Other Policies and Initiatives

Appropriate Working Hour Management and Leave Policies

The Marubeni Group has established the following policies and initiatives regarding working hour management in order to realize sustainable growth through improved productivity and a working style that takes into consideration the safety and health of our employees.

Policies

• Reducing long working hours and ensuring proper working hour management.
• Marubeni creates a work environment where employees can maintain and care for their health, engage in work with enhanced well-being, and produce high quality results efficiently.

Initiatives

• Establishing Guidelines
  From the perspective of occupational safety (i.e. health management), our guidelines stipulate compliance under Article 36 of the Labor Standards Act, the reduction of long working hours, appropriate working hour management, and monitoring working hours for those in management and supervisory roles, who are traditionally outside the scope of working hour management.
• Addressing Employees with Longer Working Hours
  At Marubeni, the Human Resources Department regularly conducts individual interviews with departments that consistently register long working hours to check on which measures they are taking to improve this situation. This helps reduce the number of employees who are constantly working long hours.
• Establishment of Special Leave Systems
  In addition to annual paid leave, Marubeni also offers its own unique special leave systems, such as all-season special leave, family support leave, and recharge leave. Every employee is encouraged to concentrate fully on work during work hours and to take time to fully relax during vacation periods.

Measures to Prevent COVID-19 Infection

Our number one priority is to ensure the safety and health of our employees and stakeholders, and we are striving to achieve a balance between the prevention of the spread of infection and our business activities by thoroughly establishing appropriate behaviors and working environments. Based on the policies and guidelines set forth by the government and local authorities, we have established and informed our employees of policies such as attendance at work, business trips, and dinners, and in the event of an outbreak of illness or infection among employees, we place the highest priority on preventing the spread of infection.
In FYE 3/2022, COVID-19 vaccinations were provided at the workplace three times in total, targeting employees of the Tokyo Head Office and group companies. The third vaccination was also offered to families of Marubeni employees.

Establishment of Company Medical Clinics

The company medical clinics at the Tokyo Head Office and Osaka Branch play an important role in promoting health management. At the Tokyo Head Office medical clinic, specialist departments for internal medicine, dermatology, radiology, neuropsychiatric, and dental services are available for employees at any time. Regular annual and specified health examinations are conducted by the company medical clinics, and based on the results, employees can receive follow-up services, including re-testing and other treatment for lifestyle diseases, as well as health guidance from an occupational physician, public health nurse, or registered dietician.

Initiatives on Global Health Issues

Marubeni is expanding its business around the world. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria are serious problems in some of these countries/regions.
We take appropriate and timely measures against infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, overseas and in Japan.
Overseas, we strive to collect information and understand situations regarding the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases in collaboration with occupational physicians, based on information provided by the WHO, local authorities, and on-site surveys. Employees and their families receive health examinations prior to travel overseas, as well as vaccinations against infectious diseases that pose a risk at overseas postings. Furthermore, when employees based in Japan travel to areas where there is a high risk of infection, they are given appropriate precautions and business trips are restricted if necessary.
In Japan, we offer vaccinations against influenza to all employees, and our company medical clinics offer vaccinations against infectious diseases such as measles, rubella, and mumps. Furthermore, the Health Insurance Association subsidizes employee vaccinations at external medical institutions.

Group Company Initiatives

Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad), which provides water and wastewater services to the West Zone of the Metropolitan Manila area in the Philippines with a population of 10.5 million, has been conducting programs on health issues, measures to prevent infections, and hygiene education for its employees and local residents.
For its employees, Maynilad provides opportunity of regular physical examinations, in addition, care for their monitoring after physical examination results. From 2009, Maynilad has provided vaccination at reduced price each year for influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis A and B, meningitis, chickenpox, rabies, tetanus, cervical cancer, etc., and it vaccinated 1,077 employees and family members in 2022 and 954 in 2023.
On-site employees engaged in wastewater service were also provided with rabies and tetanus vaccinations, free of charge.
Education programs for local residents, who are the customers of Maynilad, to deepen their understanding of the importance of handwashing and maintaining a hygiene environment have also been conducted, while disinfectant alcohol, gloves, masks, etc. were donated to 14 school districts.

Maynilad’s “Daloy Dunong” has empowered 80 teachers and educators through innovative methods to teach Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (W.A.S.H). This program enhances their ability to deliver engaging and effective W.A.S.H education. Additionally, on Global Handwashing Day, Daloy Dunong reached 420 students across three schools, promoting the importance of proper handwashing practices through interactive and educational activities. Expanding its impact, the Daloy Dunong Campus Tour engaged 1600 students from eight schools, providing comprehensive W.A.S.H education to foster healthier and more hygienic practices among young learners.

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Support for Expatriates and Their Families

Currently, there are approximately 800 Marubeni employees and around 650 of their family members living overseas on assignment from Japan. Ensuring the health of employees and their families is essential for enabling expatriates to perform at their best.
Before and during overseas assignments, we conduct health examinations and training for employees and their families to get an accurate assessment of their health status and to raise their awareness of disease prevention and health maintenance. We place particular emphasis on health examinations to achieve prevention and early treatment of diseases, and in addition to the legally mandated examination for employees assigned overseas, we require each employee to undertake annual health examinations during their assignments. We aim to achieve close to 100% participation by following up with employees who have not had their examinations, and we are taking measures to ensure that employees continue to take health checkups. We also offer annual health examinations and examinations after repatriation to accompanying family members. If health examination services are not available at the overseas assignment location, our system for subsidizing travel to a nearby area with advanced medical facilities or to Japan ensures peace of mind for our employees. We encourage both employees and their families to consult with occupational physicians regarding examination results and their daily health status.
In the event of a rapid outbreak of COVID-19 or the rapid deterioration of the medical environment in a foreign country, employees and their families posted in that respective country will be repatriated as necessary.
We have systems in place to transport people to a nearby area with advanced medical facilities or to Japan in the case of an emergency so that they can receive necessary treatment. We also partner with specialist organizations to provide nursing care support for employees’ family members who live apart from them in Japan.

Crisis Management Initiatives

We recognize that employees at every business site of the Marubeni Group in Japan and overseas are exposed to various risks, including acts of terrorism, natural disasters, civil unrest, robberies, traffic accidents, aviation accidents, injuries, and diseases. In particular, we have positioned international crisis management as a highly important Company measure. When an incident occurs, the safety of our employees and their families is our primary concern. Accordingly, we strive to foster everyday awareness of crises, and we have established a permanent International Crisis Management Headquarters that is able to respond immediately should a crisis occur.
Specifically, the International Crisis Management Headquarters has prepared a manual summarizing crisis management measures, such as initial actions to be taken in the event of a crisis, and conducts crisis management training for employees who are assigned overseas and their accompanying family members. We have a system in place for gathering and analyzing the latest public security information from areas around the world and share it with the relevant people. In the event of an emergency, we have established a system where relevant parties can centrally manage information and make timely and accurate decisions and actions in cooperation with overseas-based subsidiaries.

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