Response to Climate Change

Last Updated: 2026.03.19
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Honoring the goals set in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change for the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions by 2050, Fast Retailing is continuing efforts to reduce the release of greenhouse gases by our stores, throughout the supply chain, and in the use of our products.
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Policies Responding to Climate Change

To mitigate our impact on climate change and biodiversity, Fast Retailing identifies and reduces emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) across all business activities, from product manufacturing to product disposal. To further these initiatives, we acknowledge the GHG emission long-range targets set under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the Paris Agreement) to reduce GHG emissions by 2050. Fast Retailing has set targets and engages in measures to achieve these.

Targets

・Targets for decarbonization
By the fiscal year ending August 2030:

1. 1.Reduce GHG emissions from own operations, such as stores and main offices (Scope 1 and Scope 2), by 90% by FY2030 (compared to FY2019)
   → Achieved in fiscal year ending August 2025
   
2. 2.Use 100% renewable energy at all of our stores and major offices worldwide by FY2030
3. 3.Reduce GHG emissions from raw materials, fabric and garment production for UNIQLO and GU products (Scope 3, Category 1) by 30% by FY2030 (compared to FY2019)

These targets 1-3 have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as science-based targets (SBT), and are in line with the level of decarbonization required to achieve the Paris Agreement goals.
Regarding target 3, we raised the target in November 2025. Furthermore, as a roadmap* for achieving this, we will promote the following initiatives by the fiscal year ending August 2030:

• Reduce coal consumption in supply chain by approximately 90% (compared to the fiscal year ending August 2019 base year)
• Switch 70% or more of the energy used in supply chain to renewable energy
• Improve energy efficiency in supply chain by at least 50% (compared to the fiscal year ending August 2019 base year)
• Raise ratio of recycled materials and other materials with low GHG emissions to approximately 50%

*The roadmap is based on the supply chain status and production volume prediction as of October 2025 and will be reviewed as necessary.

We will further extend our efforts to achieve the goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

Related Links

• Science Based Targets - Target Dashboard

・Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action
In January 2020, Fast Retailing signed the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, sponsored by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This charter supports the goals of the Paris Agreement, and specifies measures for the entire fashion industry to contribute to the realization of the goals.
Fast Retailing will further strengthen such measures as procurement of sustainable materials, reducing environmental impact in the manufacturing process, and promoting dialogue with consumers to raise awareness, as well as accelerating cooperation within the industry to reduce GHG emissions.

Fast Retailing Initiatives

Stores and offices

・Initiatives to reduce GHG emissions through energy saving at stores
We strive to reduce GHG emissions by promoting energy savings and reducing electricity usage at stores. Since spring/summer 2014, we have been installing LED lighting in all UNIQLO and GU stores in Japan. We are also working to install LED lighting systems at UNIQLO stores globally.

• Currently, we have been working toward our emissions reduction target by the fiscal year ending August 2030 and further promoting energy efficiency by installing an air conditioning system that controls overtime use and automatically adjusts to a preset temperature. In addition to implementing measures such as adjusting lighting and air conditioning, we are developing new, highly energy-efficient roadside store format, starting from store-design stage. The UNIQLO Maebashi Minami IC Store, which opened in April 2023, has obtained ZEB Ready* certification for its store design, which combines energy conservation and energy generation. As a result of these initiatives, the GHG emissions reduction rate reached 90.3% as of the fiscal year ending August 2025, compared with the fiscal year ending August 2019, hence achieving our target for the fiscal year ending August 2030 ahead of schedule.

  We will continue to promote initiatives in energy conservation and energy generation.

  *A highly insulated building with efficient energy-saving equipment enabling reduced energy consumption, which makes efforts to achieve ZEB (net-zero energy building), which is a building with net-zero or negative annual primary energy consumption.

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  UNIQLO Maebashi Minami IC Store

・Introducing renewable energy
Aiming at 100% sourcing of renewable electricity by the fiscal year ending August 2030, we have introduced renewable energy at stores and offices through initiatives such as an on-site installation* of solar power generation equipment, purchasing green electricity products provided by energy suppliers and renewable energy certificates. We have achieved 93.5% sourcing of renewable electricity as of the fiscal year ending August 2025.
*Sourcing through PPA (Power Purchase Agreement)

Related Links

• UNIQLO Addressing Climate Change
• Data Publication under the Tokyo Carbon Reduction Reporting Program (Japanese only)

Supply Chain Initiatives

Production Partners

・Initiatives to reduce GHG emissions
Based on strong relationships with production partners, Fast Retailing is working to achieve its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in the supply chain leading up to fiscal year ending August 31, 2030. We use the Higg Index and other apparel industry indices to measure environmental impact, including greenhouse gas emissions, at our core garment factories and fabric mills, then work with each partner to reduce this impact. By November 2021, we defined specific conditions and issues across countries and regions, and at each of the core partner factories jointly accounting for 90% of UNIQLO and GU manufacturing. We then formulated plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions incorporating activities for energy saving, coal phase-out, and the introduction of renewable energy. In November 2025, we raised our greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030 from the previous 20% to 30%.
To ensure these plans are implemented, we work closely with our partner factories to check progress every three months, and review plans once a year. To help our partners meet challenges, we provide tailored advice for each factory on suitable options for their circumstances, and introduce funding sources to help them implement plans. Examples are as follows.

