Maruho will increase the total value output for the health of human beings and the solution of social issues, and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society where everyone can live with a smile.
Social - People and Organization
The growth of our employees is important as they are responsible for enhancing our medium- to long-term corporate value. Maruho Group is establishing systems to promote the autonomous career development of each employee and encourage their active participation.
In today’s world full of uncertainties and change occurring at an accelerated speed, human resources that can think independently and yield results efficiently are indispensable for us to continue growing and meeting the needs of society.
Maruho Group is cultivating human resources with an emphasis on the three points of autonomy: conduct work with a sense of ownership, share the Corporate Philosophy and vision in pursuing social value, and develop one’s own career. Our goal is to invigorate the company, improve productivity and increase employee engagement by promoting employee autonomy.
Respecting diversity & inclusion
We are working to create an environment where diverse and unique human resources can work with enthusiasm.
- Promoting the active participation of women
- Maruho Group has set a target of having women account for at least 15% of all managerial positions to be achieved by September 2027. In the fiscal year ended September 2024, this percentage stood at 12.3%, largely on par with the previous year.
- Supporting next-generation development
- We strive to reduce regular overtime work so that employees can easily balance work and childcare. Up to September 30, 2027, our goals are for (1) zero departments to accumulate over 30 hours in overtime for three consecutive months or more and (2) zero individuals that accumulate 540 hours in overtime per year. The results in the fiscal year ended September 2024 were zero departments for goal (1) and one individual for goal (2).
The new system of newborn leave (post-partum parental leave) that encourages male employees to take childcare leave was launched at the same time as the Child Care and Family Care Leave Law in October 2022. In the fiscal year ended September 2024, 33 employees took the leave (68.9%). We share articles internally on interviews with male employees who have taken parental leave as part of our efforts to encourage eligible employees to utilize this leave. -
- “Eruboshi”
certification (2nd stage) - Acquired in 2019
- “Kurumin” Certification
- Acquired in 2007
- “Eruboshi”
- Supporting employee career development
- We are expanding on programs and opportunities that enable each employee to choose their own career path, leading to greater motivation. In the fiscal year ended September 2023, we launched an in-house internship program, Job Challenge, and a mutual learning companywide platform among employees, Mana Musubi on our internal portal site.
In addition, new long-term vision planning members were recruited internally and they began full-scale deliberations with a strong commitment to get involved in the company’s management. -
Main career support systems
| Name | Detail |
|---|---|
| Job Challenge | An in-house internship system that allows employees to try working in a department of interest while still working for their current department at the same time. Trial results for 2023 and 2024: 16 employees applied for four positions and 13 employees were already assigned |
| One-on-one Interviews | One-on-one interviews are conducted for employees to engage in direct dialogue with their supervisor which improves awareness of one’s autonomy and results in improved performance |
| Career Training | A training program administered by age that allows participants to consider their career path. Results in the fiscal year ended September 2023: 36 employees participated |
| Internal Job Posting | A system that allows employees to transfer to a different position or project that is openly recruited by going through an application and interview process. Results in the fiscal year ended September 2024：38 employees applied for 42 openly recruited positions, of whom 19 were transfers |
Promoting health management support
- ①Maruho's health management
- For Maruho to realize our Mission of “More smiles, brighter life for you.” it is essential that our approach to health management focuses on empowering our employees and their families to live a healthy and fulfilled life.
By implementing six measures (see “Numerical targets and measures to be implemented for health management” on page 37) based on the two approaches of pursuit of smiles and prevention and care, we aim to promote health management, and in the process realize our Corporate Philosophy.
Maruho’s health management
- ②Targets and measures
- We have set medium-term KPIs for six measures (items) to be achieved by September 2027 and plan to implement measures for the six items as shown in the table below. We intend to refine these measures using assessments of these measures and their outcomes.
