Based on the idea that maintaining and improving a healthy and safe work environment and promoting health for all employees forms the basis of the Company’s survival, the YAMADA HOLDINGS Group works to ensure health and safety at work, creates a comfortable work environment, facilitates job performance and improved productivity, and manages employee health.
The Company promotes occupational health and safety under the supervision of the Board of Directors, and the number of occupational accidents and countermeasures are reported monthly to the Working Environment Improvement Subcommittee under the ESG & Sustainability Promotion Committee. In addition, the Company and YAMADA DENKI have established a Health and Safety Committee chaired by managers and hold meetings once a month at all business sites. The committee sets a theme for the year (based on important matters and matters for consultation). Activities and discussions take place around the theme with the results submitted to and managed by the Labor Section at headquarters.
YAMADA HOLDINGS and YAMADA DENKI have determined priority issues to reduce the number of accidents in the workplace, and are taking various measures, including monitoring and managing work-related accidents. In order to eliminate risks that lead to serious injury etc., the Group has been working to prevent recurrences by preparing unsafe incident reports and examining individual cases. We implemented a system in all stores in FY2025 that sounds an alarm when danger is detected as part of the heatstroke prevention measures that came into effect in June 2025. In the event of an accident at work, the Group is obliged to put measures in place at the store concerned and with all relevant parties to prevent the accident from ever happening again. YAMADA DENKI has set a goal of a frequency rate of accidents that require time off work of 0.50 or less. In FY2025, this rate was 1.14. In addition, YAMADA HOMES conducts safety patrols and provides training, including for subcontractors. YAMADA HOLDINGS will strive to improve levels of safety management throughout the Group.
At YAMADA HOLDINGS Group, we think that "human resources" is the most important aspect of management and we, in health management, take efforts to promote the health of mind and body among our employees.
The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group's management philosophy is “Creation and Challenge” and “Appreciation and Trust.” The Group is engaged in various businesses and initiatives for its own growth and development of society.
YAMADA HOLDINGS Group believes that "human resources" is the most important aspect of management for its own growth and development of society in order to realize our management philosophy.
We will promote health and productivity management based on the idea that maintaining and improving the occupational safety and health environment in which all employees can work with peace of mind, and promoting their physical and mental health are the foundations of our company's survival, so that employees can maximize their capabilities.
Noboru Yamada
Representative Director, Chairperson and CEO
The Representative Director and Chairperson is responsible for the management and promotes health management.
During the promotion, the Representative Director and Vice-President becomes the person in charge of promotion and the Sustainability Promotion Department and the Human Resources and General Affairs Division bear the responsibility of the Promotion Department.
Also, during promotion we collaborate with external health insurance society and industrial physicians as well as in-house related organizations and labor union.
YAMADA HOLDINGS and YAMADA DENKI have developed a Strategic Map and are implementing specific measures to promote Health and Productivity Management. Given our high ratio of male employees and an aging workforce with increasing health risks, we believe it is crucial to reduce physical risks related to lifestyle-related diseases and prevent them from becoming severe. Furthermore, with a tendency toward long working hours, we consider it vital to continuously promote occupational health and safety and mental health measures. By reducing physical and mental health risks and improving engagement survey scores and productivity, we aim to ensure the sustainable growth of the company. Among our final health-related target indicators, we have designated the engagement survey score as our Key Goal Indicator (KGI) to drive our health management initiatives forward.
YAMADA HOLDINGS and YAMADA DENKI provide awareness and guidance on health management and mental health so that employees can make the most of their abilities and engage in their jobs. In terms of physical health, the Group carries out regular health checkups for the purpose of preventing lifestyle-related diseases, and the Company and YAMADA DENKI carry out specific health guidance based on the results. Starting in May 2025, every Thursday and Friday are designated as non-smoking days in all stores to promote health.
With regard to mental health, the Group conducts stress tests based on laws and regulations, and works to reduce the risk of mental illness by raising awareness of employees’ own levels of stress. YAMADA DENKI invites occupational health physicians to conduct mental health training twice a year for store managers. Moreover, YAMADA DENKI has established a consultation desk (toll-free number) in cooperation with a medical institution so that employees can talk to someone if they need to. Furthermore, in order to gain the right knowledge about mental health and how to handle any issues in case of emergency, life-care training is being provided to employees in managerial roles from occupational health physicians.
| FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
| Percentage of health checkups taken*1 | 97.9 | 95.9 | 95.6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of stress tests taken*1 | 93.2 | 96.1 | 96.5 |
| Percentage of detailed medical examination taken*2 | 92.4 | 92.1 | 93.3 |
*1 Targets: YAMADA HLDGS Group
*2 Targets: YAMADA HLDGS., YAMADA DENKI
At YAMADA HOLDINGS Group, we deal with health management as a part of sustainability and promote it in collaboration with various initiatives.
The Company and YAMADA DENKI have been recognized for the first time as a Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (Large Enterprise Category) promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Based on the idea that maintaining and improving a healthy and safe work environment and promoting health for all employees forms the foundations of the company’s survival, the Company made the Health Management Announcement in September 2024, which led to this recognition.
In addition, Yamada Technical Service and Cosmos Berry’s have been certified as Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations 2025 (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Category).
