FE SOGO Department stores, A. Mart, Far Eastern Department stores won the "National Enterprise Environmental Protection Award"

        On November 15, the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan held the fourth award ceremony of the "National Enterprise Environmental Protection Award". A.Mart mass merchandiser was the only winner of the silver award in the mass merchandising industry because of its active plastic reduction, introduction of recycled economy, promotion of local food and other environmental practices to achieve green stores; Coincidentally, FE SOGO Department stores, a model student of sustainable department stores, also won the Silver Award for introducing equipment and technology to practice environmental protection, giving play to the channel power to promote environmental education, and cooperating with suppliers, tenants and counters to play a green role. It is the fourth time that they have won the National Enterprise Environmental Protection Award, and Tianmu Store has also won the "Low Carbon Product Award" Special Excellence Award of Environmental Protection Administration. Far Eastern Department Stores won the bronze award for the third consecutive year.

        A. Mart, the first Ghost Festival "Valet Pudu" service in 2021, successfully reduced the carbon footprint with the new business model of Zhongyuan 2.0. At the same time, it promoted the rental service of shopping bags and cold insulation bags in the store, and provided paper bags to hold bread products in the baking area, reducing the use of disposable shopping bags, and promoting local life to shorten the food mileage. In 2021, the sales of goods with certification marks in the store will grow by more than 30%. In addition, we have introduced a nonpackaged detergent supplement station. As long as consumers bring their own empty bottles, they can buy the detergent that has won the environmental protection label at a price close to the people. The whole store has become an app stronghold of Fengcha Station, allowing people to quickly and easily find water replenishment points, effectively reducing the consumption of disposable plastic products. In addition, the store also provides HAPPY GO points to encourage members to recycle waste batteries, CDs, mobile phones and lithium batteries. Banqiao Nanya Store and Sanzhong Store also set up intelligent recycling machines for Baote bottles, attracting consumers to recycle nearly 450000 Baote bottles in 2021.

                Not only that, A.Mart continues to expand the solar panel power generation equipment, and Shuinan Store and Tainan Store are equipped with solar photovoltaic facilities; Rainwater storage and retention tanks are also set up in the museum for watering green plants; In the parking lot, electric vehicle charging piles are set up to encourage consumers to drive electric vehicles and exchange gifts for free. In order to support the sharing economy and improve the utilization rate of vehicles, A.Mart has cooperated with iRent since November. A.Mart Nanya Store has become a service base for car borrowing and returning. Later, A.Mart plans to work with the sharing locomotive brand to create a more convenient mobile life for the people.

        FE SOGO Department stores is an unlisted company, but in the past eight years, it has independently issued a perpetual report every year, which is more ahead of the regulatory schedule. In 2021, it introduced the Task Force on Climate related Financial Discourses (TCFD) for the first time, identified risk issues, developed low-carbon business plans and strategies, and increased the level of disclosure year by year; In 2022, it will become the first department store retail member of EP100 International Initiative in Asia Pacific, aiming to improve energy productivity by 50% in ten years. In terms of energy conservation and emission reduction, establish SOP in the spirit of ISO 50001 energy management system to reduce waste caused by human factors. In 2021, electricity consumption will be reduced by 6.85%, electricity revenue will reach a new high in nearly five years, and unit water consumption will be the lowest in four years; The carbon reduction in 2021 will be 40.406%, which is far beyond the 3% carbon reduction standard for three years, and won the "carbon reduction label" for the second time. At the same time, FE SOGO Department stores also actively develop renewable energy. At present, they have two solar energy cases, including Tianmu and Xinzhu, and strive for renewable energy certificates to increase the proportion of green electricity.

        In addition to environmental protection, FE SOGO Department stores also encourage consumers to participate in environmental protection. For example, by promoting electronic gift certificates, 3.7 E.SUN BANKs can be piled up after eight years of paper saving; Publicize cloud invoices. In 2021, the paper-based invoices saved can be folded into 1.5 Taipei 101 buildings, demonstrating efforts on environment, society and governance. FE SOGO Department stores not only won the "National Enterprise Environmental Protection Award" at the silver level or above for four consecutive years (2019 Silver Award/2020 Silver Award/2021 Annuity Award, Honorary Environmental Protection Enterprise/2022 Silver Award), but also set a precedent in Taiwan and won low carbon product awards in the category of department stores. In the future, it will continue to exert its channel influence, connect the counters and suppliers to create the first retail net zero alliance of department stores, build a one-stop green consumption platform, and work together with stakeholders to achieve net zero.