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Fast Retailing's Activities
| 2023 |
| November |
Fast Retailing holds LifeWear = a New Industry Briefing on progress and achievements toward 2030 goals and new initiatives underway |
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Fast Retailing and UNHCR announce a new four-year global partnership agreement |
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Fast Retailing Group Policy on Biodiversity published |
| October |
UNIQLO hosts UNIQLO PRE-OWNED CLOTHING PROJECT pop-up store in trial project at Harajuku store |
| July |
Fast Retailing provides emergency clothing assistance to those impacted by the flooding in Akita City |
| June |
Fast Retailing and UNIQLO expands the number of stores selling MADE51, a brand of handicrafts made by refugees, to 23 stores in nine prefectures, and co-organizes the Youth with Refugee Art Contest in partnership with UNHCR in conjunction with World Refugee Day on June 20 |
| May |
Fast Retailing supports Pakistan Accord to ensure health and safety for textile and sewing industry workers |
| April |
UNIQLO opens UNIQLO Maebashi Minami IC Store, a new roadside store with energy-saving features including solar panels and other innovative design elements |
| March |
Fast Retailing sets new target to empower female workers in Bangladesh |
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Fast Retailing donates US$300,000 to support a self-reliance project for refugee women in conjunction with International Women's Day |
| February |
Fast Retailing receives top rating in Japan's D&I Award, recognized for initiatives to promote corporate diversity and inclusion |
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Fast Retailing donates 1 million euros and approximately 40,000 items of clothing as emergency humanitarian aid in aftermath of devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria |
| 2022 |
| December |
Included in CDP 'A' Lists for transparency on climate change and water security |
| November |
UNIQLO donates T-shirts for Model UN Conference |
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Fast Retailing hosts the second LifeWear = Sustainability briefing on progress and achievements toward 2030 goals |
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Fast Retailing launches a new livelihoods project with UNHCR to empower Rohingya refugee women in Bangladesh |
| June |
UNIQLO launches JOIN: THE POWER OF CLOTHING, a campaign supporting action for a better world |
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Fast Retailing partners with ILO to support first-ever employment injury insurance program for workers in Bangladesh |
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UNIQLO launches PEACE FOR ALL charity T-shirt project expressing a desire for peace |
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UNIQLO sells MADE51 brand items, handicrafts made by refugees, through the online store and pop-up stores |
| March |
Fast Retailing donates US$10 million and 200,000 items including HEATTECH innerwear and blankets to UNHCR to support humanitarian aid for people forced to flee in Ukraine and neighboring countries |
| February |
The Fast Retailing Power of Clothing Project receives two Japanese-government awards |
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Recognized as CDP 2021 Supplier Engagement Leader for a second consecutive year |
| 2021 |
| December |
Fast Retailing establishes fiscal 2030 sustainability targets and action plan. |
| November |
Fast Retailing donates one million Items of winter clothing including HEATTECH and monetary support for refugees and internally displaced people. |
| September |
Fast Retailing signs Microfibre 2030 Commitment -the international initiative to minimize the impact of microfibers on the natural environment. |
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Fast Retailing's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction targets approved as science-based. |
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Fast Retailing supports the new International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry. |
| June |
Fast Retailing observes World Refugee Day by two million additional AIRism masks donation for refugees for COVID-19 relief. |
| May |
Fast Retailing commits 220 million rupees for India COVID-19 relief efforts. |
| March |
UNIQLO appoints Green Doraemon as Global Sustainability Ambassador. |
| February |
Fast Retailing donates 1 million UNIQLO AIRism masks to refugees in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Egypt, and Iraq via UNHCR, with agreement to strengthen global partnership for current COVID-19 crisis. |
| January |
Fast Retailing joins "The Valuable 500" global initiative for disability inclusion. |
| 2020 |
| December |
Fast Retailing secured a place on CDP's prestigious 'A List' for tackling water security. |
| November |
Fast Retailing included in the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index and Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World Index. |
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Fast Retailing sends aid to victims in the Philippines of Typhoon Goni and Typhoon Vamco. |
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UNIQLO launches its recycled down jacket. |
| October |
UNIQLO brings out advanced fleece items made with recycled polyester fabric. |
| September |
RE.UNIQLO initiative aimed at encouraging customers to participate in giving unwanted clothing new life. |
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UNIQLO and GU Stores in Japan begins charging for single-use shopping bags. |
| July |
Emergency assistance for areas hit by torrential rains - UNIQLO clothing donated to Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. |
| March |
Fast Retailing starts donation of masks, isolation gowns, in Japan and abroad to support the fight against COVID-19. |
| January |
Fast Retailing signs Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. |
| 2019 |
| October |
Fast Retailing provides assistance for areas hit by Typhoon Hagibis. |
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UNIQLO Kawagoe store receives LEED O+M gold certification. |
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All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at UNIQLO Italy Milan store. |
| September |
UNIQLO and Toray Industries announce the joint development of down clothing using reclaimed down and DRY-EX apparel incorporating fabric from polyester fibres made from recycled PET bottles. |
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Fast Retailing partners with the International Labour Organization for social protection and improved environments for Asian workers. |
| July |
Fast Retailing announces its policy for reducing single-use plastic. |
| May |
All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at UNIQLO Denmark's Copenhagen store. |
| April |
Fast Retailing and UN Women sign global partnership to empower female workers in the apparel industry. |
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All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all GU stores in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. |
| February |
Fast Retailing commits to setting science-based targets (SBT). |
| 2018 |
| November |
Fast Retailing discloses UNIQLO core fabric mill list. |
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Fast Retailing becomes UN Global Compact signatory. |
| October |
Fast Retailing Group develops innovative washing process for jeans to cut water usage by up to 99%*1.
