SuMiTG Participation Initiative for Women Included in G20 EMPOWER Best Practices Playbook 2025

To whom it may concern

December 24, 2025 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. (Director, President & CEO: Toru Takakura, hereinafter "SuMiTG") hereby announces that its "Executive support program" to support women's career development has been included in the G20 EMPOWER Best Practices Playbook 2025.

1. About G20 EMPOWER

   G20 EMPOWER is an international public-private partnership initiative that was established through an agreement at the G20 Osaka Summit in 2019, with the goal of empowering women and helping them to take on leading roles in business and the economy.

   The latest Best Practices Playbook 2025 features 98 exemplary initiatives from 89 companies(including 5 Japanese companies such as SuMiTG) and organizations across 15 countries. These practices can serve as valuable references to help companies and organizations worldwide learn from each other and accelerate transformation.

   Link to Playbook

   https://www.g20empower.jp/deliverables

2. "Executive support program" within our group

This initiative is a career development support program for female employees led by executives that started in fiscal 2021 at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, a subsidiary of SuMiTG. It aims cultivate future female leaders by providing monthly mentoring sessions with executives and strengthening the pipeline of female leadership candidates.

In fiscal 2025, 30 executives and 41 female employees participated. Demonstrating steady progress, five past participants have been promoted to the general manager level while 28 employees have reached the deputy general manager level.

Under our purpose, "Trust for a Flourishing Future," we are committed to strengthening its female leadership, and will continue to work toward creating an inclusive workplace.

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