Enhance fair and prompt disclosure and IR activities
The Company has always practiced fair, highly transparent and prompt information disclosure. To release information on a timely basis, Kanamoto posts information on the Tokyo Stock Exchange TDnet system, while also reporting it promptly on Kanamoto’s website, where English translations of the documents disclosing the information are also made available. All materials providing information about the Company and the Kanamoto Group, including videos of the Company’s financial statement briefings and briefing materials distributed to participants, the Kanamoto Examiner issued quarterly to shareholders, and the Annual Report, can be viewed on the Company’s website.
Kanamoto also considers direct conversations with its stakeholders to be an important aspect of its disclosure efforts. Kanamoto actively exhibits at IR events, including the Tokyo Stock Exchange IR Fair for individual investors, Sapporo Securities Exchange individual investor briefing meetings, and the Nikkei IR Fair for individual investors, and holds company briefings throughout Japan each year. Kanamoto also holds quarterly briefings with securities analysts and domestic institutional investors, and devotes efforts to implementing IR activities overseas.
Bolster proper control and security of personal information
The Company handles a vast amount of personal information pertaining to suppliers and customers, shareholders and investors and other stakeholders. Accordingly, the Company formulated a Privacy Policy (Personal Information Protection Policy) to ensure appropriate management of this data. One example of Kanamoto’s commitment to personal data protection is its use of the latest encryption technologies to strengthen Internet security and protect information sent to individuals making inquiries via the Company’s website.
Measures to upgrade safety and health systems
One effort the Company has strengthened is safety training, and we have created a system for preventing worker accidents that is spearheaded by the Safety and Health Office, which reports to the company president. This body regularly implements in-house training courses and audits, and works to raise safety and health awareness, covering all of Kanamoto’s offices in combination with the safety patrols operated by the safety and health working groups. These activities to strengthen Kanamoto’s safety and health systems and eliminate accidents have proven successful, and as a result, the number of branches that have achieved a zero accident rate for a continuous period of at least 20 years has increased to 23 branches.
Emphasizing personnel training for Kanamoto’s future
The Company considers well-trained personnel who possess high-level knowledge and skills to be the force driving sustained growth. Kanamoto therefore has created an organization that encourages and nurtures the capabilities of each employee to the maximum extent, by implementing personnel training and development programs attuned to individuals with management duties and those responsible for maintenance and repairs.
Given the need for employees to have numerous qualifications for technical work and maintenance and repairs in particular, Kanamoto works diligently to train individuals engaged in these areas. In addition to providing in-house maintenance and repair training, Kanamoto has expanded its training system to support the acquisition of maintenance technology through participation in manufacturer-sponsored maintenance and repair training, and encourages employees to obtain advanced qualifications.
