Health Management
Our Beliefs and Policies
The Group's Corporate Principles include "placing importance on personnel." Based on the idea that the source of the Group’s competitiveness lies in the capabilities of its employees, we believe that we must make our employees happy as we improve our productivity. We are also seeking to create an environment in which employees feel motivated to work actively over the long term. We have set various KPI, implement the PDCA cycle, and are working strategically to maintain and improve the health of our employees.
Goals
Reduce obesity rate at age 35 by 30% by 2024
[Target] Obesity rate for 35-year-olds in FY2024 Male: 20%, Female: 8% (FY2018 results: Male: 28%, Female:
12%)
Structure to Promote
Appointment of Chief Health Officer (CHO)
In 2008, when specific health checkups and specific counseling guidance were started at the workplace, the Human Resources Department, Human Resources Department, and occupational health staff began to work in earnest to strengthen employees' health in the Group. Then, in 2015, a Chief Health Officer (CHO) was appointed to strengthen the health management promotion system, and the Health Management Promotion Section was established within the Human Resources Department.
Held "Health Management Promotion Meetings" sponsored by CHO
In addition, "Health Management Promotion Meetings," which are chaired by the CHO and attended by executives from each Group company, are held quarterly. Occupational health staff, Heath Insurance Society, employee unions, and outside experts participate in the meetings to verify and share health management initiatives.
History so far
| Main achievements | External Evaluations | |
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| FY2008 |
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| FY2009 |
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| FY2010 | Started walking and quit smoking challenges | |
| FY2011 | Started "Eating to 80% full" (Harahachi) campaign | |
| FY2012 | Started Red Case Support Program (for severely ill persons) | |
| FY2013 | Received the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare "Extending Healthy Life Expectancy Award" | |
| FY2014 | Our Group's efforts were published in the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare White Paper" | Selected as "Health Management & Productivity Stock Selection" |
| FY2015 |
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Selected as "Health & Productivity Stock Selection 2016" |
| FY2016 | KA-RA-DA iki-iki Project Introduction |
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| FY2017 | Introduced Employment Support Plan for Employees with Cancer |
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| FY2018 | Introduced Daiwa ELLE Plan | Selected as "Health & Productivity Stock Selection 2019" and "Excellent Health and Productivity Enterprise 2019 (White 500)" |
| FY2019 |
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Selected as "Health & Productivity Stock Selection 2020" and "Excellent Health and Productivity Enterprise (White 500)" |
| FY2020 | Introduced Daiwa Online Care | Selected as "Health & Productivity Stock Selection 2021" and "Excellent Health and Productivity Enterprise (White 500)" |
| FY2021 | Mindfulness Training for New Employees in Cooperation with Keio University |
Three-Part system
In fiscal 2008, we established the Three-Part system through cooperation by the Human Resources Department, the General Health Development Center, and the Health Insurance Society from the perspective of the company's obligation to give consideration to safety and promote health among insured persons, with the aim of enhancing the viability of our health business.
| Regular health checkup (including cancer screening) | |
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| Daiwa Online Care | Employees can access the medical office at any time from branches across Japan or from their own homes when teleworking. It provides diagnosis and medication prescriptions. |
| Employment Support Plan for Employees with Cancer | Support for balancing work and cancer treatment |
| Daiwa ELLE Plan | Comprehensive support for women's health |
| "yellow paper" | Sent to employees who have a possible medical issue following the regular health checkup. Promotion of medical institution consultation |
| KA-RA-DA iki-iki Project ～Healthy Lifestyle～ |
A project aimed at raising the health awareness of all employees, including those who are indifferent to health (young customers, etc.).We introduced a system whereby employees are awarded points for taking part in health promotion events that can be exchanged for gifts such as health-related goods, healthy beverages, and donations to TABLE FOR TWO |
| Smoking cessation support | Quit smoking program and quit smoking challenge where applicants take part in groups |
| Walking challenge program (point incentive) |
Participants join a group with the goal of walking 10,000 steps a day for three months. Gifts are awarded by the Health Insurance Society |
| Harahachi program to promote moderate meal portions (point incentive) |
Participants join a group with the goal of eating to 80% full for one month |
| Lectures on health literacy (point incentive) | Participants learn about lifestyle diseases, exercise, nutrition and mental health to improve their health literacy |
| Disseminating information to all Group employees | Disseminate information from the General Health Development Center to all Group employees via
the company intranet Provide a wide range of knowledge on measures to combat lifestyle-related diseases, cancer, hay fever, infectious diseases, and women's health problems |
| Influenza vaccination | The medical office provides influenza vaccinations. The Heath Insurance Society provides subsidies, including for family members |
| White Book on Health | Issued "Daiwa Securities Group White Book on Health" |
| Mental health support | Stress check, mental health consultation, mental health training |
Employment Support Plan for Employees with Cancer
Since 2017, we have introduced the Employment support plan for employees with cancer, a support system for balancing work and cancer treatment. In addition to flexible working systems such as short working hours and telecommuting, we provide financial support and have set up a helpdesk. We are also striving to create workplaces that make it easy to work by deepening understanding of cancer patients.
