Material Issues / Governance
Human Capital Management
GRI 2-22 / 3-2 / 3-3
Background
It is essential to adopt human capital management, which views human resources as capital, aims to maximize their value, and seeks to enhance corporate value in the medium to long term. Maximizing the value of human capital to improve the productivity of the entire organization and create added value is crucial.
Strategies
The SMM Group pledges to provide a safe and comfortable workplace environment under an open and vibrant organizational climate. We will also encourage our employees to take the initiative in their own growth, so that each and every one of them can thrive in their work and contribute to the success of the company.
KPI/Target/Result
Vision for 2030
A company that attracts a diverse workforce and allows them to grow and thrive
| KPI | Reporting boundary |
Target (FY2030) | FY2024 results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engagement score1 | SMM Group Affiliated companies in Japan covered by the survey |
Deviation Value: 55 | Deviation Value: 47.7 |
| Number of serious accidents2 | Workplaces covered by safety statistics (including contractors) | Zero cases | Three cases |
| Number of workplaces with health risks3 | Workplaces covered by safety statistics (Japan only) | Zero workplaces | Two workplaces Control Class 3: zero Control Class 2: two |
| Survey on Health and Productivity Management | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Deviation Value: 62 | Deviation Value: 57.8 |
| Utilization rate of self-development programs | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | 60% | 25.8% |
| Percentage and number of female managers | SMM Group | SMM Group: 18% Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.: 7% (50 people) |
SMM Group: 11.5% Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.: 3.3% (28 people) |
| Male childcare leave utilization rate4 | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | 100% | 100% |
- 1In general, engagement is taken to mean “the degree of mutual understanding and affinity between a company and its employees” (i.e. the degree of employees' attachment to the company and their passion for work). At the SMM Group, we define a high level of engagement as “the existence of a state of mutual understanding between the company/organization and its employees, in which the company/organization values its employees and the employees are committed to the development and vitalization of the company/organization”
- 2Resulting in 50 days or more of absence from work
- 3Workplaces classified as Control Class 2 and 3 under the Industrial Safety and Health Act
- 4The “male childcare leave utilization rate” refers to the utilization rate of childcare leave based on Article 2 of the Act on Childcare Leave and Caregiver Leave, as well as paid leave for childcare purposes granted by our company in accordance with Article 24 of the same Act
Our company’s paid leave for childcare purposes can be taken for up to nine days. Employees may use this leave to accompany their spouse during hospitalization and childbirth. In addition, they can take a consecutive seven-day leave either starting from the spouse’s discharge from the hospital or from the day the couple returns home after the spouse has given birth at her hometown
