AEON tree-planting activities, which commenced in 1991, are positioned as activities that embody AEON Basic Principles. We are currently promoting three activities together with our customers around the world: Tree Planting by AEON Environmental Foundation, AEON Hometown Forests Program, and AEON Tohoku Reconstruction Hometown Forests Program (Tree Planting in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake).
Total number of trees planted to date
*The number of trees represents a cumulative total of the three activities. (As of February, 2024)
Tree Planting by AEON Environmental Foundation
We plant trees together with volunteers from all over the world with the aim of regenerating forests that have been lost due to natural disasters or logging, restoring disaster-resistant forests, and contributing to the prevention of global warming. To date, we have planted 2.51 million trees with about 134,000 participants in 11 countries around the world, including Japan.
| September 21 | Okoppe-town, Hokkaido Pref. |
| September 23 | Ishinomaki-city, Miyagi Pref. |
| September 28 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| October 5 | Atsuma-town, Hokkaido Pref. |
| October 19 | Tsuyama-city, Okayama Pref. |
| October 26 | Kouka-city, Shiga Pref. |
| November 23 | Aya-town, Miyazaki Pref. |
AEON Hometown Forests Program
This program involves planting saplings of native trees on the premises of AEON stores in Japan and overseas at the time of opening, and carefully nurturing them together with customers.
AEON Tohoku Reconstruction Hometown Forests Program
This program involves planting trees in cooperation with local governments and private non-profit organizations to restore the greenery destroyed by the tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Tree planting activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Sapling Foster Parent Project
We entrusted the saplings to volunteers who have previously helped us with tree planting activities, had them grow the saplings at their homes or schools for a year, and then planted them in AEON Forests across the country. Thanks to the sapling foster parents, tree planting activities have continued uninterrupted throughout this project.
30th Anniversary Tree Planting Project
We started this program as a way of expressing our gratitude to all those who have supported AEON Environmental Foundation. In cooperation with local governments, schools, and AEON stores, we plant saplings, mainly cherry trees that are native to each region, and donate the saplings to residents in the hope that they will contribute to the afforestation of their communities
