Sumitomo Chemical Participates in GCNJ Summit 2026: Fairness at Work and Home
The Company Endorses GCNJ's Vision to Achieve Fair Work Environment and Announces Its Action Plan

Feb. 13, 2026

Sumitomo Chemical participated as a supporting company in the GCNJ Summit 2026: Fairness at work and home (“the Summit”), held by the Global Compact Network Japan (“GCNJ”). The event took place at the United Nations University Headquarters Building in Tokyo, Japan, on January 27, 2026. The Company also signed the GCNJ Collective Action 2030 Declaration on January 14, 2026, prior to participating in the Summit.

The Summit was hosted by the GCNJ, one of the Country Networks of the United Nations Global Compact, as part of the GCNJ Collective Action 2030 initiative, which defines priority issues in Japan to achieve a sustainable future. Forty-one companies have endorsed the GCNJ’s vision of achieving a fair work environment and announced action plans to fulfill it, and representatives from eleven of those companies spoke at the event, including Sumitomo Chemical President Nobuaki Mito. At the roundtable session in the Summit, President Nobuaki Mito shared initiatives Sumitomo Chemical is implementing, mostly related to overcoming the culture and bias of valuing long working hours. He also took part in lively discussions with other event participants.

Sumitomo Chemical has for many years worked to develop systems that enable its employees to balance childcare and caregiving with work and strived to create a workplace environment in which these systems can be easily utilized, by fostering labor-management cooperation. In addition, the Company has endeavored to promote men’s participation in childcare and empower women in the workforce and strived to eliminate unconscious biases that impede these efforts. For example, the Company has set the target of percentage of men who take paternity leave and a quantitative target related to the promotion of women to management positions as its key performance indicators. Through these initiatives, the Company aims to create a workplace environment in which both men and women are able to continue working while raising children or caring for family members, as well as one in which motivated employees are able to take on new challenges.

Sumitomo Chemical will continue to strive to achieve a workplace in which all of its employees are able to feel empowered and perform at their best. The Company will also continue its efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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