Sustainability

Health and Productivity Management

MITSUBA Group believes in the importance of creating a workplace where employees can work energetically for a long time so that each employee can lead a rich and fulfilling life. With this, physical and mental health is not the only thing that can be maintained, but the creation of a workplace environment and systems that provide peace of mind in life events (injury or illness) are also promoted.

MITSUBA believes that the physical and mental health of our employees is an indispensable and valuable asset for the survival of our business.
Accordingly, in addition to analyzing the results of statutory health examinations and stress checks, we cooperate with the health insurance society to hold event such as optional seminars on topics that include ensuring sufficient exercise, maintaining and improving mental health, and preventing various illnesses. Regarding health checkups, employees are given opportunities to undergo health checkups based on the Rules of Safety and Health and Productivity Management.

Certification

Health and Productivity Management Organization logo

Following FY 2024, MITSUBA has been recognized as a 2025 Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization in the large enterprise category of the Health and Productivity Management Organization Certification System jointly implemented by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi.
The Health and Productivity Management Organization Certification System refers to a system established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in FY 2016 with the aim of maintaining an environment that can be evaluated by employees, job seekers, related companies, financial institutions, etc. by "visualization" of corporations such as large companies and small and medium-sized companies practicing especially excellent health and productivity management.

Sports Yell Company logo

MITSUBA has been certified as a "Sports Yell Company 2024" by the Japan Sports Agency.
The Sports Yell Company program is a system established in FY 2017 with the aim of improving the social evaluation of companies actively promoting strategic measures for healthcare of their employees by certifying companies promoting measures to support and encourage the sports activity of their employees.

Health and Productivity Management Policy, Purpose and Promotion System

MITSUBA Group Health and Productivity Management Policy

MITSUBA Group believes in the importance of creating a workplace where employees can work energetically for a long time so that each employee can lead a rich and fulfilling life. With this, physical and mental health is not the only thing that can be maintained, but the creation of a workplace environment and systems that provide peace of mind in life events (injury or illness) are also promoted.

Purpose and Promotion System of Health and Productivity Management

With the aim of enabling MITSUBA Group employees to lead healthy and fulfilling lives both physically and mentally, MITSUBA actively supports activities to maintain and improve health and raise health awareness. With that, we hold monthly meetings with the Health and Productivity Management Promotion Committee, which includes industrial physicians, industrial health staff, the labor union, and the health insurance union as participating members, and there we discuss how to encourage employees and such measures to be taken. Moreover, regular reports are made at management-level meetings, and the resolution of issues is speeded up by incorporating the intentions of top management.

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Expected Effects of Health and Productivity Management and Connections between Management Issues

MITSUBA believes that organizational revitalization and employee performance improvement are among the management issues. With that, MITSUBA believes that it is necessary to create a workplace where employees can work energetically for a long time. We will strengthen our support system so that people can feel at ease even when life events such as injuries or illnesses occur, and encourage them to balance treatment and work, and to formulate career and life plans in anticipation of retirement.

Specific measures include encouraging those with findings to undergo checkups, literacy education including e-learning, seminars to support exercise habits, workplace improvement seminars, promotion of specific health guidance by health insurance associations, and internal systems (benefits). Implementation of multilateral measures to raise the knowledge and awareness of employees, such as raising awareness of the importance of health care, and maintaining and improving the physical and mental health of employees, thereby increasing employee satisfaction and solving management issues.

Seminars on prevention of stiff shoulders and back pain

Specific health guidance for those whose health checkup results are high risk

Health and Productivity Management Index

Index Target FY2022 results FY2023 results
Regular health checkup rate*Supplementary checkup included 100% 99.8% 100%
Body Mass Index (BMI) 65% or more 60.4% 61.3%
High stress rate 14% or less 18.8% 17.6%
Smoking rate 25% or less 31.2% 31.0%
Specific health guidance implementation rate 30% or more 24.2% 30.5%
Rate of people with findings in regular health checkup
*Supplementary checkup included
70% or less 67.8% 77.1%
Stress check participation rate 95% or more 98.0% 98.9%
High stress person Follow-up rate 100% 100% 100%
Regular exercise rate 25% or more 23.5% 24.4%
Average days of paid leaves taken 12days or more 13.8days 13.8days

Change in health status over time / Change in lifestyle over time

*[ Average of all business sites:100] The higher the number, the better the condition

2020 2021 2022 2023
obesity MITSUBA 87 86 86 89
Avarage by business category 95 94 94 94
blood pressure MITSUBA 97 95 93 92
Avarage by business category 97 97 96 97
liver function MITSUBA 97 100 100 100
Avarage by business category 91 91 92 9
lipid MITSUBA 86 92 90 93
Avarage by business category 92 99 92 93
blood sugar MITSUBA 92 99 92 94
Avarage by business category 99 100 100 99
2020 2021 2022 2023
smoking MITSUBA 95 95 95 95
Avarage by business category 99 99 99 99
exercise MITSUBA 82 83 85 91
Avarage by business category 93 94 95 95
meal MITSUBA 107 107 110 110
Avarage by business category 108 108 108 107
drink MITSUBA 102 102 101 100
Avarage by business category 101 101 101 101
sleep MITSUBA 100 94 95 98
Avarage by business category 101 100 101 101

*Adapted from Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Nippon Kenko Kaigi, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry