Seven & i Holdings collaborates with NPOs and other organizations to undertake measures that help prevent global warming and preserve biodiversity.

Seven & i Holdings has endorsed the principles of the Task Force on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) as a means to enhance and promote Seven & i Group's natural capital-related and biodiversity conservation and restoration initiatives. In 2023, we joined the TNFD Forum in January, the SBTN Corporate Engagement Program in February, and the 30by30 Alliance for Biodiversity in September; and we are furthering our preparations for TNFD-based analyses and disclosure.

The Seven-Eleven Foundation, a general incorporated foundation, promotes the creation of "Seven Forests" at 19 locations nationwide with the aim of contributing to the prevention of global warming and the maintenance and conservation of biodiversity. The creation of "Seven Forests" involves signing agreements with local governments and NPOs across the country, and recruiting volunteers from Seven-Eleven franchise store employees, headquarters staff, and local citizens.

Seven & i Holdings promotes the use of thinned wood as a solution to the problems faced by Japan's forests. As part of this initiative, some products under the group's private brand, "Seven Premium", use packaging and containers made from thinned wood from "Seven Forests". Additionally, the wood materials obtained from "Seven Forests" are used for store materials and office supplies within the group, and efforts are being made to commercialize these materials to promote the use of domestic wood.

Seven-Eleven Foundation was established in 1993 for 7-Eleven stores and Seven-Eleven Japan to work together as one on environmentally-themed social contribution activities. Using money collected from in-store donation boxes and donations by Seven-Eleven Japan, the foundation engages in projects related to environmental citizenship activity support, nature conservation, public engagement, and disaster reconstruction assistance.

Seven-Eleven Foundation, in cooperation with various organizations, and based on the theme of restoring a rich natural environment, has continued its Seven Forest Creation activities to protect the natural cycle of forests, satoyama woodlands, rivers, and ocean, as well as to increase CO2 absorption and oxygen production. For our Mountain Forest Creation initiative, we carry out nurturing activities from tree planting to weeding and thinning, which leads to the conservation and restoration of abundant forests. Furthermore, as for Seven Forest Creation in the Sea project, the foundation is working to increase the amount of eelgrass, which purifies seawater quality and helps preserve biodiversity by absorbing CO2 in the sea and accumulating carbon. Seven-Eleven Foundation has concluded agreements with local governments/municipalities and NPO corporations, and is working with 7-Eleven franchised stores, headquarters staff, and citizens towards the goal of creating our natural environment where rich biodiversity can co-exist with the local people. In March 2021, Seven-Eleven Foundation concluded the "Cooperation Agreement on Environmental Conservation and Collaborative Efforts" with the Ministry of the Environment, and the Environmental Partnership Council (EPC), which is an organization entrusted with the Global Environmental Outreach Centre (GEOC). In April 2023, we signed the “Cooperation Agreement on Environmental Conservation and Collaborative Efforts in National Parks,” with the aim of joint action and cooperation on environmental conservation activities in national parks alongside the Ministry of the Environment's Nature Conservation Bureau and organizations engaged in local community activities.

The foundation also operates the Kuju Furusato Nature School and Takao Forest Nature School under the foundation’s basic philosophy of "learning from nature on the coexistence and co-prosperity of people and nature, the natural environment and local communities.” Both schools collaborate with government agencies, companies, and educational institutions through activities to protect and preserve the natural environment. The schools also contribute to human resource development by providing learning experiences such as those on the importance of biodiversity, local nature, history, the culture of the region, and pass them on to future generations. Not only educational activities but the schools also engage with research activities. The Kuju Furusato Nature School has been registered as a monitoring site to the "Monitoring Site 1000" project operated by the Biodiversity Center of the Ministry of the Environment and has been monitoring flora and fauna since 2008. The Takao Forest Nature School has also been registered since 2018. Kuju Furusato Nature School's "Decade of Rice Paddy Biodiversity Enhancement Project" is registered as an authorized collaborative project of the United Nations Decade of Biodiversity Japan Committee (UNDB-J).

Ito-Yokado sells a rice series that is cultivated with measures designed to protect the environment and biodiversity in place. It not only uses fewer agrichemicals and chemical fertilizers, but also encourages agroecology, in which rice fields also serve as wildlife habitats. A portion of the proceeds from the products is donated to environmental maintenance in the production areas. In the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024, approximately 16,000 yen was donated to the Toyooka City Oriental White Stork Fund from the sale of "Koshihikari Rice Nurturing White Storks," and approximately 48,000 yen was donated to the Sado City Toki Environmental Maintenance Fund from the sale of "Certified Rice from the Home of Living with Crested Ibis Niigata Prefecture Sado Koshihikari".

Ito-Yokado has been participating in the Green Down Project, the objective of which is appropriate disposal and recycling of down products. As of March 2020, Ito-Yokado stores have perfected their systems for collecting down jackets, now enabling drop-off of down futons and down jackets at all times. Also, as of November 2020, approximately 70 store locations had begun selling products made of down collected and recycled through this project.

From March 2020 to December 2023, a total of 5,613 items were collected, and the proceeds from their sale, amounting to approximately 170,000 yen (including tax), were donated to the Certified NPO Kiritappu Wetland National Trust, an organization dedicated to preserving wetlands that are crucial habitats for waterfowl.