Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Approach/Promotion System/Policy and KPI
Basic Approach
Guided by the corporate philosophy of kyosei, Canon believes in the importance of allowing individual employees with varied personalities and values to fulfil their potential by playing an active role, without restricting opportunities. In line with this thinking, we respect diversity of culture, customs, language, and ethnicity, and actively encourage recruitment and deployment of employees, regardless of gender, age or disability.
Promotion System
Canon Inc. established Vital workforce and Value Innovation through Diversity (VIVID) in 2012 as a horizontally integrated organization to help promote diversity across the company. Headed by the CFO of Canon Inc. and governed by its own policies, VIVID is engaged in a range of initiatives.
These policies are published on Canon’s home page and the Intranet.
| VIVID Activities Policy (529KB) |
Major Policies and KPIs
Two themes of our pro-diversity policies are “Promoting the Active Participation of Women” and “Encouraging Men to Participate in Childcare.” We are taking a range of measures and have set specific targets and KPIs as defined below.
- Increase ratio of female managers by 3x by end-2025 from 2011 level
- Increase ratio of male employees taking childcare leave to at least 50% by end-2025
- * The year before VIVID was introduced.