*1: For the 2018 model UNIQLO Men's Regular Fit Jeans, compared to the same products from 2017.
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Fast Retailing visits refugee camp in Colombia, donates 90,000 items of clothing. |
| September |
Fast Retailing to provide assistance for recent Hokkaido earthquake. |
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All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Sweden and Netherlands, and all GU stores in South Korea. |
| July |
Fast Retailing to provide assistance for the Japan floods. |
| March |
Fast Retailing distributes charms made by refugee women as part of the self-reliance support program for refugees conducted by UNIQLO and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). |
| 2017 |
| December |
Fast Retailing discloses GU core partner factory list. |
| October |
Theory launches "Good Wool by Theory" collection using sustainable material procurement practices and production methods. |
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All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Indonesia. |
| September |
All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Spain. |
| April |
Fast Retailing distributes charms made by refugee women as part of the self-reliance support program for refugees conducted by UNIQLO and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). |
| February |
Fast Retailing discloses UNIQLO core partner factory list. |
| 2016 |
| November |
Fast Retailing visits refugee camp in Myanmar, donates 60,000 items of clothing. |
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CSR Department changes name to Sustainability Department. |
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All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Philippines. |
| October |
Fast Retailing allocates US$ 1 million to support UNHCR emergency assistance in South Sudan. |
| September |
All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Canada. |
| June |
UNIQLO launches Batik Motif Collection based on traditional Indonesian motifs, the second program in the UNIQLO Factory Worker Empowerment Project to support female workers in Indonesian partner factories. |
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Collection target reached for "10 Million Ways to HELP" Project providing clothing to refugees around the world. |
| May |
Fast Retailing visits refugee camp in Rwanda, donates 540,000 items of clothing. |
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All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Australia. |
| April |
UNIQLO supports launch of hospice for children with life-threatening conditions in Osaka. |
| 2015 |
| November |
Fast Retailing signs an agreement to upgrade its role in the global partnership with the UNHCR |
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All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Belgium |
| October |
Fast Retailing Group staff members visit refugee camps in Uganda, donate 200,000 articles of clothing |
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Fast Retailing extends the All-Product Recycling Initiative to collect clothing at GU in Taiwan |
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Fast Retailing holds the 10 Million Ways to HELP Project at UNIQLO and GU to increase aid to refugees and internally displaced people |
| July |
Fast Retailing donates 54 million yen to the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, U.S. on top of 7,000 uniforms donated to athletes and event volunteers |
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Fast Retailing joins Fair Labor Association (FLA) |
| April |
Fast Retailing commits 12 million yen in emergency aid to support children who suffered in an earthquake in Nepal |
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Fast Retailing starts the Factory Worker Empowerment Project, supports women who work at partner factories in Bangladesh |
| February |
Fast Retailing Group staff members visit refugee camps in Myanmar, donate 80,000 articles of clothing |
| 2014 |
| December |
Fast Retailing donates emergency supplies in the form of about 8,000 articles of warm clothing to internally displaced people in Iraq |
| November |
Fast Retailing staff members visit refugee camps in Jordan, donate 280,000 articles of warm clothing to help refugees cope with winter |
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Fast Retailing donates 10 million yen to support children in west African countries ravaged by the Ebola hemorrhagic fever |
| September |
Fast Retailing establishes a scholarship program for Japanese students studying at Harvard University in the US |
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Fast Retailing joins the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) |
| May |
Fast Retailing donates 5 million yen and clothing in response to flooding in Serbia |
| April |
All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Malaysia |
| 2013 |
| November |
Fast Retailing announces aid for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines |
| October |
Fast Retailing receives Workforce Award in recognition of its employment and support of people with disabilities from Springboard Consulting |
| September |
Fast Retailing commits to aid for Syrian refugees |
| August |
Fast Retailing signs the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh |
| July |
First two Grameen UNIQLO stores open in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| June |
Fast Retailing supports student scholarships at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh |
| April |
All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Thailand |
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Fast Retailing supports relief efforts following the April 2013 earthquake in Sichuan Province of China. |
| February |
Fast Retailing Group staff members visit refugee camps in Jordan, donate 180,000 articles of clothing |
| January |
UNIQLO operations in Japan, Korea and Singapore donate full sets of athletic wear consisting of 4,900 items to participants of the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| 2012 |
| December |
Fast Retailing and UNIQLO USA send volunteers, donate 10,000 articles of clothing to areas affected by Hurricane Sandy |
