ESG Performance Data

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Energy usage

Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023
Non-consolidated Non-renewable energy use MWh 27,533
Renewable energy use MWh 48
Consolidated Non-renewable energy use MWh 112,643
Renewable energy use MWh 6,136

CO2 emissions volume (Scope1&2)

Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023
Non-
consolidated		 Total〈Scope1&2 (Market-base) 〉 t-CO2 10,477 10,039 9,918 9,134
Total〈Scope1&2 (Location-base) 〉 t-CO2 11,426 10,978 9,681
Scope1 t-CO2 2,420 2,507 2,304 1,857
Scope2 (Market-base) t-CO2 8,057 7,532 7,614 7,278
Scope2 (Location-base) t-CO2 8,919 8,674 7,824
Consolidated Total〈Scope1&2 (Market-base) 〉 t-CO2 ー ー 42,842 41,394
Total〈Scope1&2 (Location-base) 〉 t-CO2 44,756 45,337 43,059
Scope1 t-CO2 9,797 10,013 9,804 8,768
Scope2 (Market-base) t-CO2 ー ー 33,039 32,626
Scope2 (Location-base) t-CO2 34,743 35,534 34,291

* Totals may not match up due to rounding.
* Scope 2 emissions from non-consolidated operations are calculated based on the applicable adjusted CO2 emission coefficients for electric utilities and general electricity transmission and distribution companies.
* Scope 2 emissions from overseas operations are calculated based on the applicable CO2 emission coefficients for electric utilities and those obtained from the IEA.

CO2 emissions volume (Scope3)

Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023
Non-
consolidated		 Total t-CO2e 360,447 391,557 389,695 375,482
Category 1 Purchased goods and services t-CO2e 265,698 286,301 289,517 279,249
Category 2 Capital goods t-CO2e 1,805 4,881 1,188 1,354
Category 3 Energy excluding Scope1 and 2 t-CO2e 2,038 2,055 1,874 1,665
Category 4 Upstream transportation and distribution t-CO2e 12,008 12,489 12,916 12,339
Category 5 Waste from operations t-CO2e 82 81 78 65
Category 6 Business travel t-CO2e 336 356 758 1,369
Category 7 Employee commuting t-CO2e 191 178 187 203
Category 8 Upstream leased assets t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 9 Downstream transportation and distribution t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 10  Processing of products t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 11  Use of sold products t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 12  End-of-life treatment of sold products t-CO2e 78,289 85,216 83,178 79,239
Category 13  Downstream leased assets t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 14  Downstream franchising t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 15  Investments t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Consolidated Total t-CO2e ー 1,076,742 1,167,818 1,314,308
Category 1 Purchased goods and services t-CO2e ー 938,330 904,088 1,067,451
Category 2 Capital goods t-CO2e ー 8,658 3,235 5,951
Category 3 Energy excluding Scope1 and 2 t-CO2e ー 2,810 3,703 3,069
Category 4 Upstream transportation and distribution t-CO2e ー 30,458 37,368 33,095
Category 5 Waste from operations t-CO2e ー 5,215 5,343 9,266
Category 6 Business travel t-CO2e ー 1,128 1,972 2,501
Category 7 Employee commuting t-CO2e ー 664 571 760
Category 8 Upstream leased assets t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 9 Downstream transportation and distribution t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 10  Processing of products t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 11  Use of sold products t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 12  End-of-life treatment of sold products t-CO2e ー 89,479 211,538 192,215
Category 13  Downstream leased assets t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 14  Downstream franchising t-CO2e ー ー ー ー
Category 15  Investments t-CO2e ー ー ー ー

* Totals may not match up due to rounding.
* Emissions from consolidated operations in FY2021 are data for reference only (due to several group companies being unable to calculate emissions in some categories).
* Category 8 emissions are not calculated because they are included in Scope 2 emissions.
* Category 9, 10, and 13 emissions are not calculated due to the difficulty of obtaining information.
* Category 11 emissions are not calculated due to the difficulty of investigating customers' usage for a wide range of purposes.
* Category 14 is not applicable.
* Category 15 emissions are not calculated as the focus of the category is considered to be private financial institutions.

Waste emissions volume

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic plants Total t 1,923 2,050 1,872 1,802 1,661
Scrap metals t 70 41 40 50 52
Waste ink/waste solvents t 648 988 829 802 699
Wastewater t 867 716 647 617 608
Plastic waste t 294 266 293 262 239
Others (general, wood waste, etc.) t 44 39 63 71 63
Domestic Headquarters Total t 26.5 23.2 21.3 28.8 16.3
Overseas plants Total t 10,458 11,642 12,166 12,620 13,988

Recycled resources volume

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic plants Total t 1,920 2,046 1,868 1,798 1,658
Scrap metals t 70 41 40 50 52
Waste ink/waste solvents t 648 988 829 802 699
Wastewater t 867 716 647 617 608
Plastic waste t 294 266 293 262 239
Others (general, wood waste, etc.) t 41 35 59 67 60
Domestic Headquarters Total t 26.2 23.0 21.1 28.6 16.1

Recycle rate of waste

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic plants Total ％ 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8
Domestic Headquarters Total ％ 98.9 99.1 98.9 99.2 98.5

Designated industrial waste

Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic plants Total t 2.454 0.038 0.033 0.120

Water withdrawal by source

Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023
Non-
consolidated		 Total 1000m3 145 157 141 126
Third parties' water (clean water and industrial water) 1000m3 76 97 83 71
Groundwater 1000m3 69 46 45 45
Surface water 1000m3 ー 10 10 7
Produced water 1000m3 ー 4 4 2

* 2020 data is for reference only.

