Sumitomo Corporation Group
Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement for the Fiscal Year 2015

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes
Sumitomo Corporation (SC) Group’s modern slavery and human trafficking statement for the fiscal year
2015. The statement is approved by the board of directors of SC as the parent company of SC Group.

Background and organisational structure
SC Group is committed to improving its practices to combat modern slavery and human trafficking.
SC Group is an integrated corporate group committed to business activities in a wide range of industries
with over 130 offices and subsidiaries in over 60 countries and a network of over 800 group companies
worldwide. With its global network and based on trust from companies in various industries and fromconsumers, SC Group engages in multifaceted business activities by making the most of its Integrated
Corporate Strength. These business activities include sales of a variety of products and services within
Japan, import and export, trilateral trade, and domestic and international business investments. SC Group
employs over 65,000 people.
For more information on SC Group’s business overview, please visit the following link:http://www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/english/company/

Steps taken to ensure that modern slavery and human trafficking are not taking place in SC Group’sbusiness and supply chains
At the core of SC Group lies Sumitomo's Business Philosophy, which has been passed down and followed
faithfully for more than 400 years since Masatomo Sumitomo (1585-1652) had founded. Our CorporateMission Statement (Management Principles and Activity Guidelines) is based on this philosophy andrepresents SC Group's fundamental and ultimate value standard. In the Corporate Mission Statement, it
clearly states that SC Group respects the personality of each individual and places prime importance onintegrity and sound management.
SC Group takes its commitment to tackling modern slavery and human trafficking very seriously. We setout below the steps SC Group has taken to help ensure that modern slavery and human trafficking are nottaking place in SC Group’s business or supply chains:1

Action Guidelines for Supply Chain Management
SC group has established the CSR Action Guidelines for Supply Chain Management. Through theimplementation of these guidelines, we are aiming to realize a sustainable society by working together withour suppliers, business partners, and contractors, etc. to achieve responsible value chain management. As
part of these guidelines, SC Group sets out its values to “Respect human rights and not to be complicit inhuman rights abuses” and to “Prevent forced labor, child labor and the payment of unfairly low wages.”
These principles establish the overarching guidelines encompassing our commitment to combating modern
slavery and human trafficking.

Active commitment to the UN Global Compact
SC signed the UN Global Compact and declared its support for the 10 principles in March 2009 as theparent company of SC Group. This international CSR-related initiative shares the same values as ourCorporate Mission Statement. With our participation in the Global Compact, SC has committed itself tofurther increasing corporate value by constantly seeking out areas of its business activities that can be
improved in light of the values advocated by the 10 principles. In addition, SC also actively participates asa Board Member of the Global Compact Network Japan, a local Global Compact network.

Training and workshops
SC, as the parent company of SC Group, provides numerous opportunities to promote the understanding
and entrenchment of the Action Guidelines, including:training for new employees and locally hired employees;

meetings within business units and domestic and overseas regional organizations; and

pre-departure briefings with executive managers being sent on overseas assignments.

In the last fiscal year, we have held training sessions for about 150 new employees and 200 locally hired
employees, approximately 20 meetings with all business units, and more than 40 briefings with executive
managers on overseas assignments.
Furthermore, in our efforts to tackle the issue of human rights abuses (including modern slavery and humantrafficking), SC has twice invited external experts to host a workshop, in October and November 2015, inorder to provide hands-on training on how to assess the risks of being involved in human rights abuses inSC’s supply chains. Attended by approximately 80 employees, the workshops offered a lecture on such
topics as the relevance of human rights to corporations and case studies of corporate human rights abuses.
The participants were then divided into groups to undergo hands-on training composed of four steps: 1.
business analysis, 2. identification of relevant human rights issues, 3. analysis of risks encountered with theparticular type of human rights issue, and 4. exploration of countermeasures.

2Checklists and business unit reviews
In addition to SC’s training programmes, we have created checklists for business units to review from a
CSR perspective our own business activities as well as those of related parties in our supply chains, suchas suppliers, subsidiaries and associated companies, business partners, and contractors, etc. Since SCconducts a wide range of business in multiple sectors, the associated risks vary, however the eradication of
any instances of modern slavery and human trafficking remains a key priority.
Drawing on the knowledge and skills acquired through SC’s training programme and specialised meetings,
business units identify specific parts of their business and supply chains to undergo review. The associatedrisks are evaluated with regard to the context in which those business units operate. This includes, forexample, an analysis of areas where the incidence of modern slavery and human trafficking is likely to behigher. We will continue to undertake these efforts aimed at ensuring that no modern slavery or humantrafficking of any form exists in our business and supply chains.

September 29, 2016

Signed.

Masao Tabuchi
Representative Director,
Managing Executive Officer
Sumitomo Corporation3