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Announcement of Organizations Selected under the 2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program

-2,676 organizations under the large enterprise category and 14,012 organizations under the SME category have been recognized-

March 8, 2023

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is promoting "health and productivity management" also known as “KENKO Healthcare Strategy”, whereby it considers employees' health and productivity management from a business-management perspective to be one of the efforts toward achieving a healthy, long-lived society, and strategically implements initiatives that lead to maintenance and promotion of health.
METI hereby announces that on March 8, 2023, the Nippon Kenko Kaigi has recognized 2,676 organizations under the large enterprise category (among which the top 500 were recognized as "White 500" enterprises), and 14,012 organizations under the SME category (among which the top 500 were recognized as "Bright 500" enterprises), as the recognized organizations for FY2023
Note: The Nippon Kenko Kaigi is an organization that takes practical community- and workplace-based actions, through collaboration among private organizations and with full administrative support, in order to extend the healthy lifespan of and provide appropriate medical care for each individual in Japan, as a country that is facing a drastically aging society and declining birthrate. The organization aims to encourage local governments and private organizations (e.g., economic organizations, medical organizations, and insurers) to work together to achieve concrete measures in workplaces and communities to overcome health-related challenges.
NIPPON KENKO KAIGI Website (in Japanese)

1. Outline of the recognition program

The Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program is a program established by METI in FY2016 that highlights outstanding large enterprises and SMEs that are implementing health and productivity management, and thereby aims to develop an environment in which such enterprises are able to gain enhanced recognition, e.g., from employees, employment seekers, related enterprises and financial institutions.
The Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognizes Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations based on its review of applications sent from enterprises and other organizations, and on the assessment criteria set forth by the Health Investment Working Group of the Healthcare and Medical Care New Industrial Council, a body that holds joint meetings with the Health and Productivity Management Working Group of the Nippon Kenko Kaigi and the Hundred-Thousand Health-Declaration Working Group.

2. Information on the 2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program

Under the 2023 program, the seventh year of the program, the Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognized 2,676 organizations under the large enterprise category (among which the top 500 were recognized as "White 500" enterprises), and 14,012 organizations under the SME category (among which the top 500 were recognized as "Bright 500" enterprises), as the FY2023 recognized organizations.
This represents massive growth compared to last year, when the Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognized 2,299 organizations under the large enterprise category and 12,255 organizations under the SME category as the FY2022 recognized organizations.

3. Disclosure of 2,238 enterprises’ assessment results based on the FY2022 Survey on Health and Productivity Management

METI provides each organization that has completed the Survey on Health and Productivity Management with a feedback sheet, which contains deviation value and other information. In the survey, METI requests that each enterprise confirm whether they agree to the disclosure of information on the feedback sheet to the public with a view to encouraging enterprises to assess and improve their efforts in comparison with others’ efforts and disclose related information to their stakeholders.

Today, we published the assessment results of 2,238 enterprises (of which 726 are listed companies) that agreed to the disclosure of information on the feedback sheet. In addition to the assessment results of individual enterprises, editable data across the board in the Excel format is also available on the following website. In addition to the results, editable and listable Excel format data is also available, please access the portal site below.

4. Outline of the 2023 Health and Productivity Management Award

Date:

Thursday, March 9, 2023
Part I (Health & Productivity Management): 1:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
Part 2 (Health & Productivity Stock Selection) 4:30 p.m. to 6:10 p.m.

Venue:

Iino Hall (Iino Building, 1-1, Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

Organizer:

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Co-organized by:

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nippon Kenko Kaigi

Cooperated by:

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Nikkei Inc.

Program (tentative)

[Part I - Health and Productivity Management]

from 13:00 to 15:40

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[Part II - Health and Productivity Stock Selection]

from 16:30 to 18:10

*Acceptance of applications from the public has already been closed.
*Applications from the press should be directed to the secretariat of the event (below).
Secretariat of the Health and Productivity Management Award
E-mail: actionseminar@nex.nikkei.co.jpメールリンク

Related Link

Note: The term "health and productivity management" is a registered trademark of the Workshop for the Management of Health on Companies and Employees.

Division in Charge

Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group