There have been dramatic changes in our environment in recent years. To respond to these changes, we believe an important management issue is to create a workplace environment in which diverse employees can fully demonstrate their individuality and strengths, enthusiastically and autonomously explore and transform their work, and grow as they accumulate experience and achievements. Based on this belief, the new human resource strategy that we formulated as part of the Seventh Medium-Term Management Plan is a compilation of a policy (our human capital policy) and measures (a human resource development program) for strengthening our base of human resources, which are the source of corporate value creation.

Our Human Capital Policy

Our human capital policy serves as the basic policy for human resource development and other initiatives related to human capital formation. The aim of this policy is to strengthen our human resource base, which is the source of corporate value creation. It comprises our vision, criteria describing the ideal human resources that the Company wants to cultivate and strengthen, and initiatives for achieving the vision. These initiatives will be formalized one by one in each area of recruitment, training and career path, evaluation and remuneration, and environment.

Vision

  • We respect the diverse values of our employees and will strive to provide opportunities and supportive environments so that diverse individuals can maximize their individuality and strengths and grow on their own through the performance of their work.
  • We will promote the creation of a comfortable work environment so that employees can engage in their work with peace of mind. 
  • We will improve our corporate vitality and organizational transformation capabilities and achieve more productive work styles by working to improve employee engagement.

Our Expectations for Human Resources

Efforts toward Our Vision

1. Recruitment
  • In addition to the hiring of new graduates, we actively and continuously hire people with prior experience in order to secure a diverse workforce.

2. Training and career path
  • We have created environments for autonomous career development that allow employees to maximize their individuality and strengths and grow on their own through the performance of their work.
  • In order to support autonomous career development and taking on challenges, we have established new human resources development programs, including revised and new training programs.
  • We are building a stronger talent pool that can take a leading role in management strategy based on diversity, expertise, and independence.

3. Evaluation and remuneration
  • We will appropriately assess the contribution of employees’ performance of their work, including the degree to which they have developed their abilities, demonstrated their performance, and fulfilled their expected roles.
  • We will assess our employees’ independent approach and actions toward their work, such as work reform, work efficiency improvement, and voluntary efforts to achieve ambitious goals.

4. Environment
  • We will create a workplace environment that ensures work-life balance by promoting the use of various leave systems to help employees balance childcare or nursing care with their work.
  • We will promote the creation of a comfortable workplace environment that enables diverse work styles through the utilization of telework.

Formulating Our Human Resource Development Program

In the initiatives for achieving the vision within our human capital policy, we state that we will develop a new human resource development program to support each employee’s autonomous career development and taking on challenges toward personal growth. Through the following initiatives and other efforts, we aim to diversify our human resource portfolio and strengthen the foundation of our human resource capabilities.

  • Visualization of human resource portfolio using IT
  • Support for medium- to long-term and autonomous career development based on career ownership
  • Wider range of self-development options through blended learning
  • Introduction of an in-house trainee system and mentor system
  • Enhanced experiences outside of the Company