Based on the desire to be a company that values human rights, Nitto Group has pledged in the Nitto Group Basic Policy on Human Rights that it will work to create a workplace environment free of discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression or sexual preference. We are moving forward with such initiatives as promoting the understanding of the LGBTQ community and examining opening life event related–systems to LGBTQ employees so that we can become a company in which diverse employees can play an active role with peace of mind.

Activities to promote understanding

In June 2023, Diversity East Japan Study Group,*¹ which Nitto is a member of, held a seminar on the LGBTQ community titled “Know the LGBT Community—Listen and Understand” at inovas, a facility located in Ibaraki City, Osaka, which is a facility that integrates training and R&D. Listening to stories by people connected to the LGBTQ community provided an opportunity to deepen knowledge and understanding and to think about possible support that individuals and companies could provide. Many people from both inside and outside the company participated in the event, the goal of which was to prevent harassment and increase allies.*²

*1 Diversity West Japan Study Group is a group of people responsible for promoting diversity at companies located in the Kansai region. Members share ideas and issues and work to influence the companies and government.
*2 Allies are people who understand and support the LBGTQ community

Nitto Group is strengthening its active recruitment and exchanges in close partnership with Group companies in Japan and overseas in order to make effective use of diverse values and sensibilities. Be reinforcing recruitment of Japanese university students studying overseas and international students studying in Japan, we are establishing a workforce composition that has a strong global flavor. In addition to further deepening partnerships with universities both in Japan and overseas, we will reinforce young employees and increase diversity, which involves actively recruiting people living overseas.

Initiatives to create an environment comfortable for non-Japanese employees

We also conduct cross-cultural understanding training for non-Japanese employees, their superiors, and departments they will work in, and hold meetings with human resource staff. We are also invigorating initiatives to retain these employees, such as incorporating communication tools that make it possible for non-Japanese employees to easily communicate among themselves.

Extended employment

In Nitto Group’s Japan area, we are creating an environment in which healthy employees who want to continue to work after retiring at sixty can enthusiastically do so by assigning them to an appropriate position where they can make effective use of the experience and rich knowledge they have acquired over their long career at the company. In recent years, about 80% of retirees continue to work.

Career design training

We offer career design training for middle-aged and senior employees to encourage them to think about their career direction, including after retiring, and support their autonomous career development.

We provide support so that they can obtain the basic knowledge for setting a life plan and choose a future career with an eye toward retirement.

Job posting for middle-aged and senior employees

In FY2022, we introduced job postings for middle-aged and senior employees. This makes it possible for departments to post information on open positions on the in-house intranet and for veteran employees 50 or older to transfer to a desired department following a meeting between that employee and the department that posted the position if there is a match.