ESG Data

SoftBank Corp. and ｍajor subsidiaries' data related to ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) on our business activities are disclosed by items.

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Corporate governance

Item [Unit] Bound-ary Cover-age FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Board Directors [Persons] Internal Board Directors Women ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Men 7 7 7 7 7
Total 7 7 7 7 7
External Board Directors*1 Women 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 3 (2) 3 (2)
Men 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3)
Total 4 (4) 4 (4) 4 (4) 6 (5) 6 (5)
Grand Total 11 11 11 13 13
Executive Officers on the Board of Directors [Persons] ① - 5 5 5 4 4
% of Executive Officers on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 45.5 45.5 45.5 30.8 30.8
% of Independent External Directors on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 36.4 36.4 36.4 38.5 38.5
% of Women on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 9.1 9.1 9.1 23.1 23.1
Audit & Supervisory Board Members [Persons] Internal Audit & Supervisory Board Members Women ① - 1 1 1 1 1
Men 1 1 1 1 1
Total 2 2 2 2 2
External Audit & Supervisory Board Members Women 0 0 0 0 1
Men 2 2 2 2 1
Total 2 2 2 2 2
Grand Total 4 4 4 4 4
Average Age of Board Directors*2 [Age] ① - 59.3 60.3 61.3 60.6 61.6
Term Limit for Board Directors [Years] ① - 1 1 1 1 1
Average Term of Office of Board Directors*2 [Years] ① - 6.8 7.8 8.8 8.3 9.3
Board Meetings Held*3 [Times] ① - 16 14 12 12 13
Board Directors Attending Less Than 75% of Board Meetings [Persons] ① - 0 0 0 0 1
Average Attendance Rate of Board Directors [%] ① - - - 100.0 97.4 94.7
Audit and Supervisory Board Meetings Held [Times] ① - 16 17 17 16 16
Board Members Attending Less Than 75% of Audit and Supervisory Board Meetings [Persons] ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Board Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members [Persons] Women ① - 2 2 2 4 5
Men 13 13 13 13 12
Total 15 15 15 17 17
% of Women in Board Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members [%] ① - 13.3 13.3 13.3 23.5 29.4
Nominating and Remuneration Committee Members [Persons] Internal Nominating and Remuneration Committee Members Women ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Men 1 1 1 1 1
Total 1 1 1 1 1
Independent External Nominating and Remuneration Committee Members Women 1 1 1 1 1
Men 3 3 3 3 3
Total 4 4 4 4 4
Grand Total 5 5 5 5 5
Nominating Committee Meetings Held*4 [Times] ① - 2 2 4 3 2
Remuneration Committee Meetings Held*4*5 [Times] ① - 2 3 4 6 6
Nominating Committee Meeting Attendance Rate [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 93.3 100.0
Remuneration Committee Meeting Attendance Rate*5 [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.7 93.3
Special Committee Members [Persons] Independent External Members Women ① - - - - 2 2
Men - - - 3 3
Total - - - 5 5
Grand Total - - - 5 5
Special Committee Meetings Held*5 [Times] ① - - - - 1 3
Special Committee Meeting Attendance*5 [%] ① - - - - 100.0 93.3
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Figures shown in parentheses indicate the number of independent external Board Directors.
  2. *2
    Due to a change in definition in FY2021, the figures for FY2018 and FY2020 have been retroactively adjusted.
  3. *3
    Excludes meetings of the Board of Directors conducted by written resolution
  4. *4
    Due to a change in definition in FY2021, the figures for FY2018 have been retroactively adjusted.
  5. *5
    Includes meetings held by written communication

