Rights Risk Map

Based on the human rights risk assessment, a severity score and a likelihood of occurrence score were calculated for each human rights issue and mapped to each.

Step 4: Information Disclosure

The process and results of Steps 1-3 were made publicly available on the website.

■ External Review and Evaluation Criteria Throughout the entire process, we exchanged views and obtained advice from experts in the field of human rights. In identifying and assessing negative impacts, we utilized the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) database and conducted research on internationally identified human rights issues in the industry.

　A list of human rights issues related to the Group's major businesses was compiled and each human rights issue was mapped on an axis of severity and likelihood of occurrence.

• ■ Severity
• As described below, a severity score was calculated for each human rights issue by examining and scoring three factors: (1) size, (2) scope, and (3) difficulty in remedying the issue.
• ●Process 1
• 1.Scale: severity of negative impacts that may occur -Possibility of multiple fatalities or injuries per accident if risk materializes
• 2.Scope: Number of people who may be negatively affected (or percentage of target stakeholders who may be affected) -The potential impact on employees, customers, local residents, and civil society if the risk materializes, and the number and percentage of such employees, customers, local residents, and civil society if the risk materializes.
• 3.difficulty of remedy: constraints in restoring the negatively affected person to the pre-affected state or to a state equivalent to the pre-affected state - if the risk has materialized, whether it is difficult to recover in time or whether monetary remedy is available.
• ●Process 2 The three elements are rated on a 5-point scale from Very Low to Very High for each human rights issue.
• ●Process 3 The average score of the factors was used as the severity score for each human rights issue.

 

• ■Likelihood
• The likelihood of occurrence was calculated for each human rights issue as follows
• ●Process 1: Potential human rights challenges in each country Scope of countries: Countries where the company and its group companies are based and where 7-Eleven stores under license agreements are located (21 countries) Research the likelihood of each human rights issue occurring in each country based on the following information
• ・ Human rights risk indicators by country published by international organizations, etc.
• ・ For human rights issues not covered by the above indicators, the number of incidents of human rights violations by country for each human rights issue, as published by the Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHHRC).
• ・ The likelihood of occurrence is converted into a score on a scale of 0 to 10 (0 being low risk and 10 being high risk).
• ●Process 2: Country-specific weighting
• ・The number of issues that are likely to occur in each country is further adjusted to our company's actual situation.
• ・ Weighting adjustments were made to achieve values
• ・ Weighting is based on total number of employees Scores are calculated by weighting the 10 scores by the above weights.
• ●Process 3: Fine-tuning for each human rights issue
• ・Adjustment of the potential/apparent occurrence of each human rights issue in the Group, based on business characteristics and interview results.
• ●Process 4: Calculation of likelihood score
• Calculation of likelihood score Country-specific likelihood of occurrence scores for each weighted human rights issue and in Work 3. Manifested/potential human rights issues in the supply chain, organized by issue. The total score for the likelihood of occurrence of each human rights issue by country is calculated by summing the scores of the likelihood of occurrence of each human rights issue by country. Calculate Score

The following human rights issues are plotted on the risk map by stakeholder.

※1　The severity is converted into a score on a scale of 0 to 5 (0 being low risk and 5 being high risk)

※2　The likelihood is converted into a score on a scale of 0 to 10 (0 being low risk and 10 being high risk)

Each human rights issue was mapped for the company and its supply chain, with severity on the vertical axis and likelihood of occurrence on the horizontal axis.

For identified high-risk human rights issues, specific measures to reduce risk will be considered and implemented.