President's Message

In recent years, the world is faced with a wide array of social issues including population and urbanization problems, while labor shortage due to declining birthrate and aging population is one of the serious social issues Japan has to tackle. In the business sector, the pace of digital transformat ion (DX), which aims to transform management and improve the quality of life, is accelerating. We will be requir ed to further adapt to new lifestyles in the future, that is, the new ways people live and work.

The Hitachi Systems Group promotes sustainability management as a member supporting the Hitachi Group's social innovation business, in efforts to meet the expectations and demands of our customers and society in a changing world and contribute to the realization of a truly affluent society, as stated in our corporate philosophy.

The prerequisite for this is corporate governance. We place str ong emphasis on building a foundation that prioritizes compliance and health and safety of our employees, as well as on developing human capital capable of contributing to resolving social issues, and we have adopted the human capital strategy SMILE∞2.0. In addition to promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to create an environment where diver se human capital can play active roles and produce great results with their diverse values and flexible working styles, it is critical for us to continue being a corporate group that is trusted by customers and society, under the basic principle that "health and safety take precedence over everything else". Each employee has a sense of corporate ethics and engages in business activities based on corporate ethics and legal compliance.

Staying close to our customers, our diverse human capital will continue to deepen the understanding of our customers' business and create value together with them and our partners ( Co-creation). We will develop our Lumada business, which is based on Hitachi's advanced digital technology, business know-how, and knowledge, while utilizing generative AI, with a focus on our strength in managed services performed by p rofessional human capital. In addition to solving social issues, we will contribute to the enhancement of people's quality of life and the improvement of value for our customers.