We are implementing a range of activities to prevent traffic accidents in keeping with our slogan of “making safety our top priority.” We are working to prevent accidents by building and continually improving safety management structures based on a correct awareness of the impact of business activities that use trucks to ship freight on the global and local environment. Through these activities, we are striving to involve all employees in an effort to prevent traffic accidents by establishing and regularly reviewing accident prevention goals and targets.
The thinkrun Group operates daily under the motto “Safety takes precedence over everything” and established a specialized company, ONE MISSION Co., Ltd., in 2022 to focus on promoting safety. At ONE MISSION, under the philosophy of making “zero unfortunate people involved by the thinkrun Group resulting from traffic accidents,” ONE MISSION works on promoting safe driving within the thinkrun Group and developing employees who autonomously think and act towards traffic safety.
In accordance with applicable laws, we offer newly hired employees to ensure they understand truck characteristics. We also have site managers ride along with newly hired drivers for at least 20 hours as training in advance of their registration as an assigned driver.
All vehicles are equipped with digital tachographs featuring drive recorder functions to enhance traffic safety, environmental impact, vehicle efficiency, and asset management. By analyzing and distributing the digital tachograph data for each driver on a monthly basis, we aim to provide tailored guidance on safe driving and contribute to the improvement of driving skills.
We have created a program that recognizes accident-free and violation-free drivers in an effort to eliminate traffic accidents by motivating the more than 1,300 drivers employed by the thinkrun Group to drive safely. An award ceremony is held once a year. In 2023, we honored and expressed our appreciation to outstanding drivers, including 10 drivers who had maintained 15 years of accident-free and violation-free records, 73 drivers for 10 years, 122 drivers for 5 years, and 648 drivers for 1 year.
The thinkrun Group operates under the motto “Safety takes precedence over everything” and uses Tateshinasan Shokoji Temple, Nagano Prefecture, as the Group’s symbol of safety, conducting events throughout the year.
In keeping with our recognition that employee safety is the bedrock of our operations, we work to ensure employees’ health at work and to create a healthy, dynamic workplace environment. Our initiatives in this area are guided by the dual perspective of eliminating all unsafe behavior and removing all unsafe conditions.
We are working to build and spread an organizational culture that puts safety first, and we have made “Safety First!” our internal greeting in order to raise employees’ awareness of safety. We also use safety chants at morning meetings and other occasions to spread safety awareness throughout our organization and motivate employees to conduct themselves in a safe manner.
We also conduct voluntary safety inspections of the workplace in July, before the busy summer season begins, and in September, after it ends, to create a safe workplace environment and increase employees’ safety awareness.
We hold monthly health and safety meetings in which branch managers also participate in order to smoothly implement and strengthen our health and safety management activities. These meetings are administered so as to allow participants to discuss and consider current problems and measures for maintaining and improving employees’ safety and health.
At each workplace, internal meetings are held on the theme of workplace safety to thoroughly inform employees of annual activities and initiatives that need to be strengthened, and a system has been established whereby matters that cannot be resolved at the workplace are brought up to top management through employee association for action.
In keeping with our recognition that employee safety is the bedrock of our operations, we work to ensure employees’ health at work and to create a healthy, dynamic workplace environment. In health management, we strive to maintain and improve not only physical, but also mental health.
We offer health checkups to all employees once a year, and we order additional tests and examinations for employees who require follow-up. By utilizing a health management system, we centralize employee health data, accurately monitor health checkup results, and facilitate specific health guidance and recommendations for re-examinations. Furthermore, since September 2024, we have appointed a Chief Industrial Physician within the thinkrun Group. When necessary, employees can receive consultations and guidance from the Chief Industrial Physician or statutory industrial physicians, strengthening our efforts to promote personalized health management initiatives.
We regularly communicate healthcare-related information once a week on an internal portal website and in our company newsletter, “T-Magazine”, in order to cultivate employees’ health awareness and to maintain and improve their health. By offering advice on lifestyle topics such as diet and sleep and introducing work-related considerations, we strive to foster employee health.
In keeping with our purpose of “Changing the Beverage Business Worldwide,” we aim to become a company that inspires pride and motivation on the part of its employees by promoting human resources development and utilization and by creating a safe, secure workplace environment.
To promote the appropriate management of working hours, we enforce strict time management practices. The department responsible for time management regularly provides workplace managers with individual work hour progress data and system-generated alerts. By offering tailored guidance to both workplaces and employees, we strive to standardize working hours and create more efficient use of time.
The thinkrun Group has identified investment in human capital as a key strategic pillar of its purpose. In line with this commitment, a new group company, LEADERS Co., Ltd., was established in April 2024, specializing in talent development. LEADERS focuses on enhancing operational quality and cultivating next-generation leaders as its core themes, providing education and training tailored to employees based on their job level and career background. In 2024, a total of 1,783 thinkrun Group employees participated in these programs. We will further develop talent capable of driving thinkrun Group’s vision to change the beverage business worldwide by leveraging digital tools and collaborating with external experts.
In keeping with our purpose of “Changing the Beverage Business Worldwide,” we aim to become a company that respects the human rights of all stakeholders and inspires pride and motivation on the part of its employees.
Two female employees served as facilitators for the internal training program, “TEAM OF TEAMS,” conducted as part of our next-generation leader development initiative. Preparing employees of departments whose primary responsibility is not training to serve as facilitators was a new experiment for the thinkrun Group, and it became an initiative that would lead to significant progress in gender equality. The preparation process, which takes about two years, allows employees to master a broad range of knowledge.
As part of our commitment to fostering future executives, we selected two female employees and sponsored their enrollment in a business school from October 2022 to September 2024. The program aimed to enhance their knowledge of management and organizational strategies while developing practical leadership skills. Additionally, another female employee participated in a business school-led training program, where she engaged in specialized lectures and group discussions with participants from other companies. Through this experience, she discovered her own approach to leadership. By equipping employees with advanced knowledge and opportunities for self-development, we are cultivating next-generation leaders.
The thinkrun Group is committed to creating a workplace environment where all employees can thrive, regardless of gender or life stage. As part of our efforts to further promote women’s empowerment, we hosted the “thinkrun Group Women’s Day 2024” in 2024. The event brought together approximately 50 female employees, along with executives and organizational leaders. The event featured sessions on DE&I initiatives and current trends in Japan and abroad, as well as group discussions and presentations by female employees on the theme: “What can the thinkrun Group do to further advance women's empowerment?”
Through these discussions, participants had the opportunity to reflect on their roles and responsibilities, fostering a sense of personal commitment to promoting women's advancement within the thinkrun Group.
To raise awareness and prevent workplace harassment, we utilize the company intranet to disseminate information on the definitions of power harassment and sexual harassment, their negative impacts, and preventive measures. Additionally, we display educational posters to promote a harassment-free work environment.
Recognizing that employing people with disabilities is an important part of our social responsibility, we offer work opportunities to people with disabilities, who comprised 2.5% of our workforce as of December 31, 2024.
1-1 Sakuradamachi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa Prefecture
Phone: 076-232-5111 Fax: 076-232-5911
