Initiatives to Encourage a Change in Working Styles

As of today, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Satoshi Kikuchi, President & CEO; hereinafter “CTC”) commences full-scale introduction of the measures to encourage a morning-focused working style, which were launched on December 1, 2013 as an initiative to promote a change in the employee mindset toward working styles.
On December 1, 2013, CTC started a trial of measures to promote a morning-focused working style to invite employees to make changes in favor of a healthier and better balanced working style with the aim of further improving service quality and customer satisfaction. When asked about the trial with a morning-focused working style in a survey of employees carried out in April this year, the majority of employees said that they had achieved a well-balanced working style and felt that the advantages included improved job efficiency, suggesting a solid outcome for the trial. Compared to the same period in the previous year, average working hours for the whole company were reduced by approximately 10 hours per month.
Therefore, we have decided on a full-scale introduction of the measures as of July to improve job satisfaction and change mindsets in favor of efficient working styles. On the basis that the mindset toward working styles has changed, we will also implement measures to reward employees.
From now on, we will strive to improve customer satisfaction by promoting measures to encourage changes in employee mindset.