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JT recognized as one of the most LGBT-friendly companies in Japan Source from: jt.com 10/12/2019  JT recognized as one of the most LGBT-friendly companies in Japan with highest ranking “Gold” status in PRIDE Index 2019 for the 4th consecutive year. Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE:2914) today announces that it received “Gold”, the highest rating in PRIDE Index 20191 for the fourth consecutive year. The index is organized by “work with Pride”2 and evaluates companies’ initiatives related to LGBT and other sexual minorities in Japan. “Work with Pride” is a voluntary organization which supports organizations’ initiatives on their development in diversity management related to LGBT in Japan. “We are delighted to receive the ‘Gold’ status for the fourth consecutive year. At JT, we position respecting diversity as one of our management challenges. We will continue to actively promote diversity in order to achieve sustainable growth by leveraging the strengths of diverse human capital,” said Koichi Mori, Senior Vice President, Human Resources. We believe that embracing diversity and finding value in differences will lead to our sustainable growth. For us, ‘diversity’ means each person may differ from one another in terms of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity as well as experience and expertise. JT has taken many varied initiatives to create and enhance the work environment with diversity where people can freely express their own personalities. We raise employees’ awareness on LGBT through training programs, revise our company system for a better environment, and create company culture to embrace diverse values. Our various actions in raising awareness on LGBT include: Rainbow goods for Ally. *Specify the prohibition of discriminative language and behavior in our Harassment Prevention Guidelines. Related Updates |