Response to Climate Change activity report

Diversity & Inclusion

In order to create innovation and new corporate value in a sustainable manner, we believe it is essential to promote the success of a wide range of employees through diversity and inclusion. Based on this, we aim to create a work environment in which each employee can make full use of their strengths and maximize their abilities, regardless of gender, age, nationality, disabilities, etc.

Specific Target Details of Specific Initiatives KPI
Efforts to promote the advancement of various personnel Prohibition of discrimination
  • Promoting the advancement of women, seniors, and people with disabilities.
Promoting awareness and behavioral changes among all employees
  • Providing opportunities (lecture sessions, messages from management) to gain a deeper understanding of respecting the rights of self and others, including understanding of LGBTQ and other sexual minorities.
  • Female employee rate: at least 50% (FY2025)
  • Female manager* rate: at least 30%*1 (FY2025)
    *1 Management position or higher
  • Employment of people with disabilities: at least statutory employment rate (each fiscal year)
  • Employment of seniors (aged 65+): at least equal to previous year’s number (each fiscal year)
  • Employment of non-Japanese citizens (if there is an opportunity): ongoing (each fiscal year)
  • Provision of opportunities to enhance understanding (e.g., human rights training): at least once per year (each fiscal year)
Initiatives to enhance work-life balance through promoting various work styles Promoting various work styles
  • Promoting ABW (activity-based working).
  • Continuing to maintain a flex-time system with no restrictions on the number of days or hours, a free-address system, a remote work system (including working from home), and shared offices.
  • ABW measures (use of full flex-time, free address, remote work, and shared office systems, etc.): ongoing (each fiscal year)
  • Percentage of employee engagement survey respondents who indicated that they are adopting ABW: at least 80% (each fiscal year)
Enhancing systems that support work-life balance
  • Supporting balancing of work, child-rearing, and nursing.
  • Promoting taking days off and leave.
  • Preventing overwork.
  • Childcare leave usage rate (male): at least 30% (FY2025)
  • Return-to-work rate of those taking childcare leave: 100% (each fiscal year)
  • Annual paid leave usage rate: at least 70% (FY2025)
  • Special leave usage rate: 100% (each fiscal year)
  • Work in excess of statutory working hours: less than 45 hours monthly per person (each fiscal year)