Health Well-being

As a technology company, Fujitsu recognizes that its people are the most important capital. To achieve our Purpose, we have therefore set “protecting the physical and mental health of our employees and creating an environment where all employees can work positively and healthily, both in mind and body” as a global material sustainability issue, which we are promoting in tandem with our health and safety activities as the “Health Well-being” initiatives of a Global Responsible Business (GRB).
In Japan, we are promoting GRB Health Well-being activities as health and productivity management initiatives following the Fujitsu Group Occupational Health and Safety Global Master Policy. We believe that our efforts to maintain and support the health of employees and their families and to improve the work environment will lead to higher productivity, invigorate individuals and organizations and enhance employee retention, and that aiming to create a work environment where each employee can work positively and healthily both in mind and body will contribute to fulfilling our Purpose. Moreover, the results obtained through Fujitsu's health management initiatives will be shared widely with society, and through the provision of ICT we will contribute to resolving social issues.

Health Well-being initiatives are linked to Career & Growth Well-being, Financial Well-being, and Social Well-being initiatives with aspirations of enabling employees to embrace values that are important to them both at work and at home and to strive for happiness every day.
In Japan, we have formulated a Health and Productivity Management Strategy Map with the aim of creating a state where each employee autonomously maintains and improves their health, continues to grow toward realizing their own purpose, and contributes to the business activities of the Fujitsu Group. Rather than simply improving health literacy as in the past, we seek to create an environment in which healthy behaviors occur naturally. Specifically, using “accessibility,” “ease of use,” and “tangible benefits” as keywords, we are promoting an integrated approach that combines health measures, such as exercise, mental health, sleep, diet, and lifestyle-related diseases, as well as linking with initiatives in other areas, instead of pursuing the effectiveness of individual measures. Furthermore, rather than providing the same to all employees, we will implement optimized approaches for different groups with varying lifestyles and life stages, such as women, young employees, older employees, and employees' families. This aims to enable each employee to engage with health initiatives according to their own work style and life stage, and to proactively choose healthy behaviors not as something provided by the company, but as options that suit them. By promoting data analysis utilizing Fujitsu's technologies, such as AI-powered causal analysis, we aim to integrate the verification and improvement of the initiatives with feedback to employees, establishing a data-driven system that continuously evolves.

In accordance with the health management strategy, the cost of initiatives aimed at maintaining and improving the health of employees is 1,584 million yen. This amount not only covers external expenditures such as costs of medical examinations but also includes the cost of personnel for the Health Promotion Unit, which is the organization that implements various health measures, equipment-related costs, and indirect costs.

Taking steps against cancer involves engaging in prevention through improvement of lifestyle habits, as well as early detection through health checkups and treatment. We promote regular additional screenings for stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer when employees undergo legally prescribed health checkups, based on age group. In collaboration with the Fujitsu Health Insurance Society, we conduct and support the expenses for gynecological examinations (cervical cancer and breast cancer) for all female employees. In addition, to screen for stomach cancer, the Fujitsu Health Insurance Society runs tests for Helicobacter pylori for 35-year-olds and conducts in-depth examinations on those who test positive.
Additionally, we hold “Cancer Prevention and Support for Balancing Work and Treatment” e-learning seminars for all Group employees in order to equip them with accurate knowledge about cancer, and to lead to prevention through improvement of lifestyle habits, as well as early detection and treatment through health checkups. We also provide e-learning materials to employees’ families in cooperation with the Fujitsu Health Insurance Society.

For stress checks, in addition to supporting employee self-care through checkups, we provide feedback to management and senior staff members by integrating organizational analysis results with engagement surveys and other health data, then synchronizing these efforts with Work Life Shift initiatives, which leads to better working environments. In addition, for workplaces with high levels of health risk and workplaces with many employees who have been evaluated as highly stressed, we offer stress management education and workshops for creating healthy workplaces to provide support for reducing employee stress factors and energizing the places where they work.

Oral and dental health plays an important role in maintaining and improving health for the whole body while also greatly affecting QOL (quality of life) across a lifetime. We have therefore set it as an important health issue and hold activities such as dental examinations and preventive dentistry seminars to promote oral and dental health. The dental department at the Fujitsu Clinic, which had traditionally focused on treating dental caries and other conditions, shifted its focus to preventive dentistry by assessing the causes and risk factors for dental caries and periodontal disease and helping prevent their onset while supporting long-term oral health management. To support this shift, the clinic's facilities and services were reviewed, and in September 2023 the clinic was renovated into a prevention-focused dental clinic. Information on oral and dental health is given via oral health education within our clinical practice.

