Sekisui House Group Diversity and Inclusion Promotion

We will strive to be the world’s happiest company where all of our employees can feel a sense of satisfaction and happiness and grow together with our company.

The three material issues

The Sekisui House Group has declared “making home the happiest place in the world” as its global vision, and as one of the goals toward the realization of that vision, we seek to become a leading company in ESG management.

In order to achieve this goal, in June 2020 we established a new “ESG Management Promotion Headquarters,”and lay out three material issues such as high-quality housing stock, contributing to a sustainable society, and diversity and inclusion.

Diversity-related issues are positioned as one of the three material issues. We are pursuing initiatives based on our diversity and inclusion promotion policy, which has as its pillars “promoting the active participation of women,” “active participation of diverse personnel,” and “promoting diverse workstyles.” By employees with various individual identities, including women, the disabled, the elderly, foreigners, LGBTQ people, and so on, mutually recognizing each other’s individual identities and turning these into advantages, we are seeking to build an organization where each and every one of these people can use their strengths to the maximum extent. Aiming to be the world’s happiest company where all employees can feel a sense of satisfaction and happiness in their lives while realizing sustainable growth together with the company, we will continue to promote diversity and inclusion.

Sekisui House Group Diversity and Inclusion Promotion
From Promoting the Active Participation of Women to Workstyle Innovation

2004	Corporate Policy (Visions & Declarations)　　　　　　 Mid-Term Management Vision, S-Project
2004	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Launched the Leave-for-Volunteering System
2005	Corporate Policy (Visions & Declarations) Declaration of Sustainability
	Social Trends & National Policies Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children
	Promoting the Active Participation of Women Expanded employment of females in sales positions Introduced the Retiree Reinstatement Registration Program
2006	Corporate Policy (Visions & Declarations) Human Resources Sustainability policy
	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Started the Accrued Annual Leave System Enhanced the Childcare Support Program
	Active Participation of Diverse Personnel Launched the Career Challenge System
2007	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Started the Hour-Based Annual Leave System Launched the Hello Papa Childcare Leave Program for male employees
2009	Social Trends & National Policies Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Revision)
2014	Social Trends & National Policies Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Revision)
	Promoting the Active Participation of Women First year of the Sekisui House Women’s College
	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Opened the Work-Life Balance Consultation Service Enhanced the Nursing Care Support Program
2015	Social Trends & National Policies Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all UN Member States
	Promoting the Active Participation of Women Second year of the Sekisui House Women’s College Launched the Female On-site Supervisor Support Program
	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Introduced Smart Holidays (paid leave system)
	Active Participation of Diverse Personnel Introduced Mandatory Retirement Age of 65-years
2016	Corporate Policy (Visions & Declarations) Action Plan for the Promotion of Active Participation of Women based on the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace
	Social Trends & National Policies Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Revision) Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace Act for Eliminating Discrimination Against People with Disabilities
	Promoting the Active Participation of Women Third year of the Sekisui House Women’s College
	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Started the Work-from-Home System
2017	Promoting the Active Participation of Women Fourth year of the Sekisui House Women’s College
2017	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Introduced the Family Friendly Day Started support for an early return to work (Nursery School Hunting service) Started support for returning to full-time work (for childcare expenses) Started support for Sunday work
2018	Promoting the Active Participation of Women Fifth year of the Sekisui House Women’s College
2018	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Started the Sliding Work Schedules System Started the Special Childcare Leave Program
2019	Promoting the Active Participation of Women Sixth year of the Sekisui House Women’s College
	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Started support for employee work-life balance during cancer/infertility treatments
	Active Participation of Diverse Personnel Set up the Heterosexual Common-law Marriage and Same Sex Partnership Personnel Registration System
2020	Corporate Policy (Visions & Declarations) Announced the Human Rights Policy Formulated the 30-year Vision Established the ESG Management Promotion Headquarters
	Social Trends & National Policies Male national government employees gained the right to take childcare leave for one month or more
	Promoting the Active Participation of Women Seventh year of the Sekisui House Women’s College
	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Started full-scale promotion of Smart Work
2021	Social Trends & National Policies Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Revision)
	Promoting the Active Participation of Women Eighth year of the Sekisui House Women’s College
	Promoting Diverse Workstyles Enhanced flexibility regarding the paternity leave system within eight weeks of birth

External Recognition

Sekisui House has been moving forward with progressive initiatives, including ESG management and diversity and inclusion promotion. Our proactive efforts and proven results have also been recognized and highly evaluated outside the company.