Talent Development and Workplace Environment Improvements with Employees Regarded as Human Capital
First written in FY2023. 5 of 6 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 2 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
79 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「During the current consolidated fiscal year, we began operating the new personnel evaluation system for which preparations had been under way since the previous consolidated fiscal year, and introduced a system for developing management personnel.」
The company began operating the new personnel evaluation system and introduced a management development system. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of our human capital management initiatives, we decided to introduce a new personnel evaluation system and proceeded with preparations. This will enable us to evaluate employees’ abilities and performance appropriately and lead to the achievement of organisational goals and higher employee satisfaction.」
The policy of treating employees as “human assets” was made concrete through the decision to introduce and prepare for a new personnel evaluation system, training by job level, interdepartmental rotations and consideration of a goal-management system. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「To achieve our management strategy, we will systematically recruit and develop human resources and create an environment in which they can fully demonstrate their abilities.…… We will conduct group training by job level in accordance with an annual plan.…… As a general rule, we will implement rotations to maintain communication between departments.」
The policy of treating employees as “human assets” was translated into specific human resources measures, including recruitment, training by job level, interdepartmental rotations, performance and ability evaluations, and consideration of a goal-management system. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「Our group’s human resources policy is based on the view that people are a company’s greatest resource. From the perspective that retail and wholesale are people-oriented industries, we develop employees as “human assets” rather than workers.…… We place particular emphasis on sales training, including repeated on-the-job training in areas such as customer service skills for sales staff.」
The company positioned employees as “human assets” and, for the first time, disclosed separately its policies for human capital development through on-the-job training for sales staff, management training and purchasing at individual stores, as well as internal environment improvements including benefits, flexible working arrangements and health management.