SOCIAL
WELLBEING
Wellbeing is the experience of feeling happy and healthy. To help improve wellbeing, we will promote work-life balance, new workstyles, and a diverse workplace (inclusive of gender, disability, and nationality) that produces innovation. To promote wellbeing in society, we will develop products using our concept of inclusive design. For this, we have two challenge goals: pitch ideas for new ways of working, and promote diversity, inclusion, and innovation.
Processes in Place
Improve Wellbeing among Employees
As an organization committed to pitching new lifestyles and workstyles for a more abundant life, we have made wellbeing central to the KOKUYO model. We want our employees unleash their inner uniqueness and creativity in their work, yielding insights and ideas that they can then pitch to society.
To promote employee wellbeing, we are shifting to a mindset that places more value on employees’ time and promoting employee empowerment and growth. We commit to building a workplace that accommodates diverse workstyles and that empowers employees to develop their potential and build their career.
Improve Wellbeing among External Stakeholders
To improve wellbeing among external stakeholders, we will accelerate our process for developing products in line with our concept of inclusive design. We will use HOWS PARK as a testing ground for us to pilot our inclusive-design initiatives. At HOWS PARK, a diverse team of individuals will stimulate each other’s creativity to develop inclusive products and services. To help improve wellbeing among diverse groups of individuals and the public at large, we will pitch our inclusive designs and our designs for the dialogue-based diversity office.
HOWS DESIGN, Our Approach to Inclusive Design*- *Japanese Only
HOWS DESIGN consists of four processes:
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① Identify a social barrier
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② Explore ideas for solving the problem
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③ Test product samples
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④ Test specific products or services
Actions
Improve Wellbeing among Employees
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New Workstyles (Telecommuting, Flextime, and Bringing Children to Work)
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Life & Career Day (an Event for Thinking about Balancing Work with Parenting and Promoting Paternity Leave)
Improve Wellbeing among External Stakeholders
Third-Party Recognition
- KOKUYO selected for Kenko Investment for Health 2025*
- Kaunet recognized as 2025 Outstanding Organization of Kenko Investment for Health Program in White 500*
- KOKUYO Marketing recognized as 2025 Outstanding Organization of Kenko Investment for Health Program in Large Enterprise Category*
- HOWS DESIGN awarded three stars in Sustainable ☆ Selection 2024*
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- *Japanese Only