On August 24, 2022, Congrès Inc. held a hybrid meeting between new graduates who joined the company from 2020 to 2022 and the President, TAKEUCHI Noriko. One of our Tokyo headquarters’ conference rooms was used as the main meeting venue, connected online with employees participating from their respective locations, including “Knowledge Capital – Congrès Convention Center” in Osaka, Nagoya branch and Fukuoka branch.
Congrès has identified 4 materiality themes (priority issues or key challenges) to achieve the SDGs for resolving issues in society through our business. This meeting was held as a part of the priority issue, “Creating a sustainable work environment in which the company and employees can grow together.”

While remote work has become widespread due to COVID-19, various issues have arisen regarding internal communication. Good internal communication in a corporation is said to be one of the keys to sustaining productivity, and Congrès is undertaking activities in this regard, one of which is this interactive session with top management.

Not only headquarters and branch office employees participated, but also those stationed at facilities that Congrès operates.
First, the attendees formed pairs and asked about each other’s work, recent activities, hobbies and how they spend their days off, and then introduced their pair to the president and others. After that, they had a two-way Q&A session, where participants took advantage of the opportunity to quiz the president! The meeting also enabled them to renew friendships among colleagues, and think about future goals and growth together.

In addition, new graduates up to their 3rd year in the company are invited to participate in the international drone exhibition “Japan Drone” organized by the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association (JUIDA; headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; President: SUZUKI Shinji) and Congrès every year. We give them a lecture on the exhibition business and let them personally see how the organizers operate the exhibition on site. During the event, there is also a networking event between the president and these young employees.
At the 2020 exhibition, which was the first one held after COVID-19 emerged, a “Drone x SDGs” booth was set up as a special organizer’s project, and new graduates who joined Congrès in 2020 were in charge of creating the concept and planning the decoration. We continue to make best use of that opportunity, and update the “Drone x SDGs” booth’s contents every year.
Sustainability in particular is a field in which young employees, also known as Generation Z, actively contribute their opinions and plans, and play an active role in various ways.

Congrès will continue to tackle “Creating a sustainable work environment in which the company and employees can grow together,” identified as one of our priority sustainability issues.