Diversity Management

The Sumitomo Riko Group Management Philosophy proclaims, "We will foster an invigorating corporate culture that respects our employees' diversity, personal qualities, and individuality." The Group engages in DE&I promotion activities to create an environment in which people from diverse backgrounds can work with vigor and enthusiasm.

At Sumitomo Riko, the DE&I Group of the Planning Section in the Human Resources Department takes the lead in establishing specific systems and improving the internal environment in cooperation and collaboration with the CSR Promotion Office and the Human Resources Development Department.

Sumitomo Riko has set the following goals in the 2029 Sumitomo Riko Group Vision (2029V), targeting "Providing training opportunities to promote individual growth and fostering a corporate culture full of job satisfaction."

Goals for 2029 (Public Value and Corporate Value)

1. Engagement: By increasing empathy for the management philosophy and vision, build an autonomous relationship between employees and the company, where employees choose the company and are chosen by the company.
2. DE&I: Ensure that a diverse workforce can work with confidence and continue to create new value.

Themes	FY 2024 Priority Action Item	Achievements		FY 2025 Priority Action Item
Promotion of diverse human resource’s activities	30% female employment rate	24.0% (March 2025)		Continue to maintain 30% female employment rate
	Increase in the ratio of female managers	Career development training for management candidates held (Aug. 2024 - Jan. 2025)		Continued career development training
	Promotion of employment of persons with disabilities (Statutory employment rate: 2.3%)	・2.8% (March 2025, 3 special subsidiaries applied) ・Continued to accept 5 employees on secondment from the special subsidiary "SumiRiko Joyful Company Limited”		Promotion of activities aimed at 2.7% employment rate of persons with disabilities (average of domestic group companies) (2.5% of the legally mandated employment rate)
	Ongoing development of support systems for balancing work with childcare and nursing care responsibilities	Care	・Held a lecture for all employees on balancing work and nursing care (380 attendees)	Ongoing development of a system to support both work and family life and spreading understanding of the concept
		Childcare	・Held a lecture for all employees on balancing work and childcare (400 participants)	Ongoing development of a system to support both work and family life and spreading understanding of the concept
Raising awareness and fostering a culture	Information Distribution	・Information dissemination through the company newsletter “Mitsukumi” and “HR News,” which is sent out monthly by HR to the entire company ・Seminar information on the in-house website “G.Portal”		Continuation of information dissemination
	Educational activities at various trainings	・Conducted D&I training at training sessions by job level ・Participation in the Sumitomo Electric Group Women's Forum “SWING” ・Held “Life Plan Seminar” for employees approaching retirement age 　148 employees aged 55-59 participated		・Conducted awareness-raising activities related to DE&I by adding the perspective of “E: equity” in training programs for each level of employees ・Continued participation in the Sumitomo Electric Group Women's Forum “SWING” ・Organize “Life Plan Seminars”