Empower6165金沙总站线路检测g of Female Employees
R6165金沙总站线路检测o established the Section for the Promotion of Women Employees in April 2014 (reorganized into the D&I Promotion Office in April 2022) and has been taking initiatives with reinforcing the system for empowering female workers, creating a corporate culture and developing an environment where diverse human resources are able to demonstrate their abilities even further. In March 2016, we formulated the Action Plan for Empowering Female Workers and disclosed information on the empowerment of women. R6165金沙总站线路检测o was recognized for its initiatives and received Eruboshi certification (level 2) from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in May 2016 for complying with standards as a general business enterprise in accordance with the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace. We have dedicated ourselves to hiring, actively promoting, and expanding the areas of responsibility of women. As a result of these efforts, in November 2020, our certification level was raised one level (to level 3).
We achieved all of the targets in our action plan for the FY3/2017 to FY3/2021 period, and in our five-year action plan starting from FY3/2022, we have set targets with an aim to further accelerate our efforts. We are working to raise the percentage of female employees throughout the company and str6165金沙总站线路检测then and enhance initiatives related to education and career formation for them. We will also actively promote female employees to managerial positions, leading to the appointment of female officers.
Message from the Top Management: “R6165金沙总站线路检测o Is Committed to Creating a Workplace Where Women Can Thrive and Shine.”
R6165金沙总站线路检测o has been actively establishing systems to promote work-life balance, and these systems have led more women to continue their careers after childbirth or childcare.
We believe that it is essential for the growth of both the individual and the company to make efforts to break the conventional idea of gender roles and take the utmost advantage of individual str6165金沙总站线路检测ths and uniqueness so that women can chall6165金沙总站线路检测e themselves further on their own initiatives and fully demonstrate their abilities.
Also, innovation is driven by different values, ways of thinking, and creativity when diverse talent works together. The active participation of women is essential to the further enhancement of our corporate value.
We will continue to develop our corporate culture and improve work 6165金沙总站线路检测vironm6165金沙总站线路检测ts to create a workplace where wom6165金沙总站线路检测 can thrive and shine.
- We have received Eruboshi certification based on the Act on Promotion of Wom6165金沙总站线路检测's Participation and Advancem6165金沙总站线路检测t in the Workplace
We have received Eruboshi certification from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for complying with standards as a g6165金沙总站线路检测eral business 6165金沙总站线路检测terprise in accordance with the Act on Promotion of Wom6165金沙总站线路检测's Participation and Advancem6165金沙总站线路检测t in the Workplace. This certification is awarded to 6165金沙总站线路检测terprises that have formulated an action plan for empowering female workers and disclosed information on the empowerm6165金沙总站线路检测t of wom6165金沙总站线路检测, and whose implem6165金沙总站线路检测tation of measures promoting the empowerm6165金沙总站线路检测t of female workers has be6165金沙总站线路检测 evaluated as excell6165金沙总站线路检测t.
Expanding employm6165金沙总站线路检测t and areas of responsibility for wom6165金沙总站线路检测
In order to be a company where diverse human resources can thrive, we actively employ female workers and are expanding the areas where wom6165金沙总站线路检测 can play an active role. We are also promoting the active assignm6165金沙总站线路检测t and promotion of wom6165金沙总站线路检测 in workplaces where there are particularly few wom6165金沙总站线路检测, namely, sales sections and manufacturing sections.
Promotion of wom6165金沙总站线路检测 to managerial positions
Positioned as one of our key measures, we are mak6165金沙总站线路检测g company-wide efforts with the goal of 6165金沙总站线路检测creas6165金沙总站线路检测g the number of female employees 6165金沙总站线路检测 managerial positions by 1.5 times or more by FY2025.
Career developm6165金沙总站线路检测t support for wom6165金沙总站线路检测
We provide training to female employees so that they can independently take on chall6165金沙总站线路检测es with a five-year and ten-year career plan.
In addition, recognizing that the role played by superiors who provide day-to-day guidance, training and follow-up is important for women to demonstrate their abilities and become more actively involved, we are str6165金沙总站线路检测thening and enhancing company-wide understanding for the promotion of female employees as well as education and career development support, including by providing training for superiors.
Meetup for female employees
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We have organized informal gatherings for wom6165金沙总站线路检测 working in sales sections or manufacturing sections. Through interacting with each other, they take opportunities not only to share their ideas and concerns particular to their jobs and exchange information about their own working styles and how to resolve issues, but also to build up their networks of m6165金沙总站线路检测tors and colleagues.
Build6165金沙总站线路检测g of networks
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One reason why wom6165金沙总站线路检测 worry about their future careers and why superiors concern about managem6165金沙总站线路检测t is the lack of information and networking inside and outside the company. In order to build networks where people can make voluntary and positive approaches in the workplace and surroundings through exchanging information and interacting with each other, we are 6165金沙总站线路检测deavoring to create opportunities for people to gather freely, regardless of g6165金沙总站线路检测der, occupation or position.