We promote to improve employee satisfaction by organizing our work environment oriented to safety and health that employee can work with peace of mind, and by organizing the systems for incentive and human resource development to lift up employee motivation.
In the role of a company that operates the businesses related to beauty and health, we take “employee’s health” as a strategic management objective and promote to build good work environment that represents corporate structure and contributes to the sustainability and growth of the company.
To ensure the physical and mental well-being of our employees, we have been implementing our health management program since 2018. In March 2018, we received DBJ Health Management Rating Grade (1) by the Development Bank of Japan in recognition of our efforts. Striving for even more effective management, we applied for the “Health Company Declaration” in June 2018 and were qualified for the Step 1 grade in June 2019, followed by the Step 2 grade in March 2020, granted by Japan Health Insurance Association. In March 2023, we received DBJ Health Management Rating Grade (2) from the Development Bank of Japan, acknowledging our dedicated focus and efforts on employee health. Moreover, for the fourth consecutive year, our initiatives were recognized and certified under the "Health & Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program (Large Enterprise Category)" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan.
Our Health Management
Through the declaration by the top management, we send out messages to our employees, investors, and stakeholders showing our attitude towards health management.
“Health Management Declaration”
As a company in the field of the business related to beauty and health, Asahi Printing Group takes initiatives to promote the realization of “Health Management” by taking our employees’ health as the source of company’s vitality.
To keep pursuing the realization of Asahi Printing’s corporate philosophy and improvement of company’s value, it is necessary to make suitable environment which all employees can live healthy and happily both at work place and their home.
To make work place filled with smiles and increase job satisfaction, we set “Health Management” in our management policy. And we declare to strive to maintain and promote our health, enrich the work-life balance, and improve work environment along with the company, employee’s social union, employees and their families all together.
March 2020
Asahi Printing Co., Ltd.
We establish “Health Management Promotion Council”, and develop promotion systems under the direction of our Representative Director and President.
At the council, we share employees' health issues and develop action plans, and we implement these plans together with related divisions, Safety and Health Committee, corporate nurses, and employee’s social union.
In order to promote health management, we define following 3 as key policies.
Key Policies
- 1. We proactively support our employees to maintain and promote their health by themselves.
- 2. In order that our employees and their families’ life shall be filled with smiles, our company, employees’ social union, employees, and their families work all together to promote good work-life balance and health.
- 3. By realizing harmonious working environment, we pursue to improve our employee’s vitality and company’s value.
Based on these key policies, we consider concrete action plans at ”Health Management Promotion Council”.
◆Lifestyle-related Disease Prevention Measures
• Thorough management of health checkups by introducing a health checkup service [Checkup rate: 100% (Fiscal 2023)]
• Encouraging use of specific health guidance [Usage rate: 89.7% (Fiscal 2021)]
• Thorough health guidance and checkup encouragement based on checkup results [Checkup rate: 47.6% (Fiscal 2022)]
• Subsidies for club activities (running, baseball, tennis, etc.)
◆Cancer Prevention
• In addition to legally-mandated periodic health checkup items and supplementary health insurance options, the company will pay for colorectal cancer screening, stomach cancer screening, breast cancer screening, cervical cancer screening, and prostate cancer screening
◆Mental Health Initiatives
• Stress checks [Checkup rate: 98.5% (Fiscal 2023)]
• Workshops based on stress check group analysis results [92 members of the management participated (Fiscal 2023)]
• Consultation desk staffed by occupational health personnel [155 consultations (Fiscal 2022)]
• Mental health workshops for new hires, third-year employees, and managers
• Enhanced support system for persons returning to work from a leave of absence
◆Infection Control Measures
• On-site flu vaccinations and subsidies [Vaccination rate: 74.7% (Fiscal 2023)]
• Information service covering infectious diseases and prevention methods, etc.
We value “our lives” and base on the activities of securing our safety and health involving all employees to establish and maintain our “safe work environment.”
1. Compliance with Laws and Regulations
We comply with all the related laws and regulations and ensure the safety and health of our employees.
2. Safety and Health Committee
We promote activities for safety and health suitable to each work environment as we organize a satellite safety and health committee at each business unit under supervision of our central safety and health committee.
3. Risk Assessment
We periodically conduct risk assessments on our machinery and chemical materials to achieve and maintain our “safe work environment” that prevents us from having industrial accidents.
By means of our preventative measures to reduce dangerous and hazardous risks in the working areas, we strive to eliminate potential causes of dangers from the areas.
1. Employee Evaluation Feedback Interview
We hold a feedback interview with each employee for the result of their performance review.
This is for both the company and each employee to work and grow together by recognizing their contributions and discussing next steps for betterment.
2. Activities of Employees’ Social Union
Our Employees’ Social Union holds various social activities such as bowling, softball, hiking, Christmas party and etc. A lot of employees participate in these activities.
We hold periodic training sessions separated by employee’s class and role to improve their skills that they can do their jobs well and that our business performance and trust of our stakeholders may be lifted.
1. Asahi Education Committee
We have Asahi Education Committee that plans new training and brushes up the existing training to assist employees to grow and succeed.
2. Training Systems
We hold various training programs to nurture our leaders of tomorrow.
We respect for the dignity and human rights of our customers, directors and employees and others and build the corporate culture that never allows discrimination for races, nationality, beliefs, religions, disability, age, marital status, or SOGI.
1. Women's Participation Promotion Action Plan
We have an action plan in motion based on the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.
Its objective is for all female employees in our company to contribute to societies by using their personality and abilities.
Link for Women's Participation Promotion Action Plan(Only in Japanese)
2. Various Working Styles
We provide our employees with various working styles such as flextime and teleworking to meet their diverse needs.
3. International Students Recruitment
We recruit international students to adopt global insights as part of preparation for further global business development.
