It is in Sony's DNA - and a source of our innovation - to value different perspectives and backgrounds as we conduct our business activities globally and rise to new challenges.
Sony promotes diversity across the Sony Group by ensuring a healthy work environment and recruiting, training, and promoting employees from diverse backgrounds.
This Action Plan of Sony Group Corporation has adopted the following initiatives continuously with a focus on promoting the participation of female employees.
Implementation period
Five years from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026
Numerical Targets
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Increase the ratio of women in managerial posts to over 20% by the end of FY2025
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The combined utilization rate of childcare and parental leave for both men and women should reach 100% by the end of FY2025, and the average for males should be at least 10 days
Details
Policy initiative 1: Create better workplace environments that enable everyone to work more happily and efficiently, raise their job satisfaction, and support the equitable participation of all the employees
Implementation period: FY2021 - FY2025
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Set an average target of 16 or more days of annual paid leave days taken, and adopt measures to ensure this
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Hold annual events that focus on raising awareness of diversity and inclusion, and build a culture that makes a better workplace
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Encourage male employees to take childcare and parental leave
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Improve the environment and raise awareness of easily available support schemes for ensuring a balance between work and childcare, nursing care, and medical treatment
Policy initiative 2:Focus on training efforts to promote even greater participation by female employees
Implementation period: FY2021 - FY2025
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Conduct training programs for female employees and diversity management seminars for managers
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Continue to hold career roundtables and networking events for young employees
Policy initiative 3: Focus on recruiting activities aimed at increasing the ratio of female employees within the company
Implementation period: FY2021 - FY2025
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Recruiting activities aimed at increasing the number of female job applicants
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Continue career events for female STEM students (STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
