Health and Productivity Management

Basic Policy (Declaration of Health and Productivity Management)

The Kobelco Group believes that safety and health are fundamental to its business operations and take priority over all business activities. In accordance with this principle, we are working to create a workplace in which people can work lively with safety and health ensured.

Objectives and Management Structure for the Promotion of Health and Productivity Management

Based on the basic policy, we are promoting health and productivity management as an issue of paramount importance to corporate activities of our Company, which embraces a corporate culture that places the highest priority on safety and health, regardless of the social and business environment, recognizing that it contributes to corporate growth and sustainability.

Five key elements for promoting health management

Our Company has set mental health, physical health, disease prevention, sleep, D&I, and WLB (work-life balance) as key elelments for promoting health management.

Management Structure

We have set up the following management structure to implement PDCA cycle for promoting health management. We are collaborating with relevant bodies both inside and outside the company to create a safe and healthy workplace.

Health and Productivity Management Strategy Map

In order to create a workplace in which people can work lively with safely and health ensured, the following strategy map is used for the effective promotion of various measures.

Main Health and Productivity Management Initiatives

In order to realize a safe and healthy workplace, we are working to address both mental health and physical health issues by implementing and promoting the following measures focused on prevention and early detection/treatment.

Mental Health

Details
Primary prevention (Disease prevention, health promotion)	Self-care Awareness through stress checks Mental health education Care by line managers Organizational management (daily communication within the organizational structure) Mental health education Workplace support based on the results of stress checks Assessments classified into quadrants (motivated organization, low-motivation organization, workaholism, burnout) in accordance with the degree of employee engagement and stress, based on the results of stress checks for each department Particularly for workplaces that come under "burnout," industrial physicians, departments responsible for safety and health, and departments responsible for human resources and labor relations strive to understand the situation and engage in improvements. (External consultants may be called, as necessary)
Secondary prevention (Early detection, early treatment)	Individual follow-up based on the results of stress checks Interviews of employees with high stress levels by an industrial physician Sleep-related questions added to the stress check questionnaire, and industrial physicians check/follow up on applicable individuals Regular opening of consultation desks staffed by industrial counselors Support provided by industrial health staff assigned to business sites (industrial physicians, nurses, and industrial counselors)
Tertiary prevention (Return to work, prevention of recurrence)	Support for employees returning to the workplace by industrial health staff assigned to business sites and departments in charge of human resources and labor relations Support by consulting psychiatrists

Disease Prevention

Health checkups and aftercare
- Health checkups and health guidance pursuant to the Industrial Safety and Health Act
- Health checkups and health guidance for employees requiring follow-up observation
- Checkups at health screening clinics for employees reaching the age of 50 or 60 as well as their spouses
- Expanded cancer screening (e.g., gastric cancer checkups: adoption of blood tests + endoscopy, implementation of Helicobacter pylori testing)
- Support for employees returning to the workplace by industrial health staff assigned to business sites and departments in charge of human resources and labor relations
Support for smoking cessation
- Creating an environment to promote smoking cessation by introducing smoking cessation during working hours and non-smoking hours at some business locations
- Dissemination of educational materials on smoking cessation created in cooperation with the Kobe Steel health insurance association (through posting on the corporate intranet, etc.)
- Support for smoking cessation by industrial health staff utilizing nicotine patch treatment (partially covered by the Company's health insurance program)
Vaccinations
- Influenza vaccinations (fully covered by the Company for employees and their health insurance dependents)
- Vaccinations for employees transferred overseas

Physical Health

Initiatives for increasing health literacy
- Promoting regular exercise using the Pep Up health promotion support app
- Implementing regular exercise promotion and sleep improvement campaigns focused on walking good sleep
- As part of our efforts to address lack of exercise, videos of easy stretching and back pain prevention exercises are posted on the corporate intranet.
- At some business locations, physical fitness age is assessed by measuring physical fitness (body composition, forward bends, standing on one leg with eyes closed, reflex measurements, etc.).

Sleep

Creation and deployment of sleep educational videos supervised by consulting psychiatrist (tips for healthy sleep, sleep apnea, and appropriate sleep management for shift workers)
Sleep-related questions added to the stress check questionnaire, and industrial physicians check/follow up on applicable individuals

D&I and WLB

Click here to learn about D&I and WLB initiatives.: D&I: Diversity and Inclusion in the Kobelco Group; WLB: Work-Life Balance

Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention & Four Types of Care

Results

We are promoting efforts to improve presenteeism, absenteeism, and work engagement as target indicators.

