External Evaluations and Initiatives

SoftBank Corp.'s website was selected as an AAA Website in the 2024 All Japanese Listed Companies' Website Ranking survey run by Nikko Investor Relations.

SoftBank Corp. received the Grand Prize in Daiwa Investor Relations Co.Ltd.'s 2024 Internet IR Awards.

SoftBank Corp. received the Excellent Reliability Report Award in the 24th Environmental Communication Awards, sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan and the Global Environmental Forum.

At the CR Reporting Awards 2022 hosted by Corporate Register in the United Kingdom, our sustainability report has won the “Innovation in Reporting” award for two consecutive years.

At the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2023, SoftBank Corp. received gold in the Asia's Best SDG Reporting and bronze in the Asia's Best Materiality Reporting.

SoftBank has received the “Eruboshi” designation (class 3) from the Minister for Health, Labor and Welfare in recognition of being a company that excels in the empowerment of women. Going forward, we will continue to advance efforts to promote the professional success of women, such as holding career training for female employees and implementing mentoring programs.

The company has received the highest “Gold” rating in the PRIDE Index, an evaluation index for initiatives related to LGBTQ and other sexual minorities within the company, for eight consecutive years since 2017.
The “PRIDE Index” is a set of criteria developed by the voluntary organization “work with Pride” to recognize companies excelling in initiatives related to LGBTQ and raise public awareness of specific ways to create a workplace that is comfortable for LGBTQ and other sexual minorities to work in.

We were thinking about employee health care from a management perspective and actively engaging in health management, resulting in our recognition as the “KENKO Investment for Health (White 500)” for the seventh consecutive year.

We received the highest rating in the “DBJ Health Management Rating” conducted by the Development Bank of Japan, Inc.

The “WELLBEING AWARDS” is an initiative to promote a wellbeing society by publicizing cases that have made a particular contribution to the creation of a society that recognizes people's diverse values of happiness and health. We received the “GOLD” award in the “Organization/Team” category for providing/practicing WELLBEING.

We have been awarded a 5-star rating in the “Nikkei Smart Work Management Edition of the Nikkei Sustainable Survey,” which selects leading companies that aim to maximize corporate value by fully leveraging human resources and accelerating investment in talent to drive innovation and enhance productivity.
The Smart Work Management Survey has been conducted by Nikkei Inc. since 2017, targeting listed companies and leading unlisted companies in Japan. It uses a five-star rating system based on three key factors: utilization of human resources, investment in human capital, and adoption of technology.

Received the “NIKKEI Smart Work Award 2025” in Technology Utilization category

At the “NIKKEI Smart Work Award 2025”, which selects leading companies sustainably growing through workstyle reforms, we were honored to receive Technology Utilization Award. The company received the Technology Utilization Award at the Nikkei Smart Work Grand Prize 2025, which recognizes leading companies achieving sustainable growth through workstyle reform. Its initiatives were highly evaluated for their advanced use of technology, including a high participation rate in internal generative AI contests —resulting in numerous proposals and patent applications— as well as the automation of menu selection and identity verification using AI in the call center operations of its mobile phone business.

The company has been recognized in various categories over the years: the Technology Utilization Award in 2021, the Innovation Capability Award in 2022, the Grand Prize, the highest honor, in 2023, and the Talent Utilization Award in 2024.

SoftBank Corp. was recognized as a Welfare Promotion Corporation for its outstanding initiatives under Hataraku Yell 2024, a program that recognizes enterprises making efforts to enhance and effectively utilize employee welfare initiatives.

Among companies and organizations promoting installation and utilization of telework, the company received the “Award of Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications for 100 Telework Pioneers” as an organization making excellent efforts that other organizations should follow as a role model.

As a strategic and necessary area for solution human resources in the provision of customer digital solution infrastructure and DX promotion, the Solution Engineering Division of our Corporate Business Management received the “CompTIA Certified Team Award”, as the first Japanese company to receive such an award, with more than 80% of engineers in the entire division having obtained CompTIA certification.

SoftBank Corp. has been certified as a Tokyo Sports Promotion Company for excellence in sports support and the promotion of sports activities for employees.

SoftBank Corp. has been certified as a Sports Yell Company by the Japan Sports Agency for its proactive promotion of sports to improve the health of employees. This is the seventh consecutive year that our company has been certified and we were recognized as a “Silver”.