June 1, 2025
President, Representative Executive Officer
Shugo Hosoda
Health Management
Governance
EBARA Group Health Management Declaration
At the EBARA Group, our approach to human capital management is rooted in the belief that the growth of the Group depends on the growth of each individual working within it; the two go hand in hand, and this cannot be achieved without good health.
We are committed to fostering a workplace environment and support system that empowers employees and their families to manage their health proactively. Our goal is to help them achieve a state of well-being, ensuring physical and mental health and social fulfillment.
By enhancing ease of work, job satisfaction, and overall well-being, we aim to create an environment where individuals can thrive and contribute to their full potential. Through the mutual and sustainable growth of both our employees and the EBARA Group, we strive to make meaningful contributions to the development of society.
Strategy (Initiatives)
Health Management Strategy Map
Health Management Initiative Map
Organizational Framework for Promoting Health Management
Health Management Initiatives
We take a variety of measures to help our employees maintain a healthy lifestyle, both physically and mentally.
Details on our key initiatives, as well as various KPIs and KGIs, can be found in the materials below.
EBARA Group Health White Paper
The EBARA Group visualizes the health status of employees by aggregating and analyzing health checkups, lifestyle and health insurance union medical expense information, etc.
More information is available in the following.
Risk Management
Occupational Safety and Health Management System
Please see the Occupational Safety page for more information.
Metrics and Targets
Health Management KPIs and KGIs
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
| Results | Targets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KPIs | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2030 |
| Health checkup participation rate | 100% | 100% | Pending | 100% | 100% |
| Follow-up / Detailed examination rate | 62.6% | 57.9% | Pending | 70% | 100% |
| Reduction in smoking rate | 23.8% | 23.2% | 23.4% | 20% | 17% |
| Women's health issues initiatives (Participation rate of women) |
- | - | 9.4% | 10% | 20% |
| Women's health issues initiatives (Management participation rate) |
- | - | 87.4% | 100% | 100% |
| Results | Targets | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Issues | KPIs | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2030 |
1. Strengthening age-specific measures to prevent and reduce obesity, and promoting healthy weight maintenance |
Obesity rate | 32.6% | 33.7% | Pending | 30% | 27% |
| Healthy weight maintenance rate | 62.2% | 61.3% | Pending | 65% | 68% | |
| Specific health guidance implementation rate | 14.6% | 23.8% | Pending | 30% | 33% | |
| Lifestyle disease detection rate (Blood pressure, lipids, liver, blood sugar) | - | 56.7% | Pending | 53% | 50% | |
2. Improving presenteeism through better breakfast habits and sleep quality |
Stress check response rate | 93.6% | 91.8% | 91.1% | 95% | 98% |
| High-stress individual rate | 7.8% | 8.5% | 8.4% | 7% | 7% | |
| Regular exercise habit rate | 31.3% | 32.3% | 33.9% | 35% | 40% | |
| Breakfast skipping rate | 27.6% | 27.8% | 28.0% | 25% | 20% | |
| Sufficient sleep rate | 54.6% | 52.1% | 52.8% | 55% | 60% | |
3. Improving cancer screening rate |
Stomach | 66.9% | 64.5% | Pending | 70% | 75% |
| Colon | 93.5% | 84.6% | Pending | 90% | 90% | |
| Breast | 30.9% | 30.4% | Pending | 50% | 60% | |
| Cervical | 15.1% | 15.7% | Pending | 30% | 40% | |
| Prostate | 12.2% | 54.6% | Pending | 60% | 80% | |
4. Increasing family health checkup participation rate |
Health checkup rate of dependents | 47.9% | 42.1% | Pending | 50% | 60% |
Key Goal Indicators (KGIs)
| Results | Targets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicators | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2030 |
| Presenteeism (Measured in accordance with WHO-HPQ method) (Incorporated into stress check questions and measured simultaneously) (The number of respondents and response rate are based on the stress check standards) |
35.3% | 35.2% | 35.0% | 34.5% | 34.0% |
| Absenteeism (Calculated by dividing actual number of sick and absent days (with or without salary compensation) by number of employees) (Number of employees is all full-time employees, 100% response rate (data collection and aggregation rate) |
2.34 days | 2.65 days | Pending | 2.6 days | 2.6 days |
| Work engagement (Results were calculated using a vendor-original scale based on two items that have a high correlation with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and expressed as a deviation score) (Incorporated into stress check questions and measured simultaneously) (Number of respondents and response rate are the same as the stress check) |
51.4 | 50.5 | 50.9 | 52 | 53 |
External Evaluations
Certified as a 2025 KENKO Investment for Health Corporation (Large Enterprise Category - White 500)
EBARA Corporation, along with 11 domestic Group companies and one affiliated organization, has been certified as a 2025 KENKO Investment for Health Corporation (Large Enterprise Category - White 500), a designation developed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and selected by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi. The KENKO Investment for Health Corporation Certification System is a program in which the Nippon Kenko Kaigi certifies large enterprises and small to medium-sized companies that demonstrate outstanding health management practices, based on initiatives that promote health. In the Large Enterprise Category, the top 500 applicants are recognized as 'White 500' corporations.
Certified as a Sports Yell Company 2025
EBARA Corporation (including its group companies) has been certified as a "Sports Yell Company 2025" by the Japan Sports Agency.
The Japan Sports Agency certifies companies as 'Sports Yell Companies' when they actively promote employee participation in sports to improve health. This initiative aims to encourage physical activity among the working generation, who tend to lack exercise, and to foster broader social momentum around sports.
Certified as a Tokyo Sports Promotion Company
Six EBARA Group companies and one foundation* located in Tokyo have been certified as “Tokyo Sports Promotion Companies 2024” by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
This certification recognizes companies that actively promote sports activities among employees and engage in social contribution initiatives in the field of sports.
*Certified Entities: EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA Environmental Plant, EBARA Thermal and Thermal Systems, EBARA DENKI, EBARA Ernest, EBARA Meister, and EBARA Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation
Received the highest ranking in the DBJ Health Management Rating
In 2016, EBARA Corporation received the highest rating in the "DBJ Health Management Rating" system implemented by the Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) and has received financing based on this rating. The DBJ Health Management Rating Loan Program is a unique system developed by DBJ that evaluates companies that demonstrate excellence in their efforts to care for the health of their employees and sets loan terms based on that evaluation.
