Examples of Initiatives

Providing training to eliminate unconscious bias

At Yakult Honsha, we provide training on unconscious bias and prejudice stemming from everyday assumptions for newly hired employees and in level-specific training programs.

Additionally, during Compliance Month, established as part of an effort to raise compliance awareness among Yakult Group employees, participants learned about unconscious bias as a potential driver of harassment and announced behavioral objectives, whose implementation was then intensively promoted over the course of the month.

Promoting the active engagement of diverse human resources

Recognizing that our employees have diverse work styles, abilities and values, and that diversity is the seed of innovation, the Yakult Group strives to create an enjoyable working environment where each employee can make the most of their strengths. In an effort to provide a better work environment, we promote the health of employees from the perspective of health-focused management, and conduct employee interviews and other activities at business sites in Japan.

Empowerment of female employees

The empowerment of female employees is a key issue in our human resources strategy, since home delivery of our products, the core business of our Group, is supported by many female workers. We have formulated an action plan in line with the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace as our fundamental philosophy. We have been implementing various measures to support this, and the percentage of women in managerial positions continues on an upward trend.

Going forward, we will expand support for an optimum balance between work and home life, aiming to increase the number of female managers as well as promoting career design training.

Additionally, employee evaluations and the treatment of employees are both fair and impartial, and there is no gap in basic pay or bonuses for employees due to gender.