Human Rights Policy for the Sumitomo Heavy Industries Group
Announced February 13th, 2023
Effective February 13th, 2023
Revised July 31st, 2024
1. Basic Concept
We, the Sumitomo Heavy Industries Group, engage in business activities through a strong
sense of mission for society, under our corporate ethics, which is based on “Sumitomo’sBusiness Philosophy” ,Sumitomo Heavy Industries’ Group’s ”Purpose” and the “BusinessPrinciples”.
We have been manufacturing and repairing machines and equipment used at the Besshi
Copper Mine, where Sumitomo Group originated, as one of our core businesses, and with ourunique technological capabilities, we have contributed to the improvement of the labor
environment through mechanization.
We promise to remain sincere in our approach to all our stakeholders and engage in thestrongest possible efforts in our initiatives related to human rights.
In this policy, stakeholders include our employees, customers, business partners, regional
populations, shareholders and investors, etc.
2. Role of This Policy and Scope of Application
This policy is a top-level policy on human rights that applies to all executives, employees, anddispatched employees engaged in work for the Sumitomo Heavy Industries Group businesses(hereinafter, “Executives and Employees, etc.”).
In addition, we believe that it is important to implement this policy with all of our business
partners such as our customers and business partners. We will ask our business partners tounderstand and implement this policy, guidelines for procurement, and other matters in order
to work together to realize our responsibilities to society.
3. Compliance with International Standards, Laws, and Regulations
Throughout our business activities, we will support and conform with international standards
defined in consideration of respect for basic human rights that all people across the world
should be able to enjoy. (These include the UN’s “International Bill of Human Rights”, and“Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, the ILO’s “Declaration on Fundamental
Principles and Rights at Work” and “OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises”.)
Moreover, we will strive to implement a thorough compliance with the laws and regulationsof the countries and regions in which we conduct our business activities.
If there is a discrepancy between the laws and regulations of the country or region where weoperate and international human rights norms, we will pursue ways to remedy the problem inaccordance with higher standards.
4. Responsibility for Respecting Human Rights
We understand that our business activities may adversely affect human rights directly orindirectly. We endeavor to realize our responsibility to respect human rights by giving themaximum possible consideration to how we will not infringe upon the human rights of ourstakeholders and to take appropriate actions to that end.
(1) We will not tolerate discrimination in any form, including discrimination based on age,nationality, race, ethnicity, place of origin, religious affiliation, creed, political beliefs,
marital status, family structure, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, oremployment status.
(2) We will not allow acts of harassment of any kind that harm the dignity of an individual,such as sexual harassment and power harassment, and will seek to establish anorganizational culture with good communication oriented towards ensuring psychologicalsecurity.
(3) In order to acknowledge the diversity and values among us and to maintain a workplacein which each individual will be motivated to work, we will consider the promotion ofdiversity to be a major theme of management. In addition, we will also actively pursue
initiatives in fields such as freedom of association, negotiations between labor andmanagement, and industrial health and safety, and through engagement with employees,
etc., and provide a safe workplace environment where it is easy to work.
(4) We will not tolerate human trafficking; forced labor through violence, threats, or debts;
child labor; or modern slavery.
5. Human Rights Due Diligence
We will seek to understand and evaluate risks related to human rights, establishing with thirdparty organizations, and implementing on an ongoing basis a series of mechanisms forverifying and improving upon the effects of our efforts (human rights due diligence).
6. Dialog
We will actively engage in dialog and consultations with our stakeholders in an effort toimprove our efforts related to the respect of human rights.
7. Training
We will conduct appropriate training with an aim to have our Executives and Employees, etc.
accurately understand this policy and implement it throughout their business activities. We
will also actively encourage our business partners to share good practices so that they can put
this policy into practice.

8. Access to Remedy
If we identify any cases where our business activities have adversely affected human rights
directly or indirectly, we will promptly pursue actions to provide remedy through theappropriate measures and endeavor to rectify the situation together with our businesspartners, if necessary. Throughout this process, we will prohibit any disadvantageous
treatment such as reprisals against whistleblowers and protect any such persons.
9. Information Disclosure
We will regularly disclose information, through channels such as our company website orreports, regarding the progress of our efforts to respect human rights described in theprovisions of this policy.
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