Target for appointing women and foreign nationals to management positions
First written in FY2023. 3 of 4 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2026.
Kitabo moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2024, 2 years before the typical company in this theme (2026).
4 other companies' latest entry also says "Reframed".
- FY2026The percentage of women officers fell to 0%, while the management targets continuedAnnual report
「Among management-level employees of the Group, women account for 40.0% and foreign nationals account for 10.0%. Among officers, women account for 0% and foreign nationals account for 10.0%. (All figures are as of the end of March 2026 and include consolidated subsidiaries.) The Company will continue developing personnel to ensure that women in management positions account for at least 10.0% of the total workforce in quality control and testing and development departments.」
The Company reported 40.0% for women in management positions and 10.0% for foreign managers, while the percentage of women officers fell from the 10.0% reported in the previous year to 0%. The targets of ensuring at least 10% women in management positions in quality control and testing and development departments and newly appointing at least 10% foreign managers of other nationalities continued. - FY2025ReframedAnnual report
「Among management-level employees of the Group, women account for 40.0% and foreign nationals account for 10.0%. Among officers, women account for 10.0% and foreign nationals account for 10.0%. (All figures are as of the end of March 2025 and include consolidated subsidiaries.) In particular, in the spinning business, a woman was newly appointed to a management position in the technical management department, which had traditionally been regarded as male-dominated. As a future target, the Company will develop personnel to reduce the gender gap in manufacturing departments and ensure that women in management positions account for at least 10.0% of the total workforce in quality control and testing and development departments. In addition, because the nationalities of foreign managers and officers are concentrated, the Company aims to increase diversity by newly appointing foreign managers of other nationalities to at least 10.0% (currently Japan and 1 other country).」
The target for women in management positions was specified to include the quality control and testing and development departments, rather than all manufacturing departments. Current figures were stated as 40.0% for women in management positions, 10.0% for foreign managers, 10.0% for women officers and 10.0% for foreign officers. The appointment of a woman to a management position in the technical management department was also described. - FY2024ReframedAnnual report
「As a future target, the Company aims to improve the low percentage of women in management positions in manufacturing departments, particularly ensuring that women in management positions in the Spinning Business Division account for at least 10.0% of the total workforce (currently 14.3% of the total in the healthcare business). In addition, because the nationalities of foreign managers and officers are concentrated, the Company aims to increase diversity by newly appointing foreign managers of other nationalities to at least 10.0% (currently Japan and 1 other country).」
The target for women in management positions was narrowed from all manufacturing departments to a particular focus on the Spinning Business Division. The consolidated percentage of women in management positions was stated as 42.9% and the percentage of foreign managers as 14.3%; the target of at least 10% for foreign managers of other nationalities continued. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「As a future target, the Company aims to improve the low percentage of women in management positions in manufacturing departments and ensure that women in management positions account for at least 10.0% of the total workforce in those departments (currently 0.0%). In addition, because the nationalities of foreign managers and officers are concentrated, the Company aims to increase diversity by newly appointing foreign managers of other nationalities to at least 10.0% (currently Japan and 1 other country).」
The Company set targets of increasing the percentage of women in management positions in manufacturing departments from the current 0.0% to at least 10.0% and newly appointing foreign managers of other nationalities to at least 10.0%.