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ºÚÁÏÍø has established the ºÚÁÏÍø Network Companies (ENW) Safety & Health Policies based on the fundamental principle of undertaking corporate activities with respect for human dignity, and placing the highest priority on safety and health. The policies stipulate seven safety and health guidelines, and we prepare annual policies and plans in accordance with these guidelines. Sharing the fundamental principle among all employees, we carry out activities to secure safety and health with the aim of realizing a workplace which will not hurt or cause sickness to anyone.

Efforts toward "Zero-Sai (Zero occupational accidents)"
In addition to the preparation of operational manuals and the acquisition of skills and knowledge by employees, we will globally share and utilize information on the causes, countermeasures, and recurrence prevention measures regarding occupational accidents and incidents, and promote "Zero-Sai". We will also enhance health and safety education and training to enable employees to act based on the principle of protecting themselves by inheriting the know-how and past failures at each site and strive to eliminate unsafe conditions and unsafe behavior.

Efforts to prevent of the spread of COVID-19 infection
We will continue efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection, such as providing health and safety information and reforming the work environment in offices and workplaces according to the infection situation. In the event of an infected employee, we will work to prevent the spread of infection in accordance with the procedure manual and prevent clusters from occurring within the company.

Commitment to employees' mental and physical health
We will work to maintain and promote the physical and mental health of employees in cooperation with medical staff, by promoting the use of consultation services, etc., while giving due consideration to the wishes of employees. In addition, we will continue our efforts to correct long working hours and encourage employees to take paid leave, while preventing mental health problems by using the stress check system to ascertain the extent of stress. In particular, we will pay attention to maintaining the physical and mental health of employees due to changes in the environment, such as an increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Management of chemical substances
We will strengthen the management of chemical substances based on risk assessment from the perspective of compliance with laws and regulations concerning the handling of chemical substances and the protection of workers.

Compliance with laws and regulationsIn compliance with laws and regulations to prevent occupational accidents and incidents, we will strive to eliminate unsafe conditions and unsafe behaviors in the workplace. At business sites that have an occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS), we will make effective use of such management system.

Under the Industrial Safety and Health Act, committees have been established at each of ºÚÁÏÍø’s offices in Japan with 50 employees or more. In the committees, periodic discussions on occupational safety and health are held with labor union representatives. Furthermore, the company-wide Environment and Safety Committee has been established to eliminate operational accidents throughout the company and set annual plans to further improve the quality of activities and monitor the occurrence of operational accidents and injuries on a quarterly basis, confirm the results and issues of initiatives, and share globally and utilize the information to prevent a similar accidents from recurring in the future. For fiscal 2023, after analyzing and investigating past industrial accidents, it was determined that there were many accidents among employees with short and insufficient work experience, and this was set as a key theme.

Similarly, major research and production facilities of the ºÚÁÏÍø Group both in and outside Japan have established occupational safety and health management systems and are undertaking relevant activities. These sites and facilities are striving to raise the level of occupational safety and health by appropriately operating their respective management systems and by voluntarily and continually going through the PDCA* cycle. At the Kawashima plant in Japan, employees with the work experience for less than a year are asked to submit honest feedback about inconveniences or risks they encounter in the workplace. Based on the results of these investigations,  countermeasures are considered as necessary and reported at the monthly Environment and Safety Committee meetings. Furthermore, risk assessments are carried out not only on new facilities and buildings, but also on the handling of chemical substances based on amendment of the Industrial Safety and Health Act in May 2022. In cooperation with industrial physicians and health insurance associations, ºÚÁÏÍø also engages in efforts to help its employees stay in good health and grow even healthier, both physically and mentally.