Non-financial data

Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Contributing through monozukuri
Products
[consolidated]
Contribution to CO2 emissions reduction *1 Total 1,000t 812 130 225 575
R&D
[consolidated]
Total cost of R&D*2
million yen
521 475 513 589
R&D
[independent]
Number of patent applications Cases 483 332 325 328
Patent applications for new technologies and related to new areas (%) % 39.8 34.0 32.9 32.3
Quality
[independent]
No. of visitors to quality exhibitions (Total) *3 People 8,267 17,614 13,282 13,155
Environment
[consolidated]
Prevention of global warming CO2 emissions in production 1,000t 556 656 617 646
Installation rate of renewable energy % 5.1 4.1 4.5 6.0
Effective use of resources Waste emissions basic unit per in-house production volume t/100
million yen
8.51 8.10 7.54 7.35
Water usage basic unit per in-house production volume 1,000m3 1.10 0.97 0.87 0.78
Biodiversity conservation Number of participants in biodiversity conservation activities
(※Collecting data since FY2021)
people - 801 1,956 2,319
Environment
[independent]
Prevention of global warming Total CO2 emissions in production 1,000t 184 223 206 210
Total CO2 emissions in logistics 1,000t 8.6 9.5 8.9 9.3
Installation rate of renewable energy % 6.7 6.8 6.8 8.0
Effective use of resources
(Contribution to a recycling Sociary)
Waste emissions basic unit per in-house production volume t/100
million yen
5.97 6.19 6.50 6.65
Water usage basic unit per in-house production volume 1,000m3 1.34 1.28 1.27 1.31
Packaging materials basic unit t/100
million yen
0.69 0.80 0.79 0.72
Single-use plastic packaging basic unit
(※Collecting data since FY2019)
t/100
million yen
0.12 0.12 0.11 0.09
Reduction and management of environmentally burdensome materials Release / transfer of substances subject to PRTR t 33 32 31 74
Number of environmental issues Incidents 0 2 0 1
Establishment of a firm management foundation
Health and safety
[independent]
Lost time accident rate 0.20 0.11 0.11 0.12
Employees
[consolidated]
Total number of selected human capital pools people 112 131 96 88
Employees
[independent]
Level of understanding by employees of own division's vision *4 % - 90.7 92.1 93.1
Female managers percentage % 1.20 1.68 2.02 2.30
Female Assistant managers percentage % 5.61 5.90 6.01 6.46
Female employee percentage % 10.59 10.52 10.07 10.73
Percentage of employees with disabilities % 2.23 2.29 2.32 2.32
Employees who took childcare leave Female % 100 100 100 100
Male % 13.0 17.3 32.1 57.2
Employees who took family care leave People 4 3 7 7
Vibrant and lively workplace ratio % 18.5 16.8 16.3 17.3
Education and training time per employee Hour 3.39 7.02 7.70 7.80
Governance
[independent]
Number of whistleblowing made Incidents 47 70 74 96
Local contribution
[independent]
Number of youth development People 69 281 1,269 2,090
Number of information get-togethers with local community Place 8 10 8 7
Number of participants in region cleanup activities People 721 1,683 1,406 1,476

*1 CStarting in fiscal 2021, we changed the reference year to 2015, which featured higher efficiency.
In accordance with our 2025 environmental action plan, we are working towards our target of reducing emissions by at least 165,000 tons compared to fiscal 2015.
*2 R&D costs included in general and administrative costs and manufacturing costs.
*3 Quality Denshokan has started at the company WEB site in 2018 , the number is the readers during the Quality month.
*4 Understanding survey was not conducted in 2020.

Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Various data on employees
Number of employees
(Total permanent, fixed-term, part-time, reemployed, and temporary employees)
People 14,490 14,303 14,173 14,107
(2,458) (2,638) (2,761) (2,974)
Men 13,019 12,799 12,570 12,593
(2,018) (2,138) (2,235) (2,440)
Women 1,471 1,504 1,427 1,514
(440) (500) (526) (534)
Average age Age 39.9 40.5 40.9 41.2
Men 40.0 40.6 41.0 41.2
Women 38.8 39.7 40.6 41.2
Years of employment Years 16.0 16.6 17.2 17.4
Men 16.3 17.0 17.5 17.7
Women 12.1 13.0 13.8 14.3
Number of employees who quit within 3 years of entering the company
[permanent employees, seasonal recruits, quitting due to personal reasons]
% 3.51 4.08 2.34 4.48
Persons hired
[Seasonal recruitment]
Total People 147 145 149 145
Men 135 135 142 136
Women 12 10 7 9
Administrative Total 20 20 21 24
Men 13 13 17 20
Women 8 7 4 4
Engineering Total 53 52 50 43
Men 50 50 50 41
Women 3 2 0 2
Technical Total 73 73 78 78
Men 72 70 75 75
Women 1 3 3 3
The number of new hires
[Mid-career recruitment]
Total 81 25 90 163
Men 74 14 76 135
Women 7 11 14 28
Ratio of mid-career hires % 24 15 39 53