Internationally Recognized Human Rights Standards

Goals and KPI

2030

Goal

Achieve a culture and business activities that respect human rights, which are understood by all executives and employees

KPI

Achieve a human rights training participation rate of 100% by 2024 (Target: Consolidated Group)

2024

Goal

Create a culture and a management system that respects human rights

Initiatives

• Compliance training participation rate: 86.5% (target: consolidated group)
• Establish a harassment consultation desk
• Establish a healthcare consultation desk
• Appoint a dedicated officer for compliance and strengthen the system of the Compliance Committee

SDGs Being Addressed by Activities

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Approach and System

Approach to Human Rights

Human rights are inherent to all human beings, and respecting them is essential for creating a sustainable society. Since the United Nations adopted the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in 2011, respect for human rights has become a management theme to be undertaken by companies as a prerequisite for doing business.

In order to achieve our mission of “making work more fun and creative,” we must first enjoy working ourselves and develop an open workplace that is free from human rights violations. At the same time, we need to exercise precaution to ensure that our business activities do not cause or contribute to such violations.
We have set a 2030 goal to build an organization that respects human rights and will take gradual steps toward achieving it.

Respect for Human Rights Management System

The CEO Office, which reports directly to the CEO, is the main department in charge of human rights, with the CEO Office Manager responsible for ensuring and implementing respect for human rights. They collect information on respect for human rights and develop roadmaps for human rights activities. Since fiscal year 2024, the officer responsible for compliance—appointed by the Board of Directors—has been appointed as the person responsible for human rights. The Compliance Committee, consisting of members approved by the officer responsible for compliance and the Management Meeting, undertakes activities such as the drafting and implementation of human rights-related activity plans and the conduct of training.

Main Initiatives

Respect for Human Rights Roadmap

We plan to establish a system to prevent, promptly identify, and correct human rights violations, as well as increase understanding and instill awareness of human rights in a manner that is linked to our values, in order to achieve our 2030 goal.

Respect for Human Rights Roadmap

Main Initiatives of Fiscal Year 2024

Implementation of Human Rights Training

At kubell Group, we conduct regular compliance training in practice of our value of “Integrity Driven.” This training educated our executives and employees about the importance of human rights, covering human rights fundamentals, such as prevention of harassment and the prohibition of discrimination. The participation rate in fiscal year 2024 was 100% for kubell alone and 86.5% for the consolidated group^*.

* Training was not conducted for certain group companies due to the establishment of kubell partner Co., Ltd.; subsequently, we followed up on this issue at the start of 2025 and the consolidated participation rate is 100% as of July 2025.

Establish a harassment consultation desk

To prevent and correct all forms of harassment at the workplace and create a workplace environment where all employees can work with peace of mind, in July 2024, we established a dedicated harassment consultation desk, separate from our whistleblowing consultation desk. When consulted, the HR Department, in accordance with our whistleblowing regulations, will collaborate with the relevant departments as necessary while confirming the details quickly to work toward a resolution as quickly as possible. Our system allows employees to consult about harassment with peace of mind, ensuring whistleblowers are not disadvantaged while taking thorough measures to protect their privacy and confidential information.

Establish a healthcare consultation desk

In July 2024, we established a healthcare consultation desk. Focusing on the health of each employee, which is the prerequisite of our corporate mission of “making work more fun and creative,” we are undertaking initiatives aimed at achieving, across the kubell Group, a workplace environment where employees can always work healthily.

The healthcare consultation desk handles all kinds of healthcare-related consultation, including daily health management, physical and mental illnesses, leave due to injuries or illnesses, disabilities, support for balancing treatment and work, and matters related to pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare leave. We provide support so that all employees can enjoy their work and work creatively.

Strengthening the Compliance Committee

In fiscal year 2024, we delegate the authority for proposing compliance measures and implementing corrective actions to the officer responsible for compliance appointed by the Board of Directors, and changed to a structure where the officer responsible for compliance is responsible for the Compliance Committee, which consists of members approved by the Management Meeting. (In this structure, the full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee member and the Internal Audit Office participate as observers.) In this way, we will further enhance the creation of an organization that demonstrates our value of “Integrity Driven” by strengthening human rights management, such as the proposal and implementation of human rights-related activity plans and the conduct of training.

We also strengthened the regulations regarding the organization of the Compliance Committee and changed to a system that allows the operation of the whistleblowing consultation desk to be completely independent from the management. This allows whistleblowing by employees when problems—including human rights issues—occur.