Social and Environmental Contributions

Creation of Leisure

Time management training sessions held

With Ms. Joanna Sook Ja Park invited as guest speaker, training sessions were conducted for staff in Class-A key career positions working within Japan in 2005, and 90.3 percent of the target attended.
Thereafter, workshop sessions have been held for small groups of those in Class-B and Class-C key career positions, clerks in Sumitomo Corporation and young employees within the Group.

Creating a Better Work Environment

SCG Counseling Center

To offer mental health care for employees of the Sumitomo Corporation Group, the SCG Counseling Center was established in April 2005, in the Harumi Triton Square where the Tokyo Headquarters are located. At this Center, in-house counselors (senior industrial counselors) help employees to promptly identify and solve various problems. It has become common for employees to casually visit the Center before they are struck by serious mental problems. Every year, Employees more than 300 in total use this counseling service.

SCG massage room

The "Koriton" massage room was opened in the Harumi Triton Square in April 2008 as a place where SCG employees can receive relaxing therapy. It has become popular because it is a quick relaxation service accessible at leisure during working hours.

WLB seminars held

A series of seminars on various themes have been held for SCG employees to raise their WLB awareness.

Feb 2007 Family-care seminar
Jun 2007 Seminar on teamwork improvement based on brain sex differences
Dec 2007 Paternal parenting and child-care leave
Dec 2009 Family-care seminar (Introduction to nursing care insurance programs)
Oct 2010 Family-care seminar (How to live a happy retired life)
Feb 2010 Family-care seminar (retirement homes and care facilities)

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