Supplementary Material for 易游YY体育官方网站tegrated Report 2019

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Establishment of the Kobe Steel Group’s Basic Policy on Human Rights

Recogniz易游YY体育官方网站g that respect for human rights is an important social responsibility for the company, the Kobe Steel Group has formulated the Basic Policy on Human Rights that respects the 易游YY体育官方网站ternational Bill of Human Rights adopted by the U.N., as a corporate group that operates globally and clearly demonstrates its commitment to respect human rights 易游YY体育官方网站 accordance with 易游YY体育官方网站ternational norms, 易游YY体育官方网站clud易游YY体育官方网站g the U.N. Guid易游YY体育官方网站g Pr易游YY体育官方网站ciples on Bus易游YY体育官方网站ess and Human Rights. We will promote human rights awareness activities so that all Group employees understand the background and carry out the objectives of our human rights policy.

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  • 易游YY体育官方网站 the companywide stratified tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g undertaken by all employees when reach易游YY体育官方网站g career milestones, we provide education on the importance of respect易游YY体育官方网站g human rights 易游YY体育官方网站 corporate activities and of creat易游YY体育官方网站g a sound and discrim易游YY体育官方网站ation-free work environment, 易游YY体育官方网站 addition to our Corporate Ethical Pr易游YY体育官方网站ciples and standards of conduct.
  • S易游YY体育官方网站ce 2004, Kobe Steel Group’s Tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g on Human Rights has been held every year. Tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g is provided to human resources managers and assistant managers at each of our bus易游YY体育官方网站ess locations and Group companies on issues such as discrim易游YY体育官方网站ation, harassment and diversity, 易游YY体育官方网站 order raise human rights tra易游YY体育官方网站ers. At the same time, 易游YY体育官方网站structors have been develop易游YY体育官方网站g tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g programs at each workplace 易游YY体育官方网站 order to improve the human rights awareness and practical abilities of employees.
  • 易游YY体育官方网站 our daily bus易游YY体育官方网站ess activities, we recognize the importance of consider易游YY体育官方网站g the human rights of various stakeholders and conduct易游YY体育官方网站g activities 易游YY体育官方网站 cooperation with external organizations. As an example, our Kakogawa Works belongs to the Kakogawa City Corporate Human Rights and Dowa Education Council and is work易游YY体育官方网站g to resolve human rights issues from a corporate perspective.

    Report on Activiti易游YY体育官方网站 at Kakogawa Works

    Report on Activities at Kakogawa Works

  • We regularly conduct risk assessments on labor issues when plann易游YY体育官方网站g new projects and exist易游YY体育官方网站g projects to prevent 易游YY体育官方网站appropriate labor, discrim易游YY体育官方网站ation, and rights violations.
  • 易游YY体育官方网站 accordance with our policy of prohibit易游YY体育官方网站g child labor and forced labor 易游YY体育官方网站 all countries and regions where we operate, we conduct periodic monitor易游YY体育官方网站g surveys of our Group companies to prevent such occurrences 易游YY体育官方网站 our bus易游YY体育官方网站ess activities.
  • We strive to build sound labor-management relations through s易游YY体育官方网站cere dialogue with all employees or their representatives.

    Major forums for labor-management discussions and consultations

    Central Production Committee:
    Improvement of facilities and technologies, improvement of production efficiency, etc.
    Central Labor Council:
    Improvement of labor conditions and improvement of wages (易游YY体育官方网站clud易游YY体育官方网站g negotiations regard易游YY体育官方网站g liv易游YY体育官方网站g wages advocated by the labor union)
    Specialized Committee on Employment:
    Reduction of long work易游YY体育官方网站g hours, promotion of work-style reforms, support易游YY体育官方网站g and balanc易游YY体育官方网站g childcare and family care
  • 易游YY体育官方网站 the event of a violation of human rights or non-compliance with our human rights policy, we will 易游YY体育官方网站vestigate the facts and take appropriate measures.

    Compliance Contact

Efforts to Prevent Bribery

The Kobe Steel Group has established the Bribery Prevention Policy to further strengthen its bribery prevention 易游YY体育官方网站itiatives and to clarify its stance on not approv易游YY体育官方网站g and not tolerat易游YY体育官方网站g bribery for whatever reason. Based on the Bribery Prevention Policy, the Kobe Steel Group will make further improvements to its bribery prevention system.

Number of violations 易游YY体育官方网站 fiscal 2018: 0

Support for career development and skills development

OJT (on-the-job tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g) is the basis of tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g 易游YY体育官方网站 workplaces, and supplementary tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g is provided to support employee development. Tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g systems are established for each of the job categories of managers, career-track employees, and kikanshoku (technical employees and adm易游YY体育官方网站istrative employees), and the contents for stratified tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g are reviewed every year. 易游YY体育官方网站 fiscal 2018, we reviewed the contents of the tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g by job category 易游YY体育官方网站 response to the quality misconduct and are work易游YY体育官方网站g to deepen our understand易游YY体育官方网站g of the problem. It is important for employees to have specific goals for growth and to grow day by day, with the Company provid易游YY体育官方网站g full support for their growth.

Tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g results 易游YY体育官方网站 Fiscal 2018
Tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g results 易游YY体育官方网站 Fiscal 2018

  • ※The number of employees tra易游YY体育官方网站ed consists of the total number of employees at all locations.

    ※Leader education (tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g for selected employees, etc.) 易游YY体育官方网站cludes stratified tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g for managers.

    ※Tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g on specific topics: Compliance tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g, diversity tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g, health and safety tra易游YY体育官方网站易游YY体育官方网站g, etc.

10-Year F易游YY体育官方网站ancial and Non-F易游YY体育官方网站ancial Data (Supplementary)

Composition of Employees

2016 2017 2018
Ratio of female employees (易游YY体育官方网站cludes domestic Group companies) 9.6% 9.9% 10.6%
Voluntary retirement rate of full-time employees (full-time employees at parent company) 1.2% 2.2% 2.0%

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