Health Management
We are committed to promoting the mental and physical health of our employees and to the creation of a comfortable workplace.
Promoting Health Management
The Teijin Group has for many years proclaimed through its corporate philosophy both internally and externally to be a company that values employee health. In FY2016 we declared this basic value in the form of the Teijin Group Health Management Declaration, and are engaged on an ongoing basis a variety of activities. As part of this health management initiative, we compiled and distributed the Health Management Handbook as an opportunity for each of our employees to contemplate their own health as an important issue.
Strongly believing that employees are a company's ultimate management resource, each individual company of the Teijin Group will continue to work in close collaboration to promote the creation of positive, meaningful working environments with employees who enjoy both physical and mental health.
The Teijin Group was recognized as a Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for our excellent health management. We have received this recognition seven years running.
The Teijin Group health management declaration
The Teijin Group believes that employees are the ultimate management resource. We are committed to promoting the development of employees who are full of vigor and to the creation of vibrant workplaces for the sustainable growth of the company, and will continue to actively promote the mental and physical health of our employees. At the same time, the Teijin Group strives to contribute to the health of people around the world and improve quality of life through its business activities.
(Established on June 16, 2017)
Health Management Policy
The Teijin Group is strategically involved in the health management of its employees based on its corporate philosophy.
Health Management Policy
System for Promoting Health Management and Future Direction
The Health Care Administration Office is positioned as a promotion department, and health management is promoted in cooperation with the Teijin Group Health Insurance Association, industrial physicians, and occupational health staff under the direction of top management.
The following four priority issues are listed.
1. Improvement of lifestyle-related diseases
2. Reducing the risk of onset of disease
3. Promoting workstyle reform
- Improve work engagement
- Build highly engaged organizations
4. Reducing stress
Organization Chart of the Promotion System
Future direction (medium-term issues)
By visualizing the results of the health management initiatives that we have been implementing to improve the well-being of our employees, we will enhance employee work engagement and foster a corporate culture that better facilitates innovation.
Mental health care measures through close cooperation
In regards to mental health, Teijin has established consultation services for employees both internal and external to the company and the Health Care Administration Office provides tailored mental support under the guidance of medical specialists.
In FY2022, staff of the Health Care Administration Office (clinical psychologists, health nurses, nurses) and the external Employee Assistance Program (EAP) received a total of 2,749 consultations including online and telephone consultations.
Preventive education for mental health is also carried out periodically by staff at the Health Care Administration Office, such as new employee self-care seminars and line-care seminars. In all, 34 sessions were held in FY2022, attended by approximately 1,000 individuals.
Implementation of a diagnosis to measure the "iki-iki" level of individuals and workplaces
The Teijin Group has been diagnosing stress levels in all workplaces in Japan every year since 2003. Furthermore, in line with stress check legislation, in July 2016 it implemented the annual initiative of a diagnosis to measure the iki-iki (cheerfulness) level of individuals and workplaces. This diagnosis combines the workplace stress diagnosis with a stress diagnosis for individuals.
Those workplaces which were diagnosed as exceeding a certain level were the focus of workplace improvement activities to achieve bottom-up improvement through discussions with employees in the field. The results of the June 2022 diagnosis (an effectiveness measurement) showed that these activities had led to improvements in around 70% of the workplaces concerned.
Furthermore, from FY2019, we have been conducting "briefings on how to view the results of diagnosis to measure the iki-iki (cheerfulness) level of workplaces" targeting managers and encourage each department to improve the understanding of the results of group analysis and the methods of utilizing it, and are working on promoting activities to improve the workplace environment.
Teijin will continue aiming to create cheerful and comfortable workplaces through these diagnosis and improvement activities.
Prevention and health promotion measures for health in collaboration with health insurance providers
The Teijin Group is collaborating with health insurance providers to implement a data health plan (Colla-Health) based on analysis of health data. This involves utilizing the data of individual employees held by our company and health insurance providers to roll out health insurance business narrowing down the target by risk type and deploying various health insurance businesses ranging from popular approach (approaching a particular group overall) to severe illness prevention.