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Integrated Report 2023

We seek sustainable growth for both the Benesse Group and society by bringing people “Benesse = well-being” through our business and social activities, and continuously creating new value that helps solve social problems.

• Benesse’s Value Creation Process[889KB]

• CEO MESSAGE We will boldly undertake a transformation to achieve growth hand in hand with employees. Hitoshi Kobayashi Representative Director and President, CEO Read more [630KB]
• CSO MESSAGE Koutarou Ueda Managing Executive Officer, CSO,
  Executive General Manager of Corporate Planning and Promotion Read more [342KB]
• CFO MESSAGE Shinsuke Tsuboi Managing Executive Officer, CFO,
  Executive General Manager of Finance and Accounting Read more [337KB]
• CDXO MESSAGE Hidetomo Hashimoto Senior Managing Executive Officer, CDXO,
  Executive General Manager of Digital Innovation Partners Read more [370KB]

When formulating our Transformation Business Plan by updating our medium-term management plan announced in 2020 in view of diverse changes in the business environment, we also revised our materiality in line with the current situation. Our new materiality is composed of three business themes aimed at achieving the Group’s purpose, underpinned by a foundation of ESG promotion.

• Revision of Materiality /Toward the Achievement of our Purpose [1.22MB]

We are strongly committed to tackling the social challenges currently facing many people and helping our customers live well (to achieve “Benesse”). To this end, the Benesse Group provides services in the areas of education (in Japan and overseas), nursing care and childcare, and lifestyle in order to meet people’s needs at different stages of life and help solve social challenges.

• How We Create Value Reviewing and enhancing each of the activities, and taking on new challenges proactively, the Benesse Group continues to create new value in order to support each person in pursuing their goals at each stage of life. How We Create Value [2.72MB]

• Corporate Governance In order to achieve sustainable growth with all stakeholders, the Benesse Group is continuing to enhance the effectiveness of its corporate governance toward solidifying its management foundation and further increasing its corporate value. Corporate Governance [2.24MB]
• Dialogue between Two Outside Directors For the sustainable growth of the Group, we will contribute to increasing the corporate value from an outside perspective Yumiko Noda Outside Directors Masaru Onishi Outside Directors Dialogue between Two Outside Directors [248KB]

Benesse Art Site Naoshima is the collective name for the art-related activities we conduct in cooperation with the Fukutake Foundation on the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in the Seto Inland Sea. Through Benesse Art Site Naoshima, we demonstrate how nature, art, and people can co-exist harmoniously and provide places where visitors can encounter the embodiment of Benesse (Well-being), which is our corporate philosophy, and a manifestation of the concept of lifelong growth potential. Since launching the project 30 years ago, we have been conducting a string of related activities. In this special feature we introduce some of these activities and our ideas reflected in them.

• Embodiment of Benesse (Well-Being) and Manifestation of Lifelong Growth Potential Special Feature | Benesse Art Site Naoshima [1.40MB]