Society
Diversity & Inclusion
Participation of Diverse Human Resources (DEI/Human Rights)
Since the release of our Declaration on Diversity, which states that the promotion of DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) is a management strategy essential for the Company’s sustainable growth, we have been working to create a workplace where people with diverse values can fully demonstrate their individuality and abilities, regardless of age, gender, nationality, disability, or time constraints, under the key message “mutually respect and energize each other.”
In February 2024, an interim debriefing on the DEI promotion roadmap was held for department managers, providing an opportunity to reflect on the past and reaffirm that each department will have more autonomy in promoting the initiative in the future.
At the same time, we are working to build a strong human resource infrastructure for the entire Group, including overseas bases. We have set targets for the number of national staff members in executive positions at overseas bases, and are promoting clarification of executive candidates, a system of short-term study abroad programs to Japan, the establishment of a system of on-site training by supervisors, and education tailored to the needs of each base to welcome the candidates.
Main initiatives for participation of diverse human resources
Empowering women
In order to improve our corporate structure to match the times and build a new corporate culture, we are reforming our work style from a new perspective.
We have positioned the empowerment of women as a priority issue, and have made continuous efforts such as career development training sessions for women, and exchange meetings with female group leaders.
Support for balancing work and family life
We promote a work environment that allows employees to work energetically, and we support a good work-life balance for all employees. We regularly implement initiatives, such as fertility treatment seminars with external experts, the Aisan Papa Mama Salon childcare exchange meeting for employees on childcare leave, and management study sessions aimed at improving understanding of paternal childcare leave. These efforts have lifted the proportion of male employees taking childcare leave.
Participation of persons with disabilities
We are building a company where employees can work “together and grow” with those who have disabilities.
- Sharing problems, opinions, etc. that workplaces face
- Knowledge acquisition and system development for working with people with disabilities
- Developing the skills and improving motivation of people with disabilities
We have been working on the growth of people with disabilities based on these three pillars.
Work style reform (active participation by all)
In April 2023, as part of the action reform phase of DEI promotion, we launched the D&I activities for creating a lively workplace, in which workplaces work as one team to solve workplace issues.
We have been working to create time and methods to get to know our colleagues in the workplace, to identify and share tasks that have been delegated to specific employees, to create a system for cooperation, and to improve the nature of the work (eliminating or reviewing tasks to create time for the original work).
Main initiatives for Human Rights Policy
Recognizing that respecting the human rights of each and every individual is an important issue to be addressed in our Management Philosophy and Fundamental Sustainability Policy, we formulated and published our Human Rights Policy in August 2022. We encourage all of our business partners, including suppliers, to respect human rights based on this policy, and we are promoting efforts to respect human rights throughout our sully chain.
Specifically, we host lectures by external speakers to give employees a chance to reflect on human rights issues in their daily lives.
To ensure sustainable procurement , we are also promoting visualization of issues and exchange of opinions on the initiatives of respect for human rights based on questionnaires through company visits.
Opinion exchange meetings with suppliers
Lectures on respect for human rights
