ESG Performance Data

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Energy usage rate (Domestic)

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total kl 7,098 6,952 6,164 5,408 5,956
Electricity kl 5,552 5,542 4,970 4,972 4,793
Heavy fuel oil A kl 97 102 74 66 18
Kerosene kl 39 30 22 25 23
Town gas kl 1,383 1,256 1,078 1,140 1,118
Other kl 27 23 18 14 5

CO2 equivalent emissions

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Domestic plants Total t-CO2 11,902 11,123 9,934 9,537 8,212
Electricity t-CO2 8,799 8,288 7,545 7,057 5,931
Heavy fuel oil A t-CO2 260 273 199 178 47
Kerosene t-CO2 104 78 59 66 61
Town gas t-CO2 2,674 2,428 2,085 2,203 2,160
[Intensity] *Calculated against the FY2013 intensity taken to be 100 ー 97 94 94 85 74
Non-production facilities Total t-CO2 598 465 502 479 449
Overseas plants Total t-CO2 41,618 39,668 35,911 37,327 37,476
[Intensity] *Calculated against the FY2013 intensity taken to be 100 ー 92 88 82 83 81

*Past year data have been corrected due to close examination of the calculation method.
*Domestic CO2 equivalents are calculated using CO2 emission coefficients (after adjustment) for each electric utility.
* Data for overseas, in terms of CO2 equivalents, was calculated using the electric CO2 emission factor that was calculated through IEA data.

Waste emissions volume

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Domestic plants Total t 2,122 1,923 2,050 1,872 1,802
Scrap metals t 10 11 2 9 6
Waste ink/waste solvents t 517 520 896 750 714
Wastewater (wastewater treated sludge) t 1,004 781 665 627 596
Plastic waste t 591 611 289 293 262
Others (general, wood waste, etc.) t 198 193 224
Overseas plants Total t 7,797 8,088 7,838 8,087 8,407

Recycled resources volume (Domestic plants)

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total t 2,122 1,923 2,050 1,872 1,802
Scrap metals t 10 11 2 9 6
Waste ink/waste solvents t 517 520 896 750 714
Wastewater (wastewater treated sludge) t 1,004 781 665 627 596
Plastic waste t 591 611 289 293 262
Others (general, wood waste, etc.) t 194 189 220

Recycle rate of waste

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Domestic plants Total ％ 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8
Osaka and Tokyo head offices Total ％ 98.8 98.9 99.1 98.9 99.2

Water withdrawal by source

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total 1000m3 272 194 145 124 110
Clean water 1000m3 102 82 68 71 61
Industrial-use water 1000m3 8 8 8 7 5
Groundwater 1000m3 167 104 69 46 44

Water pollutants

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Water treatment facilities outside of plants (co-op) t 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) t 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2

Atmospheric pollutants

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) t 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2
Sulfur oxide (SOx) t 1.5 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.3
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) t 4.6 3.7 3.9 3.2 2.6

* 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 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total kg 51,176 38,293 36,942 33,464 27,862
Emissions into atmosphere kg 4,632 3,784 3,921 3,249 2,635
Discharge into public waters kg 6 6 1 0 0
Transfer to public sewers kg 2 2 5 6 7
Transfer off premises kg 46,536 34,501 33,015 30,209 25,220

* Data from April to March the following year

Total materials input

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total t 76,400 71,900 66,400 70,200 69,600
Resin t 20,800 20,500 17,900 19,000 19,000
Solvents t 36,800 33,400 31,600 33,600 33,100
Pigments t 14,300 13,700 12,700 13,400 13,400
Additives t 4,500 4,300 4,200 4,200 4,100

Environmental conservation cost

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Investment amount Million yen 163 89 67 35 17
Costs Million yen 1,099 1,219 1,350 1,392 1,419
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 158 22 32 9 1
Costs Million yen 95 106 86 87 87
Global environmental conservation
(maintenance and management of energy conservation facilities, greenhouse gas emission reduction)		 Investment amount Million yen 3 67 35 18 10
Costs Million yen 68 68 74 69 66
Resource cycle
(waste reduction, recycling, proper disposal)		 Investment amount Million yen 0 0 0 4 6
Costs Million yen 121 123 123 113 110
Upstream / Downstream cost (cost to offer environmental products) Investment amount Million yen 0 0 0 0 0
Costs Million yen 6 2 5 7 2
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 1 0 0 0 0
Costs Million yen 132 134 119 102 102
Research & development cost (research related to environmental conservation) Investment amount Million yen 0 0 0 4 1
Costs Million yen 676 786 942 1,012 1,050
Social activity cost (local support for environmental conservation activities) Investment amount Million yen 0 0 0 0 0
Costs Million yen 1 1 1 1 2
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)

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Overall investments Million yen 4,087 1,622 826 1,862 435
Overall research & development cost Million yen 1,931 2,015 2,080 2,332 2,402

Environmental conservation effects

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

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Energy (crude oil equivalents) kl △ 502 △ 157 79 238 236
CO2 equivalent emissions t △ 827 △ 221 228 507 1,286
Waste emissions volume t 63 117 △ 331 290 62
Disposal volume t 0 0 △ 1 0 0

* 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 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Reduction in energy costs (electric / fuel) Million yen △ 41 △ 15 5 20 22
Reduction in waste disposal costs Million yen △ 2 1 4 5 △ 1
Sale of environmentally-friendly products Million yen 1,080 632 422 918 312

* 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 2019 2020 2021 2022
Green procurement rate ％ 81.4 78.1 78.2 74.1

Low-emission vehicle introduction rate

Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total 100 100 100 100 100
2018 standards for low-emission vehicles
(75％ reduction from the standards)		 ％ ー ー 4.2 12.1 26.0
2005 standards for low-emission vehicles
(75％ reduction from the standards)		 ％ 98.6 98.6 94.4 87.1 73.2
2005 standards for low-emission vehicles
(50％ reduction from the standards)		 ％ 1.4 1.4 0.8 1.3 0.8
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