Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Nissha”) was certified as an "Outstanding Enterprise in Health and Productivity Management, White 500 (large enterprises category)" at the Health and Productivity Management 2017 presentation event organized on February 21, 2017, by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (hereinafter “METI”) and Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council).

Health and Productivity Management is a program administered by METI as part of efforts to “extend the nation’s healthy life expectancy,” a key policy of the national government’s Japan Revitalization Strategy.
Health and productivity management refers to strategic practices to maintain and enhance employee health from a management perspective. Investment in employee health is expected to improve the vitality and productivity of employees, thereby revitalizing the organization, and as a result boosting corporate performance as well as resolving social challenges in such areas as enhancing the nation’s quality of life and optimizing the cost of health care.

Nissha recognizes that ensuring the safety and health of all people engaged in its business activities is a top management priority. In line with its Occupational Safety and Health Policy, Nissha promotes the participation of all in creating comfortable workplace environments and developing sound physical and mental health.
The certification reflects a formal welcome of Nissha’s efforts in health and productivity management, as the company demonstrated in its responses to the FY2016 Survey on Health and Productivity Management, administered by METI.
In addition to supporting employee health, Nissha implements stress checks toward improving workplace environments. The company intends to continue its efforts with the aim of further promoting physical and mental health for its employees and improving its corporate value.

* The Outstanding Enterprise in Health and Productivity Management certification system is designed to recognize large enterprises and small and medium enterprises that practice outstanding health and productivity management based on local initiatives to address health-related challenges and the health enhancement initiatives promoted by Nippon Kenko Kaigi.
By openly commending these enterprises, the system aims to create an environment in which employees, jobseekers, affiliated companies, financial institutions, and society at large may identify the value of enterprises based on their strategic practices to maintain and enhance employee health from a management perspective.
METI has certified 235 enterprises in "White 500 (large enterprises category)" this year and aims to certify 500 enterprises by 2020