Business Continuity Arrangements During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Telework and Online Business Meetings)
First written in FY2020. 2 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021-Q1. Latest entry: FY2022.
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- FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「To address these risks, our Group is working to maintain business and sales activities by promoting telework from home and encouraging online meetings with clients.」
The business continuity structure based on telework, online meetings with clients and the infectious disease response basic plan has been reaffirmed. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「At our Company, the full transition of the front-office organization from working from home to working in offices with thorough infection-prevention measures proved effective. Engagements for major projects, including our core SR consulting and PA and FA businesses, significantly exceeded the same period of the previous year, and we continued to achieve record-high revenue and profit.」
The transition of the front-office organization to office-based work with thorough infection-prevention measures became established, leading to an increase in engagements for major SR and PA and FA projects and record-high revenue and profit. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「To promptly improve these front-office arrangements, from June, when the state of emergency was lifted, remote work from home was limited to the middle- and back-office divisions, while the front-office divisions of the SR and investment banking businesses were shifted to remote work from offices with thorough infection-control measures. As a result, the loss of opportunities to win engagements has now improved significantly, revenue and profit growth in the consolidated second-quarter cumulative period forecast has recovered, and preparations are being made to exceed the full-year consolidated operating forecast.」
It is stated that shifting the front-office divisions primarily to offices with thorough infection-control measures improved the loss of opportunities to win engagements and restored revenue and profit growth. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「To address these risks, our Group is working to maintain business and sales activities by promoting telework from home and encouraging online meetings with clients. In addition, under the infectious disease response basic plan that we formulated, we are working to establish an appropriate management structure for preventing infections and containing their spread.」
Telework, online meetings with clients and the establishment of a management structure based on the infectious disease response basic plan were explicitly identified for the first time as measures to address infectious disease risks.