Mitsui & Co. regards human capital as an important form of our management capital that generates sustainable value.

The Medium-term Management Plan 2026 announced in May 2023 five Corporate Strategies (CS), and refers human resources strategy in CS5. To maximize the utilization of human capital, it is necessary to steadily execute our HR strategy "promotion of globally diverse individuals." While positioning development of capable individuals, inclusion, and strategic assignment of personnel as the three themes of specific measures to achieve this, we will accelerate investments in talent toward the implementation of initiatives and environmental enhancements to support autonomous career formation (challenges, experiences, and learning).

Mitsui & Co. Group offers a variety of opportunities so that each employee can contribute to the organization, and continuously experience a real sense of growth according to their career aspirations. We have a global matrix structure combining business and regional axes of the various types of business fields, which is the strength of Mitsui & Co. Group. 1 ) This structure allows employees have opportunities to transfer flexibly and agilely across organizational boundaries. Additionally, 2 ) The Group offers an inclusive environment that encourages new challenge and innovation by thriving on the strengths of diverse individuals. Furthermore, 3 ) Our global business frontlines offer abundant opportunities for employees to grow as capable individuals, while structured training programs supplement their growth.

By making full use of these opportunities, capable, diverse individuals continuously pursue challenge and innovation in ways that match our business strategies. This process generates and maintains a virtuous cycle of career realization by each employee and improvement in the corporate value of Mitsui & Co. Group. We see this process as the optimal value creation model for Mitsui & Co. Group.

Furthermore, the introduction of the new global talent management system Bloom will accelerate the realization of our human resources strategy.