Basic Approach
In the Maruha Nichiro Group's broad-ranging supply chain, human resources are active at a variety of sites, including fishing, aquaculture, processing, storage and logistics, and sales bases. We recognize that ensuring the health and safety of our employees leads to increased productivity and greater employee awareness, which is essential for sustainable corporate growth, and we are working to maintain and promote occupational health and safety.
Management Structure
Maruha Nichiro's directly managed plants and Fine Chemicals Production Group have acquired ISO 45001 certification, an international standard for management systems related to occupational health and safety. Based on ISO 45001, Maruha Nichiro operates an environmental and occupational health and safety management system under its Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Policy to reduce occupational health and safety risks.
ISO 45001: International standard for occupational health and safety management systems
Workers covered by the Occupational Safety Management System
Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Policy
We will contribute to the creation of a sustainable earth and society by promoting safe and comfortable workplaces in order to contribute to the enrichment of people's lives and happiness, based on our corporate purpose of “For the ocean, for life” - Creating the future of the ocean and life.
- We will comply with environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations, agreements with stakeholders, and our own standards, and strive to reduce risks related to environmental and occupational health and safety.
- Based on the recognition that ensuring the health and safety of our workers is essential, we will promote health and safety activities that all employees consider as their own personal matters, and aim to reduce the number of “fall-related occupational accidents,” which account for the majority of occupational accidents, and to eliminate “work-related accidents” that could lead to serious accidents.
- Aiming for zero environmental accidents, we will engage in production activities to promote our new mid-term management plan “For the ocean, for life 2027” based on the action guidelines of the Maruha Nichiro Group Environmental Policy.
- We will actively implement environmental and occupational health and safety management systems with the participation of all employees, and strive for effective, continuous improvements that are not transitory.
Occupational Health and Safety Management Activities
Maruha Nichiro's directly managed plants and Fine Chemical Production Group conduct risk assessments based on the Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management System to identify risk factors in the workplace, prioritize and implement countermeasures, and periodically review them to improve the level of occupational health and safety.
In addition, workplace patrols are conducted monthly by members of the Safety and Health Committee, and the results of the workplace patrols are shared at monthly Safety and Health Committee meetings to maintain and improve workplace safety and the workplace environment.
In addition, mutual internal audits are conducted among plants every year to confirm the effectiveness of the environmental and occupational health and safety management system. These audits enable a more objective perspective, improve auditing skills, and promote the exchange of information between factories.
Training on Occupational Health and Safety
Training on occupational health and safety management systems is conducted twice a year, mainly at directly operated plants, to improve occupational health and safety performance.
*Training results in FY2024
“Environment/Occupational Health and Safety Management System Elementary Training Session”
Conducted on September 25, 2024 (1-day training)
Purpose; overview understanding of ISO14001/ISO45001
“Environment/Occupational Health and Safety Management System Internal Auditor Training”
January 22-23, 2025 (2-day training)
Purpose; Understanding of ISO14001/ISO45001 standards/acquisition of internal auditing methods/expansion of qualified internal auditors
Occupational Health and Safety Initiatives
The following initiatives are being implemented mainly at directly managed factories.
- Establishment of occupational accident reduction targets and progress management reports
- Advice on measures to prevent recurrence of occupational accidents when they occur
- Horizontal dissemination of information on occupational accidents to other plants
- Instructions for implementation of preventive measures for each plant to prevent serious or frequent occupational accidents
- Implementation of management review meetings
Occupational Accidents
The products developed each year are more complex and diverse, and the details of work-related accidents are becoming correspondingly more complex. The Maruha Nichiro Group strives to reduce the number of occupational injuries by sharing information on occupational injuries that occur within the Group.
Number of occupational accidents
Implementation of the Labor Managers' Meeting
The Maruha Nichiro Group has been continuously implementing the Labor Managers' Meeting as one of its priority issues to “promote the creation of a safe and comfortable workplace”. The Labor Managers' Meeting is a meeting body where labor managers from Group companies gather, and is held on a regular basis each year. The meeting includes discussions on how to respond to revised labor-related laws and precedents, as well as the exchange of labor-related information within the Group.
Prevention of Long Working Hours
Maruha Nichiro Corporation is taking measures to “prevent long working hours,” including proper management of working hours, setting and observing maximum working hour limits, and taking health management measures. In addition, we have established committees on occupational health and safety at each business site based on work rules and collective labor agreements to confirm and correct the actual status of overtime work and problems in the workplace, with the aim of improving the workplace environment. In addition, all departments at the head office and branch offices work on a “flextime work schedule with no core hours” in an effort to realize flexible work styles. Group-wide efforts include education on the prevention of long working hours at meetings of labor affairs managers.
Improving the Working Environment at Aquaculture Farms
Work at aquaculture farms tends to place a heavy physical burden on employees. Maruha Nichiro is working to improve the working environment for employees working at aquaculture farms by utilizing the latest machinery and AI/IoT technologies.
