Sumitomo Rubber Group Publishes Human Rights Report 2025
Aug. 04. 2025
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. is pleased to announce that it published the Human Rights Report 2025 as the Sumitomo Rubber Group’s first report outlining its initiatives to ensure respect for human rights.
To realize “Our Philosophy”, the corporate philosophy of the Sumitomo Rubber Group, we have identified seven materiality (material issues). We have designated human rights as one of these issues and set a goal to promote initiatives with the vision of becoming “A company that values and respects the human rights of all individuals connected to our business” in order to continue providing joy and well-being for all. Specifically, since we established the Sumitomo Rubber Group Human Rights Policy in 2023, we have advanced initiatives such as building a management system for respecting human rights, identifying human rights risks and implementing human rights due diligence, establishing grievance mechanisms, and providing group-wide education to promote understanding and awareness of human rights.
The contents of this Report align with the human rights due diligence process presented in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other standards, and the Report also reflects the opinions of experts on human rights. It discloses comprehensive information including the system for implementing initiatives to ensure respect for human rights throughout the entire value chain in a thorough and systematic manner, the status of implementing human rights due diligence, and the development of grievance mechanisms.
We will strive to further strengthen initiatives undertaken to ensure respect for human rights throughout the entire Sumitomo Rubber Group so that we remain a company capable of delivering a “future of joy and well-being” and deserving of the trust of our stakeholders.
■ Human Rights Report 2025 (PDF):
https://www.srigroup.co.jp/english/sustainability/dvql4p000000f222-att/human_rights_report_2025.pdf
<Reference>
Sumitomo Rubber Group Human Rights Policy (PDF): https://www.srigroup.co.jp/sustainability/information/dvql4p000000yrnk-att/human_rights_policy_e.pdf
Initiatives to Ensure Respect for Human Rights:https://www.srigroup.co.jp/english/sustainability/social/humanrights.html
*The Japanese version had already been released in May.
The contents of this Report align with the human rights due diligence process presented in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other standards, and the Report also reflects the opinions of experts on human rights. It discloses comprehensive information including the system for implementing initiatives to ensure respect for human rights throughout the entire value chain in a thorough and systematic manner, the status of implementing human rights due diligence, and the development of grievance mechanisms.
We will strive to further strengthen initiatives undertaken to ensure respect for human rights throughout the entire Sumitomo Rubber Group so that we remain a company capable of delivering a “future of joy and well-being” and deserving of the trust of our stakeholders.
■ Human Rights Report 2025 (PDF):
https://www.srigroup.co.jp/english/sustainability/dvql4p000000f222-att/human_rights_report_2025.pdf
<Reference>
Sumitomo Rubber Group Human Rights Policy (PDF): https://www.srigroup.co.jp/sustainability/information/dvql4p000000yrnk-att/human_rights_policy_e.pdf
Initiatives to Ensure Respect for Human Rights:https://www.srigroup.co.jp/english/sustainability/social/humanrights.html
*The Japanese version had already been released in May.