b'the oil industry got behind it and advanced its development. Achieving the 2030 and 2050 goals will require multi-stakeholder partnerships that includes the private sectors financial contribution and innovation.100SEED has been focused on SDG4 on quality education. How do you see the groupadvancing 100SEED community outreach? Under the new department we will start to review our companys overall social contributions and CSR activitiesso that we can start to make more of an impact in communities we do business in. We will find ways toleverage the relationships with NGOs that the SCOA Foundation has been supporting over the years, andcreate more opportunities for our employees to contribute personally through volunteering. Last year thecompany instituted volunteer hours that employees are allowed to use to do volunteer work. We will findways that we can enhance our 100SEED volunteer activities so it aligns with our ESG strategies so we cantruly start enriching lives and the world.100SEED started on the occasion of the centennial of the Companys founding, born from an employees idea: Lets think about what the Sumitomo Corporation Group and our society should be like 100 years from now! It is now a global social contribution activity program that celebrates the 2019 centennial of Sumitomo Corporations founding.Based on the theme of SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs) Goal 4, Quality Education, Sumitomo Corporation Group employees havebeen conducting activities to solve the social issues faced by local communities in their respective regions.At SCOA, 100SEED Days of Service established a system where employees can work atvolunteer activities during normal working hours for up to three days each year. Increasingemployee motivation to participate in volunteer activities, Volunteer Days enable employeesto choose from a range of support activities in their local communities.123 MissionSumitomo Corporation of Americas 15'