| Six measures (items) | KPI | FY2023 | Target | Measures to be implemented | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improvements in lifestyle and exercise habits | Smoking rate (Currently smoke habitually) |
13.2％ | 12％ | Smoking-cessation program, walking events, and exercise seminars |
| Increase in physical activity in daily life (Walking or equivalent physical activity in daily life for at least 1 hour per day) | 42.2% | 50％ | |||
| Sleep restfulness (State of being well rested after sleeping) | 58.3％ | 65％ | |||
| 2 | Promotion of work-life balance | Percentage of employees taking 10 days or less of paid leave | 22.0％ | 17％ | Encourage employees to take 5 days of paid leave, directly engage with those who take less than 10 days of paid leave, and educate managers |
| <Stress check score> Interference with personal life due to work (deviation) | 48.8 | 50 | |||
| 3 | Creation of a harassment-free workplace | <Stress check score> Harassment score (overall) | 2.6％ | 2% or less | Harassment prevention awareness e-learning/training |
| 4 | Prevention of mental illness | <Stress check score> Percentage of high-stress employees + those requiring attention | 17.1％ | 15% or less | Raise awareness of public health nurse interviews, webinars on women’s health, increased interviews for female employees (including identification of issues and discussion of countermeasures) |
| 5 | Reduction in the number of persons with findings in the health checkup results | Percentage of those with findings (Findings in any of the three items, blood pressure, lipids, and blood glucose) | 37.0％ | 33% or less | Recommendation for medical examination to those with findings, individual interviews with high-risk employees, delivery of short diet-related videos, implementation of specific health guidance at sites, and direct engagement with middle-risk employees |
| 6 | Balancing medical treatment and work | Establishment and maintenance of support systems for balancing medical treatment and work (including revision of rules) | Measures for consideration of hospital visits during working hours, expanded use of accumulated leave for cancer treatment, and formulation of a guidebook for leave and return to work (support for balancing medical treatment and work) | ||
- ③Health management promotion system
- The Representative Director, President & CEO heads up health management at Maruho, while the Human Resources Dept., including the industrial health staff, and the health insurance association work together to plan and operate the system.
Health management promotion system
- ・Walking events
- Since 2021, we have regularly held walking events for employees. In the fiscal year ended September 2024, we changed to a team competition. By organizing cross-departmental teams, the walking event helped to energize communication within the company.
- ・In-house sharing of recipes
- In the fiscal year ended September 2024, cooking videos for side dishes supervised by a registered dietitian were posted on our internal portal site. A total of 13 recipes were introduced in response to requests and questions solicited from employees, conveying ideas for easy nutrition and knowledge about nutrients.
- ・Work considerations for re-examinations
- When an employee undergoes a health checkup or comprehensive physical examination and is prompted to undergo a re-examination, the employee is allowed to undergo the examination during working hours.
Systems and initiatives to support diverse work styles
- Introducing remote work
- Maruho actively promotes working from home.
- Introducing free-address offices
- Maruho has introduced a free-address system in some of its offices to encourage creativity among employees.
- Digitization of various application systems
- Maruho has introduced a system to enable payment of expenses and application for management approval via Company PCs and smartphones, as part of its initiatives to promote digitization of operations.
Social Contribution
Maruho continues to take part in activities that are closely related to its business characteristics in an effort to integrate social contribution into its corporate culture. We also promote activities that employees can participate in voluntarily.
Matching gift program “Maru-hotto Gift”
Maruho’s matching gift program “Maru-hotto Gift,” a system for employees to donate money starting at 500 yen, has been running since 2015. Maruho makes a donation to a non-profit organization chosen by the company by matching the amount of employee donations.
In the fiscal year ended September 2023, a toal of 492 employees, or 24% of our workforce, participaterdin the program. A total danation of approximately 3,800,000 yen was made, which includes the company's contribution after the gift-match.
Support for research contributing to health
- Maruho Research Award
- Established in 1999 as the Galderma Award to support upcoming researchers in dermatology, and renamed the Maruho Research Award in 2020, the award is granted to research papers selected through a strict screening from among fundamental and clinical research papers related to dermatology.
- Master of Dermatology (Maruho)
- Maruho established this prize in 2010 to recognize dermatologists who have made outstanding achievements in clinical dermatology and contributed to the development of the field of clinical dermatology in Japan. From the fiscal year ended September 2017, the prize was renamed Master of Dermatology (Maruho), featuring people who have made a great contribution to the development of dermatology in Japan through clinical, dermatological research, human resources development, social contributions, etc., and is jointly operated with the Japanese Dermatological Association.
Participation in adolescent health education promotion project
Maruho supports the Kagayaki School, an adolescent health education promotion project for junior high and high school students. The project aims to promote correct understanding of health issues that accompany changes in life stages as well as diseases specific to women in order to help young people plan their lives and achieve career plans.
As a supporting company of the project, Maruho provides outreach lectures and teaching materials, as well as conducts seminars for teachers. In addition to the existing gynecology-related program, we have started the Dermatology Class initiated by Maruho in July 2023. This is a program of outreach classes by dermatologists for junior high and high school students who are troubled with adolescent skin issues. The program is scheduled to be delivered to eight schools across Japan by April 2024, with a plan to expand it going forward.
Visiting lecture at Shigakukan Junior High / High School in Kagoshima (July 2023)
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Cultural Works
As one of our social contributions, Maruho has actively engaged in archiving the knowledge that surrounds the company in society. One example is the continuous support of creations and publications of haiku poetry.
From 1994 to 2014, Maruho periodically published the haiku digest "Haidansho" with edited contributions from hundreds of haiku groups in Japan.
Maruho's cultural works are presented in the following Japanese content.