ESG Data
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Employees
★: Third-party verified
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
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Employees*1 [Persons] | Women | ② | FY2021: 99% |
5,358 | 5,356 | 7,730 | 8,004 | 15,300 |
Men | 13,433 | 13,468 | 18,332 | 19,162 | 30,276 | |||
Total | 18,791 | 18,824 | 26,062 | 27,166 | 45,576 | |||
Average Temporary Employees*1 [Persons] | ② | FY2021: 100% |
3,829 | 3,733 | 4,449 | 4,716 | 21,096 | |
Average Consecutive Years Served*1 [Years] | Women | ② | FY2021: 99% |
10.3 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 8.3 |
Men | 12.0 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 9.6 | |||
Total | 11.4 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 9.2 | |||
Average Age of Employees*1 [Age] | Women | ② | FY2021: 99% |
35.8 | 36.3 | 36.6 | 37.1 | 36.1 |
Men | 40.0 | 40.1 | 39.3 | 39.6 | 39.0 | |||
Total | 38.7 | 39.1 | 38.5 | 38.9 | 38.1 | |||
Age Composition of Employees*1 | 20s*7 [Persons] | ② | FY2021: 99% |
3,434 | 3,337 | 5,042 | 4,882 | 10,290 |
30s*7 [Persons] | 7,412 | 7,276 | 10,017 | 10,506 | 17,323 | |||
40s*7 [Persons] | 5,810 | 5,904 | 7,863 | 8,255 | 13,280 | |||
50s*7 [Persons] | 2,113 | 2,283 | 2,905 | 3,265 | 5,012 | |||
60s*7 [Persons] | 22 | 24 | 45 | 43 | 192 | |||
Less than 30 Years Old [%] | 18.3 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 18.1 | 22.3 | |||
30 to 49 Years Old [%] | 70.4 | 70.0 | 69.1 | 69.6 | 66.4 | |||
50 Years Old or Older [%] | 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | |||
Employees by Management Position*2 [Persons] | Manager Class | ② | FY2021: 99% |
3,097 | 3,139 | 4,161 | 4,518 | 6,845 |
Department Head Class or Above | 1,192 | 1,254 | 1,749 | 1,840 | 2,867 | |||
Total | 4,289 | 4,393 | 5,910 | 6,358 | 9,712 | |||
Employees Reemployed after Retirement [Persons] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
65 | 52 | 105 | 135 | 144 | |
Employees Absent from Work [Persons] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
236 | 208 | 303 | 285 | 300 | |
Employees Who Took Leave for Nursing Care [Persons] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
15 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 22 | |
Employee Turnover*3 [Persons] | Voluntary | ② | FY2021: 99% |
620 | 2,584 | 2,697 | 2,307 | 2,834 |
Total | 648 | 2,698 | 2,795 | 2,358 | 2,935 | |||
Turnover Rate*3 [%] | Voluntary Turnover Rate | ② | FY2021: 99% |
3.1 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
Total | 3.2 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 6.4 | |||
Ratio of Annual Paid Leave Taken*4 [%] | ① ★ | - | 76.2 | 77.7 | 73.2 | 62.9 | 70.1 | |
② | FY2021: 74% |
76.1 | 77.6 | 74.9 | 62.5 | 70.2 | ||
Ratio of Telework*5 [%] ★ | ① | - | - | - | - | 95.9 | 95.9 | |
Employees Who Have Taken Days off for Volunteer Activities*6 [Persons] | ① | - | - | 153 | 179 | 16 | 56 | |
Ratio of Employees Who Joined the Labor Union [%] | ① | - | - | - | - | 25.1 | 23.8 |
- [Notes]
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- *1As of March 31 for each fiscal year
- *2As of April 1 for each fiscal year
- *3Due to a change in boundary in FY2021, the figures for FY2018 to FY2020 have been retroactively adjusted.
- *4Due to a change in definition in FY2021, the figures for FY2017 to FY2020 have been retroactively adjusted.
- *5Ratio of employees who engaged in telework once or more a month
- *6The name of this item was changed in FY2020.
