Foundation Information｜AEON Environmental Foundation

Greetings

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your continued support of AEON Environmental Foundation. Since our establishment in 1990 as the first corporate foundation in Japan dedicated to global environmental issues, we have reached our 35th year. We deeply appreciate the long-standing cooperation of all those who have supported our initiatives.

Our Foundation operates four core programs. In 2024, our Environmental Grants program supported 110 nature conservation projects with a total of 84.01 million yen. As part of our Tree Planting efforts, we worked with volunteers in four locations in Japan, including Okoppe Town in Hokkaido and Tsuyama City in Okayama Prefecture, and two overseas sites. Through our Awards program, we presented the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity to youth from Kazakhstan and Peru at COP16 in Colombia. We also held AEON SATOYAMA Forum with universities under the theme “Creating Sustainable SATOYAMA Commons”, promoting dialogue and cultivating future environmental leaders.

Through these initiatives, we continue to promote a sustainable future in harmony with nature, working with communities in Japan and abroad amid ongoing social and economic changes.

We remain committed to expanding conservation efforts, developing future environmental leaders, and building sustainable communities.

AEON Environmental Foundation
Chairman Motoya Okada

Business Overview and Location

Public Interest Activities

Projects related to grants and support
Projects related to tree planting
Projects related to commendation
Projects related to environmental education
Other projects necessary to achieve the purposes of this corporation

Fiscal Year

April 1 to March 31 of the following year

Location

1-5 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, 261-8515

E-mail　ef@aeon.info

Directors and Trustees

Honorary Chairman

Takuya Okada	Honorary Chairman and Advisor, AEON Co., Ltd.

Chairman

Motoya Okada	Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, AEON Co., Ltd.

Executive Director

Yuriko Yamamoto

Directors

Yoshiaki Ishizawa	Director, Sophia Asia Center for Research and Human Development Former President, Sophia University
Kunio Iwatsuki	Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo Director Emeritus, Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo
Naoya Okada	Executive Officer, AEON Co., Ltd. President, AEON CO. (M) BHD.
Masaki Suzuki	Outside Director, Canon Inc. Former Administrative Vice-Minister, Ministry of the Environment Former Chairman, AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd.
Keiichi Tadaki	Guest Attorney, T&T Partners Law Office Former Attorney General, Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
Kiyoshi Higuchi	Former President, International Astronautical Federation Former Vice-President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Hideki Minamikawa	President, Japan Environmental Sanitation Center Former Administrative Vice-Minister, Ministry of the Environment
Juichi Yamagiwa	Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature（RIHN） Former President, Kyoto University

Auditors

Toyoo Gyoten	Honorary Advisor, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Toshiji Tokiwa	Director, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation Former Chairman of the Board, AEON Co., Ltd.
Akinori Yamashita	Corporate Advisor, AEON Co., Ltd.

Trustees

Akira Ichikawa	Chairman of the Board and Representative Director, Sumitomo Forestry Co, Ltd. Chairperson, Wooden Home Builders Association of Japan Chairperson, 33rd Local Government System Research Councils
Yasuhiko Okada	Former Senior Partner, Kitahama Partners (Tokyo Office) Former Administrative Vice-Minister, Ministry of the Environment
Masato Kitamura	Honorary Advisor, The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
Masahiro Koezuka	Representative Director, Chairman & CEO, Socionext Inc.
Takejiro Sueyoshi	Special Advisor to UNEP Finance Initiative in the Asia Pacific Region Chairman, WWF Japan
Teisuke Suzuki	Director and Advisor, Suzuhiro Kamaboko Representative Director, Network of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs for a Sustainable Business and Energy Future
Masaya Takada	Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The Chunichi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office Co., Ltd.
Kazuhiko Takeuchi	President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Takashi Tsukamoto	Senior Advisor, Mizuho Financial Group Director, AEON Co., Ltd.
Tohru Hayami	President, Owner of Hayami Forest
Hanami Futagi	General Director, The Japan Opera Foundation Director, Japan R.G. Federation Director, Futagi Scholarship Foundation
Koichiro Matsuura	8th Director General of UNESCO Special Advisor, Pasona Group Inc. Chairman, The Africa Society of Japan
Satoru Miyamura	Special Advisor, MIRAI Tax Accountant Corporation Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kenya

Honorifics omitted
（ as of March 2025）

Financial and Reporting Documents

Fiscal Year 2024

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 77.0 KB)

Fiscal Year 2023

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 75.0 KB)

Fiscal Year 2022

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 72.0 KB)

Fiscal Year 2021

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 56.9 KB)

Fiscal Year 2020

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 77 KB)

Fiscal Year 2019

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 69 KB)

Fiscal Year 2018

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 68 KB)

Fiscal Year 2017

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 72 KB)

Fiscal Year 2016

Financial Statements	Balance Sheet (PDF 70 KB)