Initiatives for Human Rights
System for Human Rights Promotion
The Resona Group established the Human Rights Promotion Committee under the Group Sustainability Promotion Committee to raise awareness of human rights among all employees as a critical management issue. The Human Rights Promotion Committee conducts comprehensive reviews on topics such as human rights policy, domestic and global trends in human rights, and human rights issues at each Group company, and determines the basic policy on promotion of human rights, including training topics, for each fiscal year.
The Audit Committee member in charge of investigations (director) attends meetings of the committee.
In promoting human rights awareness activities, such as training, we have established a human rights awareness promotion system for each subsidiary, with a human rights awareness promoters assigned at each level of organization (head of organization) to carry out customized activities.
Examples of System for Human Rights Promotion Initiatives
The Resona Group has developed a system for all Group employees to take part in human rights training mainly through workplace training on a new theme each year for more in-depth understanding of the philosophy behind the Group's human rights policy and to raise their awareness towards human rights.
Workplace Training
We are fostering a corporate culture of respect for human rights through annual training for all employees within the Group.
Effective period |
Training topic |
Participants |
|---|---|---|
FY2023 |
Understanding human rights due diligence Understanding the Revised Act for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities |
17,089 |
FY2022 |
Understanding the Group’s revised human rights policy | 17,277 |
FY 2021 |
Understanding international human rights | 18,040 |
- *Total number of participants includes Resona Holdings, Resona Bank, and Saitama Resona Bank
Human Rights Awareness Promoter Training (Training for Division and Branch General Managers)
Human rights training, including trends in human rights issues, is provided annually for human rights awareness promoters (division and branch general managers), who are human rights leaders in their respective workplaces.
Segment-Specific Training
We cover the concept of respect for human rights and knowledge of various human rights according to job level during new employee orientation and training for newly promoted managers.
Hiring Personnel Training
To ensure fair recruitment and hiring, every year we hold training for hiring personnel on fair selection criteria and methods along with various human rights knowledge.
Announcement of Human Rights Policy
We will do the following to ensure thorough dissemination of the Group's human rights policy to all employees.
- 1.Distribute messages from top management on human rights policy at workplace training targeting all employees.
- 2.Conducting training on human rights policy through e-learning, etc. for all employees.
- 3.Discuss human rights policy at segment-specific training, including new employee orientation and training for newly promoted managers.
Distribution of Human Rights Newsletter
To provide an opportunity for Group employees to think about human rights, we distribute a human rights newsletter, which explains various human rights issues in a concise manner, via the company intranet.
Human Rights Awareness Slogan
We solicit and award human rights awareness slogans proposed by employees within the Group.
Initiatives to Foster Understanding of the LGBTQ Community
The Resona Group is working to foster workplaces and communities where people of all backgrounds, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identification, can thrive at work and in life.
As part of this effort, we continue to conduct annual awareness training for all employees on respect for human rights of the LGBTQ community.
In addition, as part of the Resona Group's social contribution activities, we encourage employees to participate in external events such as the Rainbow Parade, and we are also recruiting employees who are declared ALLY to affix ALLY stickers to their business attire.
Initiatives on Human Rights for Employees
Consideration toward the Labor Environment
The relationships of the Resona Group with its employees and labor unions are stable.
Negotiations as well as discussions are held periodically regarding maintaining workplaces where employees find it easy to work, wages, labor conditions (including welfare benefits), and other matters.
Addressing All Forms of Harassment
To make the workplace comfortable and free of harassment, the Resona Group Action Principle, Resona Group Human Rights Policy, and Employment Regulations prohibit verbal and physical harassment along with all forms of discrimination.
Moreover, we have developed a Harassment Prevention Guidelines and in-house promotional materials to prevent all forms of harassment, which employees are made aware of. In 2022, we added customer harassment to the list of items and formulated a specific action policy.
To raise awareness, we conduct e-learning as part of our training for all employees, as well as training for department leaders and newly promoted managers on harassment using case studies and handling procedures for harassment reports. Furthermore, every quarter we send out “Harassment Correspondence” to all employees. We also conduct read-throughs of “The Don'ts,” which outlines undesirable behaviors, at each workplace, as part of our ongoing efforts to raise awareness toward prevention.
We also have set up a harassment hotline. The details of these consultations are strictly handled as confidential.
Through these efforts, we are committed to fostering an open and positive work environment.