Outline of Diversity Promotion A workplace where all employees can continue to grow with high motivation
Female empowerment Provision of an environment where all women can feel their own growth
Work style reforms Building a foundation for work styles that can transform diversity into strength
Interview Diversity as a source of competitiveness
Outline of Diversity Promotion A workplace where all employees can continue to grow with high motivation
Female empowerment Provision of an environment where all women can feel their own growth
Work style reforms Building a foundation for work styles that can transform diversity into strength
Interview Diversity as a source of competitiveness


SMBC Group regards "Diversity, Equity ＆ Inclusion（DE＆I）" as an important strategy for growth. Management is promoting greater diversity and inclusion to create a working environment where people from various backgrounds can fulfill their potential based on strong mutual respect, and where synergy borne of diversity generates new value. In this way, we can help to create greater value for customers.


Creating a corporate culture which derives strength from diversity

Creating conditions for diverse human resources to support growth

SMBC Group sees diversity in its workforce as a source of growth. We are developing a range of activities to ensure our workplace culture thrives on diversity and enthusiasm. Below we will introduce programs from some of the SMBC Group companies.


Work-life balance support

Work-life balance support

Empowerment of women

LGBTQ inclusion

Global HR development

Empowerment of senior
employees

Empowerment of people
with disabilities

Creating a dynamic workplace that maximizes the strengths of employees

To maximize the strengths of individual employees, nurture motivation and foster growth, SMBC Group strives to promote healthy work-life balance, workplace reforms and health management.



Confirming initiatives for the human resource strategy

Interview

Diversity as a source of competitiveness

SMBC Group initiatives in figures

Extracting examples from the ESG Data Book

These figures provide an insight into the promotion of DE＆I by the SMBC Group.



Link to details in ESG Data Book

Click to see historical diversity data

Our Initiatives for Our Customers

SMBC Group has been promoting better branch design so that our customers with disabilities as well as our global customers can feel comfortable using these facilities.



Link to details in our initiatives

SMBC Group company initiatives

DE＆I-related topics

2023.11.07
FGNEWS RELEASE
SMBC Group Receives “Gold” Award of the PRIDE Index 2023
2023.08.22
FGTOPICS
Policy on encouraging male employees to take childcare leave
2023.02.01
FGNEWS RELEASE
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. Included in 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index
2022.11.10
FGNEWS RELEASE
SMBC Group Receives "Gold" Awards the PRIDE Index 2022
2022.11.04
FGEVALUATION
5 stars awarded in the 6th Nikkei "Smart Work Management" survey

List of DE＆I-related topics