Materiality

Human Rights

For All Employees to Demonstrate Their Values

Our company believes that each and every person is equal in the universal desire of "health," and recognizes that respect for human rights is essential to our business, as our company name stands for "Healthcare for You." The businesses H.U. Group Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "H.U. Group") are involved in are diverse, including "Lab Testing and its related Services (LTS)," "In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD)," and "Healthcare-related Services (HS)," all of which requires a high sense of ethics and a sense of mission that is related to life. The H.U. Group has been promoting engagement activities with stakeholders to recognize and identify these human rights issues.
In addition to its Human Rights Policy, the H.U. Group has established the item "(1) Respect for Human Rights" in "Section 4. Relationship with Society" in its Code of Conduct, which states, "The H.U. Group will respect internationally recognized human rights. H.U. will respect the rights of all persons involved in the business activities of the H.U. Group and make its best efforts to ensure that such rights will not be infringed upon." This is in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which stipulates that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights," and the ILO's International Convention on Human Rights. In addition to complying with laws and regulations, we clearly state that discrimination, harassment, forced labor and child labor are prohibited in order to ensure a higher level of effectiveness, and we are increasing awareness among employees through various training programs.

  • H.U. Group Code of Conduct
  • Efforts

H.U. Group Code of Conduct

The social reputation of the H.U. Group for its compliance with laws and regulations as well as its fair and faithful business is a valuable asset that is essential to the existence of the H.U. Group. This H.U. Group Code of Conduct provides guidelines on particularly important matters so that all directors, officers and employees of every company in the H.U. Group ("Company Personnel") are able to exercise judgment regarding laws and regulations, and rules of corporate ethics, that should be complied with in carrying out the daily activities of the H.U. Group.

Reference

The details are introduced below.

  • Code of Conduct [H.U. Group Holdings]

    https://www.hugp.com/en/company/codeofconduct.html

Efforts

Membership in the United Nations Global Compact (February 2019)

In February 2019, the Miraca Holdings Inc. (now H.U. Group Holdings Inc.) signed the United Nations Global Compact as the representative of the Group.

Reference

The details are introduced below.

  • U.N. Global Compact
    ［H.U. Group Holdings］

    https://www.hugp.com/en/sustainable/globalcompact.html

  • For "Assessment of Human Rights-related Items" in the supply chain, click here.

    https://www.hugp.com/en/sustainable/procurement.html

Human Rights Education

The H.U. Group strives to provide thorough human rights education to all employees including managers by instilling an understanding of respect for human rights, harassment prevention, and diversity as well as guidance on the relief counter, through entrance, managerial, or job-class-specific regular compliance education, etc.

Raising Awareness on Compliance and Human Rights Education

We distribute the Compliance Handbook "Our Promise," which relates to compliance including legal compliance, harassment prevention, and human rights, and conduct regular compliance tests to confirm understanding.

- Other measures -

・E-mail magazine for raising awareness
・Distribution of posters

Harassment Education

We provide education to create a workplace environment free of harassments, including power harassment, sexual harassment, and maternity harassment. In addition, we have set up a consultation counter and are working to respond quickly when harassment occurs.

［Theme examples］

  • Harassment case examples of outing
  • Thinking about whether this is power harassment or not
  • Harassment hindering the spread of diversity

Diversity education

We aim to ensure diversity and fairness in the workplace, and to ensure that all employees can play an active role and have a sense of satisfaction in their work.

［Theme examples］

  • Basic diversity education
  • Dialogue in the Dark
  • Why diversity and inclusion are sought after now
  • Three merits to promote diversity and inclusion

For the specific efforts towards materiality "Diversity," click here.

Hotline System (H.U. Group Hotline)

As part of our internal reporting system, we have established a hotline as internal and external points of contact.
An external consultant or a person in charge of H.U. Group internal reporting receives reports on violations of laws and regulations, internal regulations, and the Code of Conduct. You can report anonymously as your privacy is protected.

Materiality

Specific Efforts towards Materiality

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