Sustainability Management Messages

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Note: This page includes content from the Integrated Report 2026.

TOP COMMITMENT

TOP COMMITMENT

Driving Transformation and Taking on
Challenges to Create New Value Globally

Yasuaki Kuniyasu Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
Representative Director,
President and CEO

  • Facing the Front Lines and Practicing Decisive Management
  • Responding to Changing Business Environments and Transitioning to Growth
  • Executing Growth Strategies Under “R.I.S.E. 2035”
  • Key Issues for 2026
  • “Business Is People”:Strengthening the Management Foundation that Supports Sustained Growth

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A Message from the Executive Director in Charge of Finance

A Message from the Executive Director in Charge of Finance

Increasing the Quality of Management Starting with
Capital Efficiency and Accelerating Enhancement
of Cash-Generating Abilities and Growth Investments

Hitoshi Hino Director
Senior Executive Officer

  • Promoting Earnings Structure Improvements Through the Overhaul of Businesses on the Axis of ROIC
  • Making Profitability Improvements a Reality Through the Progression of Premium Strategies
  • Balancing Growth Investments with Shareholder Returns Through Capital Allocation Undertaken on the Foundation of Cash Flow

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Expert Roundtable — Human Capital that Drives DUNLOP —

Expert Roundtable — Human Capital that Drives DUNLOP —

Human Capital Management
That Drives Sustainable
Value Creation

Yuji Tokumo Executive Officer
Responsible for Sustainability
Management Promotion
General Manager of Human Resources &
General Affairs HQ and General Manager
of Business Transformation HQ

Professor Yasuhiro Hattori Professor at the Graduate School of
Business Administration, Kobe
University

Eiichi Hakoshima Executive Officer
General Manager of
Manufacturing HQ,
Tyre Business HQ

  • The Necessity of Discussions Based on the Essence of Human Capital Management
  • Increase the Effectiveness of Human Capital Management by Embedding It in the Workplace
  • Overcoming Challenges in Terms of Organizations and Talent
  • What Should be Strengthened in Terms of Human Capital Management

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Outside Directors Roundtable Talk

DOuItsAide DLireOctorsG RouUndtaEble Talk

Effectiveness of Governance in
Growth Phase and Proactive
Engagement of Outside Directors

Yoshihisa Ueda Outside Director
(Newly Appointed Outside
Director in 2025)

Mari Sonoda Outside Director
(Chair of the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee)

Misao Fudaba Outside Director
(Chairperson of the
Board of Directors)

  • Evaluation of the Transition to the New Management Structure
  • Evolution of Board Discussions and Related Issues
  • Evaluation of Growth Strategies Centered on the DUNLOP Brand
  • Perspectives on Organization and Human Capital Supporting Global Strategies
  • Enhancing Governance and Corporate Value
  • Aspirations as Outside Directors

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