SustainabilityCorporate Social Responsibility

External Assessment

This section introduces the evaluation received from outside the company.

“Best Workplaces” ranking, included in the rankings for 8 years in a row

In 2020, Renaissance participated in the “Great Place to Work” survey conducted by the Great Place to Work® Institute Japan and was once again listed among the top companies (1,000 or more employees category), for the 8th year in a row.
With our corporate vision of being a “company for creating purpose in life”, Renaissance strives to help customers to maintain and improve their health and ultimately help them find something to live for. We also endeavor to be a company in which employees can find their purpose in their work and life through their careers. So we take this ranking as recognition that we have succeeded in realizing our corporate vision.
Renaissance will continue to pursue what it has dubbed “Customer Emotional Satisfaction” and “Employee Emotional Satisfaction.”

“Best Workplaces” ranking, included in the rankings for 8 years in a row

Selected Nadeshiko Brand as the first company in the fitness industry recognized for promoting women’s active roles

In FY2019, Renaissance became the first company in the fitness industry to be recognized for Nadeshiko Brand, which is jointly hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, for our role in promoting women’s active roles.
Aiming to create new values through active roles played by employees with a diverse sense of values and experiences, we also position the “Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion” as one of our important management strategies in terms of securing said diversity and inclusion.
We especially position the promotion of active roles played by women in workplaces as a key measure, in the form of Career Design Training and Career Interviews, which address human resource development from a medium- and long-term perspective. Also, in terms of the promotion of compatibility between working and child-rearing, we launched the RenaiFami+ Project, which hosts volunteers striving to create a corporate culture and environment where everyone can assume active roles through various working group activities.

Selected Nadeshiko Brand, as the first company in the fitness industry recognized for promoting women’s active roles

Acquisition of The Omotenashi Standard Certification ★★(Navy Blue certification) from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

RENAISSANCE has been awarded the ★★ Navy Blue certification under the The Omotenashi Standard Certification Program established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The aim of this program is to visualize the quality of service provided by businesses in the service industry through the award of certificates, and to thereby revitalize the service industry and local economies.
In FY2017 the ★★ Navy Blue certification was awarded to Sports Club RENAISSANCE (100 branches nationwide) run by our company. In addition to RENAISSANCE’s efforts to respect the desires of its customers, its continuous efforts to nurture the development and growth of its employees through measures such as improving its manuals and training systems and holding customer service competitions were highly valued. Our company views the award of this certificate as a new opportunity for growth, and we will strive to provide our spirit of hospitality to many customers.

Acquisition of The Omotenashi Standard Certification 2020 ★★(Navy Blue certification) from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Certified in 2020 as one of the “White 500” companies excelling in health and productivity management

Renaissance has received certification as a White 500 company (large enterprise category) under the 2020 Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program from METI and Nippon Kenko Kaigi.
The aim of this certification system is to recognize large, medium, and small enterprises that excel in health and productivity management. Efforts such as those concerning local health issues and the health promotion activities advocated by Nippon Kenko Kaigi are considered for the certification.
Established with the aim of increasing the number of enterprises implementing health and productivity management, the White 500 certification is administered by METI in cooperation with Nippon Kenko Kaigi, an organization comprising leaders of business, medical, and municipal organizations. The recognition implied by the certification has further encouraged our company to commit to its active promotion of the health of our employees and continue its outstanding health and productivity management.

Certified in 2020 as one of the “White 500” companies excelling in health and productivity management

Recognized as a “Sports Yell Company” by the Japan Sports Agency and as a “Sports Promotion Company” by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

RENAISSANCE has successfully applied for certification under the “Sports Yell Company” (a national sports promotion company) Certification Program (FY2019), organized by the Japan Sports Agency. The Japan Sports Agency established this program in FY2017 as a way of recognizing companies that proactively encourage employees to engage in sports to improve their health. The aim of the program is to nurture a social trend towards sports and encourage people in the “prime human resources” age-group—which tends to have insufficient exercise—to engage in sport.
Since announcing the RENAISSANCE Health and Productivity Management declaration, RENAISSANCE has strived to improve the health of its employees. The certificate was presented to the company in recognition of its efforts, which include proactively supporting employees to participate in running events and sports tournaments and allowing employees to participate in sports club activities in the studios where they work on days when they are closed or before opening hours.

