Human Rights
Basic Approach and Policies
The Solasto Group believes that its people are the Group’s biggest asset. To provide healthcare, elderly care and childcare, about 30,000 employees interact with hospital patients and the users of elderly care and childcare services every day, so we positioned respect for human rights as an important managerial issue and formulated the Solasto Group Human Rights Policy in December 2024. We ask that all stakeholders understand and support the Policy and thoroughly respect human rights in compliance with the Policy.
The Solasto Group has formulated the following Solasto Group Human Rights Policy (the “Policy”) aiming to promote business activities that respect the human rights of all stakeholders based on the Group’s responsibilities and its awareness of the issues as a provider of healthcare, elderly care, childcare and other services that are indispensable to society.
- Compliance with human rights standards and principles
The Solasto Group has formulated the Policy and promotes initiatives respecting human rights in compliance with guidelines such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development regarding human rights as defined in the International Bill of Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and other guidelines. - Scope
All executives and employees of the Solasto Group are subject to the Policy. To promote respect for human rights throughout our business activities, our executives, employees and all stakeholders concerned with the Solasto Group’s business activities are encouraged to respect human rights in accordance with the Policy. - Prohibition of discrimination
The Solasto Group will not discriminate in any way based on gender, age, nationality, religious faith, ideology, social status, sexual orientation, ability or any other attribute. We also strive to ensure that all of our workplaces are richly diverse and the individuality of the employees who work in them is respected.- Reference: Diversity Policy
https://www.solasto.co.jp/en/company/Diversity/
- Reference: Diversity Policy
- Safe work environments and proper wages
To ensure the physical and mental health and safety of its employees, the Solasto Group develops and maintains safe work environments and properly manages work hours and wages. We will not condone any act of harassment and will properly react to harassment-related risks impacting employees at workplaces and whenever a service is provided. - Prohibition of forced and child labor
The Solasto Group will not allow forced labor, child labor or any other kind of labor that infringes upon human rights. - Providing safe services
The Solasto Group treats its customers to whom it provides services impartially. To provide safe and reliable services, we prohibit any act that may lead to abuse or the any other infringement on human rights during the provision of a service. We also encourage activities to eliminate such acts. - Protection of privacy
The Solasto Group manages individuals’ personal information properly in compliance with its policy on the protection of personal information. - Human rights due diligence
By continuing to conduct its human rights due diligence, the Solasto Group identifies issues where the Group may negatively impact human rights through its business activities and it seeks to prevent and mitigate this. Further, we remain aware of the possibility that the human rights environment may change over time and we will review our human rights due diligence efforts periodically. - Education
Our executives and employees are continuously provided with appropriate education and training so that the actions based on the Policy are properly implemented in the Solasto Group’s business activities. - Remedy
If the Solasto Group’s business activities are shown to have negatively impacted human rights, the Group will implement appropriate procedures to remediate the situation and provide relief. - Reporting
The Solasto Group continually monitors the status of its compliance with the Policy and, whenever necessary, reports on the efforts to respect human rights based on the Policy and their progress.
December 2024
Solasto Corporation
President and CEO Toru Noda
Promotion Structure
The Solasto Group created the ESG Project which is led by its president. The project plays roles in supporting the promotion and implementation of specific initiatives and the disclosure of information related to ESG issues. Our initiatives based on our Human Rights Policy, a major one being the ESG Project, are handled in cooperation with the divisions concerned, including the business and personnel divisions. The progress of the initiatives based on the Human Rights Policy and important human rights issues are periodically (at least once a year) reported to the Board of Directors.
Human Rights Due Diligence
The Solasto Group implements human rights due diligence aiming to respect the human rights of all stakeholders and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society. In compliance with international human rights standards, we will strengthen efforts to identify and evaluate risks and prevent the infringement of human rights throughout our business activities. In the event that human rights have been infringed, we will promptly and appropriately take corrective measure to help the victims. We will advance these efforts with transparency and periodically report on their progress. We value our dialogue with stakeholders.
We have established a process for implementing human rights due diligence in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
- Identification of human rights risks and prioritization
- Implementation of prevention and mitigation measures
- Checking and evaluating the progress of prevention and mitigation measures
- Feedback from within and outside the Group
- External announcements via the corporate website and reports
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