Diversity Promotion Efforts

The Osaka Soda Group is committed to appointing the right people to the right positions regardless of nationality, gender, or whether they are new graduates or mid-career workers, and is working to create a workplace environment in which diverse human resources can work together in mutual respect.

Many mid-career hires with diverse careers are working in management positions in our group, and as of March 31, 2024, 43.1% of our group's management positions were occupied by mid-career hires. In addition, as of the end of March 2024, 8.3% of the Group's management positions were occupied by non-Japanese, and we will work to further increase this percentage in anticipation of future global expansion.

As one of our material issues is to establish a pleasant workplace and develop human resources, we have set goals to promote women's active engagement and work-life balance in order to create a working environment that incorporates the values of diverse human resources and allows each individual to feel fulfilled in his or her work.

In order to develop the company’s internal environment, Osaka Soda not only created and operates several types of systems, such as a flextime system, work interval system, telecommuting system, and a system to encourage male employees to take childcare leave, but is also moving forward with efforts to foster a workplace culture that is more understanding of diverse workstyles. We are working to develop a workplace environment in which the appropriate person is assigned to the appropriate position in line with the business strategy regardless of nationality, gender, whether new graduate or mid-career hire, or other attribute, diverse human resources respect each other, and all employees play an active role.

In May 2024, our company received three-star certification as an Osaka City Leading Company in Women's Participation, a program organized by the city of Osaka, for the second consecutive year.

In February 2024, we rebuilt the aging office building at the Amagasaki Plant and improved the workplace environment. The new office building integrates the quality assurance group and is designed to improve operational efficiency.

We are pleased to announce that we will relocate our head office to Osaka's new landmark, JP Tower Osaka (Kita-ku, Osaka) in August 2025.

One of the basic policies of our current medium-term management plan is "promotion of sustainability management", and we are working to create a comfortable working environment and improve employee engagement. In the new office, we aim to improve productivity by revitalizing communication through an open floor design. In addition, by providing an accessible office environment, we will strengthen collaboration with companies and secure diverse, high-quality human resources.

By further redeveloping our internal environment, we will accelerate our efforts to become “a company where employees can fully demonstrate their capabilities,” as stated in our ideal image for 2035, which marks the 120th anniversary.