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Evaluation Summaries for the 2021 Health & Productivity Stock Selection Program Published
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May 10, 2021
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is promoting "health and productivity management," whereby companies think about employees' health and productivity management from a business-management perspective, and address it strategically. In addition to maintaining and improving employees' health, health and productivity management can be expected to improve labor productivity and work engagement, enhance the attractiveness of the workplace, increase the profitability and value of the company, and improve its reputation in the society.
An increasing number of companies have been addressing health and productivity management in recent years, and to develop these efforts further, it is important to actively disseminate information to a variety of stakeholders, including employees, customers, investors, local communities. In order to visually show how each company is working on health and productivity management, the evaluation summaries (feedback sheets) based on the responses to the FY2020 Survey on Health and Productivity Management have been released for the 48 companies selected as top runners under the "2021 Health & Productivity Stock Selection" program.
An increasing number of companies have been addressing health and productivity management in recent years, and to develop these efforts further, it is important to actively disseminate information to a variety of stakeholders, including employees, customers, investors, local communities. In order to visually show how each company is working on health and productivity management, the evaluation summaries (feedback sheets) based on the responses to the FY2020 Survey on Health and Productivity Management have been released for the 48 companies selected as top runners under the "2021 Health & Productivity Stock Selection" program.
Note: The evaluation summaries (feedback sheets) for each company are shown from page 29 of the Report on the 2021 Health & Productivity Stock Selection Companies released in March this year. . Please refer to this page along with the outline of each company's health and productivity management efforts.
1. Background
In March this year, the Health Investment Working Group of the New Healthcare Industry Council discussed the direction for disclosing information on health and productivity management in order to promote the development of an environment that will be well regarded by a variety of stakeholders, including those in the capital and labor markets.
Because health and productivity management comes under the S (Social) in ESG investment, institutional investors are also moving toward incorporating information about it into their ESG evaluation criteria. In order to promote this trend and encourage companies to actively disclose information on health and productivity management, the decision was made to publish some of the information from the 2021 Health & Productivity Stock Selection companies' responses to the Survey on Health and Productivity. The information selected for disclosure is the evaluation summaries (feedback sheets). The decision was made after confirming the companies' intentions regarding disclosure.2. Future plans
Following the 2021 Health & Productivity Stock Selection, this summer will also see publication of the evaluation summaries (feedback sheets) for the 2021 Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations (Large Enterprise Category (White 500)) that have agreed to disclosure.Reference (1): What are health and productivity management and the Health & Productivity Stock Selection?
Health and productivity management means thinking about employees' health and productivity management from a business-management perspective, and addressing it strategically. Working with the Tokyo Stock Exchange, METI jointly selects one listed company per industry that conducts outstanding health and productivity management, and names it a "Health & Productivity Stock Selection."Reference (2): What are the Survey on Health and Productivity and evaluation summaries (feedback sheets)?
The Survey on Health and Productivity is a survey conducted with the aim of analyzing the health and productivity management efforts in companies and how they change over time, and obtaining basic information toward choosing the Health & Productivity Stock Selection and Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations (Large Enterprise Category). Companies that have responded to the Survey on Health and Productivity are sent an evaluation summary (feedback sheet) that shows their level of practical implementation compared to other companies and items that their need to review, so that they can improve their own efforts.
Note: Health and productivity management is a registered trademark of Nonprofit Organization Kenkokeiei.
Related links
- Promoting health and productivity management (in Japanese)
- About the Survey on Health and Productivity (in Japanese)
- Health & Productivity Stock Selection (in Japanese)
- Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations (in Japanese)
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