Social

Tadano established the CSR Committee in 2005 to promote and promulgate CSR. The Tadano Group believes that a company can exist only when it is in harmony with the people around it. Therefore, we will contribute to the development of local and international societies, and promote business activities that help protect the global environment. We will also seek to maximize our corporate value in response to the expectations of all of our stakeholders. Under our corporate philosophy of Sozo (Creation), Hoshi (Contribution), and Kyoryoku (Cooperation), we want to serve our communities in ways only Tadano can.

As a manufacturer of lifting equipment, Tadano has been uniquely positioned to make contributions to the community by assisting with cultural restoration projects and academic support. In order to support the maintenance and development of Kyoto University's Kwasan Observatory, which is world-famous for its observation of the solar system and the sun, we established the General Incorporated Kwasan Cultural Foundation for the Promotion of Cosmology, which has been donating 10 million yen annually over ten years since 2019.
In terms of cultural restoration, in response to a message from Easter Island (Chile) seeking technical assistance to return the Moai statues to the standing position, Tadano took on the Moai Restoration Project, which lasted from 1988 to 1996. In 2019, as part of our 100th anniversary project, we donated a third crane to Easter Island.
Tadano also provided technical cooperation in the disassembly of the Takamatsuzuka Tomb's stone chamber in Nara by developing a disassembly jig in 2007. This cooperation was highly evaluated, and in February 2018, Tadano won the Special Prize of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in the Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award.
In 2008, we donated three products to help in restoration work on West Prasat Top, part of the Angkor Thom ruins that were in a critical condition after destruction to masonry owing to long years of neglect, in part due to the civil war in Cambodia.

Tadano's products are made of tens of thousands of parts, many of which are procured from our suppliers. To deliver even safer and higher-quality products to our customers, building strong relationships with our suppliers is essential. The Tadano Group CSR Charter and the Tadano Group Compliance Regulations set out principles for coexistence with business associates and fair procurement activities respectively. Tadano also promotes environmentally-friendly product development through the non-use of substances of concern with the understanding and cooperation of our suppliers.

In April 1999, Tadano and its suppliers established the "Tadano Kyoei Society" with the aim of fostering an independent, solution-oriented organization with the competitive technologies and capabilities needed to survive in the 21st century. Since then up to the present time, we have developed and maintained lasting, strong relationships with our suppliers and worked with them for mutual growth and development. The organization is comprised of a total of 59 corporate members in Japan (as of June 2022). A variety of activities and events are held each year, including safety workshops, presentations on improvement initiatives, plant tours, and SVE conferences. The association also presents awards to suppliers with outstanding achievements each year.

Since 2009, Tadano's three divisions (Research and Development, Production, Procurement) have worked with our suppliers as a "Team of Four" to promote its SVE activities, with the goal of developing and producing products with greater value. "SVE"— an original concept developed by Tadano by adding "S" (Super and Sustainable) to "VE" (Value Engineering)— embodies our determination to surpass our past VE activities and continue to move forward vigorously with our efforts.

We began our SCOOP (Super Cooperation) program, a key component of our SVE activities, in 2011. We work with our suppliers on an individual basis to set themes and targets to enhance the value and functionality of products and reduce costs while leveraging strengths and qualities of both Tadano and the suppliers.

Employee development is what drives a company to accomplish its long-term goals. Company growth cannot be achieved without the growth and development of employees. Based on the concept that employees are our assets, Tadano emphasizes workplace building and human resources development to best leverage the skills and individuality of each person, allowing employees to give their maximum performance. In addition, we regularly conduct employee engagement surveys in and outside Japan to make improvements. We believe that the synergy generated by ensuring a proper work-life balance on the foundation of the physical and mental well-being is fundamental to raising productivity and creating added value.

We promote health management as we recognize that the physical and mental well-being of each and every employee is essential for maintaining a prosperous life and professional-level performance.

Tadano has significant obligations and responsibility for product safety, to protect both our customers and society. It is occupational safety at the company that supports the product safety. We believe that realizing occupational safety at the company is essential to ensuring the safety of our products.
Based on this concept, we prepared the Tadano Group Safety Fundamentals Card in December 2017 with the goal of further raising awareness about workplace safety among group employees. Prepared in nine languages (Japanese, English, German, French, Dutch, Thai, Hindi, Spanish and Italian), the card is distributed to all group employees. Our plants in Japan were subjected to a safety diagnosis conducted by an external organization, wherein the evaluation and feedback were reported to the company in March 2022. Going forward, we will continue to regularly communicate with safety officers at plants both in and outside Japan, to pursue further improvement in safety.

We accept diversity in terms of various factors, including abilities and experience. Harnessing it for use inside our organization will improve employee job satisfaction and productivity, helping to create added value. Driven by this belief, we are creating workplace environments where diverse employees can best utilize their talents, and we set out principles to respect human rights in the Tadano Group CSR Charter and the Tadano Group Compliance Regulations.

Aiming to increase the percentage of female employees at the company to 10% by the end of FY 2026, Tadano hires women in a well-planned and proactive manner. At the same time, we are making steady progress in developing a work environment and a job rotation system to promote the advancement of women through initiatives such as providing more training opportunities for women to help them succeed as the next generation of leaders. We will promote diversity by increasing the ratio of female employees and by increasing the number of women in leadership positions (managers and supervisors).
In addition, in FY 2022, we added new recruitment and PR tools such as brochures and videos to introduce our employees. We will support not only the female employees currently working for us, but also employees who will join the company in the future so that each and every one can work and live in their own way.

• Obtaining "Kurumin" certification

  In May 2022, we obtained the "Kurumin" certification from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan in recognition of our various initiatives from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2022.
  Our programs is designed to create an employee-friendly and rewarding work environment, including by increasing the ratio of employees taking paid annual leave, extending the applicable period of shorter working hours for employees engaged in childcare, and promoting telework.

  * "Kurumin" certification is awarded by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan to companies that have formulated a general action plan, and have also achieved the targets set forth in it and met certain standards based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, as a childcare support company.

  

• Childcare leave for men and families

  We are encouraging male employees at the company to take a greater part in housework and child-rearing through special features on male employees taking childcare leave in our internal newsletters, and encouraging and getting across various programs at training sessions for newly appointed managers and supervisors.
  In FY 2021, seven male employees took childcare leave. Among them, there were cases where employees and their spouses took childcare leave together (paid family leave). In order to create a work environment where it is possible for all employees to take childcare leave in the future, we will continue our efforts to promote the understanding and use of this system by all group employees.

The Tadano Group has agreements with assistance companies that have extensive information networks regarding the safety and health of employees assigned to and traveling around the world. We are committed to ensuring the safety and security of our employees when they are seconded to or traveling to other countries.