- *7Excluding seconded employees from other companies for some companies
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Recruitment and diversity
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Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
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Newly Hired Employees (New Graduates) [Persons] | Women | ② | FY2021: 74% |
156 | 151 | 233 | 186 | 149 |
Men | 303 | 321 | 744 | 660 | 565 | |||
Total | 459 | 472 | 977 | 846 | 714 | |||
Newly Hired Employees (Mid-career Workers) [Persons] | Women | 45 | 79 | 257 | 256 | 209 | ||
Men | 193 | 316 | 651 | 711 | 853 | |||
Total | 238 | 395 | 908 | 967 | 1,062 | |||
Newly Hired Employees (Employees with Disabilities) [Persons] | ① | - | 14 | 21 | 19 | 37 | 32 | |
Ratio of Women to Newly Hired Employees (New Graduates) [%] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
34.0 | 32.0 | 23.8 | 22.0 | 20.9 | |
Foreign Nationals in New Graduates Hired [Persons] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
21 | 38 | 64 | 96 | 54 | |
Ratio of Foreign Nationals to Newly Hired Employees (New Graduates) [%] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
4.6 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 11.3 | 7.6 | |
Average Employment Cost [Thousand yen] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
1,018 | 1,104 | 864 | 986 | 1,502 | |
Internal Hiring Rate*1*2 [%] | ② | FY2021: 65% |
88.0 | 86.2 | 84.7 | 81.0 | 81.4 | |
Ratio of Female Employees*3 [%] | Revenue-generating Sections*4 | ② | FY2021: 99% |
31.8 | 32.6 | 33.3 | 33.1 | 37.4 |
STEM Sections*5 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 17.8 | |||
Total | 28.5 | 28.5 | 29.7 | 29.5 | 33.6 | |||
Women in Management Positions*6 [Persons] | Manager Class | ① | - | 210 | 235 | 256 | 290 | 322 |
Department Head Class or Above | 31 | 37 | 44 | 48 | 56 | |||
Total | 241 | 272 | 300 | 338 | 378 | |||
Manager Class*1 | ② | FY2021: 99% |
211 | 237 | 455 | 518 | 1,043 | |
Department Head Class or Above | 31 | 37 | 79 | 87 | 249 | |||
Total*1 | 242 | 274 | 534 | 605 | 1,292 | |||
Ratio of Women in Management Positions*6 [%] | Manager Class ★ | ① | - | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.1 |
Department Head Class or Above ★ | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | |||
Total ★ | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 | |||
Manager Class*1 | ② | FY2021: 99% |
6.8 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 15.2 | |
Department Head Class or Above | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 8.7 | |||
Total | 5.6 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 13.3 | |||
Employees Taking Childcare Leave [Persons] | Women | ② | FY2021: 74% |
334 | 348 | 460 | 423 | 527 |
Men | 101 | 141 | 269 | 330 | 347 | |||
Ratio of Employees Taking Childcare Leave [%] | Women | ② | FY2021: 74% |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Men | 14.2 | 20.0 | 27.5 | 39.0 | 39.9 | |||
Ratio of Employees by Nationality or Region*3 [%] | Japan | ② | FY2021: 99% |
98.31 | 98.07 | 97.02 | 97.00 | 94.53 |
People's Republic of China | 0.89 | 0.96 | 1.40 | 1.44 | 1.76 | |||
Republic of Korea | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 1.88 | |||
Other: Asia | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 1.30 | |||
North America | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.19 | |||
Latin America | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | |||
Middle East | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Europe | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.21 | |||
Oceania | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | |||
Africa | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||
Ratio of Employees in Management Positions by Nationalityor Region*6 [%] | Japan | ② | FY2021: 99% |
99.40 | 99.26 | 99.40 | 99.26 | 93.27 |
People's Republic of China | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.34 | |||
Republic of Korea | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 3.40 | |||
Other: Asia | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 2.63 | |||
North America | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.19 | |||
Latin America | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |||
Middle East | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||
Europe | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.10 | |||
Oceania | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |||
Africa | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||
Ratio of Employees with Disabilities*7 [%] | ① | - | 2.24 | 2.19 | 2.30 | 2.39 | 2.34 | |
② | FY2021: 99% |
2.22 | 2.15 | 2.26 | 2.39 | 2.15 |
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- *1Due to a change in definition in FY2021, the figures for FY2020 have been retroactively adjusted.
