Social Contribution Initiatives

The PERSOL Group is working to advance its social contribution initiatives with an emphasis on "developing the next generation" and "diversity" in order to achieve our material issues of “providing learning opportunities,” ”supporting greater participation of women in the workplace,” “creating next-generation work styles and jobs,” and providing job opportunities for everyone.
We are working in partnership with a range of stakeholders, including NPOs, universities, corporations, local communities, and governments, to promote the realization of a fulfilling society.

As a company dedicated to creating “Career Well-being,” the PERSOL Group carries out various donation activities under the name “Career Well-being Donations” to support people in their work. 
Through this initiative and various services that promote new ways of working, we strive to realize our group vision: “Work and Smile. ” 

This initiative uses a “smile measurement” device to classify people’s “smile level” into three categories (big, medium, or small) based on eye and mouth movements. The smile level is measured in points, each point corresponding to a 10 yen donation. The purpose of making donations that support “Career Well-being” is to transform society with the power of a smile.  

In 2024, we raised 500,000 yen and donated it to Katariba, an educational NPO established in 2001. Katariba aims to create a society where young people, regardless of their background, can nurture their motivation and creativity to build their own future.

In 2023, we made a call to all Group companies and made a total of eight donations equivalent to 173,310 yen. These donations included postcards, stamps, used books, as well as other everyday items, unopened beverages and food, and 'work experience' theme park tickets. These items were donated to children's foster homes, medical organizations, and life support groups, among others.

The PERSOL Group has installed donation-linked vending machines at 49 of its sites (as of March 2021), primarily at PERSOL TEMPSTAFF. A portion of the sales from these machines is donated to initiatives associated with the Pink Ribbon Campaign.
In FY2020, on April 19 (the 19th of each month, when action is encouraged, is known as "Pink Day"), PERSOL TEMPSTAFF President Kazunari Kimura made a donation of 1,846,930 yen on behalf of the company to the Japan Cancer Society's Hohoemi Fund for fighting breast cancer.

In response to the Turkey-Syria earthquake that occurred in February 2023, the PERSOL Group donated 5,000,000 yen to the Japan Committee for UNICEF as emergency relief money to be used for aiding those who were affected by the earthquake. In addition, we began to solicit voluntary donations from PERSOL Group employees immediately after the earthquake. As a result, we donated a total of 866,388 yen as emergency relief money to be used for searching for and rescuing victims and providing healthcare and relief goods to them, via the Japan Committee for UNICEF and the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (A-PAD).

In January 2024, following the Reiwa 6th Year Noto Peninsula Earthquake, we donated 10 million yen to the Japanese Red Cross Society to contribute to relief efforts and support the reconstruction in affected areas. In line with this, we collected voluntary donations from our group employees and made contributions to the non-profit organization Peace Winds Japan, which conducts assessments of the disaster situations, provides search and rescue support, offers medical assistance, and delivers emergency supplies. We also donated to the public interest incorporated foundation Hokuriku Mirai Fund, which supports the affected victims and areas through grants to local NPOs and other activity groups involved in disaster aid.

Donations in the fiscal year 2023 totaled 495 million yen.
*PERSOL HOLDINGS and Group companies in Japan

The　PERSOL Group is participating in the Business Leadership Program (BLP), which is a core program of Rikkyo University's College of Business. BLP is a classroom program conducted in small groups using an experiential learning model that progressively develops leadership. It incorporates an active learning format with activities such as a welcome camp and introductory leadership sessions. We are supporting a course called BL2, which is targeted at approximately 300 second-year students in the College of Business.

In 2023, we began to co-sponsor the Platform for Sustainable Education and Community, which runs projects for achieving regional revitalization and developing attractive educational programs under its vision: Create a sustainable society where young people can make one’s own decision. One key project is Chiiki Mirai Ryugaku, which permits students to enter public high schools with regional characteristics beyond prefectural boundaries.
The schemes of the Platform for Sustainable Education and Community are combined with the PERSOL Group's ability to give attention to individuals and connect them with information appropriate for each of them and with society, so as to materialize the vision: Empower youth to make decisions according to their own philosophies. We will thus create an environment that permits students to choose how to live without being constrained by their place of residence and to build a society filled with people who create their own lives with vision.

PERSOL’s Survey on the Current State and Attitudes Toward ICT Education in Elementary Schools, which was conducted among public elementary school teachers across Japan, found that approximately 90% of teachers felt that frontline educators require greater support in order to make ICT education a more effective learning experience. PERSOL BUSINESS PROCESS DESIGN continues to support classroom ICT education by providing opportunities for children to experience and interact with technology firsthand. During the period around September 1, which is Disaster Prevention Day in Japan, we hold disaster prevention workshops featuring drones at elementary schools. These workshops not only promote understanding and interest in how technology can be used in disaster prevention, but also provide children with an opportunity to learn about the potential of drones in disaster prevention and increase acceptance of the use of drone technology in society.

The PERSOL Group supports employees with disabilities employed by the Group who are engaged in athletic activities via the Challenged Athlete Support system, which allows them to balance work with their athletic endeavors. We will continue to promote the furtherment of sports for persons with disabilities by supporting PERSOL DIVERSE employee Yuya Kimura in his track and field pursuits, as well as via lectures and other extracurricular activities.

In response to the shortage of human resources facing regional companies in recent years, PERSOL Group companies are working to create jobs and vitalize regional economies through their business activities.
For example, PERSOL WORKS DESIGN (currently PERSOL BUSINESS PROCESS DESIGN) received the Minister of Regional Development Award in the Support for Teleworking to Promote Regional Development category of the 2023 Teleworking to Promote Regional Development Awards sponsored by the Cabinet Office for its Workcation business, which the company has implemented since 2020.

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We actively support our employees' participation in volunteer activities as an opportunity for them to experience diverse values and grow as individuals.
The PERSOL Group operates a system that allows employees to take time off to engage in volunteer activities, and employees are also permitted to engage in unpaid activities or work concurrently at non-profit organizations as a second job.

As one of the initiatives for the fiscal year 2023, we collected voluntary donations within the PERSOL Group from employees to be utilized for disaster-stricken areas support and grants to local activity groups immediately following the Reiwa 6th-year Noto Peninsula Earthquake.