Health & Productivity Management

The Prestige International Group Health Management Declaration 2019

Centered on our motto of “Raising employees’ health awareness and promoting health,” the Prestige International Group declares that it will work together with employees to manage employees’ health, prevent disease, and strengthen and understand the mental health progress of employees, as well as be even more proactive moving forward in undertaking initiatives aimed at creating an environment where employees can be healthy, cheerful, and work with peace of mind.
Prestige International is implementing a variety of different initiatives aimed at bringing happiness to all employees and their families.

Policy & Approach

People (meaning all our employees) are valuable assets of the Prestige International Group. The company will, therefore, create workplace environments where employees can be healthy and cheerful when working and achieve self-realization on an individual basis through their work.
To this end, the company and health insurance associations are working together to maintain and promote employee health initiatives, as well as prevent and swiftly resolve physical or mental health problems by undertaking health promotion measures.

Promotional System

The Prestige International Group health management system began operating in 2019 with the goal of promoting employee health. Overseen by company directors, the Personnel Management Department and Operations Management Department act as the Secretariat for this system and coordinate the health insurance associations and the officers responsible for each of the company’s regional bases. Since FY2022.3, the company has operated the system as a health management project and appointed a Health Management CEO while endeavoring to further improve health management initiatives by the company. Furthermore, the company is also approaching women’s health issues and smoothly coordinating with upper management to promote initiatives aimed at resolving the company’s management issues through the involvement of the director in charge of promoting women’s advancement.

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Indicators and Targets

In our health management activities, which began in earnest in 2019 and have been driven mainly by the Health Management Project since FY2022.3, we have focused on women's health issues and disease prevention, addressing anemia and BMI levels.
Starting in FY2025.3—the sixth year of the program—we re-analyzed employee health issues and established two new targets.

1. * BMI of 18.5 or higher and less than 25 in accordance with the standards stipulated by the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity

Health and Productivity Management Strategy Map (updated on April 1, 2025) [PDF: 774KB]

Issues/Measures

Priority Measures and Initiatives Recommended for Health Management

The Prestige International Group regards avoiding the impact of presenteeism^(*1) on productivity, resignation due to health issues, and absenteeism^(*2) as the most important issues for health management.
Approximately 70% of company employees are women, and it is precisely because the workplace has many women that initiatives focusing on women’s health are essential.
Many of the Group’s employees are in their 20s through 40s—an age group that has a low awareness and activation with regard to illness. Rather than providing support after employees become sick, the company implements presymptomatic measures in order to provide support to prevent employees from becoming sick. Through initiatives promoting smoking cessation and maintaining a normal BMI, the company encourages employees to become even more health-conscious, review their dietary habits, and establish exercise habits.
We aim to create a workplace environment where each employee can work healthily and vibrantly, striving to improve employee engagement through health management initiatives.

1. *1 Presenteeism: Situation in which employees’ performance declines due to poor physical or mental health.
2. *2 Absenteeism: Situation in which employees are absent from work, take a leave of absence, are late for work, or leave work early due to poor physical or mental health.

External Evaluation

"KENKO Investment for Health" Certification

"Eruboshi" Certification

Health Management-related Initiatives

Support for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

In promoting health management, Prestige International promotes initiatives designed to prevent disease and promote health, such as sponsoring sports events aimed at establishing exercise habits, providing healthy menu items at in-office cafeterias, conducting a variety of seminars, and expanding medical checkups.

• Holding a walking event targeting all employees ("PI Walk Rally 2025")
• Implementation of original "Aranmare Gymnastics" by company-operated sports team "Aranmare"
  * Developed an exercise program incorporating effective movements that can be easily done anywhere to create ongoing exercise opportunities for employees
• Holding chair yoga sessions
• Preferential use of health insurance association sports clubs
• Provision of healthy menu items and green juice prepared by Smart Meal-certified contractors at in-office cafeterias, and holding Free Salad Days
• Establishment of a consultation desk for women's health issues
• Introduction of free AMH (anti-Müllerian hormone) testing to support fertility efforts
• Subsidization of costs for employee health insurance-designated medical checkups, gynecological examinations (cervical/breast cancer), and influenza vaccinations
• Introduction of a health leave system
  * System granting leave upon reporting a medical consultation for employees deemed eligible for secondary medical examination benefits based on health checkup results
• Holding a variety of seminars
• Publishing health columns and practical articles on smoking cessation and dieting
• Provision of gargling mouthwash and alcohol sanitizer

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  Example of healthy lunch
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  Provision of green juice
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  Free Salad Day

Mental Health Initiatives

The Prestige International Group wishes to take good care of the mental health of its employees. Training for new and mid-career recruits includes information related to mental health, implementing measures that enable the prevention or early detection of issues. The Group also introduced a mentor system and other measures as part of its efforts to create a climate in which employees do not bottle up stress.

