Sustainability

TOHO PHARMACEUTICAL is promoting initiatives for a sustainable society in accordance with the TOHO HOLDINGS Group’s sustainability and health management policy.

We promote sustainability management and strive to reduce CO2 emissions and other environmental impacts generated in the course of our business activities. We are also working to maximize the value of our human capital, including the promotion of women and diversity.

We promote health and productivity management

As a corporate group active in medical, nursing and healthcare fields, we are committed to creating

anenvironment in which each and every employee can face his or her own health.

Health and Productivity Management Declaration

We set “Total commitment to good health” as our group’s corporate slogan.
Protecting employees’ health is our top priority, as they are the ones who create customer value to raise patient’s satisfaction and contribute to promoting people’s health and well-being. Employees’ health is not only the cornerstone of their own and their families’ happiness, but also the base for the Company’s sound growth.
Hand in hand with employees, we pursue Health and Productivity Management for health maintenance and promotion and build a work environment that protects their physical and mental health and keeps their morale in work high.

Promotion Structure

Our group’s Health and Productivity Management is led by its Representative Director, CEO, and the division in charge identifies the relevant issues, sets goals, and formulates action plans. Approval for these is done by the top management.

The Group’s Issues, Goals, and Action Plans for Health and Productivity Management

We identify the relevant issues, set goals, and formulate action plans in order to implement our Health and Productivity Management initiatives.

Issue	Target	Action plan
Employees’ health management	100% of general periodic health checkups	Task supervisors with urging subordinates to receive health checkups Build a system that allows supervisors to know who has and has not received health checkups
Improve employee awareness on the importance of their own health management	Higher awareness of the importance of health management among employees by taking seminars	Provide employees with seminars on health Promote the use of health management apps among employees Encourage employees to use the health-related facilities
Knowledge and understanding of women’s health issues	Improve all employees’ knowledge and understanding of health issues particular to women	Establish consultation desks for the employees Provide employees with seminars on women’s health
Smokers and smoking rates	Decrease in smoking rates	Implement rules and systems aimed at helping employees quit smoking, such as restricting smoking on certain work days

We were recognized under the 2024 Certified Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program

TOHO HOLDINGS was recognized under the 2024 Certified Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program (Large Enterprise Category), jointly hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council).

*About the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program
This recognition program is conducted by Nippon Kenko Kaigi and aims to create an environment in which large enterprises, SMEs, and other businesses who are practicing health and productivity management are appreciated by society.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is promoting “health and productivity management,” whereby it considers employees’ health and productivity management from a business-management perspective, and strategically implements initiatives that lead to maintenance and promotion of health.
For more information, please refer to the website of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2022/0822_001.html