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Boosting Health and Ensuring Safety and Hygiene

Creating an Environment Where Cheerful Employees Can Feel at Ease in Their Work

In August 2019, Eiken Chemical announced the “Declaration of Healthy Management,” a plan which aims to enable to keep all employees healthy and cheerful in their work every single day. This policy established a “Healthy Management Promotion System” as a coordinated effort of the Company and its employees, and a variety of other systems have been created as well.

Healthy Management Declaration

In order to realize our management philosophy, “Protect the health of the public through health care services.”, each employee must be healthy both physically and mentally. We declare that we will maintain and improve the mental and physical health of our employees by creating a workplace environment where they can work in a healthy, cheerful and active manner.

 

Promoting of Health and Productivity Management

Declaration of Healthy Management

Our management philosophy is to “protect the health of the public through health care services.” In order to achieve this goal, each and every employee must be both physically and mentally healthy. We hereby declare our intent to develop a workplace environment for healthy, cheerful, and lively work activities and strive to maintain and improve our employees’ physical and mental health.

Health Management Strategy Map

In promoting health management, we have set target indicators (KPIs) and visualize how each measure is contributing to the resolution of health issues.
Health Management Strategy Map

Health Management Support System

For the purpose of preventing lifestyle-related diseases and early detection of cancer, we conduct the following health checkups at the company's expense.

　・Lifestyle-related disease checkups: Conducted for employees over the age of 35.
　・Gynecological examinations (cervical cancer and breast cancer screenings): Conducted for female employees over the age of 30.
　・PSA screening (prostate cancer screening): Conducted for male employees over 50 years old.
　・Colorectal cancer screening: Regardless of age, it is conducted at the company's expense for those who wish.

Through these efforts, we help employees maintain their health and detect diseases early.

  Results for FY2024 Target for FY2027 Target for FY2030
Rate of uptake of regular health checkups 100% 100% 100%

Occupational Health System

In addition to follow-up measures after health checkups by industrial physicians and occupational health nurses, we have established a company-wide health consultation system, including mental health. Through this, we support the maintenance and improvement of the physical and mental health of each employee, and through these initiatives, we aim to create a work environment where employees can work with peace of mind.

Smoking Cessation Initiatives

We are promoting phased smoking cessation measures with the aim of maintaining the health of our employees and realizing a comfortable working environment. In April 2019, we began introducing "No Smoking Day" and "No Smoking Time" to combat smoking throughout the company.

Main initiatives

  • 　・No Smoking Day

Every Wednesday and Friday are designated as "No Smoking Days," and all business sites (facilities and premises), sales offices, and company-owned vehicles are completely non-smoking, including e-cigarettes.

  • 　・No Smoking Time

The time period from the start to the end of work (excluding lunch breaks) is designated as "non-smoking time" and we are promoting the creation of an environment that prohibits smoking.

  • 　・Restrictions on Smoking Areas

Smoking in business premises is limited to designated smoking areas, and we are gradually reviewing the smoking environment as part of health management.  All smoking areas are scheduled to be removed in April 2028.

  • 　・Smoking Cessation Challenge Support

Since October 2021, we have been providing subsidies for outpatient smoking cessation treatment and smoking cessation aids to those who wish to quit smoking for the purpose of preventing cancer, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, etc. We actively support our employees in their efforts to quit smoking.

  Results for FY2024 Target for FY2027 Target for FY2030
Smoking rates 16.5% 14.0% 10.0%

Promoting Health and Safety

We are committed to preventing occupational accidents (including commuting accidents). The Company establishes Heath and Safety Committees in each location, furnishes comfortable workplace environments and strives to improve workplace safety. To reduce accidents among sales personnel, the Company promotes safe driving in numerous ways. In addition to instilling strong safety awareness, Eiken Chemical introduces effective resources to reduce accident risk and support safe driving. We also prepare for disasters such as major earthquakes and fires and the spread of infectious disease. The Company prepares response manuals and conducts regular education and training, to prevent harm to people and achieve quick recovery.

  Results for FY2024 Target for FY2027 Target for FY2030
Number of occupational accidents (including commuting accidents) 13 0  0

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