Sony doubles down on ESG goals amid coronavirus pandemic

Company pursues new identity focused on social and environmental impact

KOSUKE SHIMIZU and KOHEI YAMADA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- In March, when coronavirus infections first began to spike in the U.S., Rob Stringer, the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment based in the pandemic epicenter of New York, told Sony Chairman and President Kenichiro Yoshida that U.S. companies were busy setting up funds to combat the disease.

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