Eco-friendly, energy-saving store

Implementing off-grid power generation and consumption through photovoltaic systems.

▶ Off-site PPA

•  Install photovoltaic system equipment off-site
  (remote locations)
•  Generated renewable energy is transmitted to the
  Company’s business sites through power transmission
  and distribution lines
  Supply method: indirect
  Installation location: do not have limitations on installation
  location (remote locations)

The popularization of electric vehicles (EV) is expected to accelerate and be increasingly promoted around the world. The Ministry of Economy,Trade, and Industry has set the framework in Green Growth Strategy through Achieving Carbon Neutrality in 2050. For passenger vehicles,it was decided to achieve 100% of new vehicles sold being EVs by 2035, and for commercial vehicles, the framework established aiming for 20% to 30% new vehicle sales being EVs by 2030, and for 100% of new vehicles sales being EVs and vehicles suitable for using decarbonized fuel by 2040, along with setting the target for the 2040 penetration rate of EVs by 2030. Building out the charging infrastructure will be a significant issue for the further popularization of EV. Against this backdrop, as a part of our initiatives for building stores that consider the global environment, we advocated the Osaka EV Action Program in March 2010. We started introducing EV charging stations at the Kishiwada Store and expanded this program to 49 stores in fiscal 2022. We intend to install chargers at 100% of our stores where installation is possible by fiscal 2024.