Diversity The Fujikura Group's Declaration of Promoting Diversity The Fujikura Group's Declaration of Promoting Diversity (Established on December 2016) We will move forward with creating a system that can make use diverse human resources, irrespective of their nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion age, or previous career or employment. - We believe that breakthroughs will arise in the form of creative and cutting-edge ideas as people with varied backgrounds and ways of thinking put forth diverse opinions and work out conflics between differing viewpoints. The Significance of Diversity for the Fujikura Group - By providing an environment that makes it easy for employees both to deal with personal needs and desires and professional needs and desires, we will strive to hire and retain superior human resources, which will contribute to the profitability of the company. - We will cultivate a climate that is inclusive, where diverse people can cooperate, one that welcomes new concepts, and a culture in which creative ideas are likely to arise, thus enhancing our "metabolism". Promoting the Success of Women General Business Owner Action Plan Based on the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace Action Plan Timeframe: April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026 Numerical Targets (1) Increase the percentage of female managers to at least 5.6% and the percentage of women at the assistant manager level to at least 16%. (2) Increase the percentage of paid leave taken by employees to at least 70%. External Assessments Eruboshi Certification Fujikura was awarded the highest level (3 stars) of Eruboshi certification, which the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare presents to companies with an excellent track record in implementing women’s empowerment initiatives based on the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace. (March 2017) Employment of People with Disabilities From the viewpoint of realizing social responsibility and normalization (engaging in mutual assistance with disabled and seniors), we actively employ people with disabilities and strive to improve their working environments. To improve the working environment and make it easy for people with disabilities to work throughout the entire Fujikura Group, we will naturally achieve the statutory employment rate of 2.3% mandated from March 2021. We are also aiming to realize social responsibility and normalization. Targets (FY2025 Mid-term) Expand the Employment of People with Disabilities (1) Maintain and increase the legally mandated employment rate of 2.5% for people with disabilities. (2) Improvement of work environment (3) Stable operation and expansion of special subsidiary Actual employment rate of persons with disabilities (Japan) End of FY2020 End of FY2021 End of FY2022 2.36% 2.49% 2.67% Support System for People with Disabilities (Fujikura) Support System Contents -Special hospital leave system -Regular outpatient support for people with disabilities (6 days a year) -Improvement of facilities -Toilets for people with disabilities / Parking lots / Setting up of lounge rooms -Installation of a disability consultation desk -TSupport for individuals with disabilities and their colleagues in the workplace Special Subsidiary "Fujikura Cube" The Fujikura Group basic principle on diversity states, “Create a corporate culture that encourages a range of human resources to proactively understand mutual characteristics, utilize their respective strengths, and make the most of their abilities.” We actively seek to employ people with disabilities and realize diversity and inclusion based on this principle. We are committed to complying with increases in the statutory employment rate to 2.3% under the national government’s policies aimed at realizing a society of coexistence where people with disabilities can live and work as a member of their own communities. As of April 1, 2023, we currently have a total of 32 employees, including 21 individuals with disabilities. We provide support services in eight different areas, namely greening, farming, welfare, laundry, gardening, printing, document digitization, and processing/manufacturing, specifically for various companies within the Fujikura Group. Fujikura Cube hopes to contribute to the regional employment of people with disabilities by expanding and enhancing the content of services provided and improving operating efficiency of the entire Group. In addition, in October 2020, Fujikura Cube will receive a "Smile a lot! Friendly Office" certification. Under Chiba Prefecture's certification system for excellent offices for employment of persons with disabilities, offices that improve and devise employment management and workplace environment and make efforts for continued employment are certified, and through the introduction of examples of such efforts, contribute to the understanding and promotion of employment of persons with disabilities in the region. According to our company's policy, we are actively engaging in the following activities with the keyword "symbiosis". 1. In November 2022, our new employee, Masahira Yamamura, participated in the cleaning category of the Abilympics 2022 held in Chiba Prefecture. The Abilympics is an annual national competition for people with disabilities to showcase their skills acquired in the workplace. This was the first time that a member of the Welfare Team from Fujikura Cube participated in the Abilympics Chiba (regional qualifying tournament), and Yamamura entered the "Building Cleaning" category. The tasks included carpet cleaning with a vacuum cleaner and floor cleaning with a floor mop. Not only the final results but also the procedure and speed were strictly checked. Yamamura, who is responsible for daily cleaning at Fujikura Cube's dormitory, smoothly carried out the cleaning tasks with skillful movements throughout the competition. Unfortunately, he did not win any awards this time, but he aims to apply the experience gained from this event to his daily work, improve his abilities in his area of expertise, and strive for a comeback next year. 2. Ayumi Ando, in her fourth year with the company, was selected as one of the representatives of the Para Swimming team and participated in the "Vichy 2023 Virtus Global Games" held in France in June. This event is a comprehensive international sports competition organized by Virtus, the International Federation for Intellectual Impairment Sports, overseeing sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Athletes from over 80 countries and regions gathered to compete in 12 sports including athletics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis. Ando competed in both individual and team events and achieved remarkable results, including winning a silver medal (a new record for Japan) in the 2x200m freestyle relay. She is currently selected as a Para Swimming training athlete in Chiba Prefecture and aims to participate in the 2024 Paralympics in France. "Smile a lot! Friendly Office" certified logo mark Awarded “Sakura Universal Company”