Materiality

Diversity

Imagining People, Creating the Future.

At H.U. Group, we respect all employees regardless of gender, disability status, race, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, parenting or caregiving responsibilities, and other attributes or circumstances. We believe that a culture of mutual respect and recognition serves as the foundation for co-creation, taking on challenges, and driving innovation.
“Healthcare for You” — To deliver optimal healthcare to every individual, we promote Diversity & Inclusion across the H.U. Group by embracing the diverse perspectives and ideas of each employee and fostering co-creation as one unified team.

  • About H.U. Group's Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives
  • Specific Efforts towards Diversity Promotion
  • Results
  • Target/KPI

Director, Chairman,
President and Group CEO

Shigekazu Takeuchi

The mission of the H.U. Group is to “Create new value in healthcare and thereby contribute to human health and the future of medical care.“

Throughout its history, the H.U. Group has created synergies in its business by leveraging the different cultures of its group companies while promoting a strategy of integration as the H.U. Group.

We believe that it is more important than ever before for each and every employee to demonstrate his or her individual strength in order to respond to and contribute to a rapidly changing society and its diversifying needs in the future.
Therefore, we have adopted the personnel philosophy that “the power of the Company is the sum of the power of its employees.”

In order to realize this philosophy, it is important to respect each other by regarding all attributes such as gender, age, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, and gender identity, as well as various circumstances such as childcare and nursing care, as characteristics of the individual.
It is also essential to create a corporate culture in which everyone can freely engage in dialogue and discussion both inside and outside the company, and thereby pursue better products and services and encourage innovations.

By promoting such diversity and inclusion measures and fostering a culture in which each employee is unafraid of change or challenges and can maximize their individual capabilities, we will work towards realizing the H.U. Group's statement, "Healthcare for You."

We hope you will look forward to the future developments of H.U. Group.

About H.U. Group's Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

At H.U. Group, in addition to our Diversity Policy, we place great importance respecting and leveraging uniqueness and differences of each individual as defined in our philosophy system’s "mutual respect" of “values and behavioral principles”.
We believe that by doing so, the collective strength of each individual employee becomes the strength of the entire company, leading to the creation of innovation and ultimately contributing to solving global social issues.

Specific Efforts towards Diversity Promotion

H.U. Group emphasizes the perspective of respecting the individual, and on top of this, believes that various attributes such as gender, age, race, nationality, disability, personality, religion, hobbies, and preferences represent the individuality of each individual.
We provide diversity education and harassment education for all employees as well as diversity management education for managers, who have a greater deal of influence, to ensure that they can practice it in the workplace based on the perspective of "respecting the individual."

  • 育児との両立
  • 介護との両立
  • 不妊治療との両立
  • LGBTQ
  • エイジ
  • 女性の活躍
  • グローバル
  • 障がい者

Achievements

External Evaluation in Women's Empowerment

MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)

This index consists of Japanese stocks within the “MSCI Japan IMI” that demonstrate excellence in gender diversity scores. Our company has been selected for six consecutive years since 2019.

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MMSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)

Certification as a Company Promoting Diversity and Inclusion

"Best Workplace" by D&I AWARD

The company is recognized as a leading D&I company that is committed to promoting Diversity and Inclusion at a high level not only in Japan but also on a global scale.

Best Workplace by D&I AWARD

Target/KPI

By the fiscal year of 2029
Ratio of female managers and above

Every employee envisions their own career in their own way, and the company provides them with options to support their self-realization. As part of this, we regard women's empowerment as one of the material issues and are working to support their promotion to managerial positions.

Ratio of female managers and above 25%

By the fiscal year of 2029
Rate of men's childcare leave

To support work-childcare balance of employees in childcare, we are promoting use of childcare leave　and vacation by creating a workplace environment and culture that facilitate use of childcare leave regardless of gender, so that every employee can take childcare leave.

Rate of men's childcare leave 100%

Materiality

Specific Efforts towards Materiality

Work-childcare Balance

To ensure work-childcare balance of employees, we have been engaging in a variety of efforts such as education for all employees, distribution of handbooks, and at some group companies, partial paid leave and support payments.

Work-nursing care Balance

Under the caregiving leave regulations, allows employees to apply for leave to care for family members in need of long-term care. In addition, in some Group companies, various initiatives are in place to support long-term employment, such as partial income compensation through the Caregiver Leave Compensation System. Furthermore, educational content on related topics is provided annually to raise awareness and encourage preparedness for “when the time comes.”

Work-fertility treatment Balance

Under our accumulated paid leave policy, employees can carry over unused paid leave beyond its regular expiration period and use it for purposes such as fertility treatment. In addition, at health screening facilities operated by H.U. Group companies, employees can add optional items to their health checkups.

LGBTQ

We are taking initiatives to create an environment where employees can be themselves at work, including explicitly prohibiting SOGI harassment in our regulations, introducing a partnership system that provides benefits equivalent to those of marriage, and allowing accumulated leave to be used for gender-affirming surgery.

Age

To enable senior employees to choose work styles that suit them best, we support their continued contributions within the company through a role-based retirement system.
In addition, we promote future-oriented health initiatives, including educational programs and physical fitness assessments.

Women's Participation

To ensure that female employees can fully demonstrate their individuality and abilities, we actively work to create an environment where they can continue working long-term — through initiatives such as recruitment, promotion to management positions, and improving the return rate from childcare leave. In addition, the “Women's Subcommittee” engages in cross-group discussions and initiatives focused on women's health. Female employees actively participate in these efforts to help create a more comfortable and supportive working environment for themselves.

Globalism

As part of our policy, we clearly prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, or nationality. To help employees of diverse nationalities express their individuality, we provide video content on our learning platform, CAREERSHIP.

People with Disabilities

H.U. Cast was established in April 2019, and after receiving certification as a special subsidiary, we have created a place where employees can express various individualities and have been gradually expanding our work contents, promoting the employment of people with disabilities.
In addition to shared-office contract work and cleaning and testing preparation work, we also contribute to local community through, for example, information sessions and student internships for external students and their parents.
For more information, please visit H.U. Cast's website［https://hucast-hugp.com/］.

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