The Nissui Group recognizes employee health as a critical management issue and announced the Employee Health Declaration in 2017. Based on this declaration, we are implementing strategic initiatives that aim to “actively support both mental and physical health and create an appropriate work environment to improve productivity and generate new value."

In addition to following up with family members to alleviate anxiety and burdens in their health and personal lives to enable individuals to work with peace of mind, the Employee Health Declaration aims to create new value and enhance productivity by improving the workplace and systems environment so that diverse human capital of different genders, nationalities, and ages can work comfortably. In this way, a virtuous cycle can be generated in which the company can secure excellent human capital, and these excellent human capital can in turn help the company grow further. Nissui believes that the implementation of the Employee Health Declaration will shape the future of Nissui, and Nissui will place a high priority on investing in the initiatives associated with this declaration.
In implementing the declaration, Nissui will be focusing on the two approaches to individuals and the work environment below.

Two Approaches to Develop an Environment Where Employees Are Healthy and Can Maximize Their Potential Leading to Increased Productivity

[Promoting the health of individuals]

Main initiatives: Lifestyle improvement, exercise events, improvement of the EPA/AA ratio, enforcement of no smoking during working hours, mental health screenings (stress checks), cancer prevention measures, etc.

[Supporting the balance between work and personal lives]

Main initiatives: Childcare and nursing care support, the employee benefits system, adoption of the cafeteria plan “N Café,” etc.

We regularly share and discuss health-related issues among the Human Resources Department’s Labor and Health Planning Section (secretariat), the Head Office’s Health Management Center (industrial physicians and occupational health nurses), business site occupational health nurses, and the Nissui Health Insurance Society, and jointly promote related initiatives. Going forward, we will continue collaborating with health promotion coordinators at each business location to support employee health and work-life balance, while fostering a workplace culture that is both comfortable and fulfilling.

We have established three items—smoking rate, obesity rate, and EPA/AA ratio—as KPIs for individual health promotion. These are important indicators reflecting employee health conditions based on regular health checkups. Deterioration of these metrics may lead to presenteeism (reduced performance despite attendance), absenteeism, or even employee turnover.
Among these, the smoking rate and obesity rate remain unfavorable compared to the national average. According to medical expense data from the Nissui Health Insurance Society, hypertension-related expenses are higher than the Society average. These figures highlight the urgent need for improvement.
Accordingly, Nissui has designated the smoking rate and obesity rate as priority focus areas, set goals referencing national averages, and continues to implement effective countermeasures.

ESG Data＞Social Data

Measurement of the EPA/AA Ratio and Health Ranking

The EPA/AA ratio represents the ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)—a core component of Nissui’s Fine Chemicals Business—to arachidonic acid (AA) in the blood. This ratio is considered useful in preventing lifestyle-related diseases and is actively promoted by Nissui as an important health indicator. Since FY2016, EPA/AA ratio measurement has been incorporated into regular health checkups. The Company set a target value of 0.4 or higher— linked to cardiovascular disease—and has implemented various initiatives toward improvement.
For FY2025, Nissui has set new targets of EPA/AA ratio 0.6 for employees aged 40 and over, and 0.4 for those under 40, thereby enhancing age-appropriate health support.
To encourage these efforts, Nissui provides health incentives to employees who show improvement in their EPA/AA ratio. Additionally, a company-wide “Health Ranking” is published to visualize results not only by individual but also by department, thereby promoting greater health awareness company-wide.

EPA/AA Ratio

Scope: Nissui Corporation

Health Ranking

Pictures from “Fish Consumption Promotion Campaign”

To prevent health problem from smoking and passive smoking, Nissui is promoting initiatives to help smokers to stop smoking and to separate the smoking areas at the business locations.

Awareness Initiatives Targeting Smokers

We are carrying out a variety of initiatives to encourage smokers to quit. For example, we provide individual instructions by occupational health nurses at regular physical examination sites, measurements of carbon monoxide levels using “smokerlyzers,” and the distribution of nicotine gum samples. in addition to these, we support efforts to quit smoking by covering half of the treatment costs for employees who have successfully quit smoking through programs offered at hospitals. The President himself declared that he would quit smoking in January 2019 and nearly 30 employees followed suit by taking on the no-smoking challenge.

