ESG Data

Unless otherwise specified, the figures include employees transferred to domestic and overseas subsidiaries and affiliates.

Employee Related Data

Change in Consolidated Number of Employees

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unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of employees People 2,096 2,106 2,089 2,042 1,680

Employee age structure
(as of March 31, 2025)

Employee age structure (as of March 31, 2025)

Number of employees and average age

Number of employees and average age

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Employees and average age

Employees and average age

Number of Employees by Type of Employment

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  • In the Domestic section, domestic subsidiaries and affiliates include employees of joint ventures transferred to joint ventures
  • In the Overseas section, the total number of employees in the United States includes local hires from Sanyo Chemical Texas Industries, LLC. In ASEAN, the total number of employees included local hires from SDP GLOBAL (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. (up to FY2023) and Sanyo Kasei (Thailand) Ltd.
  • Overseas figures exclude the number of employees at overseas sales bases.
  • As of March 31 of each fiscal year

Employment Status

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  1. Employment rate of people with disabilities: Reported as of June 1 of the relevant fiscal year
  2. Number of regular employees who left the company: Number of employees who voluntarily retired

Hours Worked

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Work-life Balance

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  1. Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave = Male employees who took childcare leave / Male employees whose spouse gave birth × 100
  2. Rate of employees returning to work after childcare leave = Employees returning to work / Employees intending to return to work × 100
  3. Average number of days taken per person = Total number of days taken by returning employees for the current fiscal year ÷ Returning employees for the current fiscal year
  4. Retention rate after returning to work after childcare leave = Employees returning to work in the previous fiscal year and were employed at the Company as of March 31 of the current fiscal year / Employees returning to work in the previous fiscal year x 100

Labor Accidents

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FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Employee lost-time injuries (cases) 0 6 1 1 1
Of the above employees lost-time injuries, fatal injuries (cases) 0 0 0 0 0
Employee lost-time injury frequency rate*1 0 1.61 0.27 0.29 0.34
Employee lost-time injury severity rate*2 0 0.05 0.05 0.01 0.00
Subcontractor lost-time injuries (cases) 2 2 3 2 1
Of the above subcontractor lost-time injuries, fatal injuries (cases) 0 1 0 0 0
Subcontractor lost-time injury frequency rate*1 1.94 1.69 2.37 1.59 0.97
Subcontractor lost-time injury severity rate*2 0.04 6.33 0.13 0.03 0.01
Employee injuries without lost time (cases) 2 2 7 10 4
Subcontractor injuries without lost time (cases) 5 4 5 4 3
  1. Frequency rate = (number of lost-time injury victims) / (total hours) / 1,000,000 Index of frequency of lost-time injuries per 1 million hours
  2. Severity rate = (number of days of lost work) / (total working hours) / 1,000 Value indicating severity of injuries per 1,000 working hours

Gender Pay Gap

(unit: %)

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FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
All workers*1*2*3 - - 68.8 68.9 69.6
Of the above all workers, regular employees as a percentage of all workers - - 73.8 72.9 72.9
Of the above all workers, part-time and fixed-term workers as a percentage of all workers*4 - - 42.5 46.1 41.8
  1. Workers include those transferred to subsidiaries and affiliates.
  2. Calculated based on provisions of the "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life" (Act No. 64 of 2015).
  3. In our HR system, there is no gap in wages between men and women in the same position or role.
  4. Includes retiree rehires, part-timer workers, and fixed-term contract employees, and excludes dispatched workers. The wage gap in this group is due to the fact that many retiree rehires are men with higher wage levels, including those treated as managers.

Education and Training

Cost of Education per Employee

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Content unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Compulsory training (promotion/advancement training, etc.) Cost (thousand yen/person) - - 43 30
Duration (hours/person) - - 4.9 4.4
Environment-related courses and qualification courses
(production* and research organizations)		 Cost (thousand yen/person) 5 3 4 9
  • Includes locally hired employees of overseas and affiliates

Skill Improvement and Career Development

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  • MOT schools and e-learning programs held via external institutions ended in FY2024, and the R&D Academy was opened in FY2025.

Safety/Technology Education

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FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Participants (People) Employees
(including transfers)		 93 168 96 169 153
Subcontractor employees 12 35 20 141 44
Safety and Technology Education Center visitors and guests (People) 19 55 47 109 206
Education time (total hours) - - - - 3,454

Global Human Resource Development

(unit: Person)

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FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Study abroad 0 0 1 1 0
Overseas training 0 - - 0 0
Expatriate development program 2 1 1 1 0

Improving Health Literacy (FY2024)

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Seminar content Participants (people) Total time* (hours) Comprehension (%) Satisfaction (%)
Seminar on burning fat and reducing belly fat Approx. 280 Approx. 280 92 88
Responsible drinking seminar Approx. 300 Approx. 300 95 89
Sleep and stretching seminar Approx. 270 Approx. 270 88 87
  • Participants × Hours participated