• Mental health training for new and mid-career recruits
• Training for managers
• Establishment of an external consultation desk staffed by counselors

Smoking Cessation Promotion

In order to promote the health of employees and others, all Prestige International bases are implementing activities to prevent passive smoking and promote smoking cessation.

• Prohibition of paper cigarette smoking in company-owned facilities
• Strict implementation of smoking and non-smoking area separation
• Conducting a smoking cessation awareness survey for smokers
• Awareness-raising activities through educational posters and employee interview broadcasts

Initiatives to Increase Health Awareness Among Members of the Local Community

As an enterprise rooted in the local community, the Prestige International Group carries out activities related to health promotion together with members of the local communities where Group BPO centers are located.

• Nutritional education activities (carried out at local elementary schools by members of Aranmare women’s sporting teams)
• Sponsorship of exercise promotion events for local parents and children, as well as children at Orangery daycare centers
• Sponsorship of competitive sports clinics for local elementary, junior high, and high school students
• Sponsorship of local marathon events

Children's Cafeteria Held

Work-Life Balance Initiatives

In order for each employee to fully enjoy both their work and private lives and achieve self-realization, Prestige International offers working styles that match employee needs. Moreover, the company implements initiatives that allow employees to enhance their personal time, such as encouraging planned paid leave.

• Introduction of a half-day annual paid leave system
• Introduction of an hourly annual paid leave system
• Encouragement of employees to take planned paid leave (5 days or longer each year)
• Mother-to-Be / Father-to-Be Support Leave
• Elderly Care Support Leave
• Literacy education regarding balancing work and elderly care

Initiatives to Create Environments Where Employees Can Work with Enthusiasm

With the aim of providing workplace environments where employees can be enthusiastic and cheerful, Prestige International proactively undertakes a variety of initiatives that include creating environments where employees can communicate easily with each other and sponsoring events to promote exchanges among employees, their families, and members of the local community.

• Provision of cafeterias
• Provision of nap rooms and refresh areas
• Provision of studios (*Can be used for sports, training, or club activities, etc.)
• Provision of massage rooms
• Provision of libraries (*Lending services only)
• Preferential treatment at sports clubs (*Privileges that can be used by health insurance association members)
• Employee sporting team activities
• Holding of sporting events
• Holding of seasonal events (Summer festivals, Christmas events, etc.)

Related Data

• *1 Calculated based on medical institution consultation reports for employees with findings compared to the number instructed by industrial physicians to undergo consultation.
• *2 Provisional figures based on in-house calculations.
• *3 Average number of days of sick leave used across all employees.
• *4 Employee survey conducted using SPQ (Single-Item Presenteeism Question, University of Tokyo 1-item version).
• *5 Workplace recommendation level quantified through eNPS survey.

Investment Budget for Health Management Project

The total investment budget for the Health Management Project in FY2025.3 was 2,421,000 yen.

• * Does not include expenses for independent initiatives conducted at individual bases.

Preventative Medicine Initiatives

We are addressing presymptomatic disease prevention on both fronts: "smoking rate" and "maintaining BMI normal weight."

1. * BMI of 18.5 or higher and less than 25 in accordance with the standards stipulated by the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity

Initiatives Against Smoking

Measures Related to Maintaining BMI Normal Weight

Content of Measures

• Implementation of "PI Walk Rally 2025" Using In-House Developed System (July 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026)

In a long-term walking event held to establish exercise habits among employees, an in-house dedicated system was developed and introduced to easily record and manage daily step counts. This system converts points earned through other health activities into steps, allowing individuals to compete over virtual distances on a map. Furthermore, by providing prizes for top performers and employees who complete target step counts, an environment was established to encourage enjoyable and sustained participation.

• Introduction and Implementation of "Aranmare Gymnastics"

To create ongoing exercise opportunities for employees, we continuously implement our original exercise program, "Aranmare Gymnastics." Incorporating effective movements aligned with body mechanics, it is an exercise program that requires no special equipment and can be "easily performed anywhere," such as in the office or at home, contributing to daily refreshment and relieving lack of exercise.

• Base-Specific Initiative: 10-Minute Exercise Habituation Project (Yokote Base)

The Yokote base independently launched a "10-Minute Exercise Habituation Project" to allow employees to easily move their bodies between daily work tasks. By establishing short, continuous exercise habits across the workplace, it helps prevent stiff shoulders and lower back pain, as well as maintain concentration, among desk-bound employees.

• Dietary Habit Improvement: Provision of Healthy Cafe Menus Conceived by New Employees

Incorporating fresh perspectives from the younger generation, healthy cafe menus conceived by new employees were offered in the employee cafeteria and cafe. Through nutritionally balanced and visually enjoyable menus, an opportunity was provided for employees to spontaneously review their own diet and health.