Water pollutants

Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic
plants		 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) t 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) t 0.2 0.2 0.04 0.02

Atmospheric pollutants

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic plants Nitrogen oxide (NOx) t 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.0
Sulfur oxide (SOx) t 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.02
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) t 3.8 3.9 3.2 2.6 2.4

* The NOx emission volume is a total calculated from fuel usage using the conversion factor from the Ministry of the Environment's environmental activities evaluation program.
* The SOx emission volume is a total of the sulfur content of the used fuel converted to SO2 .

Trends in chemical substance emissions (PRTR reported substances)

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic Total kg 38,293 36,942 33,464 27,862 24,231
Emissions into atmosphere kg 3,784 3,921 3,249 2,635 2,380
Discharge into public waters kg 6 1 0 0 0
Transfer to public sewers kg 2 5 6 7 16
Transfer off premises kg 34,501 33,015 30,209 25,220 21,835

* Data from April to March the following year.
* Due to changes in substances subject to notification following revisions to the PRTR Act, the total for FY2019 (BM) was recalculated to 41,134 kg.

Total materials input

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic Total t 71,900 66,400 70,200 69,600 63,000
Resin t 20,500 17,900 19,000 19,000 17,100
Solvents t 33,400 31,600 33,600 33,100 30,100
Pigments t 13,700 12,700 13,400 13,400 12,100
Additives t 4,300 4,200 4,200 4,100 3,700

Environmental conservation cost (Domestic)

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Investment amount Million yen 89 67 35 17 61
Costs Million yen 1,219 1,350 1,392 1,423 1,422
Cost within business area Pollution prevention
(maintenance and management of air pollution prevention facilities, water contamination prevention facilities, noise pollution prevention facilities, etc.)		 Investment amount Million yen 22 32 9 1 5
Costs Million yen 106 86 87 87 69
Global environmental conservation
(maintenance and management of energy conservation facilities, greenhouse gas emission reduction)		 Investment amount Million yen 67 35 18 10 46
Costs Million yen 68 74 69 66 63
Resource cycle
(waste reduction, recycling, proper disposal)		 Investment amount Million yen 0 0 4 6 1
Costs Million yen 123 123 113 115 116
Upstream / Downstream cost (cost to offer environmental products) Investment amount Million yen 0 0 0 0 0
Costs Million yen 2 5 7 2 4
Administration cost (disclosure of environmental information, maintenance of environmental management systems, monitoring of environmental load, maintenance and management of green spaces) Investment amount Million yen 0 0 0 0 0
Costs Million yen 134 119 102 102 96
Research & development cost (research related to environmental conservation) Investment amount Million yen 0 0 4 1 9
Costs Million yen 786 942 1,012 1,050 1,070
Social activity cost (local support for environmental conservation activities) Investment amount Million yen 0 0 0 0 0
Costs Million yen 1 1 1 2 5
Environmental remediation cost Investment amount Million yen 0 0 0 0 0
Costs Million yen 0 0 0 0 0

* Totals may not match up due to rounding.

(Reference: Domestic)

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Overall investments Million yen 1,622 826 1,862 435 496
Overall research & development cost Million yen 2,015 2,080 2,332 2,402 2,409

Environmental conservation effects

Environmental impact in terms of volume (year-on-year reduction volume)

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic CO2 equivalent emissions t (221) 228 507 1,286 (82)
Waste emissions volume t 117 (331) 290 62 (21)

* Reduction volume is a comparison based on adjustments made to activity volume (production volume). Amount reduced: { (environmental load from last year) × (production volume from this year / production volume from last year) } - environmental load from this year

Effects deemed economical

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic Reduction in energy costs (electric / fuel) Million yen (15) 5 20 22 12
Reduction in waste disposal costs Million yen 1 4 5 (1) 3

* Other presumed effects include benefits resulting from avoidance of risk and improvements to the company's image. However, these are difficult to convert to monetary terms, so they have not been calculated.