Human Rights Education and Awareness-raising (FY2024)

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Item Number of trainings (cases) Total number of participants (people) Total time* (hours)
Human rights / compliance 2 1,475 2,950
DEI promotion 2 190 243
Women’s participation and advancement 4 166 488.5
LGBTQ 3 112 140
Employment of people with disabilities 1 23 11.5
  • Participants × Hours participated

Commendation Programs

(unit: cases)

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FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Commendations from the President* 31 33 28 1
Awards from General Managers to Encourage Challenge Taking 344 522 492 415
INVENTOR OF THE YEAR 4 5 4 4
  • Commendation criteria changed in FY2024

Health and Productivity Management Data

Action Goals

(unit: %)

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  • Percentage of respondents who responded to the annual questionnaire on lifestyle habits related to health management, etc., and said that they were implementing it.

Checkups and Guidance

(unit: %)

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FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
target
Rate of regular health checkups 100 100 100 100 100 100
Rate of full medical checkups 68 89 96 88 93 100
Rate of specific health guidance 80 94 95 98 98 or above 100

Lifestyle-related Disease Risk Retention Rate (health checkup results)

(unit: %)

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FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
target
Obesity 26 25 25 25 27 20 or less
Liver function 34 31 34 33 33 30 or less
Fats 57 55 56 55 54 50 or less
Blood sugar 17 21 17 20 26 15 or less
Blood pressure 37 34 29 33 33 30 or less
  Triple risk holders
  (fats, blood sugar, and blood
  pressure)		 8 8 5 7 8 5 or less

Mental Health Measures

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Health Management Evaluation Indicators

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FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
target
Absenteeism*1
Personal injury/sickness absence rate (%)		 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.6 1.0 or less
Presenteeism*2
Labor productivity loss rate (%)		 - 37.5 36.6 36.4 35.8 30 or less
Work engagement*3
Self-motivated behavior and positive feelings toward work (deviation value)		 - 49.7 50.1 49.6 49.7 51 or above
  1. A condition in which the employee cannot perform duties due to absence from work, leave of absence, or other reasons. Measured by the number of employees on sick leave who are absent for at least one month.
  2. A condition in which the employee is present at work but is not able to work sufficiently due to mental or physical health problems. Measured by the WHO Health and Labor Performance Questionnaire.
  3. A state of mind that is positive and full of accomplishment, vitality, enthusiasm, and immersion in one’s work. Measured by a proprietary survey instrument using eight items that correlate well with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale.

Communication

Dialogue with Stakeholders

(Times conducted: times)

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Society Contributions

Donations

(unit: ｍillion yen)

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FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total social contribution expenditures 24.2 36.4 34.9 30.1 25.6
Donations by item 1. Support for academic promotion centered on chemistry 14.8 27.0 14.1 13.6 11.6
2. Support for human resource development 3.1 0.3 2.3 3.3 3.9
3. Support for the preservation of art and culture, etc. mainly in Kyoto 0.5 1.0 4.1 4.0 4.0
4. Support for and collaboration on environmental conservation activities 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 2.2
5. Support for and collaboration on social contribution activities wherever possible according to local social needs in each country and region 4.2 6.5 13.0 7.6 3.9
  • Expenditures by Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution

On-site Chemistry Classes Held

Upper row: Number of times held (units: schools, cases), Lower row: number of participants (units: people)

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District FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 Instructors
Kyoto area 4 6 6 7 5 R&D and head office employees
209 446 335 436 276
Nagoya Factory 0 1 2 2 2 Nagoya Factory employees
0 73 250 200 211
Kashima Factory 0 1 4 4 3 Kashima Factory employees
0 50*1 255*2 372*2 171*2
  1. Estimate of event participants
  2. Includes estimated event participants

Sanyo Chemical Forestry

Activity location: Yubune District, Wazuka Town, Soraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Volunteer Forestry Activities by Employees

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unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Sanyo Chemical’s forestry activities Times conducted Times 2 1 3 3 2
Total number of participants People 60 34 101 123 68
Supporter Association* Times conducted Times 7 4 7 8 7
Total number of participants People 63 28 63 62 53

(FY2024 results)

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  • Supporter Association: Forest volunteer activities by employees, their families, and retired employees. The number of participants was the total number of people

Funding-supported Tree Thinning Project

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unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 Cumulative since FY2009
Thinned area ha 3.5 3.7 2.4 2.2 2.2 63.1
Increase in CO2 absorption Tons CO2/year 12.6 38.5 10.6 20.0 12.7 396.0
  • Implemented from FY2009

Rice Farming in Futagotanada

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unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Terraced rice field area ㎡ 400 400 400 400 400
Times conducted Times 8 9 14 8 11
Total number of participants People 45 74 71 79 77
Rice yield kg 230 240 270 230 280
Of the above rice yield, donations to children's cafeterias kg 60 60 90 60 90

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