[Priority Issue 2] Develop and Utilize Diverse Human Resources

The Fujifilm Group aims at realizing its corporate slogan “Value from Innovation” by challenging with courage in the dramatic changes of business environment. Further, for the purpose of driving such acceleration on the creation, development, and global expansion of prospective businesses listed in the Medium-Term Management Plan, VISION 2016, it is important to develop the human resources and to create an environment where diverse human resources can maximize their abilities. For these purposes, we are giving a top priority to developing global and executive talent with high level of skills in thinking and acting on their own in global society, and are actively reforming and expanding our businesses for the next generation. We are now implementing the systems to identify, develop, and promote human resources based on an international viewpoint across the Group.

Since Fuji Xerox commenced its Work Style Reform in FY2013, the Company has been working to change employees' awareness, corporate culture, task prioritization, and process reform in order to improve productivity, enhance workforce diversity, and achieve a good work-life balance. During FY2014, we promote a home working system and reformed sales business processes such as: (1) Revision of flextime system to encourage working in the mornings to ensure work sharing and liaising; (2) Introduction of Home Working System for employees with responsibilities such as childcare and nursing care; and (3) Revision of working hour system to enable remote work for domestic sales divisions. In addition to support to help balance work and private life, we are proactively implementing various system that enable every employee to utilize their abilities regardless of their age, nationality, or disability.

• Outline of Activities in FY2016: Realization of Diverse Ways of Working

These efforts have brought about a variety of results, including a reduction in the annual average working hours per employee by 130 hours over the three years. We believe that the many awards we received this year are a social recognition of such efforts to improve our employees' working styles. Fuji Xerox continues to explore diverse ways of working and to offer our own experience—as a service to other companies.

Developing human resources both systematically and in a well-planned manner is highly commendable

The Fujifilm Group upholds “Develop and Utilize Diverse Human Resources” as a priority issue in its Medium-Term CSR Plan SVP 2016 and in the new CSR plan SVP 2030. Under SVP 2016, the Fujifilm Group has made solid achievements in both work style reform and health and productivity management. It is highly commendable that the Company is developing professional talent that contributes to sustainable growth, both systematically and in a well-planned manner and on a group-wide basis, as the foundation of its CSR.

On the other hand, there are concerns over the “outcome” of its drive in compliance training, promoting awareness of human rights issues, career support, reinforcement of global capabilities and other human resources development measures regarding how they are connected to the development of each employee and to reform of the corporate culture. I believe that data disclosure on employee engagement and more moral surveys and development of narratives from the employee perspective will foster greater understanding of human resources development both inside and outside the organization.

I look forward to greater advances being made in the long-term in management commitment and a greater sensitivity by all employees toward society, and to the Fujifilm Group leading the reform to create a society where everyone finds fulfillment in work.