Health and Productivity Management Declaration
Based on the Cosmo Energy Group Management Vision, “Striving for an infinite tomorrow, developing sustainably in harmony with humanity, society, and our planet,” the Group aims to enhance the lives of its customers by providing a stable supply of energy. |
| Shigeru Yamada Representative Director, Group CEO Cosmo Energy Holdings Co., Ltd. |
The Cosmo Energy Group understands that the physical and mental well-being of its human resources is the source of enterprise value creation and the foundation of sustainable growth. To ensure that our executives and employees remain healthy both physically and mentally, the Health and Productivity Management Policy outlines our health and productivity management initiatives.
Goals of Health and Productivity Management
The Cosmo Energy Group’s approach to health and productivity management treats the promotion of physical and mental well-being as the foundation for achieving all aspects of a vibrant work environment. We believe that it is only when employees are healthy and thriving that we can achieve our engagement and productivity goals.
As systematically organized in the Health and Productivity Management Strategy Map, health and productivity management leads ultimately to both greater enterprise value and the realization of individual well-being. Believing that these two things work together to create a virtuous cycle, we remain committed to promoting health and productivity management in accordance with this vision.
Health and Productivity Management Promotion System
Main Health and Productivity Management Initiatives
The Cosmo Energy Group pursues a variety of initiatives to maintain and improve employees’ health and create a supportive work environment, including conducting and utilizing stress checks, implementing specified health check-ups and lifestyle health guidance, establishing consultation services, and assessing absenteeism and presenteeism.
The Group continuously monitors the implementation status and results of these initiatives and uses the findings to support the health of each employee and improve the workplace environment. The main initiatives and results are as follows.
Health and Productivity Management Initiative Status and Results
Implementing and Utilizing Stress Checks
The Group conducts annual stress checks, seeking to prevent mental health issues among employees and improve the workplace environment. The participation rate has remained above 98% since fiscal 2023, maintaining a high level that exceeds the Group’s KPI target of 95% or higher. In addition, the Group utilizes the results of stress checks by providing feedback to management and by incorporating them into training for department heads on utilizing stress check results, thereby supporting the identification of issues in each workplace and aiding efforts to improve.
Health Consultation Line
The Cosmo Energy Group has a dedicated health consultation line that can be accessed by telephone or online, with a system in place where experts and in-house medical professionals provide consultations and second opinions on health matters. The Group also collaborates with occupational physicians and relevant departments as necessary to support the health maintenance and promotion of each employee.
The Group also established a mental health counseling service in fiscal 2021 to promote mental and physical well-being by ensuring that employees have access to counseling services provided by qualified clinical psychologists.
Implementing and Encouraging Employees to Undergo Specified Health Check-Ups and Receive Lifestyle Health Guidance
In comparison with averages at other health insurance societies, the Cosmo Energy Group was found to face issues in the physical aspects of lifestyle, namely smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, exercise, and sleep. Specifically, our employee smoking rate was high at 30% in fiscal 2021. Further, a relatively high 7% of employees were found to be at risk of liver function issues and obesity in comparison with averages at other health insurance societies. These figures indicated that improving employee physical well-being is important.
Based on these results, we are working to increase the percentage of employees who receive lifestyle health guidance in order to improve employee lifestyles and prevent lifestyle-related diseases.
Thanks to efforts to encourage the implementation of such initiatives across Group companies, the percentage of employees who received lifestyle health guidance increased from approximately 21% in fiscal 2021 to around 33% in fiscal 2022, and further to about 46% in fiscal 2023. This means we have already achieved our fiscal 2025 KPI target of 40% ahead of schedule. Moving forward, we will continue to strengthen collaboration with the Cosmo Energy Group Health Insurance Society to further encourage employees to undergo specified health checks and receive lifestyle health guidance.
Health Seminars
We hold health seminars for all employees and members of their families, some of which are open to business partners and affiliated companies. These seminars address such topics as smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, sleep, exercise, and other aspects of physical health, as well as mental health, cancer, diseases and health issues specific to women, and lifestyle-related diseases. We receive 100 to 200 applications for each session and participant satisfaction has remained at a consistently high level, with satisfaction scores of 4 or higher, out of 5, for each session.
We will continue to hold health seminars to help improve the health and health literacy of our employees and their families, as well as others affiliated with our Group.
Holding Health Promotion Events and Encouraging Participating in Marathons
The Cosmo Energy Group works to further improve the health of its employees through initiatives such as holding company-led table tennis tournaments and encouraging participation in marathons.
Absenteeism and Presenteeism
The Group annually assesses absenteeism and presenteeism using customized questions in its stress check process. The aim is to understand the extent to which employees’ health conditions affect leave taken due to health issues, as well as declines in performance while at work.
In terms of absenteeism, 87% of employees in fiscal 2023, 88% in fiscal 2024, and 84.4% in fiscal 2025 took five or fewer days of paid annual leave due to sickness. In addition, the presenteeism loss rate among all respondents was 26.0% in fiscal 2023, 26.9% in fiscal 2024, and 26.8% in fiscal 2025. The Group will continue to monitor these indicators and link them to initiatives designed to improve health-related issues.
Recognition by External Organizations
2025 Certified KENKO Investment for Health Outstanding Organization
For the seventh consecutive year, Cosmo Energy Holdings and its group companies Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production, Cosmo Oil, Cosmo Oil Marketing, Cosmo Oil Lubricants, and Cosmo Business Associates were recognized under the 2025 Certified KENKO Investment for Health Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program* (Large Enterprise Category). The certification is granted by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to companies with excellent health and productivity management initiatives.
*Formerly known as the Certified Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program
