Sustainability
Sustainability Committee
The Sustainability Committee is an advisory body to the Board of Directors. It is chaired by the Executive Vice President and Director in charge of sustainability. The Committee deliberates on Recruit Group's sustainability strategy and monitors its progress. The Committee’s participants include the CEO, the Chairperson, Senior Vice Presidents who are in charge of each Strategic Business Unit (SBU), and internal and outside experts.
The Committee addresses the sustainability agenda of Recruit Group, aiming to prosper together with all stakeholders. Based on the Committee’s deliberation, the Board of Directors then resolves the direction and action plans that promote Recruit Group's sustainability activities, and monitors the progress.
2022
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order) *¹
Aron
Cramer
President and CEO, BSR
Yves
Serra
Chairman of the Board, Georg
Fischer
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director and
Chairperson
Hisayuki
Idekoba
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Ayano
Senaha (Committee Chair)
Director,
Executive Vice President and COO
Keiko
Honda
Independent Director
Yoshihiro
Kitamura
Executive Vice
President
Head of Matching & Solutions Business
President
and Representative Director, Recruit Co., Ltd.
Rob
Zandbergen
Executive Vice
President
Head of Staffing Business
CEO, RGF Staffing
B.V.
2021
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order) *¹
Aron
Cramer
President and CEO, BSR
Keiko
Honda
Adjunct Professor, Columbia
University School of International and Public Affairs / Board
Member, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. / Director, ACG
Inc.
Yves
Serra
Chairman of the Board, Georg
Fischer
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director and
Chairperson
Hisayuki
Idekoba
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Ayano
Senaha (Committee Chair)
Director,
Executive Vice President and COO
Yoshihiro
Kitamura
Executive Vice
President
Head of Media & Solution Business
President and
Representative Director, Recruit Co., Ltd.
Rob
Zandbergen
Executive Vice
President
Head of Staffing Business
CEO, RGF Staffing
B.V.
2020
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order) *¹
Keiko
Honda
Adjunct Professor, Columbia
University School of International and Public Affairs / Board
Member, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. / Director, ACG
Inc.
Mariko
Kawaguchi
Executive Adviser to CEO for
ESG and Market Value Creation, Fuji Oil Holdings Inc. /
Specially-appointed Professor, Rikkyo University
Yves
Serra
Chairman of the Board, Georg
Fischer
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Hisayuki
Idekoba
Director, Senior Executive Vice
President in charge of Finance and Operations(COO)
Head of HR
Technology Business
Ayano
Senaha (Committee Chair)
Director,
Executive Vice President, CSO, CHRO and CRO
Yoshihiro
Kitamura
Executive Vice
President
Head of Media & Solution Business
President and
Representative Director, Recruit Co., Ltd.
Rob
Zandbergen
Executive Vice
President
Head of Staffing Business
CEO, RGF Staffing
B.V.
Kazuo
Tase
Senior Partner, Sustainability
Transformation Department
2019
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order)*¹
Mariko
Kawaguchi
Senior Principal, CMA,
Research Division, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. /
Co-Representative Director, Japan Sustainable Investment
Forum
Dr.
Masahiko Kon
President, PhD, 3M Japan
Limited
Aditi
Mohapatra
BSR, Director, Women's
Empowerment, New York
Daisuke
Takahashi
Partner, Attorney at Law
(Japan), Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Hisayuki
Idekoba (Committee Chair)
Director,
Senior Executive Vice President, COO, CSO, and CRO
Head of HR
Technology Business
CEO of RGF OHR USA, Inc.
Chairman,
RGF Staffing B.V.
Yoshihiro
Kitamura
Executive Vice
President
Head of Media & Solution Business
President and
Representative Director, Recruit Co., Ltd.
Rob
Zandbergen
Executive Vice
President
Head of Staffing Business
CEO, RGF Staffing
B.V.
Ayano
Senaha
Senior Vice President (Corporate
Planning / Sustainability / PR / Human Resources)
Kazuo
Tase
Senior Partner, Sustainability
Promotion Department
Related Link
2019 Sustainability Committee was held
Message from Outside Member: Aditi Mohapatra
2018
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order) *¹
Dr.
Masahiko Kon
Vice President, PhD, 3M
Japan Limited
Aditi
Mohapatra
BSR, Director, Women's
Empowerment, New York
Ken
Shibusawa
Founding Partner & Chairman,
Commons Asset Management Inc.
