Health Declaration
Under the corporate philosophy ”Kyorin continues to fulfill its mission of cherishing life, and benefiting society by contributing to better health”, the Kyorin Group has enacted the "Kyorin Group Health Declaration," a statement recognizing that our employees are the foundation of our corporate philosophy and long-term vision, and that their physical and mental health is paramount.
* ”Health Management®” is a registered trademark of the nonprofit organization Kenkokeiei.
The Kyorin Group Health Declaration-Your Health is Kyorin’s Mission-
As a company that supports sound and healthy lifestyles, the Kyorin Group views the health of its employees as a vital management issue, and is committed as an organization to promoting the health management of each and every employee.
- To ensure that our employees and their families can live active lives, we pursue the maintenance of their sound physical and mental health by working hand in hand with a health insurance association.
- We proactively support our employees’ efforts to maintain and improve their health and to further their health awareness.
- We implement measures to maintain and improve our employees’ health and create safe and comfortable work environments as we aim to build business operations that allow us to fulfill our social mission of contributing to better health.
We strive to maintain and improve the health of our employees and their family members, to create a healthy and lively workplace culture where our employees can live up to their full potential, and to further increase their motivation and work satisfaction.
KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yutaka Ogihara
Health Management Promotion Structure
The top officer of this structure is the president of KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and the promotion officer is the CHRO of KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
When sharing information with Group companies, we have a system in which industrial physicians, public health nurses, the KYORIN Health Insurance Association, and the secretariat work together to formulate health promotion measures and coordinate with health committees at individual companies to implement these measures.
In response to health challenges linked to solutions to business challenges, we assess the expected benefits of these measures, as well as the connections between specific activities involved in maintaining and promoting health, and support health management based on a health management strategy map.
Major initiatives
1. We will coordinate with health insurance associations to further implement health promotion measures.
2. We will achieve a 100% health examination participation rate and help employees maintain and improve their health.
Health examinations rate
| FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular health examinations | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
3. We will implement measures aimed at improving employee lifestyle habits (smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, sleep, and diet).
We have set numerical targets for 2025, using 2019 as our reference year, and are currently implementing lifestyle habit improvements.
| 2019 results (reference year) |
2020 results |
2021 results |
2022 results |
2025 targets |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of employees who do not smoke | 80.6% | 81.3% | 82.3% | 82.5% | 85% |
| Percentage of employees who drink appropriate amounts of alcohol * | 73.4% | 74.6% | 73.6% | 70.1% | 80% |
| Percentage of employees who walk or engage in equivalent physical activities for one hour or more per day | 45.0% | 44.8% | 44.0% | 44.8% | 55% |
| Percentage of employees who get sufficient sleep | 64.8% | 72.8% | 69.1% | 67.2% | 75% |
* Percentage of male employees who drink less than 40 g of alcohol per day and female employees who drink less than 20 g of alcohol per day
4. We will implement measures that cover everything from the prevention, early detection, and early response to mental health issues to the support of employees returning to work and the prevention of relapses
The Kyorin Group provides mental-health education to managers and employees, and promote prevention and early detection of mental illness. We also have created a system for employees and their families to feel free to ask for help.
When a mental health issue arises, the employee’s department, industrial psychiatrists, public health nurses, and Human Resources Department work together to help the employee recover, return to work, and prevent relapse. In addition, we perform stress checks on all employees every year to put it use for management their own health.
Stress checks*
| FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of employees who underwent the check | 98.0% | 97.6% | 97.0% | 97.8% | 97.5% |
| Percentage of employees who are highly stressed | 12.2% | 10.6% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 10.5% |
5. We will conduct presenteeism* studies and verify the effectiveness of our health promotion measures.
* Working while sick. The state of being present at work but not performing as expected because of impaired mental or physical abilities due to illness, etc.
Work environments each and every employee can work in health and safety
Occupational Health and Safety
The Kyorin Group places the highest priority on the “safety” and “health” of our employees, and we are proactively pursuing activities related to occupational health and safety.
One of our EHS activities has been to formulate an occupational health and safety system, and we have set a goal of having zero workplace accidents. As a result of the activities at workplaces across the Group, the frequency and extent of workplace accidents as measured by rate and severity are well below industry average levels.
Rate of work accidents
Frequency of accident: Number of deaths and injuries due to work accidents (excluding accidents while commuting) / Total work hours x 1,000,000
Severity of work accidents
Magnitude of accidents: Number of lost work days (excluding accidents while commuting) / Total work hours x 1,000
Mental health
The Kyorin Group provides mental health education for managers and employees. Our manager training includes prevention and early detection of mental illness by encouraging managers to pay attention to their subordinates and promoting understanding of the specific symptoms of mental disorders. We also encourage to gain knowledge about maintaining mental health via our intranet and other means, and have created a system for employees and their families to feel free to ask for help.
When a mental health issue arises, the employee’s department, industrial psychiatrists, public health nurses, and Human Resources Department work together to help the employee recover, return to work, and prevent relapse.
Recognized as the “2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (Large enterprise category)”
We have been recognized as the “2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (Large enterprise category)”
