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Sustainability Information

Governance

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
No. of Directors *1 7 7 8 7 8
No. of Outside Directors 4 4 5 5 5
No. of Female Directors *1 1 1 2 2 2
No. of Auditors *1 4 4 4 4 4
No. of Outside Auditors 2 2 3 3 3
No. of Board of Directors’ Meetings Held *2 14 13 13 14 19
Average Attendance Rates of Directors (%) 97 100 99 100 100
Average Attendance Rates of Auditors (%) 100 98 100 100 99
No. of Board of Auditors’ Meetings Held *2 14 14 14 14 17
Average Attendance Rates of Auditors (%) 100 98 99 98 98
Sales of Advertisement with Related Party
(Dentsu Inc.) (million yen) *2
422 2,000 *3 8,988 19,142 22,753
Ratio to Total Net Sales (%) 0.6 2.6 9.2 14.7 *4 13.4 *4

Please refer here for remuneration of directors and auditors.

*1 As of the end of General Meetings of Shareholders.
   The numbers include the directors and auditors who resigned during the term.
*2 For acounting periods.
*3 Includes the transaction with Dentsu Group Inc., which changed its trade name from Dentsu Inc. on January 1, 2020.
*4 Because of the partial share transfer of COMICSMART INC., which handles the IP Platform Business, the ratio is calculated with the net sales excluding the IP Platform Business.

Social

Group

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
No. of Consolidated Workforce *1 1,373 1,447 1,511 1,907 1,939
No. of Full-Time/Regular Employees 1,147 1,224 1,251 1,600 1,675
Employee-Related Expenses (million yen) *8 7,188 7,586 8,513 10,563 14,352

Age distribution ratio of full-time employees

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
~24 (%) *1*7 Male 6.3
Female 6.6
25~29 (%) *1*7 Male 20.2
Female 13.7
30~34 (%) *1*7 Male 12.8
Female 9.5
35~39 (%) *1*7 Male 6.7
Female 6.6
40~44 (%) *1*7 Male 4.5
Female 3.3
45~49 (%) *1*7 Male 3.3
Female 2.3
50~ (%) *1*7 Male 1.1
Female 0.7

Domestic Major Companies

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Coverage of Full-Time Employees (%) *1 *4 57.5 58.2 56.8 45.9 47.8
Female Employees (%) *2 34.5 35.8 39.2 41.5 42.1
Female Managers (%) *2*5 21.9 22.5 22.0 22.6 26.6
Female Employees among New Hires (%) *1 33.3 39.0 51.1 42.2 40.8
Average Age *1 28.7 29.5 29.7 29.6 29.7
Average Tenure (years) *1 Male 4.4 4.8 5.6 5.2 4.6
Female 5.0 4.9 5.2 4.9 4.6
Gender Pay Gap (%) *3 88.6 86.2 86.7 84.5 85.2

Domestic Group Companies

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Coverage of Full-Time Employees (%) *1 80.1 83.7 80.3 86.5 89.3
Average Overtime Hours per Employee *1 23 19 19 15 18
Understanding Rate of Unconscious Bias - Domestic Managers (%) 72.1 94.6 98.3
Understanding Rate of Unconscious Bias - Domestic Full-Time Employees (%) 50.2 89.8 93.1

Other KPIs

  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Membership Rates of Employee Stock Ownership Plan (%) *6 30.5 31.8 33.1 46.7 43.6

*1 As of September 30. For 2023, as of December 31 and does not include the numbers of IP Platform Business.
*2 As of October 1.
*3 (Women’s average salary)/(Men’s average salary)*100
*4 Coverage declined due to the new consolidation in FY2022.
*5 Target ratio of women in managerial positions: 25% (by October 2023) →Reached 26.6% as of October 2023, achieving our target.
*6 As of May, relative to the full-time employees of the target company.
*7 Both age and gender were calculated on the basis of regular employees and limited regular employees who gave a clear response.
*8 Includes salaries, bonuses, benefits, training and hiring costs.

Environment

Greenhouse gas emissions(t-CO2)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 *2
Coverage (%) *1 96.6 97.4 97.7 98.2 98.7
Scope1 4.5 5.5 6.9 7.3 7.0
Scope2 866.4 768.5 719.6 817.0 940.6
Scope3 4,117.6 4,071.1 4,138.1 5,548.6 9,386.9
Category1 Purchased goods and services 2,572.7 2,880.1 3,259.1 4,503.3 7,067.6
Category2 Capital goods 102.6 111.7 196.1 43.3 296.4
Category3 Fuel- and energy-related emissions 129.0 119.1 107.9 122.4 148.2
Category6 Business travel 692.7 368.6 106.2 283.4 582.4
Category7 Employee commuting 166.5 181.3 35.2 62.9 136.7
Category8 Upstream leased assets 454.2 410.2 433.6 533.3 1,155.7

*1 Calculated based on revenues of each company to be counted.
*2 Due to the fiscal-year change, the figures in 2023 show the amount for 15 months.