Promoting the Separation of Smoking and No-Smoking Spaces

In 2018, the smoking areas of the head offices and branches were shut down, and smoking was banned in all company cars. The other business locations are also promoting the closing and reduction of smoking areas.

Going Smoke-Free during Working Hours

Since March 2023, Nissui has implemented a policy of “Going Smoke-Free during Working Hours 365 Days of the Year,” and continues to promote its enforcement and full implementation.

Changes in Smoking Rate Over Time

Scope: Nissui Corporation

“Going Smoke-Free during Working Hours 365 Days of the Year” campaign poster

Promoting Exercise Habits

From April to June 2024, Nissui held the “Body Improvement New Contest,” a walking event that saw participation from 656 employees—a 203% increase from the previous year. Of these, 580 participants achieved over 150,000 steps during the period and the event was a blast. The average steps per participant totaled around 500,000, or roughly 8,000 per day, contributing significantly to building daily exercise habits. Post-event surveys revealed many positive responses, such as increased awareness of walking and reduced weight and waist circumference, suggesting that the event effectively encouraged enjoyable integration of exercise into daily life.
Additionally, from January to February 2025, the “Winter Body Improvement Program” was conducted using the Beatfit exercise app. Despite the cold season, which tends to discourage physical activity, 147 employees participated, and the app’s videos were viewed a total of 6,995 times—demonstrating the increasing adoption of digital tools for health promotion.

Linking Sustainability Activities

In conjunction with the “Walk the World” charity event organized by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Nissui conducted its own walking event, combining participation in the charity initiative with health promotion. By walking more than 5 km, participants became more aware of the importance of exercise while gaining exposure to global hunger issues. The initiative successfully combined themes of health and sustainability and received numerous positive responses from participants.

To improve employee health literacy, Nissui conducts annual Health UP events, health awareness surveys via e-learning, and health and productivity management comprehension assessments.

Health UP Event

In FY2024, various company-wide health-related events were held across Nissui. Each event was tailored to the health issues faced by individual sites, and creative efforts were made to encourage employee participation. The “Women’s Health Seminar,” an online session for all female employees, provided a valuable opportunity to deepen understanding of women's health. Other site-specific activities included oral health instruction by dental hygienists and strength-building programs to improve lower-body function.
In response to these efforts, participants commented: “Seeing my dental condition changed my awareness of brushing,” “I learned more about women-specific health concerns and found it meaningful,” and “I feel my legs have become stronger.” These responses indicate increased health awareness and new personal insights. Nissui will continue to promote programs that foster individual health awareness and support actionable behavioral change.

Target: Nissui employees (including employee's family and dispatched employees)

Nissui is engaged in “Collabo-health (Note)” in collaboration with the Nissui Health Insurance Society (corporate health insurance society).

(Note) Collabo-health: An approach whereby health insurance societies and other insurers and employers actively collaborate to effectively and efficiently implement prevention and health promotion initiatives for enrollees (employees and their families) under clearly defined roles and a favorable work environment.

Health Checkups and Efforts to Prevent Serious Illness

In cooperation with the Nissui Health Insurance Society, Nissui conducts regular employee health checkups and checkups for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, with an annual checkup rate of 100%. In FY2022, we introduced the “WellBis” health management support system, which allows health checkup results to be viewed on PCs and smartphones, thereby enhancing health management support functions. Nissui requires all employees with any abnormal findings in their checkup results to submit a “Re-inspection report” and are asked to see their family doctor, etc. The content of these reports is then confirmed by occupational health nurses. This“Re-inspection report”is available in four languages to facilitate reporting by employees whose native language is not Japanese.
In addition, as an effort to prevent serious illness, Nissui has created in-house health guidance guidelines and provide individual interviews and health guidance based on expert knowledge by occupational physicians or occupational health nurses for employees with high-risk health issues.

Specific Health Guidance Initiatives

From FY2020, Nissui switched from the conventional outsourced approach to the specified health guidance to one that is conducted in-house, essentially by nurses from the health insurance society. This has changed the awareness among the target group, and the implementation rate has increased significantly, partly because more people are receiving guidance and partly because the scheduling of initial interviews and so on has become more flexible. Furthermore, by having a nurse who is familiar with the company's health initiatives provide guidance, more effective guidance may be offered through the incorporation of these initiatives into the health-related instructions they give.