Target indicators for health management

Item	FY2021 results	FY2022 results	FY2023 results	FY2024 target
Presenteeism^*1	35.2%	34.4%	37.5%	23.9%
Absenteeism^*2	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	^*4
Work engagement^*3	48.6	48.4	48.6	49.2
Job satisfaction	50.7	50.7	50.9	51.6

*1SPQ (Single-Item Presenteeism Question, developed by TheTokyo University) (Response rate: 98.0%)
*2Number of employees on leave due to mental health issues (Response rate for reasons for leave: 100%)
*3Deviation from the national survey average, which is set at 50, based on the response to stress check questions (Response rate: 98.0%)
*4Calculated at the end of fiscal 2012

Health-related issues and main indicators for effectiveness verification

Item		Target	FY2021 results	FY2022 results	FY2023 results
Mental health	Stress check examination rate	95.0% or more	96.0%	97.0%	97.2%
Mental health	High stress rate	11.6% or less	8.9%	8.9%	8.8%
Desease prevention	Percentage of people taking regular health checkups^*1	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Percentage of people taking detailed examinations	100%	91.9%	93.9%	93.7%
	Percentage of people with ideal weight^*2	70.0% or more	64.4%	64.2%	63.8%
	Percentage of people at high risk of disease	1.2% or less	2.1%	2.3%	2.3%
	Percentage of people at high risk of disease who received health guidance	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Percentage of people smoking	25.3% or less	28.9%	28.3%	27.7%
	Participation in measures related to women's health^*3	-	-	22.2%	9.1%
Physical health	Percentage of Pep Up subscribers	90.0% or more	86.4%	86.4%	87.5%
	Participation rate in Pep Up activities	70% or more	-	56.6%	54.3%
	Percentage of individuals with exercise habits	30.0% or more	22.5%	23.4%	24.1%
Sleep	People taking sufficient rest through sleep	70% or more	64.8%	65.6%	62.5%
D&I and WLB	Total actual working hours	Less than 2000 h/year	2,057.0 h/year	2,050.1 h/year	2,050.4 h/year
	Overtime hours	-	17.2 h/month/person	16.5 h/month/person	16.1 h/month/person
	Number of days of annual paid leave taken	Average 15.0 days/year/person	13.9 days/year/person	17.0 days/year/person	18.0 days/year/person
	Turnover rate for those with less than 3 years of service	-	17.7%	10.4%	4.1%
	Turnover rate for those with less than 10 years of service	Less than 15%	19.5%	20.0%	21.1%

*1Excluding employees on leave, employees working overseas, etc.
*2BMI range from 18.5 to 25.0
*3E-learning, etc.

Purpose and background of goal setting

Item	Background
Examination rate of stress check	To ensure proper health management (voluntary testing)
Percentage of individuals experiencing high levels of stress	To achieve and maintain the rate below the national average
Regular health checkup participation rate	To ensure proper health management (mandatory)
Detailed examination participation rate	To ensure proper health management
Percentage of individuals with the appropriate body weight	The target set based on previous med-term results (to be reviewed once achieved)
Percentage of individuals at high risk of illness	Decreased by 50% from the fiscal 2022 result (the target to be reviewed once achieved)
Percentage of individuals at high risk of illness receiving health guidance	To ensure proper health management

Item	Background
Smoking rate	Decreased by 3% from the fisal 2022 result
Percentage of individuals registered with Pep Up	The target set based on previous med-term results (to be reviewed once achieved)
Pep Up activity participation rate	The target set based on previous med-term results (to be reviewed once achieved)
Percentage of employees taking part in regular exercise	The target set based on previous med-term results (to be reviewed once achieved)
Number of individuals obtaining sufficient rest from sleep	The target set based on previous med-term results (to be reviewed once achieved)

Health Literacy

We are promoting efforts to improve health literacy by developing health promotion measures and distributing health-related columns using PepUp.

Health literacy status^*

	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Health Literacy	24.6%	25.1%	25.0%

*Percentage of people who answered "I am working on improving health" to the question "Are you thinking of improving your lifestyle habits such as exercise and diet?" on the health check questionnaire

Health promotion measures using Pep Up

Health promotion measures	Items	2022	2023
Pep Up walking event^*	Total number of events held	14 events	15 events
Pep Up walking event^*	Total number of participants and viewers	3,349 people	4,055 people
Columns for health literacy	Number of columns posted	74 columns	88 columns
Columns for health literacy	Total number of participants and viewers	148,890 people	158,329 people

*Events held by each business location

Collaboration and Initiatives with the Local Community

As a member of the Health Management Working Group of Kobe City's "Health Creative City KOBE," our Company is working to address societal health management issues by collaborating with the local community in activities in the three areas listed below in accordance with the committee's operating policy.

Areas of activity

Activities to raise awareness of health management (seminars, information dissemination)
Activities to provide services and content useful for health management
Activities to investigate, study, and address health management issues through the Health Management Practice Project Team

External Awards and Evaluations

2024 Health and Produtivity Management Organization (White 500)

By implementing various measures to maintain and promote both physical and mental health, we are working to create a more comfortable working environment as well as a safe and healthy workplace. We have been certified as a "2024 Health and Produtivity Management Organization (White 500)" for the fifth time, as in the previous year, in recognition of our efforts.

For information on our safety and health initiatives, click the link below.

Safety and Health