Human Capital Management

Establishment of the ISK Group Human Resources Management Policy

With people-centric management at the core of its business management, the ISK Group believes that the source of its competitiveness is its human resources. In a global society where the surrounding business environment and the times are changing dramatically, we strive to achieve sustainable growth while strengthening the unity of the entire Group in order to realize “Our Vision towards 2050.” To ensure that this basic stance is deeply embedded throughout the Group and put into practice, we have established the ISK Group Human Resources Management Policy, which sets out our basic approach to human resources common to all Group companies in Japan.
ISK regards human resources as the source of its competitiveness, and we aim to grow together by aligning the Company’s purpose with our employees’ career visions. We are working to create a workplace where our employees’ willingness to take on challenges and their ability to take action are recognized, where the growth of individual employees is supported, and where diversity is valued. Through these efforts, we aim to maintain and improve the workplace environment so that all employees will feel fulfillment in their work, thereby enhancing employee engagement. We also aim to achieve sustainable corporate growth by encouraging each employee to be aware of and pursue career autonomy and providing an environment that enables them to maximize their potential.

A human resource strategy linked to management strategy

The Group considers human resources to be an important type of capital that creates new value. The environment in which the Company operates is undergoing significant change, and the Group’s overall human resource strategy is also embarking on a period of major transition. This also applies to shifting job methods, labor market conditions, living environments, and the diversification of personal values. The types of human resources we need are changing as we work to transform strategy throughout the Group, and we need to train human resources to create a human resource strategy that’s linked to management strategy and to create new business domains. We believe the keys to executing our human resource strategy will be fostering innovative human resources and securing human resources who are rich in diversity.
First, we will awaken an appetite for growth by encouraging employees to develop their careers in an autonomous manner so as to spur their own growth and thereby foster the professionals with a high level of specialization.
In addition, we will aim to cultivate an organizational culture that can innovate consistently by taking advantage of collaboration between our global organic and inorganic chemicals businesses and spurring human resource exchanges that go beyond individual businesses. In this way, we will work to further increase the Group’s overall corporate value by securing human resources who are rich in diversity and fostering innovative human resources.