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Our Sustainability
Management

Latest Information

Oct. 31, 2025

Release of Sustainability Report 2025

Sep 30, 2025

Updates have been made on the Sustainability Disclosure Site (Main updates: Disclosure Based on the TNFD Recommendations, ESG Data, Main initiatives in FY2024 to Key Social Issues and Medium- and Long-term Goals, Main initiatives to resolve social issues including climate issues and human rights, and disclosure and expansion of initiatives by each business group, etc.)

June 18, 2025

Disclosure based on TCFD recommendations is updated

Dec. 27, 2024

Release of Sustainability Report 2024

Nov. 15, 2024

Awarded Highest Gold Rating in PRIDE Index 2024 for LGBTQ+-Related Initiatives for the Second Consecutive Year

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Social
Social Responsibility

Access to better nutrition

Initiatives Access to better nutrition In the food sector, the Sumitomo C...

Governance
Internal Control

Internal Audit

The Company has established Internal Audit Department to monitor company-wi...

Social
Health & Safety

Crisis Management System

In order to prepare for the incidents, accidents, and disasters that could ...

Social
Our People

Well-being

Basic Policy Sumitomo Corporation has adopted the “Declaration of Iki-ik...

Governance
Compliance

Appropriate responses to compliance violations and preventive measures

In case of a compliance problem, the Company, primarily through the Legal D...

Our Sustainability Management
Material Issues

Identification and Review Process

We identified the Material Issues based on Sumitomo’s Business Philosophy a...

Our Sustainability Management
Sustainable Finance

Sustainable Finance Framework

The Sumitomo Corporation’s Sustainable Finance Framework sets forth guideli...

Governance
Corporate Governance

Communicating with Shareholders and Other Investors

Measures relating to the General Meeting of Shareholders We send out a c...

Environment
Prevention of Pollution

Basic Concept

Sumitomo Corporation Groups business covers a wide range of areas around th...

Environment
Prevention of Pollution

Efforts to Reduce Environmental Impacts in the Agrochemical / Fertilizer Sales Business

Our major mission in the realm of agrochemical/fertilizer business is to pr...

Environment
Environmental Management

Management system

Environmental Management Structure The Sumitomo Corporation Group has esta...

Our Sustainability Management
Key Social Issues and Medium- and Long-term Goals

Material Issues and Key Social Issues

We have identified its material issues in 2017 which are the Gr...

Environment
Biodiversity

Bird Friendly® Coffee

Sumitomo Corporation Group has imported and supplied Bird Friendl...

Our Sustainability Management
Commitment to External Initiatives

Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics

Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics In January 2021, Sumitomo Corporation sup...

Environment
Environmental Management

Targets

Sumitomo Corporation Group promotes activities that are beneficial to the e...

Our Sustainability Management
External Recognition

FTSE4Good Index Series / FTSE Blossom Japan Index / FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

We were selected as a constituent of FTSE4Good Index Series, FTS...

Social
Health & Safety

Measures Against Global Health Problems

Currently, many countries around the world are struggling with serious heal...

Our Sustainability Management
Sustainability Management

Principles and Policies Supporting Corporate Activities

We have established our own principles and policies while respecting intern...

Social
Health & Safety

Education on Crisis Management

Sumitomo Corporation offers a variety of training programs and seminars in ...

Social
Health and Productivity Management

Clinic

Sumitomo Corporation has an in-house clinic (internal medicine and dentistr...

Our Sustainability Management
External Recognition

Reforming and Diversifying Work Practices

We have been certified by METI as an enterprise with outstanding ...

Environment
Environmental Management

Initiatives

Internal Environmental Audit Sumitomo Corporation conducts internal envi...

Social
Social Responsibility

Targets

Targets Aiming to make life more enjoyable by addressing social issues f...

Social
Social Responsibility

Food safety responsible marketing and compliance education and training program

The Food SBU and SC Foods conduct Regarding responsible marketing and com...