Established dedicated Safety and Environment Office

• ・Reduced waste, raising food recycling rate to 24% in fiscal 2008
• ・Achieved 100% recycling of food waste from product centers through carbonization
• ・Achieved 100% recycling of waste oil to produce medicated hand soaps used in all restaurants
• ・Reducing CO₂ emissions by developing electric-only restaurants; converting light bulbs to LEDs; introducing zero-ebullition noodle cookers, the EcoCute water-heating system, and highly efficient air conditioners
• ・Reducing food waste by frequently preparing small quantities of food and visualizing data
• ・Participating in the government's "Team Minus 6%" initiative to reduce greenhouse gases
• ・Awarded the Environment Minister's Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Food Recycling in 2008—a restaurant industry first