Health-based Management and Occupational Health and Safety

Initiatives for Health-based Management

The Kewpie Group Health Statement

The Kewpie Group aims to be of benefit to society by supporting the health of the public through salads and eggs.
We believe that the development of our business and contribution to society will be achieved when all Kewpie Group employees enthusiastically engage in corporate activities.
We will continue to contribute to the public’s health through food and support our employees' and their families' health.

1. Improving People's Health Through Salads and Eggs

We will put forward dietary lifestyles that are tasty, enjoyable, and conducive to maintaining good health, by using the technologies we have attained through popularizing the food culture to eat vegetables as salads, and the promotion of highly nutritious egg menus.

2. Improving the Health of Employees and Their Families Through Self-care

In addition to supporting employees and their families in efforts to improve their own health, we will endeavor to raise awareness of health issues.

Health Management Promotion System

Priority Health Measures

Improvement of Lifestyle Habits

We aim to improve lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise, which are causes of lifestyle-related diseases.
 Food: In-house cafeterias provide information and promote "salad first" and "low salt" initiatives.
 Exercise: Activities are organized and information is provided about radio exercises and walking.

Improvement of Cancer Screening Rates

Given the importance of the early detection and diagnosis of cancer, we promote cancer screening to improve the uptake rate in the company's health check.

Mental Health Measures

We work on mental health measures to create a workplace environment where employees can maintain their mental health and work enthusiastically.

Group-Wide Health Index "Comprehensive Mental and Physical Indicators"

By visualizing the physical and mental health status of employees through unique common indicators and accumulating data on a per-company basis, we promote efforts to change mindsets about health. Regarding mental health indicator (Presenteeism) and health age, we notify individuals and provide feedback to supervisors on the health status of the organization.
This leads to both individuals and the organization moving in the same direction to make improvements in terms of lifestyle, workstyles, and the workplace environment.

Mental Indicators (Presenteeism, Absenteeism)

The results of stress checks are divided into four levels (good, caution, high stress, and super red) and multiplied by the ratio of the number of people in each level to obtain an overall score (Kewpie Group's original presenteeism index: 100 when all employees are in good condition).

Presenteeism
Mental Indicators

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Absenteeism

Average number of employees using the injury and sickness leave system, at the end of the fiscal year.

FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
0.89 1.38 0.68 0.65 1.03

*Kewpie employees

Kenko Nenrei (Health Age)

This indicates the difference between an individual's health age, as calculated from the results of health checkups, and their actual age. (Kenko Nenrei is a registered trademark of JMDC Corporation.)

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Group General Indicators

Workplace Performance Indicators

Average monthly overtime hours (per capita)

*Kewpie Group (only food businesses in Japan)

Average annual paid leave days used (per capita)

*Kewpie Group (only food businesses in Japan)

Lifestyle Indicators

Percentage of those who exercise regularly

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Percentage of those who skip breakfast at least three times a week

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Percentage of those who get enough sleep

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Percentage of smokers

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Indicators Related to Lifestyle-related Diseases

Percentage of people not at risk of three major lifestyle-related diseases * Results of 2023 health checkup

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Mental Health-Related Indicators

Stress check implementation rate

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

High stress rates

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Initiatives for Health Management

My Health Goals

Under the theme of "my health," the Kewpie Group undertakes activities to support good health for employees throughout the year. Personal goals were previously being posted in workplaces, but starting in FY2023 they are being posted on the company intranet to reduce environmental impacts (the use of paper and display magnets), although goals are still being posted on-site in some plants and workplaces that have no intranet access.

Health Improvement Campaign

The Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association runs the "Health Up Campaign" once a year to call for lifestyle improvements and to provide an opportunity for employees to review their lifestyle habits.
The participation rate fell below 60% at one point during the COVID-19 pandemic, but reached a record high of 82% for the Group as a whole in FY2023.

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

Health-Conscious Meal Proposals

We hold themed fairs and events, and implement initiatives to improve employees' dietary habits. We hold fairs and events on themes such as "Salad First" and "Tasty with Low Salt," and implement initiatives to improve employees' dietary habits.

Event scene

Measures Against Smoking

To maintain and improve the health of Group employees, on April 1, 2020, we removed the on-site smoking areas at our two offices in Tokyo (Shibuya-ku and Chofu-city), making the entire site smoke-free. At the same time, we are working on creating work environments that are free of passive smoking at all of our offices, including those of our Group companies.
Since 2017 we have also been strengthening our support for employees who wish to give up smoking, and we are encouraging them to take up the challenge. For example, we subsidize co-pays for smoking cessation clinics and smoking cessation medication, and we are providing commemorative gifts to those who succeed in giving up smoking by themselves.

Cancer Screening Leave and Workplace Cancer Screening

In addition to regular health checkups for all employees, the Kewpie Group offers a full medical checkup for employees aged 35 and over, and Kewpie Group's own three-point screening (stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, abdominal ultrasound), and a gynecological checkup (breast cancer, cervical cancer) for female employees aged 20 and over. These screenings are subsidized by the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association.
To making it easier for employees to take medical exams, we are implementing a variety of initiatives aimed at raising to 80% the ratio of Kewpie Group employees having health checkups, such as by offering special leave for medical screening, arranging cancer screenings by mobile vehicles workplace groups, and arranging for colorectal screenings at the workplace.

2019 - Workplace group screenings for gynecological cancer, in the Tokyo metropolitan area
2021 - Three-point screenings for workplace groups, in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Start of leave system for cancer screenings
2022 - Workplace group screenings for colorectal cancer, nationwide
Gradually expanding regional coverage
Cancer screening uptake rete

*Numbers are compiled for the year April to March

*Kewpie Group
Statistics exclude the Chutou Group (Nakashimato Co., Ltd, To Solutions, nakato), Kewpie Corporation employees working outside Japan or on external secondment, and the Kewpie Aohata Health Insurance Association

*Counted as one or more of the three-point exams

Health Management of Employees Stationed Overseas

As our international businesses expand, the number of employees stationed overseas is also increasing year by year.
To have the same health management system as in Japan, employees stationed outside Japan are also provided a full medical checkup once a year, and advice from a public health nurse is given as necessary. In terms of mental health, we provide support so that employees can live in countries other than Japan with peace of mind, through interviews after three months of assignment, stress checks, and online consultations with an occupational health physician.

Initiatives for Occupational Health and Safety

Approach to Occupational Health and Safety

At the Kewpie Group's production plants, safety officers, who report directly to the General Manager of the Kewpie Production Division, play a central role in our endeavors to create comfortable workplace environments, in which employees can spend a safe and healthy working life. We strive to prevent accidents and raise safety awareness mainly through the following actions.

1. Safety audits of all production plants (69 in Japan)

2. Group Safety Meeting

3. Sharing of accident information horizontally across the Group

Group-Wide Preventive Safety Initiatives

The Kewpie Group has pursued preventive safety activities since 2004. Through the following three actions, we aim to lower risks to an acceptable level and to build a culture of Safety First.

1. Risk assessments

2. Education based on the Safety Education Manual

3. QBSS (Kewpie Blue-flag Safety Standards) inspections and rectification

Trends in Occurrence of Lost-time Workplace Accidents (tallied at end of April each year)

FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Lost-time accidents 13 12 17 9 13
Frequency rate*1 0.62 0.60 0.90 0.46 0.69
Severity rate*2 0.038 0.020 0.031 0.027 0.036

Kewpie Group Japanese plants

*1Frequency rate = Number of deaths and injuries from workplace accidents / total number of actual hours worked x 1,000,000

*2Severity rate = Number of work days lost / total number of actual hours worked x 1,000

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