Green procurement rate

Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic Green procurement rate ％ 78.1 78.2 74.1 76.0

Low-emission vehicle introduction rate

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Domestic Total 100 100 100 100 100
2018 standards for low-emission vehicles
(75％ reduction from the standards)		 ％ ー 4.2 12.1 26.0 37.4
2005 standards for low-emission vehicles
(75％ reduction from the standards)		 ％ 98.6 94.4 87.1 73.2 61.7
2005 standards for low-emission vehicles
(50％ reduction from the standards)		 ％ 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.9
List of Environmentally-friendly Products

Employees

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Consolidated Male People ー ー ー 4,141 4,270
Female People ー ー ー 721 765
％ ー ー ー 14.8 15.1
Total People 4,547 4,598 4,766 4,862 5,035
Non-consolidated Male People 719 731 731 752 743
Female People 133 133 134 141 151
％ 15.6 15.3 15.4 15.7 16.8
Total People 852 864 865 893 894

* The following shows the data for SAKATA INX CORPORATION only

Diversity

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Ratio of managerial positions Male ％ 100 100 100 97.5 96.8
Female ％ 0 0 0 2.5 3.2
Ratio of leadership positions Male ％ 91.2 90.7 88.6 85.8 85.4
Female ％ 8.8 9.3 11.4 14.2 14.6
Recruitment of foreigners People 3 0 0 1 1
Ratio of disabled persons recruited
(legal rate)		 ％ 2.10
(2.20)		 1.98
(2.20)		 2.48
(2.30)		 2.61
(2.30)		 2.61
(2.30)

Average age

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Male Years 42.1 42.4 42.8 44.2 45.0
Female Years 40.8 41.3 41.9 42.6 42.3
Total Years 41.9 42.2 42.6 44.0 44.6

Average years employed

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Male Years 18.4 18.4 18.6 18.2 19.0
Female Years 17.5 17.6 18.0 17.2 16.3
Total Years 18.2 18.3 18.5 18.1 18.5

Average salary

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Thousand yen 7,235 7,096 7,195 7,235 7,045

Non-regular employees

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
People 189 185 195 171 167
％ 18.1 17.6 18.3 16.0 15.7

Recruitment / Turnover

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Recruitment of new graduate Male People 21 22 21 13 6
Female People 4 2 2 6 8
％ 16.0 8.3 8.6 31.5 57.1
Mid-career recruitment Male People 9 8 9 7 12
Female People 4 2 2 7 6
Retired employees,
Turnover rate (Voluntary employee turnover only)		 People 21 7 20 32 20
％ 2.4 0.8 2.3 3.2 2.2

Work-Life Fulfillment

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Monthly average of overtime hours
(per person, excluding managerial positions)		 Hours 17.2 11.8 15.9 15.3 14.7
Ratio of paid annual leave usage
(per person)		 ％ 49.5 51.9 48.8 54.5 61.3
Employees on maternity / child care leave,
Ratio of maternity / child care leave		 Male People 1 1 3 14 16
％ 4.0 5.3 16.7 56.0 69.5
Female People 4 4 5 6 5
％ 100 100 100 100 100
Return rate of after maternity / child care leave ％ 100 100 100 94.8 100
Staff using reduced working
hours for child care		 Male People 0 0 0 0 0
Female People 15 13 11 10 7
Staff taking family caregiver leave Male People 0 0 0 0 0
Female People 0 0 0 0 0

Health and Productivity Management

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Ratio of employees that have undergone medical checkups ％ 100 100 100 100 100
Ratio of employees that have undergone stress checks ％ 94.5 95.4 96.3 94.7 95.9

Health & Safety at Work

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Frequency rate ％ 0.00 0.83 0.00 0.00 0.82
Severity rate ％ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Number of lost-time accidents － 0 1 0 0 1
Number of fatal accidents － 0 0 0 0 0

* The date is from 4 primary domestic plants
* The scope for reporting: regular employees, temporary employees and employees from partner companies.

No. of directors

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Director Male People 7 7 8 6 6
Female People 0 1 1 2 2
Outside Director Male People 2 2 2 1 1
Female People 0 1 1 2 2
Ratio of outside directors ％ 28.6 37.5 33.3 37.5 37.5
Ratio of female directors ％ 0.0 12.5 11.1 25.0 25.0

Board of Director

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Times held Times 17 16 17 18 17
Attendance ％ 97.8 100 98.6 100 99.2
Ratio of outside director attendance ％ 94.1 100 96.1 100 98.0

No. of Audit & Supervisory Board members

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Male People 2 2 2 2 2
Female People 0 0 0 0 0
Outside Auditor Male People 2 2 2 2 2
Female People 0 0 0 0 0
Ratio of outside auditors ％ 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0
Ratio of female members of the Audit & Supervisory Board ％ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Audit & Supervisory Board

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Times held Times 16 15 16 17 17
Attendance ％ 6.9 95.3 100 95.6 98.5
Ratio of outside auditor attendance ％ 93.8 90.0 93.8 94.1 97.0

Overall compensation for directors

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Directors (excludes outside directors) People 11 8 6 6 7
Million yen 171 176 188 177 190
Audit & Supervisory Board members (excludes outside auditors) People 5 4 2 3 3
Million yen 43 43 36 36 36
Outside directors People 4 5 5 6 8
Million yen 19 23 25 30 33

No. of internal reports

Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
No. of internal reports Cases 4 0 0 1 2