Awareness Initiatives
In-House Seminars
We periodically hold seminars with guest experts to incorporate the views of stakeholders. In the year ended March 31, 2014, we held a seminar with the theme below.
Recent seminars held for Sojitz Group employees.
October 2017 |
“Human Rights Risk Seminar” Guest speaker: Masataka Nagoshi, manager, EY Japan Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) |
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March 2018 |
“A seminar of the Wastes Management and Public Cleansing Law” Guest speaker: Nobuyuki Koyasu, Principal Consultant, Universe Inc. |
September 2019 |
"Marine Litter and Microplastics Seminar" Guest Speaker: Japan Environmental Action Network Vice-Representative Director Azusa Kojima After attending the above seminar and learning about the global scope of the problem, attendees participated in a coastal cleanup (International Coastal Cleanup, ICC) organized by JEAN in October 2019, where they collected, sorted, and studied litter at Tsubasa Beach in Jonanjima Seaside Park (Ota-ku, Tokyo). |
E-Learning
In order to communicate the company’s sustainability approach and related initiatives to Sojitz Group employees, and use questionnaire surveys to gauge their opinions to make future improvements.
Theme | Number of Employees Enrolled |
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FY 2015 |
Environmental & Social Risk within the Supply Chain |
5,020 |
FY 2016 |
To Remain a Corporate Group Creating “Two Types of Value” |
4,718 |
FY 2017 |
Response to Human Rights Risks |
5,192 |
Other Initiatives
Sojitz is also undertaking initiatives such as the following, in addition to those listed above:
- Including regular sustainability-related features in the Sojitz Group magazine
- Providing environmental and social risk assessment tools on our company intranet
- Distributing the "Sojitz Group Sustainability Handbook"