Sumitomo : receives Platinum "Kurumin" Certification in recognition of providing superior childcare support
June 05, 2015 at 01:29 am EDT
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Sumitomo Corporation (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kuniharu Nakamura; hereinafter "SC") was granted Platinum "Kurumin" certification by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as a company that provides superior childcare support.
The Platinum "Kurumin" certification is a recognition system established along with the revision of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children on April 1, 2015. The certification is awarded to "Kurumin" certified companies that have executed such measures at a higher standard than before. SC is one of the first five companies in Tokyo to obtain this certification.
SC has been facilitating work environments that allow each employee to realize work-life balance as well as implementing measures to enable its employees engaged in childcare and nursing care to perform their jobs at their best level. For example, in November of last year, SC newly established a support system for all the SC employees overseas that allows them to take their children without taking their spouse in an effort to enable them to move forward with their career path while raising children, thus boosting their success in both childcare and work.
SC will continue to respect the diverse lifestyles of its employees and carry on with efforts to support individual success.
※"Plutinum Kurumin Mark", a symbol of special certified company, which has stronger supports for a balance between work and family life than "Kurumin Mark".
Sumitomo Corporation is a diversified group organized around 7 areas of activity:
- retail distribution of consumer goods (24.4% of net sales): food products, apparel and accessories, pharmaceuticals, building materials, household and decorative items, etc. The group is also developing a real estate business;
- trading of hydrocarbon, mining, chemicals and electronics products (24%): oil, natural gas, copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead, nickel, coal, iron ore, resins, pesticides, petrochemical products, etc.;
- trading of steel products and non ferrous metals (20%): flat and long steel products, tubular products, aluminum products, titanium, etc.;
- distribution of transportation and construction systems and equipments (15.1%): spatial equipments, landing fields, forest machines, motorcycles, mining operating vehicles, etc.;
- telecommunications and multimedia products and services supplies (8.8%): TV wiring, data communication solutions, film distribution services, mobile telephony, Internet access and computing services;
- development and implementation of civil engineering infrastructures (7.6%): power plants, wastewater treatment units, industrial plants, telecommunications centers, etc. The group is also providing logistics services;
- other (0.1%).