| October |
UNIQLO launch "Clothes for Smiles" Project |
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) and Fast Retailing form global alliance |
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UNIQLO starts TOMODACHI-UNIQLO Fellowship for university students, in cooperation with the U.S. government |
| August |
Fast Retailing donates 3 million yen to provide aid in response to floods in the Philippines |
| June |
Fast Retailing holds campaign to collect 3 million articles of clothing at all UNIQLO and GU stores around the world |
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Fast Retailing Group staff members visit Yunnan, China, donate 4,900 articles of clothing |
| March |
All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Shanghai |
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Fast Retailing Group staff members visit refugee camps in Kenya, donate 1 million articles of clothing |
| February |
Fast Retailing launches UNIQLO Recovery Assistance Project to provide aid in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake |
| 2011 |
| December |
All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in Singapore |
| November |
Fast Retailing offers relief to flood victims in Thailand |
| September |
Fast Retailing expands All-Product Recycling Initiative to collect clothing at all UNIQLO stores in U.K., U.S. and France, offers relief aid in response to humanitarian crisis in Somalia |
| March |
Fast Retailing starts relief efforts in response to Great East Japan Earthquake |
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All-Product Recycling Initiative starts at all UNIQLO stores in South Korea |
| February |
Fast Retailing signs Global Partnership Agreement with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
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Fast Retailing Group staff members visit a clinic in Zambia, donate 470,000 articles of clothing to babies, toddlers and expectant and nursing mothers |
| 2010 |
| October |
Fast Retailing expands UNIQLO's All-Product Recycling Initiative to collect clothing at GU, a group company |
| September |
UNIQLO launches social business to address issues such as poverty, sanitation and education in Bangladesh by producing and selling clothing |
| March |
UNIQLO's All-Product Recycling Initiative becomes year-round effort |
| January |
Fast Retailing donates 500 million yen in aid to Haiti following major earthquake |
| 2009 |
| September |
Fast Retailing Group provides monetary donations, relief supplies to support victims of an earthquake in Indonesia, a typhoon in the Philippines and a quake in West Samoa |
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Fast Retailing Group staff members visit refugee camps in Nepal, donate 150,000 articles of clothing |
| June |
Fast Retailing implements new criteria for monitoring workplace conditions at partner factories |
| March |
Number of items collected for UNIQLO's All-Product Recycling Initiative passes 1 million |
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Fast Retailing Group staff members visit camps for internally displaced people in Georgia, donate 280,000 articles of clothing |
| 2008 |
| October |
Fast Retailing receives Fifth Asahi Corporate Citizen Award for UNIQLO's All-Product Recycling Initiative |
| June |
Fast Retailing Group staff members visit refugee camps in Ethiopia, donate 150,000 articles of clothing |
| January |
Fast Retailing donates 130,000 articles of clothing to people affected by a cyclone in Bangladesh |
| 2007 |
| November |
Fast Retailing Group staff members visit refugee camps in Uganda and Nigeria, donate 200,000 articles of clothing |
| October |
Fast Retailing establishes environmental policy, guidelines |
| June |
Fast Retailing receives Award of Merit for Supporting Second Challenges from Japan's Cabinet Office, for promoting the employment of individuals with disabilities |
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Fast Retailing Group receives Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon and Certificate of Gratitude from the Japanese government for providing relief aid for people affected by a major earthquake in Indonesia |
| February |
Fast Retailing staff members visit refugee camps in Thailand and Nepal, company launches refugee support activities |
| 2006 |
| November |
Fast Retailing publishes first CSR Report, receives Partnership Award from the Partnership Support Center |
| September |
Fast Retailing Group launches All-Product Recycling Initiative by expanding the UNIQLO's Fleece Recycling Program to include all UNIQLO products |
| June |
UNIQLO receives Tokyo Labor Bureau Director's Award for Excellence as an equal-opportunity employer, for its efforts to promote the careers of women |
| 2005 |
| December |
Fast Retailing establishes CSR Department, holds first meeting of CSR Committee |
| September |
ast Retailing receives Minister of Health and Labor Excellent Enterprise Award for Promoting Employment of Persons with Disabilities |
| 2004 |
| September |
Fast Retailing establishes Fast Retailing Volunteer Club, creates Code of Conduct (CoC) for employees, sets up Code of Conduct (CoC) Committee |
| May |
Fast Retailing Group starts monitoring working conditions at partner factories |
| March |
Fast Retailing holds first meeting of its Business Ethics Committee |
| February |
Fast Retailing supports Special Olympics World Games in Nagano, Japan, as a national partner |
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Fast Retailing publishes "Guidelines for the Prevention of Improper Behavior Based on Superior Positions" |
| 2002 |
| June |
Fast Retailing begins supporting Special Olympics Nippon |
| 2001 |
| December |
Fast Retailing Group donates Air Tech jackets to refugees in Afghanistan through JEN, a nonprofit organization |
| October |
Fast Retailing launches Fleece Recycling Program |
| April |
Fast Retailing starts supporting the Setouchi Olive Foundation, sets up donation boxes at all UNIQLO stores |
| March |
Fast Retailing establishes its Social Contribution Office, starts recruiting individuals with disabilities and vows to hire at least one person with a disability at every UNIQLO store |
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