The world faces mounting challenges including climate change, natural disasters, and heightened geopolitical risk, as well as the supply chain disruptions that arise from these . In this context , the Hitachi Group continues to evolve to help address social issues through its Social Innovation Business. Hitachi Academy has continued to support the growth of the Hitachi Group over many years as its corporate university. In the coming years, as we move forward in realizing the Hitachi Group’s vision for society and for the happiness of customers, we will engage in and promote the development of human capital—people who are able to discover issues and who possess the ability to fully leverage strengths in OT, IT, and products” in leading the solutions to these issues.