Society

Realization of Human Capital Management

To Fujikura Kasei, we consider our employees to be our most valuable asset. We actively promote human resource development and diversity initiatives to enhance our ability to address unpredictable and uncertain changes in the external environment. In formulating our human resource development policy, we first assess the current situation, clarify the ideal state, and identify the differences between the two as challenges in human resource development. We then concretely examine our human capital strategy to address these challenges.

Basic concept of human resources

Based on the awareness that human resources are essential to sustainable growth, we strive to realize human capital management by promoting the development and employment of human resources capable of executing the necessary measures to solve the six social issues we have identified as issues to be addressed by our company.

Priority measures

At our company, we are implementing three priority measures based on our human capital strategy, striving to raise the level of our efforts by coordinating these measures.

Human resource development

We support employee self-development and provide regular training so all employees can maximize their abilities. We also hold supervisor feedback meetings on performance evaluations and meetings with the human resource department as a key initiative in promoting human resource development.

Diversity & inclusion

A large diversity of people work in our company, ranging widely in age, gender, and other specific factors. We respect the basic human rights and individuality of all our employees, and endeavor to eliminate all forms of discrimination to create a workplace environment where they can all work comfortably.

Women’s empowerment

As part of our action plan to promote women’s empowerment, we established a goal to increase the number of female managers and are actively promoting this initiative. We are building systems that align with women’s life stages, and every five years, we provide an empowerment training program for all female employees as an opportunity for them to think about their future careers.

Active engagement of people with disabilities

We provide continuous employment to people with disabilities, giving consideration to their individual needs regarding place of work, working environment, work description, and other such factors.

Active engagement of senior employees

With the rapidly declining birthrate and aging population coupled with a shrinking population, there are growing expectations for the active participation of senior employees. In response to this situation, the Revised Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons was put into effect on April 1, 2021, requiring companies to make their best effort to secure the employment of employees up to the age of 70. We are revising our reemployment system to comply with this legal amendment and effectively foster successors while transferring the necessary skills. Additionally, we provide second career training sessions to employees who reach the age of 50, allowing them to discuss post-retirement work plans and succession matters in individual interviews with the human resource department.

Comeback employment system

This system supports the reemployment of employees who have resigned due to parental, nursing care, spousal relocation, self-development, or other personal reasons.

Anti-harassment regulations and workshops

We have established regulations for preventing and eliminating all forms of harassment and addressing harassment incidents should they occur, from the perspective of ensuring a fair workplace environment that is free of discrimination, protecting the interests of our employees, and allowing all employees to miximize their potential.

Engagement

Engagement surveys

We constantly strive to improve our workplace environment so our employees can maintain their motivation to work and maximize their abilities. As part of this effort, we carry out an engagement survey regularly. Beginning with last year’s survey, we have placed greater emphasis on disseminating a better understanding of our management philosophy. In fiscal 2024, we plan to implement a training program to enhance workplace engagement, for general manager-level employees.