<Support for energy saving activities>
At some fabric mills, our introduction of boiler suppliers has led to the installation of highly efficient small boilers and other key equipment. Additionally, we have been providing energy efficiency assessment to some of our suppliers, aiming to identify further energy-saving opportunities. From May 2025, we have expanded the assessment to include our core fabric mills and some garment factories.

<Support for introducing renewable energy>
In Bangladesh--a region where it remains difficult to procure renewable energy--we worked directly with renewable energy providers to ensure our partner factories could procure renewable energy certificates on a priority basis.

<Collaboration with External Stakeholders>
In Indonesia, where our production partners are located, we participate in the Clean Energy Investment Accelerator (CEIA), an international public-private partnership program aimed at accelerating the introduction of renewable energy in emerging countries. We are exchanging information with CEIA and other participating companies about initiatives and challenges in the supply chain.

Promoting GHG emission reductions in the sourcing of raw materials

From our product-planning stage, we encourage the use of raw materials that were produced with lower GHG emissions. Specifically, we aim to increase the proportion of materials with low GHG emissions such as recycled materials to approximately 50% by the fiscal year ending August 2030, and are starting to switch to use them. In fiscal 2025, the ratio of products* made from materials with low GHG emissions such as recycled materials increased to 19.4% (from 15.9% in the previous year) of total materials used. For polyester, 46.4% (from 41.5% in the previous year) of total materials used were made from recycled polyester.

We have introduced DRY-EX, AIRism, HEATTECH, and Fluffy Fleece items of clothing that incorporate recycled polyester fibers, and waist bags using recycled nylon. We are expanding the introduction of materials that place a lower burden on the environment, starting with synthetic fibers such as rayon and nylon.
*Previous year's Fall/Winter products and current year's Spring/Summer products

Related Links

• Responsible Procurement

Logistics

・Initiatives to reduce GHG emissions through greater transportation efficiency
Fast Retailing pursues a number of initiatives designed to reduce GHG emissions through more efficient logistics.

GHG Emissions

Fast Retailing calculates its GHG emissions according to the GHG Protocol, the standard guidelines used worldwide.

Fast Retailing (stores and offices)

GHG emissions quantification is subject to uncertainty when measuring activity data, determining emission factors, and considering scientific uncertainty inherent in the Global Warming Potentials.

Scope1, Scope2:
In cases where energy consumption data cannot be obtained from building management companies or other relevant entities, energy consumption is estimated using a floor-area-based methodology.

Supply chain and others

Units: t-CO2e; Scope: Fast Retailing

GHG emissions quantification is subject to uncertainty when measuring activity data, determining emission factors, and considering scientific uncertainty inherent in the Global Warming Potentials.

*1
Categories 3, 5, and 12 use emission factors from AIST IDEAv3.5.1 (IPCC 2021 without LULUCF, AR6) for fiscal 2025.
*2
The emissions corresponding to consignment purchases had included in fiscal 2024 and emissions from central air conditioning in leased buildings without operational control have been included in fiscal 2025.For shopping mall stores in Japan with available performance data, emissions are included. For other shopping mall stores without available data are estimated using the data availability ratio observed in Japan as mentioned above.

Category1:
Includes emissions from Fast Retailing group's raw materials, fabric and garment production, as well as advertising, store fixtures, and packaging. Fabric production includes processes such as weaving, dyeing, and partial spinning.
In addition, the products cover previous year's Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter collections. (e.g., Spring/Summer 2024 and Fall/Winter 2024 for FY2025 ending August.)

Category5:
Combustibles and plastic wastes are included. For sites other than stores, only locations such as offices and warehouses in Japan are covered.

Category12:
The products cover previous year's Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter collections.(e.g., Spring/Summer 2024 and Fall/Winter 2024 for FY2025 ending August.)
Revised the emission factors from FY2022 onward to improve accuracy.

Third-party verification and assurance

For the data on GHG emissions, we have obtained verification and assured by third-party since fiscal 2019.
We obtained assurance by KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd. for fiscal 2025 indicated with ★. The verification and assurance scope covers Scope 1 and Scope 2 in the GHG Protocol, which is the emissions derived from energy use in our company's direct operations, and Scope 3, which is the indirect emissions from the value chain.

• Third-Party Assurance and Verification Report

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