SOCIAL
Social
Respect for Human Rights
The SIIX Group has established a code of conduct to be observed by all employees of SIIX, and in particular, respect for human rights is an important issue for SIIX to fulfill its social responsibility as a public entity of society.
Standard 5
Fostering a Healthy Workplace Environment
We will respect the personality and individuality of each employee. Based on this mutual respect and understanding, we will strive to maintain a safe and satisfying workplace environment.
- 5-3 Respect for Human Rights
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- We will respect the fundamental human rights and the dignity of the individual, and will avoid speech or conducts such as harassment, defamation, insults, verbal abuse or unreasonable coercion that take advantage of our official or business position.
- We will not discriminate any personnel according to nationality, race, ethnic origin, belief, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.
- We will not engage in actions that may constitute sexual harassment.
- We will take no part in, nor sanction, child labor or forced labor.
“The SIIX Group prohibits child employment and forced labor at all locations in its Code of Conduct, and regularly inspects all locations to control and prevent such occurrences.
In addition, working hours and wages are appropriately managed at each site, and all sites are regularly surveyed.
With regard to harassment, we have established harassment prevention rules separate from the Code of Conduct, and are working to prevent not only gender-based harassment but also sexual harassment, power harassment, and harassment related to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare leave, and nursing care leave.
Lectures on power harassment, sexual harassment, and trends in regulations and risks are given by external directors to all executives, managers, and assistant managers.”
Diversity and Inclusion
Promotion of local human resources
“In order to expand our business globally, we have established offices around the world and many local staff members support our business in each region. By training many local executives in management at each location, we aim to increase each executive’s loyalty to the company, which will lead to improved business performance and corporate value for each company.
From the perspective of further delegation of authority, we will identify outstanding local employees and actively promote them to the executive level.
Local executives are currently appointed as presidents at several local subsidiaries.”
Number of Employee in Management Positions & Gender Ratio by Area
- Male
- Female
80.0%
20.0%
Europe
30
people
60.8%
39.2%
Asia
273
people
84.6%
15.4%
Japan
65
people
85.7%
14.3%
Amercas
28
people
Ratio of local employees in management positions*
(FY2023)
79.2%
※Management position:job level above the rank of a manager in each company
Promotion of Women’s Activity
The acquisition of certification ‘Osaka city female employees leading company’
“At SIIX were certified as ‘Osaka city female employees leading company’ on March 1 of 2018.(certification level★★) The certification is established in January 2015 to promote women’s empowerment, and we were certified 345th enterprise.
We SIIX acquired two stars, after consideration of some point such as whether it is possible for motivated women to work for a long time, the balance between their life at work and private is considered, and the substantial support for male employee’s participation in child-raising and housework and regional activity is actually done.”
Ratio of women executives
Currently, we have two women as a member of the Board of Directors and a few women executive officers. In addition to this, women employees have been appointed to management and key positions at local subsidiaries.
Ratio of women in management positions*
(FY2023)
32.1%
*Management position: job level above the rank of a manager in each company
Efforts to Support Diverse Work Styles
Promotion of Work-from-home
“At SIIX, one of the ways that we support our employees that have children and family members with nursing needs, and make it possible for them to maximize the balance between their life at work and life outside of work, is by promoting working at home and shortening working hours for our employees.
In principle, all employees continue to work from home three days a week, mainly as a measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
We also support employees by allowing them to work from home when their partners are transferred to other locations.
In addition, we have installed Microsoft Teams in all of our offices to promote internal web conferencing with offices around the world. We have also eliminated or reduced the number of landline phones as much as possible and assigned each employee a phone number, thereby creating an environment where employees can work from any location.
We will continue to develop an environment where each and every employee can work with peace of mind.”
Vaccine Leave
At SIIX, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, we have introduced a “special paid leave for vaccination against the new coronavirus” for all employees. This special paid leave allows employees who wish to be vaccinated to avoid crowded times and to deal with adverse reactions after vaccination.
Other support systems
We have introduced various systems related to childcare, nursing care, shortened working hours, etc., to support our employees in achieving a good balance between work and private life while demonstrating their abilities. In addition, we have adopted a welcome back system to rehire former employees who left the company due to childbirth or other reasons and wish to return to work. In the future, we will continue to actively promote diversity in the way we work so that we can incorporate diverse values and ideas into our business.
Safety and Health
At SIIX, in accordance with our Code of Conduct, we take appropriate measures to ensure that all employees can work safely regardless of nationality, race, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender, age, disability, medical history, etc., in accordance with the ordinances and culture of each country and region where we operate.
Standard 5
Fostering a Healthy Workplace Environment
We will respect the personality and individuality of each employee. Based on this mutual respect and understanding, we will strive to maintain a safe and satisfying workplace environment.
Standard 6
Harmony with the Community
We will mutually respect the culture and practices of different countries or regions, and will engage in contributions to the development of the local community through corporate activities rooted in our respective regional area of operations.
Examples: Countermeasures against infectious diseases (distribution of masks, installation of disinfectant and acrylic panels, etc.), implementation of health checkups, stress checks, vaccinations, collaboration with industrial physicians, implementation of health and safety education, etc.
Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain
SIIX Group CSR Procurement Policy
In 2002, the 10th anniversary of our founding, we established “SIIX Principles” that express our values. All values, basic ideas, CSR policies, etc., including the corporate philosophy “Corporate Ideals,” are based on SIIX Principles, and the same applies to procurement policies.
As part of our recent global sustainability efforts, we have established the SIIX Group CSR Procurement Guidelines based on SIIX Principles, taking into consideration the activities of our business partners and various global standards.
We continue to encourage the contribution to realize a sustainable society.
Please click here for our procurement policy.
Responsible Sourcing of Minerals
Responsible Sourcing of Minerals is defined as “striving to avoid the use of minerals that have possibility of involving in human-rights abuse from a CSR perspective.” In accordance with the U.S. Dodd-Frank Act and EU regulations, we conduct annual surveys on conflict minerals to ensure transparency in our supply chain. We will continue to promote the elimination of conflict minerals by proactively conducting surveys in order to fulfill our social responsibility with our stakeholders.
Target minerals: Tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold (3TG)
ICTI(Ethical Toy Program) Certification
The Batam, Indonesia site is involved in the manufacture of educational toys. In accordance with ICTI’s Code of Conduct, the manufacturing facility is committed to environmental protection, health and safety in the manufacturing process, and proper compliance with labor laws.
Social Contribution Activities
Contracted to develop and manufacture emergency calls to be installed in public housing complexes for the elderly in Singapore
“A consortium of the Company’s Singapore subsidiary and our technology partner, iWOW Technology, a wireless technology-focused IoT service provider, has been contracted by the Singapore government to develop and manufacture a wireless alert system to be installed in public housing complexes for the elderly.
This is a system/device installed in the rooms of senior citizen residences to send emergency notifications to the Senior Activity Center. Replacing the wired system, which used to be costly and time-consuming to install, with a wireless system will eliminate that problem. Wireless communication and recording functions have also been added.
※The photo shows a wireless alert button.”
Design and Production of TraceTogether Token (COVID-19 Tracking Token) in Singapore
“In addition to the Trace Together application that enables electronic contact tracking, which is being used in Singapore to counter COVID-19, Singapore Government has also begun distributing tokens for people who, for various reasons, find it difficult to connect to their devices digitally. A consortium of the Company’s Singapore subsidiary and our technology partner, iWOW Technology, a wireless technology-focused IoT service provider, has been awarded the second phase of token design and manufacturing by Government Technology Agency of Singapore. We will continue to work with our technology partners to expand our business to ensure healthy lives for people of all ages for a sustainable society.”
Donation to catfish farming program
In Indonesia, there is a job training program for catfish farming as part of rehabilitation support for criminals. To support this rehabilitation support program, our sites in Indonesia donate necessary tools such as generators, aquaculture pumps, and fishing nets. We will continue to contribute to the development of local communities as well as conducting business activities rooted in local communities.
Donation to the poverty area of Yunnan, China
“Our subsidiary in China is engaged in the donation of used clothing and stationery to the poverty area of Yunnan in response to the guidance of charity work from the local government.
We would like to contribute to society by continuing the activities of donation.”
Singapore subsidiary staff attended “Yellow Ribbon Prison Run”
Our Staff of Singapore subsidiary attended “Yellow Ribbon Prison Run”, The Yellow Ribbon Project hosted, in September 15, 2019. This “Yellow Ribbon Prison Run” is a charity event to give ex-offenders a second chance at life and to inspire a ripple effect of concerted community action to support ex-offenders and their families. Our staff attended this event as one of our social contribution activities in Singapore where we conduct our business for many years.
The contribution to school
“The subsidiary in our Thailand district is engaged in the activities to donate the necessary goods for neighboring schools.
We would like to contribute to society by continuing the activities of donation.”
Engineer training program
“SIIX Electronics Co., Ltd.(Sagamihara, Kanagawa), we teach a course of printed circuit board assembling at the “Jisso School” that is engineer training program organized by “”Yokohama Jisso Consortium”” through joint industry- academia every year.
We believe that our technological capabilities can contribute to the revitalization of local industries through this activity.”
The donation of food to the food-bank
We prepare disaster prevention foods in the office in emergency, such as a large-scale disaster. For foods that reach 3 months of consumption without using, we started donating to the food-bank from 2018.Donated foods are supplied to various welfare institutions, life poverty homes, etc.
We would like to contribute to society by continuing the activities of the food-bank from now on.
Sponsorship of the “OSAKA Children’s Dreams” Support Project
As part of our commitment to ESG and SDGs, we sponsored the “OSAKA Children’s Dreams Support Project – 3rd SDGs Guinness World Record Challenge”.
This project is based on the concept of deepening children’s understanding and interest in the SDGs, and we will continue to contribute to the development of local communities through our support of community-based projects such as this.
Donation to the areas affected by the Turkey-Syria Earthquake
As a disaster relief activity for those who suffered tremendous damage due to the “Turkey-Syria Earthquake”, we made a donation to the United Nations Association for UNHCR, an international organization that provides disaster relief.
We sincerely hope that peace in the area will be restored as soon as possible.
Related Information
UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency