Received the "Gold" Award in PRIDE Index 2025
November 17, 2025
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President, and CEO: Shinji Shimomura; hereinafter “SHI”) received the "Gold" Award in the "PRIDE Index 2025," which assesses LGBTQ+ measures in the workplace, on November 14, 2025. This is the highest honor bestowed in that assessment.
The PRIDE Index is Japan’s first assessment* of corporate initiatives for LGBTQ+ and other sexual minorities in the workplace. It was established in 2016 by an organization called “work with Pride” to help realize the creation of workplaces friendly to those sexual minorities with a view beyond the frameworks of companies and organizations.
Believing that diversity is an indispensable foundation for its growth, SHI strives to foster an organizational culture that respects differences in individuality and attributes (age, citizenship, birthplace, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability, etc.) among its employees and allows them all to maximize their abilities.
In its efforts to address LGBTQ+, SHI is developing its environment and systems and implementing employee education as well as carrying out social contribution activities aimed at promoting social understanding. The recognition of such ongoing initiatives is what culminated in the receipt of this "Gold" Award. Note that this is the third consecutive year and third time overall that SHI has won this award.
Going forward, SHI will continue to do its part for the realization of a sustainable society through such activities.
| Revised system for same-sex partnerships (As of January 2023) | By submitting an application, employees who are in same-sex partnerships or de facto marriages are eligible to receive various benefits in the same way as employees who are in legal marriages |
| Use of common names based on gender identity | The use of common names based on gender identity as a means of internal designation is permitted for transgender, non-binary, and X-gender employees |
| Holding of LGBTQ+ lectures | June has been established as "Rainbow Month," with lectures instructed by LGBTQ+ individuals held in that month every year |
| Awareness-raising activities on LGBTQ+ | Awareness-raising articles intended to promote understanding of LGBTQ+ are distributed to all employees through the Group newsletter and an email magazine |
| Distribution of LGBTQ+ guidebook and stickers | An "LGBTQ+-Friendly Guidebook" is distributed to all employees Original LGBTQ+ ALLY stickers by SHI are handed out to employees who express support for this initiative's intent |
| Establishment of consultation desk | A consultation desk was established to enable SHI to field individual requests for advice as well |
*The assessment is made up of five indicators: "Policy (Declaration of Conduct)," "Representation (Community of Concerned Parties)," "Inspiration (Awareness-Raising Activities)," "Development (HR Systems and Programs)," and "Engagement/Empowerment (Social Contribution/Public Relations Activities)." Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Rainbow Awards are granted to corporations and organizations based on their scoring and screening results.