- *2Internal hiring rate is calculated with the equation: (the number of employees transferred) / (the number of employees transferred + the number of new recruits).
- *3As of March 31 for each fiscal year
- *4The revenue-generating section means the sales section.
- *5STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (Engineering and Planning).
- *6As of April 1 for each fiscal year
- *7As of June 1 for each fiscal year
- *1
Personnel development
★: Third-party verified
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
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Average Period of Training/Personnel Development*1 [Hours/Person] | ② | FY2021: 89% |
- | 11.0 | 10.0 | 14.7 | 21.5 |
Average Cost for Training/Personnel Development*1 [Yen/Person] | ② | FY2021: 89% |
- | 195,115 | 225,673 | 129,174 | 134,478 |
- [Note]
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- *1Due to a change in definition in FY2021, the figures for FY2020 have been retroactively adjusted.
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Employee satisfaction level
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
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Survey on the Employee Satisfaction Level: Response Rate [%] | ① | - | 97.2 | 98.1 | 97.4 | 96.8 | 96.4 | |
Survey on the Employee Satisfaction Level: Overall Satisfaction Level*1*2 [Points] | Women | ① | - | 3.44 | 3.46 | 3.49 | 3.57 | 3.63 |
Men | 3.51 | 3.53 | 3.55 | 3.59 | 3.63 | |||
Total | 3.50 | 3.51 | 3.53 | 3.58 | 3.63 | |||
Survey on the Employee Satisfaction Level: Ratio of Employees with High Engagement*3 [%] | ① | - | 19.2 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 22.3 | 25.6 |
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- *1Overall satisfaction level: Aggregated values of results related to work, workplace, boss and company
- *2Scored out of 5 (less than 3.00 = Low, 3.00 to 3.49 = Normal, 3.50 to 3.99 = High, 4.00 or higher = Very high)
- *3Employees with high engagement: Employees with a score of 4.00 or above
- *1
Occupational health & safety
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Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
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Total Working Hours per Year [Hours] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
1,815 | 1,770 | 1,793 | 1,887 | 1,849 |
Average Monthly Overtime Hours [Hours] | ① | - | - | - | - | - | 27.0 |
Ratio of Employees Who Underwent a Stress Check [%] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
89.4 | 90.1 | 90.5 | 86.6 | 87.2 |
Ratio of Positive Findings in the Regular Health Examination [%] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
56.6 | 59.7 | 59.7 | 61.1 | 59.3 |
Completion Rate for Specific Health Guidance [%] | ② | FY2021: 74% |
30.3 | 31.6 | 34.5 | 34.6 | 56.5 |
Ratio of Employees Who Smoke*1 [%] | ① | - | 30.6 | 29.9 | 29.7 | 26.8 | 25.8 |
② | FY2021: 74% |
30.5 | 29.8 | 26.6 | 23.8 | 22.8 | |
Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) | ① | - | - | - | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) | ② | FY2021: 74% |
- | - | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Major Accidents During Mobile Base Station Construction [Accidents] ★ | ① | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
- [Note]
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- *1As of March 31 for each fiscal year
- *1
Community/Society
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
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Total Amount of Donations*1 [Thousand yen] | ① | - | 23,003 | 165,556 | 140,304 | 129,067 | 286,193 |
Aid for Disaster Victims [Thousand yen] | ① | - | 368 | 2,318 | 713 | 317 | 195 |
- [Note]
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- *1Due to a change in definition in FY2020, the figures for FY2017 to FY2019 have been retroactively adjusted.
- *1
Network issues
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
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Major Network Incidents*1 [Incidents] | ① | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Network Interruption Frequency per Customer*2 [Interruptions/Person-year] | ① | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00065927 |
Network Interruption Duration per Customer*2 [Hours/Person-year] | ① | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0138 |
- [Notes]
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- *1Report based on Article 57 of Enforcement Regulations of Telecommunications Business Act
- *2Calculated based on the disclosure metrics of the SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) Standards
- *1