Creating Comfortable
Working Environments

Kumiai Chemical Group Basic Policy on Human Capital Management

  1. Creating rewarding workplaces
    The Kumiai Chemical Group believes human capital is the most important factor in and indispensable for sustainable corporate growth, and actively builds working environments where employees can work enthusiastically as they enjoy work-life balance. We also foster a culture that offers employees steady validation, a sense of accomplishment, and hope for the future, so that they can achieve self-fulfillment and maximum happiness through their work.
  2. Creating safe and healthy working environments
    The Kumiai Chemical Group prevents industrial accidents and diseases as well as promoting the creation of safe and healthy working environments by ensuring that employees are aware of legal requirements related to safety, health, and disaster prevention, reflecting discussions at the Safety and Health Committee, which includes employee representatives.
  3. Ensuring fair working conditions
    The Kumiai Chemical Group respects fundamental rights related to labor, including freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining. Through constructive labor-management dialogue in councils with the labor union, we ensure fair working conditions by complying with labor-related laws and regulations, such as rules on minimum wages and working hours, as well as maintaining a well-balanced personnel system and working to further improve the treatment of employees.
  4. Fair and equitable human capital management
    The Kumiai Chemical Group trains highly ethical human capital capable of acting in accordance with its Corporate Philosophy and with a high level of expertise and a global perspective, using systems that support fair and equitable human capital management and development.
  5. Promotion of diversity
    The Kumiai Chemical Group achieves diversity and inclusion that enables its diverse human capital to make the most of their individual values and abilities.

Promotion of Work-Life Balance

Kumiai has positioned promotion of work-life balance (WLB) as materiality, and is promoting initiatives to create a comfortable working environment and achieve health and productivity management.
In order to create a comfortable working environment, we have introduced a staggered working hour system and a teleworking system to facilitate employees’ WLB. We are developing an environment in which diverse human resources can fully demonstrate their abilities with peace of mind.
As a result of these initiatives, the average monthly hours of overtime work were 13.6 hours (FY2023), and the average rate of employees taking annual paid leave was 60.4% (FY2023).
Going forward, we will not only work to reduce the average monthly hours of overtime work and increase the average rate of employees taking annual paid leave but also aim to increase the rate of male employees who take childcare leave and obtain “Kurumin” certification. We will continue our efforts to further improve WLB by engaging in detailed improvement activities not only company-wide but also at the departmental level.
With regard to the achievement of health and productivity management, we are promoting initiatives based on our belief that employees’ healthy lives are the foundation of sound corporate growth. We aim to be recognized as a Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization by promoting various improvements.

KPI FY2022
results		 FY2023
results		 FY2026
targets		 FY2030
targets
Average rate of employees taking annual paid leave 60.6% 60.4% 70.0% 80.0%
Average monthly hours of overtime work 13.8 hours 13.6 hours Less than 10 hours Less than 10 hours
Rate of male employees who take childcare leave 24.1% 62.5% 100% 100%
“To receive Kurumin Certification” based on the Action Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children ー ー To receive “Platinum Kurumin” Certification Maintaining “Platinum Kurumin” Certification
Be recognized ad a Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization ー ー Gain certification Maintain certification
Job turnover 2.9% 2.9% ー ー

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