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Initiatives for Human Rights

Initiatives for Human Rights

Conducting Human Rights Due Diligence

MARUI GROUP conducts a human rights due diligence in accordance with the "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights" of the United Nations. In FY ended March31,2024, we evaluated the actual situation in accordance with objective risk items with the support from external organization specializing in human rights risk assessment* and based on the scorings, 13 material risks were indentified. We will further promote initiatives mainly on the material risks we have identified.

*Owls Consulting Group, Inc.
EDGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Steps of the Material Risk Assessment

Diagram showing the process for identifying material human rights risks
This diagram shows the process from identifying human rights risks to identifying important human rights risks and formulating an action plan. Risk evaluation is performed on two axes: magnitude of impact and likelihood of occurrence, and risks that are considered important are identified.

The material human rights risks The next plan

Diagram showing human rights risks that each entity may pose and countermeasures
It describes the human rights risks that may arise from each entity, including the company, its outsourcing suppliers, business partners, and consumers, as well as specific countermeasures and complaint handling mechanisms.

MARUI GROUP Grievance mechanism

Internal Reporting System　(MARUI GROUP Hot Line System)

The MARUI GROUP Hot Line (internal reporting system) has been established as a means for preventing the occurrence of legal violations or misconduct by organizations or individuals and for correctingany issues that may be discovered. This reporting system is made available to both employees and businesspartners.　The MARUI GROUP Hot Line is operated in accordance with internal regulations and provides a venue forreporting to the Audit Department of MARUI GROUP or to an outside lawyer. Regulations are in place toprevent whistle-blowers from suffering any detrimental treatment as a result of filing reports.

External Reporting Hotline (Membership in JaCER Engagement and Remedy Platform)

Marui Group has joined as a full member of the Japan Center for Engagement and Remedy on Businessand Human Rights (JaCER), an organization that provides an engagement and remedy platform inaccordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Through thismembership, we accept complaints and reports related to human rights issues from all stakeholders. For thereports received, we will conduct investigations into the reported facts, engage in necessary dialoguesregarding the reports, and implement corrective measures as required.