March 21, 2024
For immediate release

Selected to Next Nadeshiko: Companies Supporting Dual-career andCo-parenting as Outstanding Company for Supporting Work-life Balance
Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (CEO, President, and Representative Director: Kazuo Kawamura) is
pleased to announce that the company was named to Next Nadeshiko: Companies Supporting
Dual-career and Co-parenting, a list of companies selected jointly by the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

Next Nadeshiko: Companies Supporting Dual-career and Co-parenting
Since 2012, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange(TSE) have jointly been selecting companies that are outstanding in terms of encouraging
women's empowerment in the workplace and designating them as Nadeshiko Brands.
As a new effort starting this fiscal year, METI and the TSE selected outstanding companies apartfrom Nadeshiko Brands based on their efforts related to supporting dual-career and co-parenting
as Next Nadeshiko: Companies Supporting Dual-career and Co-parenting.
For supporting dual-career and co-parenting, we engage in the following initiatives to develop anenvironment that promotes balance between work and home life towards enabling employees tocontinue their careers long-term.
- Adopting part-time working and flex-time system- Expanding eligibility for telecommuting
We also go beyond supporting dual-career and co-parenting by aggressively supporting
empowerment. For example, we provide training for employees with children regardless of genderand their direct supervisors. Through joint work designed to promote an understanding of others,

Disclaimer: This English translation is prepared for the readers’ convenience. When there are any discrepancies between theoriginal Japanese version and English translation version, the original Japanese version always prevails.

we strive to create workplace environments that empower employees. Also, we aim to strengthen
career-mindedness among employees with infants and improve the management skills of theirsupervisors.
The Meiji Group believes that promoting diversity and inclusion (D&I) is invaluable to achieving
continued growth into the future. This is because the Meiji Group is a company closely connectedto the needs and daily lives of a diverse range of customers, from infants to the elderly, throughout
the various stages of life.
In April 2022, the Meiji Group established the Group Human Capital Committee as an advisory
body to the Executive Committee for discussing agendas related to human capital management.
This Committee promotes D&I as a core theme. For promoting women’s participation, a particulararea of focus, the Committee is simultaneously advancing the following initiatives.
- Expanding the diversity of decision-making personnel- Creating workplaces and environments that make work comfortable for all employees
We are creating an environment in which all employees, regardless of gender, can maximize theirskills and potential by strengthening our pool of female managers, promoting their aggressive
hiring, and advancing efforts such as awareness reform through unconscious bias training.
The Meiji Group will continue to promote D&I as we strive to create an energetic and motivating
work culture for all employees. We also remain committed to being a corporate group that canprovide “Meiji unique value for wellness” to our customers in Japan and around the world.

Reference・Promoting Diversity and Inclusion
https://www.meiji.com/global/sustainability/thriving-communities/human-resources.html
・Meiji Group Diversity and Inclusion Policy
https://www.meiji.com/global/sustainability/policies/pdf/meiji_group_diversity_and_inclusion_po
licy/meiji_group_diversity_and_inclusion_policy.pdf
・Ratio of Female Managers / Number of Female Managers (including assistant managers)
https://www.meiji.com/global/sustainability/esg-index.html?tab-active-4#anker-esg-2
・The Nadeshiko Brands (METI website)
https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2023/0927_006.html#####2