Securing and Developing Diverse Talent and Creating a Supportive Workplace Environment
First written in FY2023. 1 of 3 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2025. Latest entry: FY2026.
- FY2026Update to education metrics and support measuresAnnual report
「The company encourages employees to actively obtain qualifications, expands qualification allowances, and subsidizes course fees, qualification acquisition costs and examination fees to support self-development. It also provides information each year on correspondence courses, including to domestic subsidiaries, and actively promotes employee development and qualification acquisition. In FY2025, compared with FY2021, education expenses increased 41% and the number of courses taken increased 39%.」
In addition to expanding qualification allowances, the company explicitly disclosed subsidies for qualification acquisition costs and examination fees. In FY2025, education expenses increased 41% from FY2021 and the number of courses taken increased 39%, updating the results of its education initiatives. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The company subsidized course fees and expanded qualification allowances to encourage employees to obtain qualifications and support self-development. It also provides information each year on correspondence courses, including to domestic subsidiaries, and actively promotes employee skills development and qualification acquisition. In fiscal 2024, training costs increased 17% and the number of courses attended increased 15% from the previous fiscal year. Compared with fiscal 2021, training costs increased 78% and the number of courses attended increased 72%.」
The company specified support for obtaining qualifications, course-fee subsidies, expanded qualification allowances and information on correspondence courses, and disclosed increases in training costs and the number of courses attended. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「To secure diverse talent, the Group recruits people with a range of experience and expertise, including new graduates, mid-career hires and foreign employees, and appoints them to management positions and as directors according to their abilities. Specifically, it prepares a skills matrix for each division and supports employee development by clarifying the skills employees possess. In addition to on-the-job training, the Group actively encourages participation in external training and correspondence courses and pursues ongoing human-resources development. The Group believes that enabling diverse talent to grow and continue contributing in a safe, secure workplace with a healthy work-life balance will enhance corporate value, and is actively working to reduce overtime hours and encourage employees to take annual paid leave.」
The company has disclosed for the first time, in a systematic manner, human-capital initiatives including the recruitment of new graduates, mid-career hires and foreign employees, appointments based on ability, division-specific skills matrices, on-the-job training, external training, correspondence courses and reductions in overtime.