Occupational safety

1）Commitment to safety and health activities

Policy on safety and health activities

　 ASAHI YUKIZAI Group, where we work, will prioritize safety in thinking and actions and build a workplace environment where we can work lively in good physical and mental health and with peace of mind.

2）Workplace accidents

Number of workplace accidents in the Group

　The number of work-related accidents resulting in lost-time injury (LT) in FY2025 across the entire Group increased to 10, compared with FY2024 (8 cases). Consequently, the frequency rate of LTI turned out to be 2.29, surpassing that of FY2024 of 1.78. Major factors contributing to these accidents included failure to follow work procedures thoroughly and insufficient attention: The figure is large when compared with the industry average (manufacturing industry). We will therefore continue strengthening education and enlightenment activities aiming at prevention of accidents and improving the workplace environment, so as to achieve greater safety.
*) Work-related accident: An accident arising out of or in the course of work.
Lost-time injury (LTI): A work-related accident that results in one or more days away from work. Lost-time injury frequency rate: The number of LTIs per one million hours worked.

		Actual value
		FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Number of lost-time injuries	Asahi Yukizai Corp.	3	1	0	4	4
	Group companies	3	5	4	4	6
	Consolidated total	6	6	4	8	10
LTI frequency rate	Asahi Yukizai Corp.	1.75	0.54	0.00	1.74	1.74
	Group companies	1.55	1.45	0.91	1.78	2.29
	※Average for manufacturers	1.31	1.25	1.29	1.30	1.33
	※Average for the plastic manufacturing industry	1.35	1.21	1.19	1.41	1.42

*)Figures represent fiscal year-based data (from April to March next year)
Only the average frequency rate of LTI in the plastic manufacturing industry is based on a survey of the period from January to December each year. The source of the average frequency rate of LTI in the plastic manufacturing industry is the Survey on Industrial Accidents (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare).

National Safety and Health Convention

　In April 2026, the 21st National Safety and Health Convention was held with the keyword “Reconstruction of the safety culture and the health culture” at the main venue in the Aichi Factory. On the day of the Convention, business bases of the Asahi Yukizai Group were connected via a web conference system so that all the companies shared information on the commitment to secure safety and health. We invited Dr. Hiroshi Yamato of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, for the first special lecture, to speak with the theme of “What are necessary for prevention of occurrence of cancers --- “One No, Two Lesses, and Three Mores” (ichimu, nisho, santa) approach.” He emphasized the importance of One No (no smoking/passive smoking), Two Lesses (less food and alcohol), and Three Mores (more physical activity, rest and social interaction). He offered an opportunity to re-recognize the effectiveness of supporting no smoking moves, as, in connection with our commitment to stop smoking, he gave concrete explanations on the use of nicotine gum and nicotine patches. In the second special lecture, Mr. Masahiko Hara of Plus Drive delivered a lecture on “Implementation of the 5S activities ahead of others to prevent occurrence of accidents --- the real meaning of the “5S” which we can learn at the Toyota’s actual business sites.” He explained about respective elements of the 5S (Japanese abbreviation for organization, good order, cleaning, cleanliness and discipline) citing concrete examples. He emphasized the importance for the managers and supervisors taking the initiative in firmly incorporating the 5S into business processes, based on the Three-Gen Principle: genba, genbutsu, and genjitsu, meaning the actual workplace, actual items, and actual facts. At the close of the Convention, business divisions and group companies reported on their cases of safety activities: It proved to have offered an opportunity to renew our awareness of safety and, simultaneously, to learn the commitments of other divisions.

　In July 2025, DORICO Co., Ltd. held on a grand scale the regular general meeting of “DORICO Association for the Protection of Safety and Health" and the “DORICO Group Safety and Health Convention” at Bellesalle Yaesu in which 104 people participated from 86 cooperative companies. On the day, a safety lecture was given, safety awards were presented, and the results of the safety slogan vote were announced, followed by a safety declaration.

　　　　　

Management Safety and Health Walkthrough

　We held the Safety and Health Round in our Hiroshima Factory, followed by Aichi, Tochigi and Nobeoka Factories during the June-July 2025 period. The “Safety and Health Round” is the engagement in which members of the management patrol the actual sites of factories so that they directly check issues or points to be improved at the sites and, at the same time, they have discussion with employees to listen to the voices of the actual workplaces: We have been conducting it continuously on an annual basis. The theme for FY2025 was “Take measures for safety, take measures for health ahead of others”: The round was held aiming at creation of the safe, secure and comfortable workplace in anticipation of no accidents. In the round, importance was attached to the fact that the top management had deeper understanding of the actual sites of business, which would result in making speedy management decisions. At the same time, we spent more time for conversation with employees than for giving explanations: Views were exchanged mainly on the issues the actual sites of business had, such as danger, heat, uncomfortableness and insanitariness.

Health maintenance and promotion

1）Health Management Promotion Project

　We launched a health management promotion project in FY2023, and have been focusing on improving our organizational structure to protect the minds and bodies of our employees. As a result, in March we received certification as “Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization 2024” from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Japan Health Conference.

2）Examples of Initiatives

Introduction of the Health Point Program

　As we consider that employees’ health is one of the business targets, we introduced GUPPY’s health point program in September 2020 for the purpose of health and productivity management and investment in human resources and continue implementing it. The Health Point Program visualizes exercises such as yoga, stretching exercise and muscle training as well as daily activities such as number of steps taken, weight, sleeping hours, meals and consumption of alcohol to stimulate employees’ awareness. In order to increase awareness of physical exercise, we publish the ranking of number of steps taken by individual, district and business division each month with a target of 7,000 steps per person per day.

Mental health lecture meeting

　We are committed to the mental health of our employees, and since 2012, we have been inviting Dr. Noboru Watanabe, the director of Akasaka Clinic and our company doctor, to give a lecture on mental health every year. In FY2025, it was held online in September. In this fiscal year, Dr. Watanabe gave an important lecture on “Mental Healthcare” which was directly related to a healthy life. In addition, he has been writing a monthly column entitled “Mental Health Advice” for our company newsletter, +POWER, and has been working to improve the mental health of our employees since 2012.

Health checkup

　In December 2025, we conducted the fourth “Age Friendly Health Checkup” with the kind cooperation of a public interest incorporated foundation Fukuoka Institute of Occupational Health. We position this commitment as one of the most important measures for Health and Productivity Management, as we consider that employees are the most valuable assets of the company. The checkup, which is designed to keep pace with the aging society, measures such many-sided items as flexibility, quickness, locomotive syndrome, balancing ability, muscular strength, body component, vascular age and bone mineral density, so that employees will be able to grasp their own physical capability from a viewpoint different from that of medical examination. This will promote improvement of their lifestyle and increase in awareness of health, leading to creation of the workplace environment where they can continue working vividly. Further, in FY2026, as a similar commitment, we are planning to carry out a health checkup project in November, to continuously support maintenance and promotion of health.