Diversity
Diversity
Women's Activity Promotion
The MIRARTH HOLDINGS Group is working to create a workplace environment where women can work comfortably and demonstrate their abilities by providing working conditions that are appropriate for their life stages.
Initiatives by MIRARTH Energy Solutions
In November 2023, MIRARTH Energy Solutions earned the third and highest level of the "L-boshi" certification, granted by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace. The L-boshi certification is a system whereby the Minister certifies companies that demonstrate excellence in their efforts to promote the active participation of women. Evaluations are made across five key areas: recruitment, retention, work style including working hours, ratio of women in managerial positions, and diverse career paths. The Company met all of these criteria and awarded the top-tier certification.
Initiatives by Takara Leben
As part of its commitment to talent development and a fulfilling workplace, Takara Leben introduced the "Babysitter Discount Program" in May 2022, utilizing subsidies from the Cabinet Office's babysitter dispatch project, to help employees with childcare balance their work and parenting responsibilities. In October of the same year, the Company also launched the "Mid-Career Management Track Program," a new working style that enables female sales staff to return from maternity and childcare leave and continue to thrive in their careers while balancing work and childcare with confidence.
Promoting Paternity Leave
Our Group has set "Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave" as a KPI to encourage male employees to take childcare leave. Through our in-house newsletter, we share information on related policies and publish roundtable talks with male employees who have taken leave.
At Takara Leben, efforts are being made to share information, such as regularly posting interviews with employees who have taken childcare leave on the in-house bulletin board.
At MIRARTH Energy Solutions, the percentage of male employees taking childcare leave reached 100 percent in FY2022, and the Company was registered as a "Gold" company, the highest level, under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's TOKYO Papa Childcare Promotion Company program and its official Company Registration Mark system.
Introduction of Limited Area Employee System
In response to the urgent need to secure a workforce against the backdrop of a declining workforce due to the falling birthrate and aging population, the urgent need to secure personnel in rural areas due to the expansion of business areas, and the growing needs of job seekers, Takara Leben introduced the limited area employee system in FY2022. We aim to facilitate recruitment in local areas and to secure and retain human resources by diversifying work styles.
Employment of People with Disabilities
We are actively promoting diversity with the aim of becoming a corporate group where people from diverse backgrounds can thrive, regardless of gender, age, nationality, or disability status. At Leben Village, a farm located in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, we employ three individuals with disabilities and one farm manager, and cultivate a variety of vegetables. We are working to provide a work environment where people can remain employed with peace of mind over the long term while also promoting employment opportunities where people with disabilities can play an active role.
Leben Village Vegetable Sales
Vegetables harvested at Leben Village are sold at regular sales events held at the headquarters of MIRARTH HOLDINGS and Takara Leben. Vegetables are also shipped to branch and sales offices, and Group companies outside of headquarters. All proceeds from these vegetable sales are donated to the NPO TABLE FOR TWO.
To deepen employee understanding of Leben Village, we also offer hands-on harvest experiences open to staff members.
Comfortable Workplace Environment
Introduction of "Premium One Hour" system
MIRARTH HOLDINGS and Takara Leben have introduced the "Premium One Hour System." Under this initiative, employees can shorten their working hours by one hour once a week, using the time for non-work-related activities. While the standard option allows staff to leave the office up to one hour earlier than usual, it is also possible to start work an hour later instead. The system is designed to help employees recharge, with the aim of boosting productivity, enhancing creativity, and fostering better workplace relationships.
Telework system
In April 2019, Takara Leben introduced a telework system, supporting more diverse employee work styles. Employees who meet specific conditions, such as those related to the content of their work, or employees who have given birth, parenting, or who provide nursing care can work remotely up to three times a week, without coming to the office, after implementing information leakage countermeasures and else. We plan to further promote this telework system with the aim of becoming an even more attractive company with flexible work styles that are not fixated on specific locations or times and contributing to our BCP.
Workplace Environment
Introduction of Office Casual Dress Code
MIRARTH HOLDINGS Group has started an office casual dress code in FY2023.
The purpose is to create a vibrant and comfortable work environment by invigorating communication and encouraging free thinking in relaxed attire.
In-House Tidy-up Measures
At Takara Leben, a person in charge conducts regular internal patrols at the Tokyo Head Office to clean conference rooms and other common spaces. Additionally, as part of a unique measure, the Matsuyama branch allocates cleaning duties for the office spaces and meeting rooms to different departments four days a week, setting aside time for all employees to participate in cleaning. Each team considers their cleaning tasks and works to maintain daily hygiene in the workplace, contributing to the overall beautification of the office environment.
Support for Diverse Work Styles
In light of the "Workplace Reform-Related Legislation" which has been sequentially enforced from April 2019, we are working to "correct long working hours," "realize diverse and flexible work styles," and "ensure fair treatment regardless of employment status."
With regard to long working hours, we are promoting the creation of workplaces where employees do not work long hours by, for example, strictly enforcing "overtime work of 45 hours or less per month in principle and 60 hours or less only six times a year" and considering visualization of actual working conditions to reflect them into personnel evaluations. Employees who work long hours are given "interview guidance by a doctor" and "monitoring of working hours," and information is shared with the Health Committee and industrial physicians to prevent health hazards and occupational accidents.
Regarding the use of paid leave that leads to a flexible work style suited to each employee, we strongly encourage employees to take the annual paid leave granted to each of them, subject to compliance with the "five-day paid leave obligation."
With regard to "equal pay for equal work," which came into effect in April 2020, we are "improving the treatment of contract employees" and "considering the abolition of contract employees" with the aim of creating a workplace that is rewarding for all employees.
Promoting Office Reforms
Our Group has introduced free-address and ABW *office layouts. By allowing employees to change their working locations freely according to their own circumstances, we are working to activate communication among employees that transcends departmental barriers and hierarchies, maximize productivity and efficiency, and conserve resources by eliminating paper.
- * ABW：An abbreviation for "Activity Based Working," a way of working in which workers freely choose where to work according to the nature of their work at any given time.
Initiatives by MIRARTH Energy Solutions
In FY2022, we relocated our headquarters to Iidabashi, Tokyo, and introduced a free-address office layout incorporating ABW. In addition, a café space has been established to create a relaxing space for communication and work. Also, books recommended by employees are gathered like a library to promote the sharing of knowledge and entertainment.
Furthermore, smoke-free smoking booths have been installed to prevent the diffusion of harmful substances and cut down on the "smell of cigarettes" on clothing and bodies, providing an environment that embraces diversity among employees and allows them to refresh themselves efficiently in a short period of time.
MIRARTH HOLDINGS and Takara Leben’s Measures
MIRARTH HOLDINGS and Takara Leben have introduced an ABW-type office layout on some floors in conjunction with office expansion at their Tokyo Head Office in FY 2023.
The layout allows workers to freely choose where to work according to their own circumstances, including box meeting spaces with monitors, boomerang desks with wide seats suitable for spreading out documents, and semi-closed booths with sound-absorbing material partitions that allow workers to concentrate on their work.
