Social Contribution Activities

We join as volunteers to the operation of the “Theatre of the Heart” project presented by Shiki Theatre Company and Performing Arts Centre Foundation, that brings joy and excitement to children across Japan. The volunteer members together with school officials and Shiki staff support and help welcoming and ushering children in and out of theatres for their delightful theatre experience.

The “Tokyo MINATO CITY International Music Competition & Workshop” provides both an “International music competition” for three sections including violin, cello, and piano, in which a competition for one section is held every year in turn, and an “educational workshop” targeting from kindergarten to high school students who pursue a career in music. At the competition, our employees supported the operation related to language, public relations and works at site as volunteers.

We sponsored the "18^th Asahi Shogi Open Match” held by the Japan Shogi Association and the Asahi Shimbun Company, a Japanese newspaper company. Shogi is known as Japanese chess, and the match attracts lots of Shogi fans’ attention, as it aims to discover new Shogi talents and widen their appeal. Our Group aims to present Shogi’s charm to lots of people and contribute to the development of culture through the sponsorship. 

Special Olympics (SO) is the international sports organization which provides opportunities for intellectual disabilities to play sports and actively involves the community. In empathy with the philosophy, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank not only supports SO athletes who participate in SO activities, but also strives to train its employees to mutually accept diversity through supporting the management of various competitions and having relationships with the athletes.

We participate in the “Financial Industry in Tokyo (FIT) for Charity Run,” a charity event in which financial organizations assemble to support Japanese NPOs, not only as a sponsor, but also by deploying charity runners and operational volunteers. The participation fees paid by the employee runners and cooperation fees provided by the companies of the runners are donated to NPOs whose social importance and needs have not been fully recognized yet.

We provide various volunteer programs which require employees’ participation.

We prepare programs including making “towel bears” in collaboration with an NPO that supports children with a serious disease and their families, and a food drive in collaboration with NPOs that give food aid to single-parent families in difficult economic situations.

In addition, we set up an internal volunteer circle and join varied volunteer activities such as beach and river cleanups.