press release

Fujikura Ltd. (Director, President and CEO Masahiko Ito) has been certified as a 2022 Health and Productivity Management Excellent Corporation (Large Corporation unit) by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi ^* as a corporation that considers Fujikura employee health management from a management perspective and is working on it strategy. This system recognizes corporations that are practicing particularly excellent health and productivity management based on initiatives that address local health issues and health promotion initiatives promoted by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi. The certification is valid from March 9, 2022 to March 31, 2023.

Based on the idea that "a company's competitiveness is based on the good health of its Fujikura employee," Fujikura Group recognizes that Fujikura employee "health" is an important management resource in order to remain a company that is needed by society. Aiming to be "a corporate group where Fujikura employee work with enthusiasm," we are promoting initiatives for mental and physical revitalization and health promotion, such as those listed below.

1. Strengthening the foundation for health management
In order to create a workplace where Fujikura employee can work healthily and with peace of mind, and to support diverse working styles, we are implementing measures such as establishing various health-related regulation, measures to prevent excessive work, creating an environment where employees can seek advice when they are troubled, supporting employees' return to work, supporting the balance between treatment and work, and expanding various educational training programs including self-care and line care.

2. Promoting Fujikura employee health
As part of our efforts to improve Fujikura employee health awareness and prevent disease, we conduct self-care training and distribute videos of lectures by industrial physicians. We also implement various measures such as promoting collaborative health with the health insurance association, holding Fujikura stretching exercises every day after lunch, holding step-counting events throughout the year, and providing healthy menus in Fujikura employee cafeterias and bento lunches.

3. Measures to prevent passive smoking
From the perspective of maintaining and improving the health of Fujikura employee and fulfilling our social responsibility to protect the environment, we have established policy to prevent passive smoking and are working towards achieving a total ban on smoking on company premises by the end of fiscal year 2023. Specifically, we are working towards the complete elimination of smoking areas, and are implementing measures such as gradually closing smoking areas on premises and imposing rules on time restrictions for their use. We also hold smoking cessation seminars for smokers and introduce online smoking cessation clinics subsidized by health insurance. As the number of smokers in the head office area has been steadily decreasing, it has been confirmed that the entire premises will be smoke-free from October 1, 2022.

These efforts have been recognized, and we were recognized as a Health and Productivity Management Excellent Corporation for the second year in a row. Going forward, we will continue to promote the creation of an environment in which Fujikura employee working at Fujikura Group can further raise their health awareness and work to revitalize and improve their minds and bodies, in order to further improve our corporate value.

For details about Fujikura Group 's health management initiatives, please refer to the following page on our website.
https://www.fujikura.co.jp/esg/efforts/health_management.html

(Note) "Health and Productivity Management" is a registered trademark of the NPO Health and Productivity Management Research Association.

*Japan Health Conference
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