KOSE Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Kobayashi Kazutoshi) has recently obtained 3 stars, which is the highest ranking in the “Eruboshi Certification,” which is certified by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare as an excellent company that has created an environment where female employees can easily demonstrate their abilities and is promoting such efforts

“Eruboshi Certification” is a system that certifies companies with excellent conditions relating to the promotion of women's active participation, etc. based on the Act on the Promotion of Women's Participation in Work Life (Women's Advancement Promotion Law). From the viewpoint of a work environment where it is easy for women to demonstrate their abilities, they are evaluated on the following 3 scales according to the criteria of the 5 evaluation items “recruitment,” “continuous employment,” “work style such as working hours, etc.,” “ratio of management positions,” and “diverse career courses.”

・Meet 5 (all) criteria: Level 3 (3 stars)
・Meets 3-4 criteria: Level 2 (2 stars)
・Meets 1-2 criteria: Level 1 (1 star)

As one of the key issues in the medium- to long-term vision “Vision for Attractive Beauty Partner*1,” which was announced in November 2024, the Group has set the theme “Supporting social opportunities” to provide opportunities for everyone to play an active role regardless of their attributes. To achieve this, through a sustainability strategy*2 and a personnel strategy that maximizes human capital, we are working on system management for flexible work styles, such as educational activities using the “KOSÉ DE&I*3 Handbook,” creating a workplace culture where people can play an active role regardless of gender, such as unconscious bias training, and abolishing core hours for flexible work.

Furthermore, we have achievements such as the ratio of women hiring new graduates: 57.4%, the ratio of women in management positions in the group: 31.1%, and the ratio of women in executive positions: 37.5%, etc. ※4. In addition, it has been selected as a case where our promotion of women's participation was evaluated as a case in which the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange implemented by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

*1 Medium- to long-term vision “Vision for Sustainable Beauty Partner” (released on 2024/11/11) *2 Sustainability Strategy (published 2024/11/11) *3 An acronym for “diversity equity & inclusion,” which adds the concept of “equity,” meaning “fairness and impartiality,” to D&I, which means diversity and inclusiveness. Corporate website: “Diversity Equity & Inclusion” *4 Both have fiscal 2023 results. Figures relating to officers are actual results after the resolution of the general shareholders' meeting implemented in 2024/3. (Reference) KOSE Sustainability Performance Data ※5 Released on 2024/3/21

Going forward, based on the idea that “diversity is the source of innovation,” we will promote both fostering a culture where all employees understand the importance of DE&I and designing a personnel system where employees with rich personalities can play an active role, and work to create workplaces where diverse human resources can play an active role while respecting each other's diverse values and creating results.