Sumitomo Warehouse Group Human Rights Policy
The Sumitomo Warehouse Group (hereinafter referred to as “the Group”) places a high value on human rights in accordance with the international standards, since international logistics businesses, a social infrastructure, is one of its main businesses of the Group. We hereby set forth “Human Rights Policy” (hereinafter referred to as “the Policy”) under “Sumitomo Warehouse Group Business Conduct Guidelines”.
- Scope of Application
The Policy shall be applicable to all the staff in the Group, including its directors, officers, employees and contract workers. The Group considers all the principles and commitments set forth herein shall be complied by all of them, and will promote to educate them so that the Policy will be understood by them and be implemented properly and effectively.
- Prohibition of Discrimination
The Group places a high value on basic human rights and protection of individual rights of privacy in all the processes of its business activities, and do not discriminate against individuals unreasonably based on ethnic or social origin, nationality, beliefs, gender, age, religion, physical or mental disability or social status and any other grounds.
- Prohibition of Harassment
The Group endeavors to eradicate any kind of harassment actions including but not limited to sexual or power harassment in the Group.
- Compliance of Laws and Regulations
The Group complies with the internationally recognized standards with respect of human rights and all the applicable laws and regulations in the countries and regions where we conduct business activities. In case of inconsistency between them, we will seek ways to protect the human rights according to the said standards to the maximum extent possible while complying with the laws and regulations applied in the places the Group does its business activities.
- Human Rights Due Diligence
The Group will identify adverse human rights impacts which can be caused by the Group’s business activities and seek to prevent or mitigate such impacts. In case it is clear to the Group that such activities cause, expand or have direct relationship with any adverse human rights impacts, we will take appropriate measures to remedy such circumstances.
- Cooperation with Stakeholders
The Group will have communication with the stakeholders who can be affected by our business activities in order to construct trusting relationships with them and will encourage our contractors and any third parties who has a relationship with our business activities to endorse and cooperate for implementing the Policy.
- Announce
The Group will report on our efforts with respect to the Policy through our website etc.
The Policy was approved by the board of directors of The Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. on March 30, 2023.