Kenichiro Yoshida: I would like to make the Sony Group, which is made up of approximately 110,000 employees,
a company that continues to learn.
Sony provides many products and services that are used to create Kando content.
These emerge from the accumulation of our learning from creators.
CMOS image sensors are key components that support the creation of Kando by creators.
Our CMOS image sensors that capture the real world can be said to be ”technology that learns” from reality.
This technology is also being used in our new business initiative that delivers the Earth to people in the form of “Kando content.”
I consider AI as technology that learns from reality, just like CMOS image sensors.
Sensing and AI are also indispensable for the evolution of mobility such as ADAS.
We also believe that the evolution of mobility will connect to a healthy global environment.
In order to make the “world,” which is the place where we pursue our Purpose, sustainable,
I would like to continue to value “learning” alongside our employees
so that Sony can contribute to people, society, and the planet from a long-term perspective.
Shiro Kambe: Sony has a diverse range of businesses, each with its own sustainability priorities.
In addition to material topics for the entire group,
each individual business is working on relevant sustainability topics by leveraging its own strengths.
In promoting sustainability initiatives, we believe that it is important to regularly review
and update the sustainability issues that are important to the Sony Group,
both from our own perspective and from that of our stakeholders.
we identified
climate change;
diversity,
equity and inclusion (DE&I);
respect for human rights;
and technology for sustainability as the most important.
Kazushi Ambe: our belief is that the growth of a company is the sum of the growth of diverse individuals.
As Kenichiro Yoshida stated earlier, for a company to continue to grow,
it is imperative that its employees continue to learn proactively and realize growth.
Since its founding, Sony has respected the ideas and individuality of
each employee and supported their individual challenges.
Purpose and are committed to value creation, we decided it was necessary to convey
the philosophy for our people in an easy-to-understand manner,
so we have redefined it as “Special You, Diverse Sony.”
This phrase expresses the message that each individual, with his or her unique personality, and Sony,
which welcomes diverse individuals, can create mutual growth centered around our Purpose together.
We are also implementing priority measures according to the business, region,
and social environment in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I).
For example, in our entertainment businesses, headquartered in North America,
we provide support for the education and early-stage development,
such as mentorship and internship programs through internal and external partnerships.
To create a strategic connection between our management and promising future leaders,
we aim to build relationships as mentors and mentees,
and ensure that the rich experience accumulated within the Group is passed on to the next generation,
leading to new value creation and employee development.
Our AI ethics initiatives are fundamentally aligned with Sony’s value creation
to create products and services at the intersection of entertainment and technology.
We aim to enhance and expand human Imagination and Creativity rather than to replace it.
The long-term environmental plan “Road to Zero” set in 2010 is representative of our responsibility initiatives.
As a long-term goal, this plan aims to achieve a zero environmental footprint,
and is driven from four perspectives: climate change, resources, chemical substances, and biodiversity.
Considering the urgent issue of climate change as well as our past achievements,
we have decided to push forward our target for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 10 years,
a decision we announced at the Corporate Strategy Meeting in May. Additionally, within this context,
we have also pushed forward our RE100 goal of operating with 100% renewable electricity by 10 years.
This plan meets the criteria for the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
net-zero targets and was recently approved as net-zero targets.
The key to this plan is to reduce emissions throughout the value chain,
i.e., Scope 1, 2, and 3 in total,
by 90% at a rate compliant with emission pathways that limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C,
and ultimately reduce the remaining 10% or less of emissions to zero through carbon removal.
So far, we have talked about responsibility initiatives,
but Sony has also launched a variety of initiatives, as you can see here,
in the area of contributions, where we are endeavoring to contribute to the improvement of the
global environment itself through our technologies and businesses.
We would like to further evolve our sustainability initiatives by continuing dialogues with our stakeholders,
including the feedback we receive in response to today’s briefing, and by continuing to learn.
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