AXA LIFE JAPAN
AXA LIFE JAPAN
Growth through diversity
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To drive the company transformation while promoting a new way of working , AXA Life Japan has been carrying out initiatives to foster an inclusive corporate culture that includes diverse employees and realise an ideal working environment as a foundation .
The company considers diversity to be one of the strategies that are directly linked to business growth and believes that it is extremely important to incorporate various opinions of AXA employees that have diverse mindsets and ideas . It is also strategically important to initiate further innovation , and the participation of women , in particular , provides a competitive advantage .
The company has been supporting the “ AXA Women Conference ”, which is voluntarily planned and organized regularly by employees and sponsored by the CFO , as well as the Employee Resource Group activities of the voluntary group “ Japan Women @ AXA ”, which aims to revise the working rules regarding the childcare leave program and enhance the possibility of female participation through networking .
A mentoring program and a sponsorship program are also provided to make use of individual situations and advantages to steadily foster next-generation leaders .
AXA Life Japan will support the step-up of women to grow their careers in their own way and aims to raise the ratio of female managers that are corporate officers or in higher positions to 33 % by 2020 .
NOVEMBER 2018