Group CEO Message

In 1932, the Panasonic Group's founder, Konosuke Matsushita, set forth a visionary "250-year plan." This plan, divided into ten phases of 25 years each, is grounded in his aspiration to create "an ideal society with affluence both in matter and mind." Since then, we have dedicated ourselves to fulfilling this mission by addressing various social issues through our business activities, thus contributing to both customers and society.

As we continue down this path, it is becoming increasingly important to achieve well-being in society and people's lives in a sustainable manner. In this regard, we can observe numerous imbalances in the world today: economic disparity and the consequent concerns over human rights, social isolation stemming from lifestyle changes and technological advances, and issues involving ethics and privacy. By actively taking on and resolving these challenges, we aim to foster a more harmonious society where every individual can experience a greater sense of well-being.

Achieving this state of sustainable well-being will require finding solutions to global environmental issues. Global warming and the depletion of natural resources are becoming more severe each year, and they must be tackled as an immediate and shared responsibility across all of society.

Through each of our businesses, the Panasonic Group is firmly resolved to address these issues. By continuing to deliver meaningful contributions to both our customers and society, we aim to support sustainability for the next generations. In turn, these efforts will enhance our corporate value and enable us to make even greater contributions to the world. This is how we will promote sustainability management and fulfill our lofty mission.

Ongoing management reform across the entire Panasonic Group is driven by our strong determination to further strengthen these contributions as we move forward. Through reinforcing our profitability structure and business portfolio management, we are accelerating our transformation toward a sustainable business model, while also pursuing our goal of maximizing value creation. At the same time, we are building a new organizational culture that seeks to "unlock" the potential of our diverse human resources, thus enabling individual employees to fully exert their strengths. We are also fully utilizing the power of rapidly evolving AI to refine our products and solutions, as well as to promote operation and process innovations. These initiatives are key to enhancing our competitiveness and productivity.

However, our efforts alone cannot ensure that these initiatives succeed. This can only be achieved through communication, collaboration, and co-creation with our stakeholders: customers, business partners, shareholders, employees, and communities. As a public entity of society, the Panasonic Group will continue to make progress together with all of its stakeholders to help create a better and sustainable society.