Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Strengthening Response to SCQ Issues

Prevention of Infectious Disease

Prevention of infectious disease

Basic Approach

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Group implemented various measures under a common Group policy to prevent important business from stopping, which prioritizes preventing employee infections and stopping the spread of infections at business sites and in the local community.

  1. We will make every effort to prevent infections and the spread of infections in order to prioritize the health of employees and the safety of the workplace.
  2. We will conduct business activities according to the requests and instructions of national and regional government, and each of our employees shall act with awareness in their personal lives.
  3. We will continue our business to ensure the production and supply of products that support society and prevent interruptions to our recycling business, and thereby meet the demands of our customers and society.
  4. We will take efforts for responding to COVID-19 as an opportunity to implement workstyle reforms, and improve productivity.

Task Force

In January 2020, the Group established a task force at the head office to direct a unified COVID-19 response across the Group. The task force formulated preventative measure guidelines and group action policies according to the status of the pandemic around the world and conducted monitoring to ensure that the Group can handle changes to the situation swiftly and appropriately by centralizing information on the health of employees, the situation of various countries and regions, etc. while sharing that information with top management. In May 2023, COVID-19 was reclassified under Japan’s Infectious Disease Control Act as a Category 5 infectious disease, and the COVID-19 task force was disbanded as a result.

Measures for Preventing Infection and the Spread of Infection

The Group implements various measures for ensuring the health of all employees and maintaining workplace safety in Japan and overseas, as well as preventing the spread of infection in the various regions where we conduct business.

  1. Dissemination of infection prevention measures in the workplace and thorough health management of employees.
  2. Dissemination of the procedure to follow when an individual is infected or suspected to be infected.
  3. Full-scale operation of working from home at offices, restrictions on using public transport, and utilization of satellite offices.
  4. Restrictions on business trips, meetings, and events, and promotion of remote meetings via the Web.
  5. Evacuation of employees stationed overseas, depending on the regional status of the epidemic, movement restrictions, standard of medicine, and state of medical services, etc.

As additional infection prevention measures, we implement various initiatives based on an annual infection prevention plan. These initiatives include vaccinations, various health subsidies, health education and support for employees assigned overseas.

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Business Continuity

In order to continue producing and supplying products and services that support society and important businesses of the Group such as the recycling business, thereby meeting the demands of our customers and society, the Group implemented various measures appropriate to the current status of the pandemic and requests from national and regional governments, based on business continuity plans for each of our business sites.

  1. Offices identify which work is important and continue to function, with all important work performed from home in principle and limiting office attendance to the minimum necessary number of BCP members.
  2. Production sites identify which work is important and must be continued and implement a system for doing so based on multiple scenarios that take into account employee commuting restrictions and operation restrictions resulting from the spread of infection within the community.
  3. Supply chains are enhanced by diversifying raw material suppliers and outsourcers, using multiple distribution routes, enhancing cooperation with customers, etc.

Responding to Change

In May 2023, COVID-19 was reclassified under Japan’s Infectious Disease Control Act as a Category 5 infectious disease, but that does not mean that the risk of similar infections spreading has been completely eliminated. In addition to responding to the significant changes caused by COVID-19 in society, this business environment and business structure, the Group is taking the opportunity to implement various measures for increased competitiveness, such as further enhancing cooperation with markets and customers, migrating to new work styles such as teleworking, improving management speed via digital transformation, and rebuilding business models.

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