Management Message
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Management Message
Top Commitment
Achieving a Quick Performance Turnaround through “Selection and Concentration” to Provide “Greater Joy and Well-Being” for All of Our Stakeholders
Satoru Yamamoto
President & Representative Director Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- A New Midterm Plan for a Fresh Start Toward Improving Our Profitability
- From Uniform Concentration across the Board to Selection and Concentration
- Working to Improve the Profitability of Our Tire Business
- New Midterm Plan Focal Points for Our Sports Business & Industrial Products Business
- Accelerating Our Efforts to Live Up to Our Philosophy
- Progress of Our Long-Term Sustainability Policy: “Driving Our Future Challenge 2050”
A Message from the Executive Director in Charge of Finance
Optimizing Our Business Portfolio via Selection and Concentration to Return to a Growth Track
Naoki Okawa
Director and Senior Executive Officer
- Starting from Lessons Learned in the Course of Past Midterm Plans
- Maintaining a Priority on North America in the Tire Business while Reconsidering the Positioning of the U.S. Factory from the Ground Up
- Promoting ROIC Management as We Shift Our Resources to Businesses with High Growth Potential and Profitability
- Policy on Returns to Shareholders
- Final Words
Roundtable Talk among Officers in Charge of Technological Development
What Is the Goal of Our Technological Development in Terms of Supporting Genuine Joy and Well-Being for All?
- Kiyoshige MuraokaDirector, Senior Executive Officer
- Hiroshi MatsuiSenior Executive Officer
- Yoichi MizunoExecutive Officer
- Transformative Initiatives Now Being Undertaken by Technological Development Divisions to Achieve the Goals of the New Midterm Plan
- What Is “TOWANOWA”—the Sumitomo Rubber Group’s Unique Business Concept Supporting a Circular Economy
- Futuristic Tires That Optimize Their Performance Based on Road Conditions and Temperature
- Transitioning from Dependence on Human Techniques to AI-Based Development Blazes a Pathway toward a New Future of Joy and Well-Being for All
A Message from the Director in Charge of ESG
Progress under the Long-Term Sustainability Policy: “Driving Our Future Challenge 2050”
Masatsugu Nishino
Director, Senior Executive Officer in Charge of ESG
- Awareness of “Driving Our Future Challenge 2050” Is Being Steadily Entrenched among Our Workforce
- Realizing Japan’s First Carbon-Neutral (Scopes 1 and 2) Manufacturing Process for Mass-Production Tires
- Formulating the Sumitomo Rubber Group’s Unique Business Concept Supporting a Circular Economy
- Challenges That Must Be Overcome to Further Promote ESG Management
A Message from the Executive Officer in Charge of Human Resources
Building a Sound Corporate Culture Is Key to Realizing “Our Philosophy”
Kiyoshi Ikawa
Executive Officer, Head of the Human Resources & General Affairs HQ
- Everything Starts with the Quality of Our Senior Management
- Fostering a Sense of Unity with the Manufacturing Front Lines
- Developing a Framework for Systematically Nurturing Next-Generation Management Candidates
- Tirelessly Improving Our Organizational Culture
- Toward the Realization of “Our Philosophy”
Roundtable Talk on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)
Human Capabilities Remain a Requisite Irrespective of Changes of the Time
- Kiyoshi IkawaExecutive Officer, Head of the Human Resources & General Affairs HQ
- Mari SonodaOutside Director
- Asli M. ColpanOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
- Features of Sumitomo Rubber Group Employees and Issues They Face
- Outcomes of the BTC Project and Issues to Be Addressed
- Entrenchment of D&I among the Workforce
- The Sumitomo Rubber Group’s Succession Plan
- Leadership Traits Are Unchanging Regardless of the Times
Value Creation Approach Practiced
Tire Business
Accomplishing Reforms Based on Selection and Concentration to Return to a Growth Track
Hidekazu Nishiguchi
Representative Director and Managing Executive Officer
In Charge of the Tire Business and Automotive System Business
Sports Business
Aiming to Become a Truly Global Player by Creating a Future of Joy and Well-Being for All
Hideaki Kawamatsu
Senior Executive Officer, Head of the Sports Business HQ
Industrial and Other Products Business
Transforming into a Dynamic Organization in Which Virtuous Cycle Begets Another
Masahiro Tsuzaki
Executive Officer, Head of the Hybrid Rubber Products HQ