Aeon Environmental Foundation Concludes Regional Partnership Agreement in Tako Town, Katori District, Chiba Prefecture

The Aeon Environmental Foundation (Chairman: Motoya Okada, Director and Representative Executive Officer Chairman of Aeon Co., Ltd.; hereinafter, "the Foundation") has concluded a regional partnership agreement with Tako Town (Katori District, Chiba Prefecture), Aeon Co., Ltd., and the Aeon One Percent Club Public Interest Foundation. Through this agreement, the four parties will work on environmental conservation, environmental education, and regional revitalization in Tako Town with the aim of building a new satoyama model.

Since its establishment in 1990, for over 35 years, the Foundation has continuously carried out tree planting, satoyama creation, coastal disaster prevention forest regeneration, and environmental education in various regions both domestically and internationally, including Chiba Prefecture, together with local volunteers. Moving forward, together with the people of Tako Town, the Foundation will leverage its accumulated knowledge to create new value for satoyama through its conservation and utilization.

To pass on our one irreplaceable Earth to the next generation, the Foundation will continue to actively engage in environmental activities, including satoyama creation.

(1) Regarding satoyama regeneration within Tako Town

(2) Obtaining certification for the plan to promote collaborative activities by the competent minister based on Article 11 of the Act on the Promotion of Activities for Increasing Biodiversity in Local Communities (Act No. 18 of 2024)

(3) Regarding the utilization of satoyama resources and environmental education activities

(4) Other matters related to the revitalization of Tako Town

Satoyama regeneration (pruning) in Aya Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, where a partnership agreement has been concluded

Environmental education (plant dyeing) in Aya Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, where a partnership agreement has been concluded