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Promoting Social Contribution
Activities Worldwide

Promoting Social Contribution Activities Worldwide Promoting Social Contribution Activities Worldwide

UNIQLO aspires to grow and prosper alongside the local communities where we do business, proactively contributing to solutions for society in individual markets and regions. We believe it is important to help ensure stable economic and social conditions in each community, so we engage in activities that benefit local society through our stores, human resources, products, expertise, and anything else we have to offer.

Key Initiatives and Progress

Investment in social contribution activities

Investment in social contribution activities

Investment in social contribution activities

Target

FY2025

10billion yen level

Investment in social contribution activities

Progress

FY2023 investment total

5.4billion yen

*Actual combined investment by the Fast Retailing Group,
Fast Retailing Foundation, Yanai Tadashi Foundation, and Yanai family

Active investment to meet local community needs
and solve issues

As part of Fast Retailing’s social contribution investment program, we launched a project in September 2022 together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help Rohingya refugee women in Bangladesh develop greater self-reliance. At the request of UNHCR, we donated 1 million euros (roughly 140 million yen) following the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February 2023. We also work with our UNIQLO ambassadors to nurture future generations. In April 2023, we held an event to support future wheelchair tennis players together with Shingo Kunieda and Gordon Reid. In August, we held an event with Roger Federer that brought together the themes of art, tennis and culture to encourage children to play an active role in the world. Meanwhile, the Fast Retailing Foundation joined the Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA) which brings together philanthropic organizations from around the world to catalyze solutions to challenges surrounding the natural environment, education and public health in Asia. The Fast Retailing Foundation committed to contributing 25 million US dollars (roughly 3.74 billion yen) over a 10-year period to PAA. We also started a new scholarship exchange program for Vietnamese students, with six students entering Japanese universities in fall 2023 in the first phase of the program.

*Actual combined investment by the Fast Retailing Group,
Fast Retailing Foundation, Yanai Tadashi Foundation, and Yanai family

Active investment to meet local community needs
and solve issues

As part of Fast Retailing’s social contribution investment program, we launched a project in September 2022 together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help Rohingya refugee women in Bangladesh develop greater self-reliance. At the request of UNHCR, we donated 1 million euros (roughly 140 million yen) following the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February 2023. We also work with our UNIQLO ambassadors to nurture future generations. In April 2023, we held an event to support future wheelchair tennis players together with Shingo Kunieda and Gordon Reid. In August, we held an event with Roger Federer that brought together the themes of art, tennis and culture to encourage children to play an active role in the world. Meanwhile, the Fast Retailing Foundation joined the Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA) which brings together philanthropic organizations from around the world to catalyze solutions to challenges surrounding the natural environment, education and public health in Asia. The Fast Retailing Foundation committed to contributing 25 million US dollars (roughly 3.74 billion yen) over a 10-year period to PAA. We also started a new scholarship exchange program for Vietnamese students, with six students entering Japanese universities in fall 2023 in the first phase of the program.

Providing clothing support

Providing clothing support

Providing clothing support

Target

FY2025

10 million
items per year

Providing clothing support

Progress

FY2023

5.3 million items

*Including new and secondhand items

Collect and recycle used clothes to support self-reliance programs
for socially vulnerable people and provide emergency support

Our partnerships with UNHCR and other organizations such as international NGO JOICFP enable UNIQLO, GU, Theory and Comptoir des Cotonniers to put collected garments to good use: by donating them to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide; by helping women and young people gain more independence, or; as clothing relief in times of natural disaster. Some of the secondhand UNIQLO clothes collected for recycling or reinvention through the RE.UNIQLO program are also being used to support refugees. It is very important to gain detailed knowledge of local needs so we can deliver clothes that will be the most useful to people who need them. We work with UNHCR, non-profit organizations, and NGOs around the world, carefully checking the number and type of clothes required and the potential delivery routes to ensure only the clothes people really need get to where they need to go. We have donated approximately 54.63 million items of clothing since we started these activities (2006 to end 2023).

Collect and recycle used clothes to support self-reliance programs
for socially vulnerable people and provide emergency support

Our partnerships with UNHCR and other organizations such as international NGO JOICFP enable UNIQLO, GU, Theory and Comptoir des Cotonniers to put collected garments to good use: by donating them to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide; by helping women and young people gain more independence, or; as clothing relief in times of natural disaster. Some of the secondhand UNIQLO clothes collected for recycling or reinvention through the RE.UNIQLO program are also being used to support refugees. It is very important to gain detailed knowledge of local needs so we can deliver clothes that will be the most useful to people who need them. We work with UNHCR, non-profit organizations, and NGOs around the world, carefully checking the number and type of clothes required and the potential delivery routes to ensure only the clothes people really need get to where they need to go. We have donated approximately 54.63 million items of clothing since we started these activities (2006 to end 2023).

Recipients: Refugees and people in socially vulnerable positions,
future leaders, people in the arts, culture, and sport

Recipients: Refugees and people in socially vulnerable positions, future leaders, people in the arts, culture, and sport

Recipients: Refugees and people in socially vulnerable positions,
future leaders, people in the arts, culture, and sport

Target

FY2025

10million people

Recipients: Refugees and people in socially vulnerable positions, future leaders, people in the arts, culture, and sport

Progress

FY2023

1.82 million people

Grow and prosper with local communities
Provide consistent support for a stable and invigorated society

We believe it is important to provide consistent support to people in socially vulnerable positions to promote a stable and flourishing society, and to grow and prosper together with the communities we serve.
For example, we offer comprehensive support to refugees that includes self-reliance and vocational training and job-hunting to help them regain their independence. We aim to provide consistent support to all people who have been forced to flee their homes, regardless of their country of birth or circumstances. Supporting young people and children who will grow up to steer our future society is another part of our community engagement. We support education and provide opportunities for social advancement by offering outreach classes taught by Fast Retailing employees, work experience opportunities, and university scholarship programs. Through our support for culture and the arts, we develop activities that enable local people to experience art first hand, and offer children opportunities to interact with athletes, discover their favorite sport, and lead active lifestyles.

Grow and prosper with local communities
Provide consistent support for a stable and invigorated society

We believe it is important to provide consistent support to people in socially vulnerable positions to promote a stable and flourishing society, and to grow and prosper together with the communities we serve.
For example, we offer comprehensive support to refugees that includes self-reliance and vocational training and job-hunting to help them regain their independence. We aim to provide consistent support to all people who have been forced to flee their homes, regardless of their country of birth or circumstances. Supporting young people and children who will grow up to steer our future society is another part of our community engagement. We support education and provide opportunities for social advancement by offering outreach classes taught by Fast Retailing employees, work experience opportunities, and university scholarship programs. Through our support for culture and the arts, we develop activities that enable local people to experience art first hand, and offer children opportunities to interact with athletes, discover their favorite sport, and lead active lifestyles.

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