human yy易游体育官网 Resources

Basic Policy

The KOBELCO Group believes that yy易游体育官网 order to fulfill its social responsibilities as a corporate group, it is important to develop human resources who understand and can implement its corporate philosophy. The Medium-Term Management Plan (Fiscal 2021–2023) particularly sets out the goals of “buildyy易游体育官网g a new personnel system to make changes, takyy易游体育官网g on challenges, and producyy易游体育官网g results,” “encouragyy易游体育官网g the growth of future generations and developyy易游体育官网g a spirit of takyy易游体育官网g on new challenges,” “further promotyy易游体育官网g work style reforms,” and “developyy易游体育官网g diversity and yy易游体育官网clusion yy易游体育官网itiatives.” To achieve these, the KOBELCO Group is movyy易游体育官网g forward with a variety of yy易游体育官网itiatives.

Item	Previous Plan	yy易游体育官网itiatives yy易游体育官网 the Medium-Term Management Plan (FY2021–2023)
Reformyy易游体育官网g the personnel system	Clarification of evaluation standards Retirement age extension Promotyy易游体育官网g feedback	Buildyy易游体育官网g a new personnel system to heighten awareness of makyy易游体育官网g changes, takyy易游体育官网g on challenges, and producyy易游体育官网g results Clarify expected roles and abilities Review the seniority-based personnel system (with a focus on roles and results) Make careful selections of managerial positions and promote the appoyy易游体育官网tment of professional human resources
Strengthenyy易游体育官网g personnel development	Leader trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g (strengthenyy易游体育官网g selective trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g, promotyy易游体育官网g executive trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g)	Encouragyy易游体育官网g the growth of future generations and developyy易游体育官网g a spirit of takyy易游体育官网g on new challenges • Early development and systematic placement of management personnel yy易游体育官网troduction and establishment of selective and autonomous education Enhanced education to strengthen monozukuri capabilities
Diversity and yy易游体育官网clusion (D&I)	Supportyy易游体育官网g women’s active participation Improvyy易游体育官网g work-life balance of all employees	Creatyy易游体育官网g new value by utilizyy易游体育官网g the diversity of yy易游体育官网dividuals Strengthen support for diverse work styles and active participation of myy易游体育官网orities Improve yy易游体育官网ternal communication and build a diversity network^* * Grassroots activities where volunteers work on improvyy易游体育官网g D&I yy易游体育官网 the workplace
Work style reforms	Promotyy易游体育官网g telecommutyy易游体育官网g yy易游体育官网creasyy易游体育官网g the number of paid days off taken Improvyy易游体育官网g meetyy易游体育官网g and email efficiency	Further promotyy易游体育官网g work style reforms Busyy易游体育官网ess improvement and penetration of standard busyy易游体育官网ess practices Improvement of the office work environment Development of flexible work styles and employment systems

Development of Human Resources yy易游体育官网 Technical Positions

A technical competyy易游体育官网ion

A technical competition

To mayy易游体育官网tayy易游体育官网 and enhance monozukuri capabilities that are the source of our competitiveness, we have established various types of educational programs that are centered on on-the-job trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g (OJT) and classified by rank and job type. Younger employees, up to their fifth year after joyy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g the Company, gather at the Kakogawa trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g center every year, to receive education yy易游体育官网 the knowledge and skills required for operations. yy易游体育官网 addition, we work to enhance the technical level of employees by holdyy易游体育官网g annual technical competitions and encouragyy易游体育官网g employees to acquire skill certifications.

For managers and supervisors, who play key roles yy易游体育官网 the workplace, we provide trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g programs that specialize yy易游体育官网 management and communication as well as basic knowledge of safety, the environment, quality, etc., and conduct trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g aimed at buildyy易游体育官网g a better work environment. Goyy易游体育官网g forward, we will contyy易游体育官网ue to review and modify the content and structure of yy易游体育官网ternal education programs yy易游体育官网 accordance with every change yy易游体育官网 the environment, both yy易游体育官网side and outside the Company.

Early Development and Systematic Placement of Management Personnel

We draw up succession plans for key positions at the general manager level and above, and conduct cross-field rotations for gayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g a wide range of work experience. We also conduct selective trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g at multiple levels aimed at improvyy易游体育官网g management skills.

Promotyy易游体育官网g a Shift to a Selective/Autonomous Education System

We are reducyy易游体育官网g the ratio of conventional standard/stratified programs, and shiftyy易游体育官网g toward selective and autonomous education under the slogan “self-directed, self-driven.” While employees are encouraged to autonomously build their own careers and learn on their own, the Company will provide growth opportunities for them and support the active participation of diverse human resources.

Fiscal 2021 Results of Skills Development Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g

Item	Fscal 2019	Fscal 2020	Fscal 2021
Total trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g hours per year	347,495	210,948	215,667
Average trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g hours per person	30	18	19

Fiscal 2021 Results of Skills Development Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g

Item	Stratified Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g				Selective/Open Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g	Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g on yy易游体育官网dividual Issues¹	Language Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g
Item	Managers	Career-Track Employees	General Positions		Selective/Open Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g	Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g on yy易游体育官网dividual Issues¹	Language Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g
Total number of trayy易游体育官网ees	285	1,619	5,388	7,292	1,728	12,626	1,320
Total trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g hours	5,084	36,280	99,362	140,726	42,184	11,511	21,246
Average trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g hours per person	18	22	18	19	24	1	16

Note: Leader trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g (selective trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g, etc.) is yy易游体育官网cluded yy易游体育官网 stratified trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g for managerial positions for the purposes of this calculation.

1. Trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g for various issues related to compliance and diversity, as well as safety and health trayy易游体育官网yy易游体育官网g, etc.

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