What is the 100SEED
Mission Statement for 100SEED
To share the same vision while working on the educational issues of each region around the world, we have complied the Mission Statement for 100SEED, which expresses the significance of our activities.
We believe that education leads to the creation of a foundation for solving all social issues. Taking advantage of the diversity of our human resources—one of our important management resources—we are committed to a range of educational issues, and to growing and further contributing to the realization of a sustainable society.
Mission Statement for 100SEED
We have selected "Quality Education" as the grand theme of the 100SEED (SC Emergent Evolutional Deed) program upheld to mark
Sumitomo Corporation Group's 100th anniversary.
Under this theme, we are committed to develop and support a variety of social contribution activities on a global scale.
Recognizing that "Quality Education" is a vital part of the sustainable development of society, we will continue to inspire ideas for supporting quality education to produce the talent needed to solve the many social challenges facing the world.
By promoting 100SEED, we encourage our SC colleagues around
the world to create opportunities and leverage our diverse capabilities and resources so we can engage in activities that will dynamically realize our goal of "Enriching lives and the world."
100SEED provides us a valuable opportunity for personal growth by learning from others and pursuing individual ideas through collaboration. We will commit time and resources to social action that will benefit
any of us seeking to better society through quality education.
The very first story
100SEED started on the occasion of the centennial of the Company’s founding, born from an employee’s idea: “Let’s think about what Sumitomo Corporation Group and our society should be like 100 years from now!”
This program, which started in 2019, has been conducted in three steps: POST about social issues to be tackled, DISCUSS specific activity contents, and ACT to carry it out.
POST
Discussing Social Issues to be Addressed in each Region Based on Online Posts
A dedicated website was launched in February 2019 to explore the interests of Sumitomo Corporation Group employees around the world. Employees were encouraged to post about social issues from among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that concern them and the reasons. More than 2,500 posts were made in two months.
“Quality Education” Selected as Global Grand Theme
Quality Education, #4 of the SDGs, received the most votes, but climate change, poverty, and the gender gap also received many votes in some regions. The most urgent issues differed depending on the conditions in each region, but Quality Education was selected as the global shared theme from a long-term perspective with the hope of making this initiative a social contribution program for discussing together and acting globally. Meanwhile, the participants shared the belief that “education will produce the talent needed for solving many social challenges.”
DISCUSS
Leverage Sumitomo Corporation Group's Diverse Ideas to Address Various Social Issues
In May 2019, DISCUSS was commenced to determine the specific actions in each region. In Japan, to reflect the opinions of many employees concerning action proposals on education, 31 workshops were conducted nationwide and 413 proposals were submitted. Based on these, experts including researchers as well as NPO and government members were interviewed and proposals for activities were refined. Employees voted from the perspectives of support for and intent to participate in the activities, with a total of 4,610 votes cast nationwide. Through this process, the activities for carrying out the 100SEED concept were selected.
ACT
Provide our Key Management Resource of Human Resources, Aim to Create a Sustainable Society
The ACT phase commenced in 2020. In the 100SEED social contribution program, we provide our diverse human resources—our most important management resource—and their time on all organizational levels to address quality education with the aim of creating a sustainable society. To encourage participation and voluntary action by employees around the world, we established the Mission Statement for 100SEED, which expresses the significance and objectives of these activities. Education will produce the talent needed for solving many social issues and is indispensable to a prosperous future. Sumitomo Corporation Group employees in all regions of the world are going to worksites and actively engaging in hands-on initiatives so that they can pass on this aspiration to future generations. Information on activities and their progress will be released from time to time on this website and via other media.
