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Working with a customer on the WEB-BC SYSTEM

The Role of a Beauty Consultant

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Initiatives for Active Engagement of Women in Society

The KOSÉ Group is engaged in various activities to empower women in order to expand their circle of support in society.

Schooling support for junior high school girls in Tanzania

The KOSÉ Group supports “Sakura Girls Secondary School (SGSS)” in Tanzania where the issue of women’s human rights is particularly serious, in order to expand the supporting environment to enable women to actively participate in society.This boarding school was established in the foothills of Kilimanjaro in 2016 by the “Kilimanjaro Society” of Japanese volunteers to improve the current situation in Tanzania where girls do not have an adequate education due to their economic and gender background.
In particular, this secondary school focuses on STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), and by providing an educational environment for excellent female students, we promote support so that they can work and play an active role in the future.
In support of these activities, KOSÉ provides students with tuition support (support for the right to education) and graduation gifts. When their representative students visit KOSÉ head office in Japan, we provide them information about the real-world working environment at a cosmetics company and the activities of women to help them maintain their desire to learn, that will eventually lead to improve the status of women in the future.

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  Students at their graduation ceremony, posing for a commemorative photo with goods donated by KOSÉ

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  Cosmetic manufacturing experience at KOSÉ Head Office

Achievements in Supporting Tanzanian Junior High School Girls: Sustainability Data

Collaboration with the COSME BANK Project

Poverty among women, including those employed in non-regular positions and single-parent households, has recently become a social issue in Japan against a backdrop of worsening employment conditions due to COVID-19. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has reported that more than half of all single-parent households headed by women are living in relative poverty, with an increasing number of women unable to purchase cosmetics for themselves because caring for their children and family members takes precedence. The COSME BANK Project (run by NPO Bank for Smiles) is a group of companies that support the goal of “increasing the smiles of women and the Earth” and which donate current and discontinued quality cosmetics for distribution free of charge to households in need via support groups nationwide. The KOSÉ Group has been part of the COSME BANK Project since its initial test run and believes it is very meaningful to support the project as a way for us to help bring color and richness to society.
Also, we collaborated with the COSME BANK Project on makeup seminars for women seeking employment to increase their likability in their job hunting activities, in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture.

Brand-Specific Initiatives

Each of the KOSÉ Group's distinctive brands undertakes initiatives in support of women. The DECORTÉ group supports activities that seek to solve a wide variety of social issues, from preserving traditional culture and lifestyles to championing the environment. These efforts are publicized on the DECORTÉ Sustainable Actions website with the key message, "Find your true beauty—Your brilliance will eventually light up the world." In conjunction with two annual events (International Women's Day on March 8 and International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25), the DECORTÉ group carries out awareness-raising and supports activities for women’s empowerment through its products and services so that with the aim of realizing a society in which women around the world can be proud of themselves.
The INFINITY group, with its message of “Beauty is power. Let your potential bloom,” is also committed to supporting women’s empowerment. The group’s “Share the Bloom” campaign supports the health of women working on rose farms in Ethiopia through the donation of sanitary products that can be washed and used repeatedly.

DECORTÉ

Various brand initiatives

Initiatives to Promote Understanding of LGBTQ+

Broadcast concept movies that propose a variety of beauty

We respect the diversity (including sexual orientation and gender identity) of each and every employee, establish an environment that empower employees to exercise the full potential, and promote initiatives for deeper understanding of LGBTQ+ people.
Management education for managers includes training on respect for human rights based on understanding of diversity, in addition to nationality, race, religion, educational background, and age. We also conduct awareness promoting programs for all employees to promote understanding of diverse gender issues, including LGBTQ+. In fiscal 2024, we revised our personnel system and employee benefits program, adding same-sex partners to the list of reasons for leave, absence from work, and various allowances.
At the concept store “Maison KOSÉ” in Ginza, Tokyo, diversity is at the core of store development.As a source of beauty that respects diverse personalities including LGBTQ+ people, the store offers concept movies which express “beauty” regardless of gender or age as well as easy-to-understand bathroom signs.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion
Message from Top Management and Business Acceleration System
INITIATIVE 2: Addressing Diverse Personalities