Maximize employee engagement

The "Next Forum" is a place for employees and management to directly engage in dialogue, exchange opinions, and make proposals regarding company-wide issues, with the aim of co-creating a better company. Held twice a year, forum members selected from each department (approximately 100 people from all 47 departments) gather feedback from the workplace and engage in direct dialogue with management. In 2022, it was held in September and the following February.
By engaging in dialogue with management through forums such as Next Forum, and implementing and developing specific actions, we will foster a sense of ownership among forum committee members, which in turn will lead to a real sense of change among employees. In FY2023, we will further expand the provision of information to forum members and opportunities to improve their skills so that they can make more specific recommendations to management, in order to move to the implementation phase of actions for company-wide issues identified in FY2022. We will continue to. By doing so, we will increase committee members' sense of participation in management, a sense of growth, and a sense of fulfillment, and we will ensure that our activities are linked to our human resources strategy.
Dialogue at Next Forum has resulted in numerous actions being taken to improve company-wide issues, and employee voices are being reflected and developed in company-wide activities. townhall meeting'' provide an opportunity to learn about company policies and the thoughts of management; ''Workshops for department managers, deputy managers, and section managers'' stimulate communication between departments; expand information and support necessary for career development; We implemented several measures, including publishing career reports for department managers.
We will continue to create a state in which all employees will be able to grow and realize themselves by working at our company, and will always feel a sense of fulfillment and pride.

We will respond quickly and flexibly to any changes in the environment and fulfill our business objectives. We are promoting Activity Based Working (ABW) in order to increase the productivity, job satisfaction, and creativity of each employee who is the driving force behind this, and to take on the challenge of creating new value. ABW is the ability of employees to autonomously choose the best working style for their work, "anytime, anywhere, with anyone," regardless of time or place, and we are creating an environment for this.
Since moving to our Otemachi head office in December 2020, we have been promoting ABW with the aim of improving employee productivity. We collect employee opinions through a survey every year and reflect them in our office. In fiscal 2023, we will launch the Otemachi Office Improvement Project to strengthen our office improvement system. In July 2023, we set up guidelines that describe how to use each space in the office, so that everyone can make effective use of each space. In addition, we are taking daily steps to create a more comfortable working environment for employees, such as providing office guidance for new employees and changing spaces that are infrequently used. We are promoting ABW not only at our head office but also at each Complex.