Changes

In November 2015, it also signed the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) supported by the United Nations, aiming to realize a sustainable society. These principles advocate the incorporation of environmental, societal and corporate governance concerns into investment decisions. As a private corporation that operates education and research institutes, and as a responsible asset owner, Sophia assumes its responsibility and brings its contribution to solving the various issues facing our global society through its ESG investment.

Responding to the need to further develop as a “university in line with the world”, Sophia University has been taking bold steps in rethinking the old approach to teaching and learning. Through various initiatives it has sought to reform “Towards a qualitative change in university education to build a new future” for the Japanese society, fostering a “knowledge-based independence, collaboration and creative model” which “cultivates independent thinking and creativity”. (Report of the Central Equation Council, August 2012)