Making Environmental Activities a Key Management Issue under the World Group Environmental Policy

「The percentage of sustainable materials used in apparel products was 24.1% for fall/winter 2025 and 29.8% for spring/summer 2026.」

「The percentage of sustainable materials used in apparel products was 24.1% for fall/winter 2025 and 29.8% for spring/summer 2026.」

「The company also participated in developing the "Approach to and Estimation Methods for Greenhouse Gas Reductions" section of the same guidelines, published by 一般社団法人日本アパレル・ファッション産業協会 in February 2025. The guidelines include examples of ワールドグループ's greenhouse gas reduction initiatives.」

「The company has established KPIs for achieving its targets and is implementing each initiative. As a foundation for achieving them, it is also building a human capital management framework and promoting diversity.」

「The company participated in developing the industry-specific commentary for the fashion industry on the "Basic Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions through the Supply Chain" published by 一般社団法人日本アパレル・ファッション産業協会. The guidelines include examples of initiatives by ワールドグループ.」

「The ワールドグループ is also actively promoting the use of recycled materials and other resources in areas beyond products. For example, since 2022 it has worked with 株式会社マテックス (Chuo-ku, Kobe) to develop a process for mixing fabric cutting waste from the group's own factories into paper products, which are recycled into product hangtags, business cards and other paper products for use within the group. It has also begun providing customers with paper bags made through the closed-loop recycling of used cardboard from its own operations.」

「■Governance ・Sustainability initiatives are being advanced by establishing responsible directors and departments under the Sustainable Committee, which is organised under the Representative Director and President Executive Officer. The Board of Directors, in which independent outside directors constitute a majority, receives regular reports from the President and members of the Sustainable Committee and monitors and supervises progress.」

「Alongside efforts to advance and implement the Sustainability Plan, the company worked to formulate and implement a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the entire supply chain as part of the Ministry of the Environment's "Decarbonisation Promotion Model Project."」

「The group's basic policies and initiatives relating to climate change are being advanced by establishing responsible directors and departments under the Sustainable Committee, which is organised under the Representative Director and President Executive Officer. The Board of Directors receives regular reports from the President and the Sustainable Committee and monitors and supervises these activities.」

「The company is also working to formulate and implement a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the entire supply chain as part of the Ministry of the Environment's "Decarbonisation Promotion Model Project."」

「Specifically, the company compiled the guidelines as the ワールドグループ basic SDG policy and, in June 2022, announced its support for the TCFD recommendations and published its own "Sustainability Plan" aimed at achieving a decarbonised society.」

「The company plans to compile this as the ワールドグループ basic SDG policy and publish it around June.」

「Led by the management of the holding company, the group began work on giving concrete form to strategic guidelines for a sustainable society unique to ワールドグループ.」

「The group has adopted "創造全力、価値共有。つねに、その上をめざして。" as its corporate statement. This expresses its strong determination to continue creating value by transforming and evolving itself in the present and into the future. It is working to create and implement systems that continue to provide value to customers, earn their empathy, and constantly challenge itself to innovate toward new possibilities. To remain a company needed in this era, the group will incorporate ESG initiatives into the centre of management as a basic policy.」

「As a "value-creating corporate group," the group considers achieving a sustainable society essential to creating and providing value over the long term and on a sustained basis, and therefore positioned environmental and social activities as one of the important issues in corporate management.」

「As a "value-creating corporate group," the group considers achieving a sustainable society essential to creating and providing value over the long term and on a sustained basis, and therefore positioned environmental and social activities as one of the important issues in corporate management.」

「The group established the "ワールドグループ Environmental Policy," positioned environmental activities as one of the important issues in corporate management, and considers reducing waste across the fashion industry to be an initiative that contributes to achieving the SDGs, namely a sustainable society, and fulfils its corporate social responsibility (CSR).」

「Our Group established the World Group Environmental Policy and positioned environmental initiatives as one of the material issues in corporate management.」