Daisuke
Takahashi
Partner, Attorney at Law
(Japan), Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Shogo
Ikeuchi (Committee Chair)
Director,
Senior Executive Vice President, CSO and CHRO
Hisayuki
Idekoba
Senior Executive Vice President
and COO
Head of HR Technology Business
CEO, RGF OHR USA,
Inc.
Chairman, Recruit Global Staffing B.V.
CEO, Indeed,
Inc.
Yoshihiro
Kitamura
Executive Vice
President
Head of Media & Solution Business
Representative
Director and President, Recruit Co., Ltd.
Rob
Zandbergen
Executive Vice
President
Head of Staffing Business CEO, Recruit Global
Staffing B.V.
Ayano
Senaha
Senior Vice President (Corporate
Planning / Corporate Communication / Human Resources)
Kazuo
Tase
Senior Partner, Sustainability
Promotion Department
Related Link
2017
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order)*¹
Shigehiro
Aoyama
Supreme Advisor, Suntory
Holdings LTD.
Emi
Omura
Chair, International Human Rights
Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Ken
Shibusawa
Founder & Chairman, Commons
Asset Management Inc.
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Shogo
Ikeuchi (Committee Chair)
Director,
Senior Executive Vice President, CSO and CHRO
Hisayuki
Idekoba
Senior Executive Vice President
and COO
Head of Global Online HR Business
Chairman,
Recruit Global Staffing B.V.
CEO, Indeed, Inc.
Yoshihiro
Kitamura
Executive Vice
President
Head of Media & Solution Business
Representative
Director and President, Recruit Technologies Co., Ltd.
Suguru
Tomizuka
Senior Vice President
(Sustainability, PR, General Affairs)
Aya
Ito
Executive Manager, Sustainability
Promotion Office
Related Link
2017 Sustainability Committee was held
2016
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order)*¹
Shigehiro
Aoyama
Supreme Advisor, Suntory
Holdings LTD.
Takashi
Nawa
Professor, International Corporate
Strategy of Hitotsubashi University
Emi
Omura
Chair, International Human Rights
Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Shigeru
Kusahara (Committee Chair)
Senior Vice
President and Senior Executive Vice President
Yukio
Okubo
Corporate Officer and Recruit
Works Institute Chief
Suguru
Tomizuka
Senior Vice President
(Sustainability, PR, General Affairs)
Terumi
Hanagata
Executive Manager, Regional
Revitalization Project
Aya
Ito
Executive Manager, Social
Enterprise Office
Related Link
2015
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order)*¹
Makoto
Kigawa
Director and Chairman, YAMATO
HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Takashi
Nawa
Professor, International Corporate
Strategy of Hitotsubashi University
Toshiyuki
Shiga
Vice Chairman, NISSAN MOTOR CO.,
LTD.
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Keiichi
Sagawa (Committee Chair)
Director and
Executive Vice President
Shigeru
Kusahara
Director and Executive Vice
President
Yukio
Okubo
Corporate Officer and Recruit
Works Institute Chief
Daizo
Kobayashi
Senior Vice President
(Superintendent of Domestic business)
Suguru
Tomizuka
Senior Vice President
(Sustainability, PR, General affairs)
Terumi
Hanagata
General Manager, Promotion
Office of Social Enterprise
Hiromasa
Hayashi
Executive Manager, Public
Relations and Brand Office
Miwa
Koyasu
Senior Vice President, Recruit
Jobs Col, Ltd.
2014
Participating outside experts (in alphabetical order) *¹
Makoto
Kigawa
Director and Chairman, YAMATO
HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Toshiyuki
Shiga
Vice Chairman, NISSAN MOTOR CO.,
LTD.
Participants from Recruit Group*²
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Masumi
Minegishi
Representative Director,
President and CEO
Shigeru
Kusahara (Committee Chair)
Senior Vice
President and Senior Executive Vice President
Yukio
Okubo
Corporate Officer and Recruit
Works Institute Chief
Daizo
Kobayashi
Senior Vice President
(Superintendent of Domestic business)
Terumi
Hanagata
General Manager, Promotion
Office of Social Enterprise
8
members and others
President and
representative directors from the main business companies in
Japan
*1 Organization/title as of the time of participation
*2
Title as of the time of participation