Support for the Environment:

In the 21st century, which is said to be "the century of the environment," we urgently need to harmonize development and community with wonderful and comforting nature, to pass beautiful nature onto our future generations and to establish a society that leaves no excessive burdens on them. In order to make lasting sustainable development possible, it is important to create a society based on a sound system of material recycling and to minimize the burden on the environment.

Therefore, we, at the Apparel Group, will give environmental conservation a top priority in all our affairs and formulate policies from the viewpoint of preserving, conserving, and restoring the environment. We also commit ourselves to conducting our programs and working to reduce the environmental burden caused by daily operations.

Our Policy

We, at the Apparel Group, will

(1) Implement a strategic and comprehensive environmental preservation policy in order to establish a recycling-based society, to live with nature, to contribute to the preservation of the global environment, and to expand environmental preservation activities.

(2) Thoroughly commit ourselves to energy-and resource-saving activities, waste reduction and recycling to reduce the burden on the environment caused by our daily office work.

(3) Set a goal to lower the environmental burden caused by projects including public work undertaken by the Group.

(4) Observe laws and ordinances on environmental preservation to prevent destruction and degradation of the environment.

(5) Try to make all the Group employees mindful of environmental =