Kirin Holdings announces formulation of the 'Women's Advancement Promotion Long-term Plan 2030' to promote the active participation of women as part of its diversity promotion strategy

February 15, 2022 (press release) –

- Develop an environment where diverse human resources can maximize their abilities and accelerate innovation-

Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (President: Yoshinori Isozaki ) has formulated the "Women's Advancement Promotion Long-term Plan 2030" to promote the active participation of women as part of its diversity promotion strategy.

The Kirin Group has been working from an early stage to realize an organizational culture in which women can demonstrate their independence and creativity and play an active role. .. As the first step, we have established the Kirin Women's Network (KWN), an in-house organization to actively support the active participation of women and the creation of networks. , We have continued to work on both sides of bottom-up efforts to support women's own self-growth and career development.

In 2013, we formulated the long-term plan for promoting the active participation of women, “KWN2021,” set a target number of female leaders, and are proceeding with various initiatives to realize an organizational culture in which women can play active roles.

In addition, the Kirin Group will formulate a long-term management concept "Kirin Group Vision 2027" in 2019 with the aim of becoming a "global CSV * 1 advanced company", in which "organizational ability to realize innovation" As one of the above, we have set up a "culture of taking on challenges with diverse human resources."

In line with the "Long-term Plan for Promotion of Women's Advancement 2030" and the "2022 Medium-Term Plan" formulated based on this, we have created an environment where diverse employees can maximize their strengths and accept each other's strengths. By doing so, we will lead to the creation of new value.

About "Women's Advancement Promotion Long-term Plan 2030"

What you are aiming for

Realize an organizational culture in which more women can realize a work style that enriches their work and life, and can form a career while achieving both self-growth and contribution to the company.

Target

(1) Increase the ratio of female managers in Japan to 30% [*2].

(2) Increase the ratio of female officers of Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. to 30%.

Training policy

Females are trained by "fast-forwarding career development [*3]".

Priority Issues

(1) Securing diverse human resources and creating an environment where employees can experience growth (

(2) Closing the gap between life and work

(3) Reforming the work style of managers

(4) Promoting women to the decision-making layer

About "2022 Medium-term Plan"

policy

In this medium-term plan, we aim to remove barriers that hinder the success of working mothers and create an environment where they can maximize their abilities.

attempt

* Continue training programs aimed at career development and self-growth, review the time zones and methods, and increase opportunities for diverse employees to take on challenges without hesitation.

* Consider the possibility of remote work and the ideal way of transfer so that employees who balance work and childcare can form their careers more positively.

* In order to provide employees with growth opportunities after returning to childcare leave and to improve their sense of growth, we will start "operation of an evaluation system for the year including shortened working hours and leave periods".

* Promote 100% childcare leave for men and participation in household chores, childcare, and long-term care for men of all ages.

* Promote behavior change that leads to the resolution of problems caused by unconscious bias. etc

The Kirin Group will contribute to the realization of a prosperous society by expanding the new joy of "food and health" through manufacturing that looks at nature and people.

Footnotes:

[*1] Creating Shared Value. Creating value that can be shared with society

[*2] Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. is included in the total.

[*3] It is said that you will experience challenging work early based on aptitude, realize the fun of work, and accumulate work experience quickly so that you can proactively form a career even after life events such as childbirth. way to think

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Source: Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

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