Remuneration

★: Third-party verified

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Remuneration of Chief Executive Officer [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 120 120 120 120 120
Stock Options 89 89 59 52 55
Performance-based Bonus 315 200 228 - -
Performance-based Remuneration - 200 228 475 399
Total 524 608 635 647 574
Remuneration of Board Directors (Excluding External Board Directors)*1 [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 426 432 432 444 444
Stock Options 345 345 228 273 251
Performance-based Bonus 998 628 701 - -
Performance-based Remuneration - 628 701 1,606 1,331
Total 1,769 2,034 2,061 2,323 2,026
Remuneration of Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Excluding External Members) [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 12 14 17 18 18
Stock Options - - - - -
Performance-based Bonus - - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration - - - - -
Total 12 14 17 18 18
Remuneration of External Board Directors and External Audit & Supervisory Board Members [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 49 64 70 104 114
Stock Options - - - - -
Performance-based Bonus - - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration - - - - -
Total 49 64 70 104 114
Remuneration of Non-executive Board Members [Million yen] ① - 89 89 59 38 23
Ratio of CEO Shareholdings to Basic Remuneration [Times] ① - - - - - 199
Average Ratio of Shareholdings to Basic Remuneration for Executive Directors with Shareholdings*2 [Times] ① - - - - - 36
Average Annual Salary of Employees [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - 5,306 6,110 6,580 6,502 6,512
Men ★ 8,117 8,372 8,728 8,592 8,554
Total ★ 7,331 7,821 8,207 8,084 8,049
Women ② FY2022:
100%		 5,289 6,259 6,737 6,329 6,598
Men 8,091 8,295 8,728 8,430 8,626
Total 7,298 7,782 8,222 7,808 8,007
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary Only)*3*4*5 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - - - -
Men ★ - - 50,232 52,769 52,134
Total ★ - - 50,232 52,769 52,134
Women ② FY2022:
100%		 - - - 32,690 23,336
Men - - 43,031 26,717 28,947
Total - - 41,207 26,901 28,623
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary + Bonus)*3*4*5 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - - - -
Men ★ - - 100,385 116,638 67,078
Total ★ - - 100,385 116,638 67,078
Women ② FY2022:
100%		 - - - 45,596 31,919
Men - - 84,986 42,097 40,181
Total - - 80,335 42,215 39,704
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary + Bonus + Share-Based Payments)*3*4 [Thousand yen] Women ① - - - - - -
Men - - 141,785 168,946 171,029
Total - - 141,785 168,946 171,029
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Management Positions by Gender (Basic Salary Only)*4*5 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - 6,802 6,782 6,793
Men ★ - - 7,405 7,398 7,385
Total ★ - - 7,367 7,356 7,340
Women ② FY2022:
100%		 - - 6,327 7,083 7,375
Men - - 7,274 7,569 7,875
Total - - 7,193 7,499 7,805
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Management Positions (Basic Salary + Bonuses)*4*5 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - 10,847 10,677 10,695
Men ★ - - 11,838 11,669 11,651
Total ★ - - 11,777 11,601 11,579
Women ② FY2022:
100%		 - - 10,337 10,085 10,659
Men - - 11,833 11,357 11,716
Total - - 11,706 11,185 11,567
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Non-management Positions (Basic Salary + Bonuses) [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - 6,313 6,203 6,179
Men ★ - - 7,391 7,241 7,163
Total ★ - - 7,070 6,933 6,865
Women ② FY2022:
100%		 - - 6,392 5,873 5,878
Men - - 7,384 7,081 7,105
Total - - 7,082 6,655 6,669
Average Annual Pay for Temporary and Part-time Employees (Basic Salary + Bonus) [Thousand yen] Women ① - - - - - 3,450
Men - - - - 4,083
Total - - - - 3,883
Women ② FY2022:
100%		 - - - - 2,023
Men - - - - 3,043
Total - - - - 2,436
Bonuses for Employees (Median) [Thousand yen] ① - 2,135 2,253 2,252 2,295 2,298
Ratio of CEO's Remuneration to Average Annual Salary of Employees [Times] ② FY2022:
100%		 72 78 77 84 72
Ratio between CEO's Remuneration and Average Annual Pay for Employees (Median) [Times] ① - 245 270 282 282 250
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Under the SoftBank Corp. group's policy on the payment of executive remuneration, the remuneration of Board Director Masayoshi Son and Board Director Kentaro Kawabe is to be excluded from the scope of actual payment since the remu- neration of Directors who concurrently hold posts in SoftBank Corp. group companies is paid from the main company at which they serve, and thus excluded from the figures above accordingly.
  2. *2
    Excluding the CEO and non-executive Directors
  3. *3
    Calculated for Executive Directors and Delegated Senior Vice Presidents
  4. *4
    Delegated Senior Vice Presidents were classified as employees at management positions in FY2020 and as executives from FY2021 onward.
  5. *5
    Due to a change in definition in FY2021, the figures for FY2020 have been retroactively adjusted.

