Promotion of Health and Productivity Management

INPEX Group Health Statement

INPEX believes the mental and physical health of all employees is the foundation of the Company, therefore regard health management as a material management issue. The INPEX Group Health Statement issued in September 2018 sets out our position to support and improve the health of employees and their families, with the President & CEO appointed as Chief Health Officer.

The statement declares that: the Company will maintain and improve the physical and mental health of employees as well as their families; the Company aims to build a vibrant corporate culture by creating a work environment to maximize the potential of all employees; and employees should recognize their own responsibility in improving their lifestyles and proactively strive to maintain physical and mental health.

Approach to Health and Productivity Management

Under the leadership of the President & CEO as Chief Health Officer, we are working with our labor union, health insurance union, and medical officers to maintain and improve the health of our employees and their families and to create a healthy workplace.

For this purpose, we have set up Health Management Committee(Committee inauguration date: September 26, 2018). The Committee meets regularly, at least once a year to identify employee health issues and consider relevant solutions, while implementing ongoing improvements through the PDCA cycle. To improve the expertise of the Committee, our head office medical officers are also members.

Health Management Committee

Agenda items:

• Issues relating to employee health and required countermeasures
• Groundwork for health and productivity management, steps to improve the workplace environment
• Specific measures to address employee mental and physical health
• Review of effectiveness of measures to maintain and improve health
• Other important matters relating to maintaining and improving health

Measures to Maintain and Improve Health

The INPEX Group Health Statement declares that the Company will maintain and improve the physical and mental health of employees, and their families, aiming to build a vibrant corporate culture by creating a work environment to maximize the potential of all employees. We have established a centralized database to manage the results of employee health checks, and have stationed health nurses on a permanent basis at our head office and at operational locations with more than a certain number of employees. There is much collaboration between medical staff at different locations as part of a systematic approach to mental and physical health management.

To maintain and improve the health of employees, we have implemented a range of measures, such as: 100% participation in annual health checks; measures related to mental health and overwork; establishment of separate smoking areas; introduction of health apps; and health promotion events. Taking a medium- to long-term perspective on health to further enhance these initiatives, in FY2022, we developed the INPEX Health Management Strategy Map and INPEX 7 Health Actions, continuing to monitor the degree of implementation and effectiveness of health actions to further improve the health levels of all employees. We have also established specific targets for: employee participation in health checks and stress checks; average overtime hours; paid leave acquisition rate; and participation in government-sponsored specified health checks and specified health guidance programs. To reduce the incidence of high stress and poor health among our employees, we are also working to become a company where every employee has a high level of health awareness, is healthy in mind and body, and is highly motivated in their work.

Employees posted to positions outside Japan are provided with immunization against infectious diseases and annual health checks in Japan. They also receive information on medical care in their assigned localities, and are covered by emergency transportation arrangements, which include international transportation in case of injury or sickness.

Mental Health Initiatives

Employee stress checks are conducted once a year to ascertain the mental and physical condition of each employee, and analyze the organizational environment to enable workplace improvements. These checks allow us to monitor the mental health of employees at regular intervals, with a high 93% of employees completing the check in FY2022.

For those with mental health issues, the primary physician, medical officers, health nurse, HR department, and the employee’s supervisor work together to provide follow-up care while the employee is on leave and after their return to work.

We have also: provided education on psychological safety to new employees during their orientation training; offered an external employee assistance program (EAP) that allows employees to seek consultation when feeling mentally or physically unwell; and conducted regular pulse check-in surveys. We also enabled access to mental health counselors to employees stationed overseas and their immediate family members. The system under which trainees receive operational guidance and emotional support from older workers—referred to as “mentors” (for first-year office workers and first and second-year technical employees) and as “supporters” (for second and third-year office workers)—is now well established.

Initiatives to Tackle Health Issues

We conduct a variety of initiatives to support the health of our employees.

For health checks, various measures are in place to enable employees to receive regular examinations. These include workplace health checks, financial assistance for complete medical examinations and cancer screenings, and, the receipt of health check results from medical officers. Regarding infectious diseases, we also offer financial assistance for influenza vaccinations.

In addition to health checks before and after overseas assignments for applicable employees and their families, we also provide an annual health check during the assignment to ensure they remain in good health. We strive to alleviate the health concerns of our employees and maintain their health on assignment. Our efforts involve familiarizing everyone with the risk of infectious diseases (malaria, Zika virus, HIV, tuberculosis, etc.) and other overseas medical risks. We also cover the costs of vaccinations before overseas assignments and health checks when they return temporarily to Japan.

Furthermore, we strive to create work environments to enable employees with cancer, or other serious illness or issues, to balance treatment and work commitments. This is achieved through our newly established sick leave system and flexibility in workstyles (extension of shorter working hours, shortened working hours for flextime work, and selecting the number of working days per week).

Recognition under Health & Productivity Stock Selection and Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program

From 2020 through 2023, we were recognized for four consecutive years under the Health & Productivity Stock Selection program jointly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. From 2019 through 2023, we were also acknowledged for five consecutive years as a “White 500” enterprise in the large enterprise category of the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program. The Health & Productivity Stock Selection program selects publicly listed companies for exceptional performance in their strategic approach to employee health and productivity management¹ from a management perspective. White 500 enterprises are jointly recognized by METI and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi as enterprises making outstanding efforts to address health and productivity management.

To achieve recognition under these two programs (Health & Productivity Stock Selection program, and Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program), we will take the necessary measures to understand employee health issues. We will also implement specific measures to create a basic framework for health and productivity management and boost the mental and physical health of our employees.

¹ Health and productivity management: A registered trademark of the Workshop for the Management of Health on Companies and Employees