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Mitsui Selected as a "Nadeshiko Brand" for FY March 2026

Mar. 19, 2026

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", Head Office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Kenichi Hori) has been selected as a "Nadeshiko Brand" for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. The designation is jointly awarded by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange recognizing companies that demonstrate excellence in empowering women.

The reasons cited for Mitsui's selection in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 included its initiatives and achievements in the areas of "support for consistent career development from recruitment to promotion" and "gender-neutral support for dual careers and co-parenting," as well as the linkage between Mitsui's management strategies and human resource strategies (including the empowerment of female employees).

Mitsui positions human capital as a vital element of its management foundation and a key driver of sustainable value creation. To further strengthen Diversity & Inclusion across Mitsui & Co. Group, Mitsui has been enhanceing its various measures, such as accelerating the advancement of female employees (including the development of female leaders from diverse backgrounds), providing enhanced gender-neutral support for work-life management, and promoting new workstyles designed to propel the personal growth of individual employees.

In order to continue creating new value by providing solutions to increasingly challenging and complex global social issues, Mitsui will steadily implement human resource strategies and specific measures aimed at sustainably enhancing corporate value.

*Visit the following websites for details and data about human resource strategies and Diversity & Inclusion initiatives at Mitsui.

*Information about companies selected as "Nadeshiko Brands", including quantitative and qualitative data and evaluations by the selection committee, is published as case studies. For further details, please visit the "Nadeshiko Brands" page on the website of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (in Japanese only).

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Mitsui’s Materiality

“Build brighter futures, everywhere” as our corporate mission, and to gain the trust and expectations of our stakeholders to realize a better tomorrow for earth and for people around the world, we have identified six material issues (“Materiality”) for Mitsui’s sustainable growth. We anticipate this particular project/ business to contribute especially to the realization of “Empower our people to build brighter futures”