Sustainability Management System

Sumitomo Riko Group's corporate governance recognizes its responsibility to all stakeholders and aims to achieve sustainable growth and enhance corporate value over the medium to long term through efficient and sound management based on the Sumitomo Spirit, which is based on “Shinyo-kakujitsu^*1” and “Fusu-furi^*2”.

*1: Place importance on integrity and sound management.
*2: Do not act rashly or carelessly in pursuit of easy gains.

As for the governance division, the Governance Committee is established as a voluntary advisory body to the Board of Directors. This committee deliberates and reports to the Board of Directors on issues of medium- to long-term importance, including the Group's corporate and group governance structure, with the perspectives of outside directors. Furthermore, the committee convenes to strengthen cooperation among the Representative Director, Outside Directors, and Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and to promote the Group's sustainable growth and enhance its social value (corporate value and public value).

In addition, as the business execution division, to promote CSR and sustainability management, the Company has established the "CSR Sustainability Committee," chaired by the President & CEO. This committee meets two times a year.
The committee currently checks and follows up on the progress of activities under the themes of "Environment," "Safety and Health," "Diversity and Human Rights," "Corporate Citizenship," and "Supply Chain," and also follows up on non-financial targets and monitoring items set under “2029 Sumitomo Riko Group Vision.”
In recent years, there have been calls for the realization of a sustainable society, including a carbon-neutral (de-carbonized) society, as well as for responses to human rights issues. Therefore, as a member of society, the committee discusses to address these issues including how to proceed with our activities.

Chairperson: President and Chief Executive Officer
Committee members: Outside Directors, Managing Executive Officers, General Managers of the relevant divisions, etc.
Secretariat: Corporate Planning Department

To ensure that each and every employee sees CSR and the SDGs as their own personal matters and incorporates them into their work, we are taking various opportunities to conduct training and promote their permeation within the company. In FY2022, as in FY2021, we continued to implement position-based training for new hires, career employees, technical staff, and clerical staff, using decentralized, remote training, video distribution, and other training methods designed to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, with a total of 459 employees participating.
In addition, Sumitomo Riko Hosetex, Ltd., a group company in Japan, held a CSR seminar with a total of 175 participants. Globally, SumiRiko Poland Sp. z o.o. has been promoting awareness of the SDGs through in-house magazine and newsletters, and has enhanced the content of its website with regard to the SDGs.