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Diversity

"If it doesn't exist, let's create it." This is Kureha's slogan, expressing our commitment and development ethos, under which we take on the challenge of solving various issues. In order to flexibly adapt to the constantly changing world, to create new ideas and generate value, it is essential to promote diversity without regard to characteristics such as age, sex, nationality, etc. In order to ensure diverse human capital, we have set a target of increasing the percentage of women in all career-track new graduate hires to at least 30%. We also strive to create a rewarding work environment and develop human capital so that individual employees can make the most of their talents by having an open mind toward diverse human capital and values.

Promoting Diversity

Promoting Action Plans Based on the Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life

Kureha has established the following action plan to promote a healthy work-life balance, and to create a comfortable and rewarding work environment so that each employee can make the most of their individual talents and fully realize their potential.

Database of companies promoting women's advancement (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's comprehensive website for supporting women's advancement and work-life balance) (Japanese Only)

General Employer Action Plan (Japanese Only)

  • Objective 1: Achieve the following percentages of women to all career-track hires.
    • ・April 1, 2021–March 31, 2022: at least 20%
    • ・April 1, 2022–March 31, 2024: at least 30%
  • Objective 2: Expand self-development programs to support autonomous career development.
  • Objective 3: Strive to create an environment that enables employees who balance work with childcare or caregiving to build their careers, continue self-development, and take on new challenges.
  • Objective 4: Achieve a utilization rate of at least 70% of annual paid leave days granted for each employment management category and both sexes.
  • Objective 5: Reduce the number of employees whose average monthly overtime for the year exceed 45 hours to zero.

Employment of People with Disabilities

In 2014, we established a special subsidiary, Sunshine Kureha, to help people with disabilities participate in society independently.

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Employment rate (%) 2.45 2.33 2.38
Statutory employment rate (%) 2.30 2.30 2.30
  • -Working Toward an Inclusive Society Sunshine Kureha Co., Ltd.
  • -Calculations are based on enrollment as of June 1 of each year.

Working Toward an Inclusive Society

Encouraging Senior Human Capital

In October 2021, Kureha began gradually raising the retirement age to 65 to further encourage senior human capital to make the most of their careers.
As of the end of March 2023, 157 senior human capital aged 60 or older are working at Kureha.

ESG Data Collection (Social)

Senior Seminar

We host Senior Seminars for employees in their early 50s who have extensive knowledge, experience, and skills to develop and enhance their skills even more. Participants reconfirm the knowledge and skills gained from their own values and experiences, and design an ideal image they aspire to fulfill in the future.
Post-training supervisor interviews are held to go over specific actions to achieve their goals.