Occupational health
[Employee Health Management Declaration]
The Bando Group works to promote good health of employees in the firm belief that each employee’s physical and mental health forms a basis for our development.
1. Under the leadership of the top management, the entire Bando Group works “closely” to promote the health management.
2. The Group supports employees’ self-directed efforts to promote their good health with “excitement.”
3. The Group aims to create a workplace where employees can work “enthusiastically,” along with its work style innovation.
－Priority measures－
1. Work “closely”
We set up the “Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team” in each office to enable the Company, employees, and the health insurance association to work together to promote health by respecting individuality of each office.
2. Promote health with “excitement”
Each employee creates a vision about his/her health and makes an effort that lets him/her feel the positive effects on his/her health.
3. Create a workplace where employees can work “enthusiastically”
The Group aims to create a workplace where employees enjoy both their work and leisure time.
Material Issue Occupational health
Targets/Vision
- ●Every employee strives to maintain their health and create a workplace where they can work enthusiastically through activities of the Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team
Management and Promotion Method of Occupational health
[Responsible Departments] Health
- Business facilities
Coordinating office: Company-Wide Health and Safety Committee (Secretariat: Personnel Department is responsible for health)
[Policy/Point of view]
For health, the Group positions securing the health and safety in workplaces and improving the mental and physical health of employees as the foundation of our business activities and is working to strengthen the initiatives on employees’ health under the “Employee Health Management Declaration.”
[Visions]
Every employee strives to maintain their health and create a workplace where they can work enthusiastically through activities of the Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team
[Measures]
・ Promote activities to care for and follow up mental and physical health of employees based on the attributes such as regular and special medical checkup for all employees and the establishment of the “Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team” in each business facility as well as collaborative health activities using health scoring report as part of our data health program.
Initiatives to work healthily and enthusiastically
We newly appointed an executive in charge of health and enacted the “Employee Health Management Declaration” in 2017. Since then, we have supported employees in realizing their own “health vision” while establishing “Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team” at each office to promote the creation of a comfortable and vibrant workplace.
Furthermore, we are working to improve the workplace environment and maintain and enhance employees’ physical and mental health through initiatives such as developing a roadmap toward making all company premises completely smoke-free from April 2028 and introducing an app to help employees quite smoking.
These initiatives on which the Company and employees work “closely” are evaluated, and the Company was certified as one of the “Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health (large enterprise category)” for the second consecutive year.
We have also been certified as “Sports Yell Company” six times in recognition of our proactive efforts to promote exercise to improve employee health.
We will continue to promote the creation of an organization based on the physical and mental health of each and every employee.
* Domestic affiliate: Fukui Belt Industries, Ltd. was certified as one of the “Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health (SME category)” in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
Aiming for a lost workday rate (absenteeism) of 0.4% or lower
The Company’s lost workday rate is calculated based on the number of workdays lost by employees who require seven or more days of medical leave due to illness, and serves as an indicator for assessing the impact of employees’ health conditions on their ability to continue working. The target of 0.4% was set as the level we aim to achieve, taking into account our best historical rate of 0.41% in 2013.
The lost workday rate in fiscal 2025 was 1.27%. We have placed the highest priority on protecting employees’ health by encouraging early medical consultation and appropriate treatment. However, fluctuations in the lost workday rate are considered to result from a combination of factors, including the types of illnesses and prolonged recovery periods.
To reduce the lost workday rate, we will consider and implement measures tailored to different circumstances in light of the increasingly diverse and complex factors contributing to mental health issues. In response to the increase in days of medical leave due to lifestyle diseases, we are also encouraging employees to establish regular exercise habits through radio calisthenics, exercise sessions during working hours, and walking events organized in collaboration with our health insurance association.
Furthermore, we are promoting preventive and early intervention measures, including follow-up after regular health checkups and maintaining a 100% participation rate in detailed examinations, while also raising employees’ awareness of managing their own health through consultations with occupational health staff.
We will continue to promote health initiatives that address diverse needs, with the aim of achieving improvements over the medium to long term.
Strengthening heat stroke prevention measures
Our heat stroke prevention measures include monitoring employees’ physical condition using health checklist, ensuring compliance with rules on water and salt intake, installing heat mitigation equipment, adopting lighter workwear, establishing emergency response procedures, and visualizing the WBGT index, temperature and humidity (establishing a monitoring system). We are also working to enhance our initial response capabilities through education and awareness-raising activities and foster a workplace culture where employees can feel secure.
We will continue to position the prevention of occupational accidents due to heat stroke as an important management challenge and promote a range of measures, while also reviewing and enhancing these measures in light of changes in heat conditions associated with climate change.
Implementation status of health and productivity management
Main quantitative targets and achievements are as follows
| Quantitative targets (non-consolidated basis) | Achievements (non-consolidated basis) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal 2022 | Fiscal 2023 | Fiscal 2024 | Fiscal 2025 | ||
| Engagement survey score | 70.0 points or higher *Fiscal 2026 |
- | 65.0 Points | 64.7 Points | 66.3 Points |
| Presenteeism*1 | 35.0% or lower *Fiscal 2026 |
36.3% | 35.7% | 35.2% | 34.6% |
| Absenteeism*2 | 0.40% or lower | 0.81% | 0.64% | 0.73% | 1.27% |
*1. Presenteeism: Measured by using the stress check results based on WHO-HPQ (external indicator)
*2. Absenteeism: Measured using the number of absent days in excess of 7 days due to any illness (lost workday rate)
Enhance health support and strengthen support system
With an aim to help employees build a strong foundation for physical and mental health during their employment and lead a fulfilling life throughout their lifetime, we are working to enhance various health support measures and strengthen our support system.
Measures against lifestyle diseases
We organize seminars and events to address health issues based on checkup results, etc. to prevent lifestyle diseases and develop healthy lifestyle habits.
Women’s health Promotion
In addition to promoting women’s health, we encourage male employees to participate in seminars, providing opportunities for all employees to deepen mutual understanding.
Participated in “Working RIBBON 80% Challenge”
In September 2024, as a promotion partner of the Corporate Action to Promote Cancer Control and the Women’s health initiative Working Ribbon, both led by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, we participated in the “Working RIBBON 80% Challenge.” This initiative aims to raise the breast and cervical cancer screening rates among employees of companies and organizations to over 80%, addressing a major challenge in cancer screening efforts. As working women approach half of the total labor force, the proportion of female employees at the Company is also on the rise. As part of our corporate initiatives, we actively promote cancer control measures aimed at prevention and early detection of cancer in women, including encouraging gynecological screenings and hosting related seminars, to protect the health of our valued employees and their families.
TOPICSPromote employees’ health with healthy meals
In fiscal 2018, Nankai Plant renovated its employees’ cafeteria as an activity of the Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team. In addition to the tangible aspect, we also reviewed the menu to provide healthier meals. While the Bando Group is working to solve issues of each plant based on the trends of employee health issues, we introduced low-calorie dishes with lots of vegetables to improve the issue of employees at Nankai Plant, “excessive intake of fat and carbohydrate.” The actual menu offered at the cafeteria was recognized by Osaka prefectural government as healthy menu (V.O.S menu*) that gives consideration to the volume of Vegetables, Oil, and Salt.
*V.O.S menu: An approval system being promoted to develop a healthy food environment (the reference value per meal is vegetables of 120g or more, ratio of fat to energy intake of 30% or less and salt of 3.0g or less)