Through various kinds of health education such as health guidance, e-learning, training for managers and Companywide seminars, through various events about exercise, diet and smoking, and by sharing information through internal newsletters and portal sites, we aim to improve employees' health literacy and health awareness and form healthy habits.

Fujitsu is committed to improving health literacy and awareness among young people. Post-employment training always includes content related to personal health management, which is later followed by an interview with a medical professional. Our goal is to improve health literacy by encouraging people to be conscious of their health from the day they start their new life with Fujitsu. We also provide detailed health support tailored to each life stage, which includes having all employees undergo interviews with medical professionals at age 30, a time when their professional and personal environments change significantly, as well as interviews with specialists by appointment at age 35.

Based on the content of the FY2023 e-learning program “Health Improvement Starting with Teeth and Mouth,” which focuses on future-oriented health management, we have expanded the age range for which dental checkups are subsidized by the Fujitsu Health Insurance Society in order to encourage employees to take personal responsibility for acting on what they learn. In addition to increasing opportunities for dental checkups, we are encouraging behavioral change by offering a comprehensive range of services at dental checkup venues, including showing dental seminars, measuring body composition and bone density, and screening for locomotor syndrome. We offer a variety of programs to help individuals adopt healthy behaviors that are right for them.

Health events

Starting from October 2020, Fujitsu and its domestic Group companies have completely banned smoking at all offices to protect employees from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, and in an attempt to reduce the health risks of smokers.
Furthermore, to support efforts by smokers to quit smoking, we also hold seminars so that employees will accurately understand the health effects of smoking, and provide support and subsidies for treatment to quit smoking. In addition, information on smoking is aggregated on the intranet, and a consultation desk for treatment and other matters has been established. On World No Tobacco Day in May, we send out messages from occupational health physicians to raise awareness of smoking cessation throughout the Group.
Additionally, we are hosting a smoking cessation challenge where challengers and supporters form a team using the app. The app utilizes gamification, turning challengers into adventurers and supporters into companions, creating an experience that boosts awareness for successful smoking cessation through a journey to quit smoking.

For health issues specific to women, we provide education, share information and have established a dedicated consultation window to raise women’s health awareness and generate concern and understanding for health issues that women face. We also implement or support the costs of screening for cancers specific to women, all of which is aimed at driving the creation of a workplace where women can work positively.

Fujitsu and its domestic Group companies actively engage in countermeasures to keep employees safe from various infectious diseases by establishing health consultation services and dispensing information, among other initiatives. As preventative measures against infectious diseases, we give seasonal influenza vaccinations at companies, in addition to giving vaccinations to employees stationed overseas which are recommended in each place they will be staying (at company expense). With regard to the issue of rubella, which has been identified in recent years, we are cooperating with local governments to conduct education and public awareness campaigns at offices.

As a company which considers the health management of employees from a management perspective and tackles strategic initiatives to deal with it, Fujitsu was certified as one of the White 500 Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi, marking its ninth consecutive certification. We regard the health and safety of our employees and their families as one of our key management issues and to that end, we take care to establish robust systems with medical professionals at our offices nationwide, provide health guidance for lifestyle-related diseases, and set up mental health and smoking prevention programs, and these awards are recognition of our results.
Among domestic Fujitsu Group companies, four domestic group companies were certified in the White 500 (top 500 enterprises), seven companies were certified in the Large Enterprise Category, and six companies were certified in the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Category.

Fujitsu received an “outstanding corporation award” for the sixth year in a row from the Cancer Countermeasures Corporate Action Project (*6), which is conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Fujitsu helps to promote health management and solve health issues for all of society by offering and presenting things such as health management and practical cases of health and productivity management in various forms, as well as research results, to places outside the company. In addition, we accept occupational health physicians, medical students, nursing students and others for training within the company, and contribute to the human resources development of occupational health staff.

The Fujitsu Group contributes to the health of society as a whole by providing healthcare solutions such as health information solutions, regional medical networks, and solutions for hospitals, clinics and nursing care providers. Additionally, to improve people's quality of life and create well-being, we will provide the foundation for trust and innovation, and we will strive to connect consumers, medical institutions, companies and governments so as to rebuild consumer-centered societies and industries in order to realize a society where data circulates based on an individual's wish and anyone can use advanced technology.