Specific Health Guidance Implementation Rate (Nissui Health Insurance Society: Insured individuals and their dependents)

(Note) Five entities, including Nissui Corporation, Nissui Marine Industries Co., Ltd., etc.

Having many overseas bases, the Nissui Group is aware of the importance of responding to global health issues such as infectious diseases. In addition to conducting pre-assignment education on vaccinations, medical care, and health management for employees assigned to overseas bases, we make it possible for employees to receive medical examinations and checkups by overseas travel specialists both before and during their assignment in Japan every year; based on the results of these examinations, interviews with industrial physicians and health guidance are also conducted.
In Japan, Nissui also works together with the Nissui Health Insurance Society to provide mass influenza vaccinations and subsidize the entire cost. In addition, Nissui has incorporated rubella antibody tests into our regular health checkups to make it easier for individuals to receive them. For those individuals who were considered to have low levels of rubella antibodies, awareness and education was provided, and more than 40% of the recommended recipients received an antibody test during their regular checkups. 

Once a year, Nissui conducts a mental health examination for its employees and is also making efforts to enhance mental health so that employees can engage in their work with a healthy mind.
Based on the results of these stress checks, Nissui provides feedback on organizational analyses to each department and establishes forums for exchanging opinions to solve problems. We are actively working on enhancing the workplace environment through consultations with occupational health nurses for high-stress employees and by offering a 24/7 external consultation service for anonymous support.
In addition, to prevent the occurrence of harassment, Nissui conducts harassment workshops (group seminars, e-learning, etc.), and has established an in-house Harassment Consultation Desk and a Harassment Consultation Hotline (external contact) to handle any problems that may arise.

An Interview with the Health Nurse

Percentage of employees undergoing “Kokoro no Kenko Shindan” (stress check) and high-stress employees

In the course of implementing initiatives, Nissui are striving to improve on health challenges with a focus on three KPI categories (smoking rate, obesity rate, and EPA/AA ratio). Nissui provide opportunities for management to directly communicate their thoughts on health to employees, and for occupational health nurses to actively disseminate information and encourage employees to engage in health-related efforts. Through various measures taken by the sections in charge, each employee's health-related awareness level has been steadily increasing. In terms of the degree of improvement in actual business performance as a result of each employee becoming healthier, Nissui quantify presenteeism, absenteeism, etc., to confirm progress.

Scope: Nissui Corporation

(Note1) Absenteeism: Sick leave/Absence due to illness.
(Note2) Presenteeism: A condition in which a person comes to work while suffering from some disease or symptom, resulting in a decrease in work performance and productivity.
(Note3): Work engagement: The degree to which individuals feel positive and fulfilled in their work, characterized by vigor, dedication, and complete immersion.
(Note4): From FY2023, Nissui adopted a new survey format that integrates stress check with self-reporting on productivity loss and job satisfaction.

Number of People and Response Rate Measuring Presenteeism and Work Engagement

As part of our efforts to promote various health initiatives, we have established the “Regulations for the Handling of Health Information, etc.,” which stipulates the purposes, parties responsible for handling personal health information and the authority and scope they have in handling such information, as well as training for managers on how to handle the information properly.

As part of our employee health initiatives, Nissui has introduced “N Café,” a cafeteria plan-style employee benefits system. This program is designed to reduce anxiety and burdens related to health and personal matters for employees and their families, thereby allowing them to work with peace of mind. The benefit options are centered around “childcare, nursing care, and health,” and also include support for “personal development, asset formation, and life support,” helping promote work-life balance and daily well-being. Employees can select and use from a wide range of services tailored to their individual needs.

N Café character “Nanda”

Cafeteria Plan Usage and Benefits (FY2024)

Scope: Nissui Corporation

• Establishment of going smoke-free during working hours, continuation of smoking cessation awareness
• Subsidies for cancer screenings
• Initiatives to address women's health issues
• Setting health goals
• Improvement of EPA/AA ratio
• Implementation of the “WFP Walk the World” event
• Introduction of the exercise habit support app Beatfit and implementation of exercise events utilizing its features
• Participation in WFP’s “Walk the World” and hosting of in-house walking events
• Expansion of counseling services for employees (such as consultation through social media and multilingual support)
• Hosting of health UP events and mental toughness enhancement training sessions
• Providing health education to new employees through lectures by industrial physicians and individual consultations with occupational health nurses