Ion and Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter, Nomura Real Estate HD) signed a partnership agreement to promote the circular economy on June 30. Ion has been actively involved in promoting resource circulation since the 1990s through initiatives such as the "Bring Your Own Bag Campaign" and "In-store Resource Recycling." In 2020, the company formulated its "Ion Plastic Use Policy"*1. Since 2021, Ion has been promoting "Bottle to Bottle," a horizontal recycling process that collects used PET bottles and再生s them into new PET bottles, and has been expanding efforts to circulate used clothing, thereby developing and expanding circular economy models in food, clothing, and housing. Under its sustainability policy "Earth Pride ~Connecting the Earth~," established in 2022 and outlining the desired state of the Nomura Real Estate HD Group in 2050, Nomura Real Estate HD has set "Circular Design" as a priority issue for 2030. As initiatives contributing to the circular economy, particularly those linked to decarbonization, the company aims to realize a circular society through efforts such as reducing waste during building demolition*2, collecting waste cooking oil*3, and providing environmental education programs to users of offices and commercial facilities, as well as residents of condominiums. Both companies have now agreed to promote new co-creation with the aim of building a circular economy model closely integrated with daily life and encouraging the participation of local residents in initiatives to realize a circular society. Areas of Cooperation 1. Development, demonstration, and deployment of resource circulation business models (e.g., horizontal PET bottle recycling). 2. Development, demonstration, and deployment of initiatives to involve local residents in a circular society (e.g., environmental education). 3. Research on behavioral changes of local residents in a circular society. 4. Other initiatives necessary to realize a circular economy. As one spec