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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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Governance
Compliance

Compliance Management System

Aiming for more agile responses to compliance issues which arise in the Gro...

Our Sustainability Management
External Recognition

"Platinum Kurumin" as a Company that Provides Superior Childcare Support

We were granted "Platinum Kurumin" certification in June 2015 by ...

Environment
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Circular Economy

Initiatives for Forest Management and Forest Products Procurement

We spoke to group companies conducting forest management to understand thei...

Our Sustainability Management
Sustainable Finance

Allocation Status

(Unit: Billions of JPY) Proje...

Governance
Compliance

Security trade control and logistics compliance

As an integrated trading company, Sumitomo Corporation regularly implements...

Social
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Promotion of the Employment and Retention of People with Disabilities

Promotion of the Employment and Retention of People with Disabilities As...

Governance
Internal Control

Financial Reporting

The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance wi...

Social
Supply Chain Management

SC Foods Initiatives: Contributing to society through fairtrade products

SC Foods Initiatives: Contributing to society through fairtrade products ...

Our Sustainability Management
External Recognition

Telework Pioneer 100

We were selected for inclusion in the Top Hundred Telework Pionee...

Social
Social Responsibility

Quality Management System

With the diversification of dietary habits, the globalization of food distr...

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...

Governance
Compliance

Basic Policy

Basic Compliance Policy The basis for the Sumitomo Corporation Group's c...

Environment
Climate Change

Initiatives to reduce GHG emissions in Domestic Real Estate Business

To promote efforts toward decarbonization, we have used GX Concie...

Environment
Environmental Management

Targets

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

Environment
Biodiversity

Bird-strike Prevention in Wind Power Generation

Dorper Wind Farm generates electricity using wind in a mountainou...

Social
Supply Chain Management

Expression of support for UN Systems Summit

Sumitomo Corporation expressed its support for the United N...

Governance
Group Governance

Promoting maximization of corporate value based on the Group Management Policy

Promoting maximization of corporate value based on the Group Management Pol...

Our Sustainability Management
Governance of Sustainability Management

Governance of Sustainability Management

Function of the Board of Directors The board of directors renders decision...

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

Our Sustainability Management

In addition to clear commitment to the role we play in achievin...

Environment
Climate Change

Metrics and Targets

Metrics and Targets Targets:Effort for carbon neutrality The Group set “...

Social
Health and Productivity Management

Clinic

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

Environment
Climate Change

Operating an Environmentally Friendly Data Center

SCSK Group plays a central role in the IT business of Sumitomo Corporation ...

Message from our management
Message from our management

Through governance, disclosure, and dialogue, we will st...

Environment
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Circular Economy

Effective Use of Forest Resources

Forests are a circulative resource that can be permanently regenerated thro...