Promotion of Health and Productivity Management

INPEX Group Health Statement

We believe the mental and physical health of all employees is fundamental to the Company’s wellbeing and therefore regard health management as a material management issue. The INPEX Group Health Statement issued in September 2018 sets out the Company’s 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. The Committee meets regularly 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

Measures to Maintain and Improve Health

We believe that health maintenance is a material issue for management. The INPEX Group Health Statement declares that the Company will maintain and improve the physical and mental health of employees as well as their families, and aims 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. To further these initiatives, we have 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.

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.

Taking a medium- to long-term perspective on health, in FY2022, we developed the INPEX Health Management Strategy Map and INPEX 7 Health Actions, and are monitoring the degree of implementation and effectiveness of health measures to improve the overall health levels in the Company. Through initiatives such as these, we aim to create a vibrant corporate culture by reducing the incidence of disorders caused by stress or poor physical condition.

Mental Health Initiatives

We conduct employee stress checks once a year to ascertain the mental and physical condition of each employee, and analyze the organizational environment to enable workplace improvements. The 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.

To prevent employees from feeling isolated during the drawn-out COVID-19 pandemic, in FY2022 we: provided education on psychological safety to new graduates 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 weekly pulse surveys. We also enabled access to mental health counselors to employees stationed overseas and their accompanying 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, there are various measures in place to allow employees to receive regular examinations and understand and apply the results in their daily lives, such as workplace health checks, financial assistance for complete medical examinations and cancer screenings, and 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 during overseas assignments for applicable employees and their families, we strive to alleviate their health concerns and maintain their health. These initiatives include familiarizing everyone with overseas medical risks, such as sharing and bringing attention to the risk of infection from malaria and Zika virus. We also provide vaccinations before overseas assignments as well as bear the costs of health checks and such when they return temporarily to home.

Furthermore, we are striving to create work environments that allow employees with cancer or other serious diseases or complaints to balance treatment and work, such as 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 in 2023

In 2023, we were recognized for the fourth consecutive year under the resources category of the Health & Productivity Stock Selection program jointly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. We were also acknowledged for the fifth consecutive year 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 Japan Health Council (Nippon Kenko Kaigi) as enterprises making outstanding efforts to address health and productivity management.

We were recognized for our efforts to identify and tackle employee health issues, and for the specific measures we have taken to create a basic framework for health and productivity management and to 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