Health management

Regarding employee health promotion, we have set up a company-wide health promotion office within the Human Resources Department, and are working in cooperation with the health insurance association and each relevant department. The health management regulations define the roles of each department Manager and human resources officer, and we are promoting health management and health promotion in the workplace.
In addition, we have 19 industrial physicians (including one psychiatrist at the head office and one doctor in charge of overseas operations) and 21 public health nurses and nurses throughout the country (including branches with fewer than 50 employees) as specialists. In addition, we receive guidance from a doctor at the University of Occupational and Environmental Health as a health management promotion advisor.

●Health promotion system diagram

In order to support employees' autonomous health management, based on the Industrial Safety and Health Act, Complex with 50 or more employees hold health committee meetings once a month to raise awareness and disseminate health promotion activities. Masu.

Our company The Origin of Management on Ningen-Soncho and upholds "People-Centered Management." Our goal is to foster diverse human resources through our business and maximize the potential of our people, thereby contributing to the sustainable growth of our company and contributing to society. To that end, both the "mental" and "physical" health of each employee is important, and we aim to be a company where employees can work with enthusiasm.

●Overall picture of health management

We strive to detect employees who are easily stressed due to changes in their environment, such as mid-career hires and transferees, early on if they are suffering from mental health issues (by conducting pulse surveys and interviewing health professionals, etc.). We also continue to conduct interviews for all employees who have been with the company for one to three years, so that employees can work with peace of mind. We have also set up an in-house "health support site" to provide information on mental health issues, utilize webinars, hold various training sessions, and support employees through e-learning.
We also conduct stress checks every year in accordance with the Industrial Safety and Health Act. In fiscal 2023, we surveyed 13,619 employees of our group, with a participation rate of 90.4%.

We place great importance on improving health literacy and preventing lifestyle-related diseases. We are actively promoting collaborative health (specific health guidance, etc.) with the health insurance association, and promoting the launch of "Idemitsu Health Actions," desirable preventive habits. In addition, we have established our own "health management categories" for items related to lifestyle-related diseases among the results of regular health checkups. We use these categories to manage the health of our employees. We are working to prevent the disease from worsening, such as by providing high-risk individuals with thorough health guidance from industrial health staff. We also focus on encouraging employees who are subject to secondary examinations as a result of their health checkups to undergo examinations (the secondary examination attendance rate for fiscal 2023 was 91.1%). As a measure against cancer, we have added cancer screenings to the standard items of health checkups, and have established a system that allows even younger people to undergo examinations. Dental checkups are conducted at each Complex every year to maintain and improve the oral health of employees.

As a company with many overseas bases, our group recognizes the importance of responding to global health issues, including the world's three major infectious diseases (tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS), and is responding accordingly. For those assigned to overseas locations, we provide pre-assignment education on health management (infectious diseases, lifestyle-related disease prevention, self-care), follow-up for those with high stress levels after conducting stress checks, check their health status, and provide support to the individual and their family during their assignment. We provide support by providing health checkups, vaccination recommendations, and health questionnaires.
For employees at the Nghi Nghi Son Refinery in Vietnam, we not only vaccinate them against seasonal infectious diseases (influenza, etc.), but also carry out pest control once a month in company housing to prevent zoonotic diseases. We are concerned about the health of our employees. We also conduct health checkups for residents in the surrounding area, and based on the results, we develop health improvement projects such as tuberculosis vaccination.

We are working to deepen understanding not only of women but also of men by holding seminars by external specialists and disseminating information on a regular basis regarding health issues specific to women.
We have also introduced a reduced-hours work system that can be used for women undergoing treatment for illnesses or symptoms specific to women, and we support employees in balancing work and treatment.

Refineries/Complexes use radioactive materials in testing equipment and other equipment. When handling these substances, we have established internal regulations based on laws such as the Act on the Regulation of Radioactive Isotopes, etc., and manage them appropriately. By thoroughly shielding with protective gloves, protective clothing, protective masks, etc. depending on the work, and by making sufficient advance preparations such as education and training on work procedures, the work can be completed in a short time and the time for exposure to radiation can be reduced. We are taking measures to reduce this as much as possible. In addition, in order to manage the health and safety of those who handle the product, we prohibit entry into the controlled area, conduct dose measurements at the border of the controlled area (twice a year), and manage the exposure of employees who enter the controlled area (use personal exposure dosimeters). Radiation workers undergo medical checkups twice a year. Furthermore, we ask licensed waste disposal companies to dispose of waste containing radioactive materials appropriately.
Please note that the amount of radioactive materials we handle is not enough to cause radiation exposure in the local community.

We participate in the "Health and Management Study Group" and the "Health Day Consortium" to exchange information and share examples of health management and health promotion activities with other companies.

Among the health and productivity management initiatives of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, our company has been highly evaluated for our ''execution status of systems and measures'' and ''organizational structure,'' and has been selected as a ''Health and Productivity Stock 2024'' by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. We have been selected for the third consecutive year in the large corporation category of the Ministry of Industry and Nippon Kenko Kaigi's 2024 Health and Productivity Management Recognition Organization (White 500).