Diversity and Inclusion

We are working to build a corporate culture of mutual respect and respect fundamental human rights of employees and non-employees alike. We are creating an environment where everyone can work with energy and brightness to maximize the potential of our employees' different personalities and skills and boost corporate vitality.

The MEDIPAL Cantabile Program

The MEDIPAL Group aims for human resources with diverse values, who exchange opinions and work with mutual respect regardless of gender, nationality, or background, to continue to drive personal growth and the development of the Company, based on our Declaration on Diversity and Inclusion, “Creating the shining future with bright personalities.”
Such efforts are promoted across the Company under the name of the MEDIPAL Cantabile Program*, which works on the three key themes of promoting understanding of diversity and inclusion, ensuring workplaces with high psychological safety, and promoting the active participation of women. The Group-wide Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee explores and discusses grassroots initiatives that transcend organizational boundaries and puts them into practice.
The Group promotes diversity and inclusion by incorporating approaches to equity. Instead of only developing and supporting systems to address individual circumstances and differences, we also provide unconscious bias awareness training to all employees and ensure fair opportunities so that our workplace environments allow diverse human resources to act with fairness and justice.

• * Cantabile is a musical term meaning song-like. Everyone working in the MEDIPAL Group wants to be part of an “Orchestra in Support of People's Health” that brings a rich song-like tone to the performance, rather than simply playing off the musical score (in their job roles).

Promotional Activities

We provide D&I training and initiatives to deepen understanding of unconscious bias so that each employee can see D&I as their own issue, change their awareness, and act independently.
In addition, we select one D&I-related theme each month and distribute it to employees as an e-mail newsletter, helping them feel closer to D&I and serving as an opportunity to change their behavior.

Women's Activity Promotion

The Group is committed to creating a workplace environment where all our female employees can thrive by choosing work styles that align with their life stages. With the aim of building an environment where both individual and corporate growth can be achieved, we have set a target of achieving the percentage of women in management positions of 20% or higher by FY2030, and are actively promoting various initiatives to realize this goal.

Women’s Coordinators

We have designated the Women’s Coordinator role for sales representatives specialized in female-specific health issues who are responsible for delivering comprehensive information to medical facilities on pharmaceuticals related to women’s health, as well as disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The Women’s Coordinator role also creates new opportunities for the participation of women in the workplace, opening up a new career path for female employees that suits their different life stages.

MEDIPAL Group's Women's Empowerment Week

The MEDIPAL Group has designated the period from March 1st to 8th as MEDIPAL Group's Women's Empowerment Week, coinciding with Women's Health Week (March 1st to 8th), Hinamatsuri (Girl's Day) (March 3rd) and International Women's Day (March 8th), and is holding a variety of in-house events throughout the Group. During this period, mimosa flowers decorate the building, and through panel discussions and initiatives such as wearing the mimosa color (yellow), the entire group is given the opportunity to think about gender equality, including women's empowerment.

Awarded the Highest Level of Eruboshi Certification (Three stars)

MEDICEO CORPORATION and ATOL CO., LTD. received the highest level of Eruboshi Certification (three stars) from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for our initiatives to promote women’s empowerment.

Diversifying Employment

Through employing diverse categories such as new graduates, mid-career hires, people with disabilities, and rehiring of employees who have reached retirement age, the MEDIPAL Group is leveraging the uniqueness and strengths of each employee. The percentage of employees with disabilities on a Group average was 2.76% as of March 31, 2025, and we will continue to actively hire people with disabilities and promote their activities.
At PALTAC CORPORATION, an alumni network has been established to engage former employees and declined job offer recipients (alumni), with the aim of enabling them to apply the new experiences and insights gained outside the company and thrive once again. Several individuals have already been rehired through this network and are actively contributing to the organization.