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	Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines 2006 and its Content Index


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Employees


Community


Environment


CSR Innovation


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		Sony believes that corporate social responsibility (CSR) consists of activities required for sustainable business operations and also activities that contribute toward the creation of a sustainable society. Recognizing fully that our business activities impact both society and the environment directly and indirectly in a variety of ways, Sony pursues CSR activities with an emphasis on realizing a sustainable society, as expressed in the key phrase "For the Next Generation". Sony aims to help maintain a healthy global environment, including biological diversity, for subsequent generations and to work in partnership with our diverse stakeholders to address global issues through innovative and effective approaches. Sony's enduring contribution is the creativity of our employees in devising ways to meet such challenges.

Management

Corporate Governance and Compliance

Product Responsibility

To meet and exceed our customers' expectations

Employee

To create a diverse and dynamic workplace

Social Contribution

Sony continues to address the needs of communities through our fields of expertise

Environment

To help maintain a sustainable environment for the next generation

CSR Innovation

Sony continues to address the challenge of realizing new potential that focuses on contributing to sociaty

Sony's CSR Report 2008 is made up of printed report and website components. The printed report provides information relevant to key CSR topics, while the website contains broad and detailed data.
We would welcome suggestions for further enhancement of Sony's CSR information disclosure.

Questionnaire for Sony's CSR information disclosure

This website summarizes the CSR activities of the Sony Group worldwide during fiscal 2007 (the fiscal year that began on April 1, 2007 and ended on March 31, 2008). It also includes reporting on some material activities, such as major organizational changes, up to the end of July, 2008.
In this report, the name "Sony" refers to the Sony Group, while "Sony Corporation" refers to the parent company which operates in Japan. The Sony Group refers to Sony Corporation and all consolidated subsidiaries in which Sony Corporation holds a capital stake of more than 50%.

Sony discloses our operating and financial results in the "Investor Relations" website and information on our CSR activities in the CSR website.

This website provides broad and detailed information of our CSR activities including an electronic version of the printed report and its contents.

We issued the printed report of "CSR Report 2008". In light of increasing stakeholder interest and their importance in the context of Sony's business as a whole, significant themes are covered in this report.

An electronic versions of the printed report is available at below web site.

CSR Report 2008 PDF

Please order a hard copy of CSR Report 2008 at below website.

Request a hard copy

Guidelines referenced in the preparation of this report are as follows: 2006 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, published by the Global Reporting Initiative in October 2006; and Environmental Reporting Guidelines (Fiscal 2007 Version), published by Japan's Ministry of the Environment. For comparative tables that are covered in 2006 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, please see below.

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines 2006 and its Content Index

Sony has obtained third-party verification of reported environmental data. For more information, please see below.

Independent Verification Report

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