2021-03-03

CSR Women Empowerment Event 3

MHD Moet Hennessy Diageo K.K. held a Women Empowerment Event online on Friday, February 26, 2021, as part of its CSR activities.

【Background】

Since 2017, MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K. has continuously supported social contribution initiatives such as social gastronomy, art for the disabled, and disaster relief, and from 2020, with the aim of further empowering diversity, we launched our activities from the perspective of Women Leadership and Women Empowerment. Japan lags behind other countries in the Gender Gap Index, ranking 121st* out of 153 countries, and this is an activity that we should focus on even when compared with other countries in the Moët Hennessy Group.

*The Global Gender Gap Index 2020 rankings

【Outline of the event】

For this third CSR women Empowerment event, we invited Yuko Hasegawa, Veuve Clicquot Business woman Award winner in 2018, to talk about the relationship between business and art/culture, and the future of diversity and inclusion and women's empowerment as it evolves through the Corona disaster.

After working at Art Tower Mito, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Setagaya Art Museum, Ms. Hasegawa participated in the launch of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and has served as Counselor at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts since 2016. And she took office as the first female Director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in April this year.

At the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, where Ms. Hasegawa acts as the directorship, she has been working on various innovations since its inception, such as gathering public spaces and community functions, aiming to make the museum friendly to women and children.

While many women are active in the art world, including female curators, and 70% of visitors to art museums are women, the academic world of art and management positions have been dominated by men. However, in recent years, the art world has seen the emergence of a number of female directors.

She hopes that the role of museums and art in society and the movement of art and life will accelerate.

 

MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K. will continue to focus on activities that support women's leadership and careers, gender equality and diversity inclusion for a sustainable future.

 

MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K.

2025-06-08

A Place to Express Your Authentic Self: MHD’s participation in Tokyo Pride 2025

MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo participated in Tokyo Pride 2025, one of the largest LGBTQ+ events in Asia, which celebrated its 14th edition this year. Held during pride month, June 7th and 8th, the Pride Festival welcomed approximately 273,000 attendees over two days, each coming together to celebrate and support the rights and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. The event also saw companies, organizations, and individuals communicate their efforts toward diversity and inclusion from their respective standpoints.

This year marked a significant evolution for the event, with a name change from Tokyo Rainbow Pride to Tokyo Pride. The change reflects a broader scope, shifting the focus beyond LGBTQ+ rights to address various intersecting human rights issues, including gender, race, and disability. The central theme for the event, “Same Life, Same Rights”, delivers a strong message affirming that all lives deserve equal rights, free from discrimination and prejudice. Tokyo Pride 2025 will continue throughout pride month with a range of events, with the initiatives that aim to raise awareness of the complex challenges faces by the LGBTQ+ community and foster open dialogue around inclusion and equity.

As a platinum sponsor, the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Japan proudly supported the event. On June 8th, around 250 employees from various maisons, including MHD, marched in the Pride Parade, which was filled with an atmosphere of warmth, solidarity, and celebration in the Shibuya and Harajuku areas. As part of MHD’s sustainability manifesto, "Living Soils, Living Together," our participation in Tokyo Pride represents one aspect of our ongoing commitment to “engaging with society”. This was also an opportunity to re-visualize DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) initiatives both internally and externally, and to show a commitment to supporting and walking together with the community.

MHD, together with the LVMH Group, will continue to promote DE&I initiatives and strive to ensure that our corporate efforts spark new findings and learning opportunities for each and every employee.


 

MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K.