Remuneration for comptrollers

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Remuneration for Independent Auditors [Million yen] Audit Fee ② FY2022:
100%		 805 1,398 1,562 2,053 3,407
Non-audit Fee 92 115 247 382 115
Total 897 1,513 1,809 2,435 3,522
Remuneration for Those Who Belong to the Same Network as Auditors, Certified Public Accountants, and Others (excluding the above) [Million yen] Audit Fee ② FY2022:
100%		 - - 5 103 130
Non-audit Fee 648 343 591 618 303
Total 648 343 596 721 433

Shareholders' rights

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Anti-takeover Measures [-] ① - None

Compliance

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Consultations/Reports about Compliance Violations [Reports] ① - - 228 175 228 267
Breakdown of Consultations/Reports [Reports] Labor Affairs - 104 83 71 67
Other - 124 92 157 200
Code of Conduct or Ethics Breaches [Breaches] Improper Sales ① - - - 8 11 12
Violation of Security Rules - - 3 6 16
Neglect of Duty - - 0 1 2
Other - - 13 9 12
Total 33 37 24 27 42
Punitive Dismissal ① - - - 2 0 3
Retirement under Instruction - - 2 6 8
Demotion - - 4 5 4
Suspension of Work - - 5 3 8
Pay Cut - - 7 8 9
Reprimand - - 4 5 10
Total 33 37 24 27 42
Violations, Including Human Rights Infringements and Harassment [Breaches] Harassment ① - 9 14 12 13 5
Total 9 14 12 13 5
Punitive Dismissal ① - - - 0 0 0
Retirement under Instruction - - 0 2 0
Demotion - - 3 3 0
Suspension of Work - - 3 2 4
Pay Cut - - 1 4 0
Reprimand - - 5 2 1
Total 9 14 12 13 5
Trainings on Human Rights [Times] ① - - 8 10 11 12
Ratio of Employees Who Have Taken a Compliance Test [%] ① - 99.9 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Cases of Leakage of Personal Information, Theft or Loss of Data*1 [Cases] ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Total Contributions & Expenditures for Political Influence [Yen] Political Contributions ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Lobbying 0 0 0 0 0
Expenses for Trade Associations 0 0 0 0 0
Other Expenses 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Anticompetitive Violation [Cases] ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Bribery [Cases] ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Insider Trading [Cases] ① - - - - - 0
Money Laundering [Cases] ① - - - - - 0
Conflicts of Interest [Cases] ① - - - - - 0
[Note]
  1. *1
    Disclosed based on guidance from regulatory authorities and in violations of laws and regulations

Information security

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Information Security Incidents*1 [Incidents] ① - 1 0 0 0 0
ISO 9001 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - - - - 38 38
ISO 9001 Certification Rate*2 [%] ① - - - - 100.0 100.0
ISO 27001 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - - - - 28 29
ISO 27001 Certification Rate*3 [%] ① - - - - 100.0 100.0
ISO 20000-1 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - - - - 25 24
ISO 20000-1 Certification Rate*4 [%] ① - - - - 100.0 100.0
Information Security Training Attendance Rate [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Disclosed in accordance with SoftBank Corp.'s information security policy
  2. *2
    The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 9001 certification)
  3. *3
    The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 27001 certification)
  4. *4
    The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 20000-1 certification)