Toyo Ink Group Receives Gold Award, the highest ranking in the PRIDE Index 2023

TOYO INK SC Holdings Corporation (President and Representative Director Satoru Takashima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) and TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD., TOYOCHEM CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD., TOYO INK Visual Solutions Corporation, a domestic Group Companies, received the highest ranking of Gold in the PRIDE Index 2023, which evaluates LGBTQ+ initiatives in the workplace, on November 7, 2023. This is the second consecutive year that the company has received this award, following last year.

The Toyo Ink Group has been engaged in activities to promote diversity, including the introduction of the common-law marriage and same-sex partnership system, the recruitment of allies* and the holding of in-house seminars.
In fiscal 2023, we will newly promote diversity by releasing our in-house handbook "Understanding and Responding to LGBTQ+," supporting "Business for Marriage Equality" to promote marriage equality, and sponsoring the "Rainbow Festa 2023" held in Osaka. Led by the D&I Promotion Office, we are working to further promote diversity within the company.

The Toyo Ink Group has a management philosophy of "management that respects people-oriented management." We will continue to respect the diversity of each and every employee and work to create a work environment and foster a corporate culture where they can fully demonstrate their abilities with peace of mind.

About the PRIDE index

The PRIDE index was developed by the voluntary organization "work with Pride" in 2016 and is an evaluation index for efforts towards sexual minorities such as LGBTQ+ people in the workplace. The PRIDE index consists of the following five indicators and is evaluated in three stages: gold, silver, and bronze.

1. Policy (Declaration of Action)
2. Representation (Participant community)
3. Inspiration (awareness activity)
4. Development (HR system/program)
5. Engagement/Empowerment (social contribution/external relations activities)

For more information about work with Pride and the PRIDE index, please visit our website (https://workwithpride.jp/).

ALLY: In general, it refers to people who understand and support sexual minorities, and people who want to support them, but the Toyo Ink Group positions them as "people who understand and are on the side of all differences."

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