SPORTS YELL COMPANY

In addition, RENAISSANCE has successfully applied for certification under the Sports Promotion Company Certification Program (FY2019) organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Under the program established in FY2015, the Bureau of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Preparation presents certificates each year to companies that actively encourage their employees to participate in sports activities or which are engaged in activities that contribute to society in the field of sports.
Having announced the RENAISSANCE Health and Productivity Management declaration, RENAISSANCE has promoted a proactive program of health support for employees in conjunction with a systematic reform of employees’ working styles. The company has also fostered and encouraged various in-house club activities, while continuously promoting a wide range of initiatives such as encouraging head office employees to participate in fitness training. RENAISSANCE has been awarded the certificate five years in row since FY2015.

RENAISSANCE plans to continue its promotion of sports and other activities to improve the health of its employees. The company will also strive to undertake activities that will further benefit the broader community in the area of sports and health improvement.

Recognized as a “Sports Yell Company” by the Japan Sports Agency and as a “Sports Promotion Company” by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Won the Silver PRIDE Index Award to evaluate initiatives on LGBT

RENAISSANCE won a Silver PRIDE Index, which is an evaluation index by an unincorporated association, “work with Pride,” that aims at the "realization of workplaces that are easy to work for LGBT people beyond the frameworks of companies, organizations, etc.”
RENAISSANCE considers it essential that all employees play active roles to “propose a healthy and comfortable lifestyle to guests” as a “a company for creating purpose in life,” as defined in our corporate philosophy.
Aiming to create new values through active roles played by employees with a diverse sense of values and experiences, we thus position the “Diversity & Inclusion Promotion,” as one of our important management strategies.
Going forward, through the promotion of diversity & inclusion, we aim to become a company where each and every employee can continue to work with purpose in life.

Won the Silver PRIDE Index Award to evaluate initiatives on LGBT

Selected as a 2019 Noteworthy IT Strategic Company

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) have been jointly conducting a selection of outstanding companies for their efforts in terms of IT utilization under the Competitive IT Strategy Company Stock Selection Program. Renaissance was selected as a 2019 Noteworthy IT Strategic Company that engaged in advanced efforts on specific themes.
Renaissance has received this award for the second consecutive year following the previous year. It was evaluated for efforts such as the utilization of tablets and other devices in the improvement of customer satisfaction, our membership retention rate at sports clubs, and the realization of enabling customers to have the best and fastest improvement in skills with the integration of professional coaching with IoT technology through the Smart Tennis Lesson, a service utilizing IoT devices at tennis schools.
Going forward, we will continue to actively deploy services integrating people with IoT technology, thereby contributing to building the health of residents in local communities.

Obtained certification of “beyond 2020 My Best Program”

Renaissance applied for the “beyond 2020 My Best Program” and was selected as one of the first certified businesses. It is sponsored by the secretariat of the Headquarters for the Promotion of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the Cabinet Secretariat.
This certification was awarded for the initiative of “Renai-Pic My Best Achievement Support Program,” held for the members of the junior swimming schools at 76 of our sports clubs.
We provide better environments where children can feel the joy of achieving targets and naturally improve their skills, while also enjoying a great time, promoting initiatives that lead to mental and physical growth.

「beyond2020マイベストプログラム」認証

Contribution to reducing CO² through the Rene oil Field program

In April 2012, entered into a TOKYO Yuden partner contract with U'S Corporation, and started a new cooperative project called Rene oil Field, which allows member to bring in used domestic cooking oil to a recycling station at Sports Club Renaissance within the Tokyo metropolitan area As a result, the oil collected from April 2018 to March 2019 was recycled into biodiesel fuel, cutting CO² emissions by 11,998.6 kg, and the company received a certificate for this contribution. We will continue to carry out ecological activities our guests can relate to easily for the preservation of our environment.

Contribution to reducing CO² through the Rene oil Field program

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