Daiwa ELLE Plan
In October 2018 we introduced the "Daiwa ELLE Plan" as a comprehensive support system for women's health issues. We provided support for women's menopause, established of ELLE leave (leave for menstrual/menopausal conditions or infertility treatment), improved employee health literacy, and enhanced support for balancing work and infertility treatment. In order to support the balance between work and infertility treatment, in addition to ensuring that women have time for treatment, we newly established a subsidy system for specific types of infertility treatment.
KA-RA-DA iki-iki Project
Since 2016, the Human Resources Department, Health Insurance Society, and General Health Development
Center have worked together to introduce the "KA-RA-DA iki-iki Project" targeting all employees,
including young employees who have less interest in health, with the aim of further improving health
awareness.
When an employee participates in a health promotion event, they receive "SDGs points," which are
converted into money and donated by the company to TABLE FOR TWO. The "Kara-Iki points" collected from
participating in events can be donated to social contribution activities or exchanged for health
related prizes, so that employees' health efforts help to contribute to society.
Events
- 10 minutes per day of physical activity (Plus 10)
- No alcohol challenge program
- Breakfast Everyday
- Diet recording
- Stop eating between meals
- KA-RA-DA iki-iki seminars
- Harahachi program to promote moderate meal portions
- Walking challenge program
- Smoking cessation challenge program
Initiatives for Mental Health
The Human Resources Department, the General Health Development Centers, and the Health Insurance Society work together to provide detailed advice to employees seeking consultations about their concerns, mental health problems, anxiety, stress, etc., while helping them to manage their mental health. Highly-specialized counseling is also conducted by collaboration between a psychiatrist and a certified clinical psychologist.
Results of initiative
The number of employees with a healthy lifestyle has increased.
We were able to confirm a heightened level of employee health awareness.
Health issues
(Excerpt from White Book on Health)
The proportion of obese people is increasing as a whole. Since the number of obese people tends to
increase with age, it is necessary to raise awareness of health from a young age. Especially for young
people, there is a problem with lifestyle habits, such as an increase in the percentage of both men and
women who do not eat breakfast. In addition to measures against obesity, it is necessary to take
measures that will lead to awareness about establishing a healthy lifestyle from the start of
employment.
In addition, the number of both men and women with blood pressure for which medical examination is
recommended is increasing. Furthermore, a high percentage of employees with this level of blood pressure
remain at the same level the next year and the year after. Therefore, it is necessary to take prompt
measures to support employees who are at or above the blood pressure level for which medical examination
is recommended.
Health issues recognized by Daiwa Securities Group and examples of efforts to address them
Daiwa Securities Group recognizes the following health issues and is working to address them.
Health issues
- Reducing obesity and hypertension among employees with health risks
- Improving the health consciousness of young employees
- Addressing the unique health issues faced by women
- Early stage cancer detection and treatment
- Improving mental health
Goals for improvement initiative
Focus on obesity control and hypertension control, continue to provide thorough counseling guidance to
each risk group, and encourage them to participate in the "KA-RA-DA iki-iki Project" to make
them aware of their lifestyle habits.
In order to ensure that young people have awareness of health from an early stage, implement new health
events using ICT to increase the participation rate. Provide counseling guidance to employees who are
obese and enhance opportunities to obtain knowledge and information on health.
Investment in health management (total amount and per capita amount)
We have invested a total of 840 million yen, or 61,000 yen per person, in health management. (As determined through a health management survey questionnaire)
External Evaluations
| Percentage of obese employees | 35-year-old obesity rate Male: 30.4% Female: 7.9% |
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| Non-smoking rate | 78.4％ |
| Percentage of employees who took the stress chec | 90.8％ |
| Work Motivation Survey | Work 3.3 Organization 3.2 Colleagues 3.2 Growth and career advancement 3.2 Remuneration 3.0 |
| Number of women in managerial positions | 654 |
| Ratio of women in managerial positions | 2.2% [March 2005] → 13.7％[End of March 2020] (Daiwa Securities 2.3% → 16.3％) |
| Rate of participation in regular health checkups: | almost 100% |
| Percentage of employees who regularly exercise: | 22％ |
| Proportion of those seeing doctors after regular employee health checkups with problematic results in such checkups: | 80.5％ |