For over a century, the Sumitomo Corporation Group has cultivated its Japanese heritage to inspire global operations around the world. Today, SC Americas seeks to further its mission to create new value, by pursuing opportunities to grow and evolve its culture of inclusion.

Against the backdrop of current societal dynamics, SC Americas has an opportunity to elevate its diversity and inclusion efforts by leveraging its core values: collaboration, cooperation, communication and curiosity.

The following pages provides an overview of the SC Americas Critical Inclusive Behaviors. These Critical Inclusive Behaviorsreinforce the strength of the inherited culture while enabling for the strategic future. It is up to each individual within our corporation to make a commitment towards becoming more inclusive in order to lead wit  integrity and drive new value creation in our future.

The SC Americas Critical Inclusive Behaviors were defined by our people. Conducting interviews and focus groups, we heardwhat was important to the people throughout SC Americas. This pulse of our corporation provides a guide to what is critical in how we treat and engage with each other on a human level.

These behaviors will reinforce the practices of the new SC Global HR Policy. It is our sincere hope that we will all embrace these behaviors daily to better our organization and be recognized for eliminating barriers and pursuing the realization of our shared vision, by leveraging our mix of diverse wisdom.