Difficulty Securing Digital and Specialist Talent
First written in FY2022. 1 of 3 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2025. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 34 of 109 companies on the "Worse" side.
102 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「We are making focused human capital investments in improving compensation and benefits, developing talent, creating a better work environment, promoting health-oriented management and HR DX, seeking to achieve both employee growth and increased corporate value.」
The company has reaffirmed its policy of continuing to treat the risk of securing talent, including digital and specialist talent, as an important issue and addressing it through recruitment, development, mobility, compensation and benefits, health-oriented management and HR DX. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「Amid intensifying competition for talent against a backdrop of a declining working-age population due to the declining birthrate and aging population, failure to secure as planned the personnel with the necessary knowledge, experience and skills could affect the achievement of the group’s management objectives and business growth.」
The company expanded the talent security risk beyond digital and specialist talent to include shortages of specialist talent responsible for the growth of each business and talent for group management, classifying the impact as “particularly significant.” - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「Competition for talent is intensifying not only domestically but globally, and the Group recognizes that developing and securing digital talent as digital technologies evolve, as well as personnel with specialized expertise in various fields when launching new businesses, is an urgent priority.」
The intensifying competition for talent was identified as a standalone risk related to developing and securing digital talent and specialist talent for new businesses.