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 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Board Directors [Persons] Internal Board Directors Women ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Men 7 7 7 6 5
Total 7 7 7 6 5
External Board Directors*1 Women 1 (1) 3 (2) 3 (2) 2 (2) 3 (3)
Men 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3)
Total 4 (4) 6 (5) 6 (5) 5 (5) 6 (6)
Grand Total 11 13 13 11 11
Executive Officers on the Board of Directors [Persons] ① - 5 4 4 4 3
% of Executive Officers on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 45.5 30.8 30.8 36.4 27.3
% of Independent External Directors on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 36.4 38.5 38.5 45.5 54.5
% of Women on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 9.1 23.1 23.1 18.2 27.3
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 1 1 1
Men 2 2 1 1 1
Total 2 2 2 2 2
Grand Total 4 4 4 4 4
Average Age of Board Directors*2 [Age] ① - 61.3 60.6 61.6 64.2 62.3
Term Limit for Board Directors [Years] ① - 1 1 1 1 1
Average Term of Office of Board Directors*2 [Years] ① - 8.8 8.3 9.3 11.5 10.0
Board Meetings Held*3 [Times] ① - 12 12 13 13 12
Board Directors Attending Less Than 75% of Board Meetings [Persons] ① - 0 0 1 1 0
Average Attendance Rate of Board Directors [%] ① - 100.0 97.4 94.7 92.5 97.0
Audit and Supervisory Board Meetings Held [Times] ① - 17 16 16 17 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 4 5 4 5
Men 13 13 12 11 10
Total 15 17 17 15 15
% of Women in Board Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members [%] ① - 13.3 23.5 29.4 26.7 33.3
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 2 1
Men 3 3 3 3 3
Total 4 4 4 5 4
Grand Total 5 5 5 6 5
Nominating Committee Meetings Held [Times] ① - 4 3 2 4 2
Remuneration Committee Meetings Held*4 [Times] ① - 4 6 6 3 4
Nominating Committee Meeting Attendance Rate [%] ① - 100.0 93.3 100.0 96.0 90.0
Remuneration Committee Meeting Attendance Rate*4 [%] ① - 100.0 96.7 93.3 100.0 95.0
Special Committee Members*5 [Persons] Independent External Members Women ① - - 2 2 2 -
Men - 3 3 3 -
Total - 5 5 5 -
Grand Total - 5 5 5 -
Special Committee Meetings Held*4*5 [Times] ① - - 1 3 2 -
Special Committee Meeting Attendance*4*5 [%] ① - - 100.0 93.3 90.0 -
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Figures shown in parentheses indicate the number of independent external Board Directors.
  2. *2
    Due to a change in definition in FY21, the figures for FY20 have been retroactively adjusted.
  3. *3
    Excludes meetings of the Board of Directors conducted by written resolution
  4. *4
    Includes meetings held by written communication
  5. *5
    The Special Committee was abolished on June 20, 2024, after the Company's Board of Directors became comprised of a majority of independent external directors.

Remuneration

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Remuneration of Chief Executive Officer [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 120 120 120 120 120
Stock Options 59 52 55 36 19
Performance-based Bonus 228 - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration 228 475 399 1,125 515
Total 635 647 574 1,281 654
Remuneration of Board Directors (Excluding External Board Directors)*1 [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 432 444 444 441 381
Stock Options 228 273 251 156 85
Performance-based Bonus 701 - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration 701 1,606 1,331 3,595 1,222
Total 2,061 2,323 2,026 4,192 1,688
Remuneration of Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Excluding External Members) [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 17 18 18 23 24
Stock Options - - - - -
Performance-based Bonus - - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration - - - - -
Total 17 18 18 23 24
Remuneration of External Board Directors and External Audit & Supervisory Board Members [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 70 104 114 113 119
Stock Options - - - - -
Performance-based Bonus - - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration - - - - -
Total 70 104 114 113 119
Remuneration of Non-executive Board Members [Million yen] ① - 59 38 23 10 -
Ratio of CEO Shareholdings to Basic Remuneration [Times] ① - - - 199 265 288
Average Ratio of Shareholdings to Basic Remuneration for Executive Directors with Shareholdings*2 [Times] ① - - - 36 45 53
Average Annual Salary of Employees [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - 6,580 6,502 6,512 6,594 6,847
Men ★ 8,728 8,592 8,554 8,629 8,948
Total ★ 8,207 8,084 8,049 8,105 8,394
Women ② FY24:
100%		 6,737 6,329 6,598 6,583 7,050
Men 8,728 8,430 8,626 8,526 8,981
Total 8,222 7,808 8,007 7,932 8,382
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary Only)*3*4*5 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - - - -
Men ★ 50,232 52,769 52,134 52,338 53,739
Total ★ 50,232 52,769 52,134 52,338 53,739
Women ② FY24:
99.8%		 - 32,690 23,336 16,003 18,717
Men 43,031 26,717 28,947 24,102 27,897
Total 41,207 26,901 28,623 23,455 27,259
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary + Bonus)*3*4*5 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - - - -
Men ★ 100,385 116,638 67,078 72,186 76,223
Total ★ 100,385 116,638 67,078 72,186 76,223
Women ② FY24:
99.8%		 - 45,596 31,919 20,252 22,503
Men 84,986 42,097 40,181 33,896 38,868
Total 80,335 42,215 39,704 32,806 37,732
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary + Bonus + Share-Based Payments)*3*4 [Thousand yen] Women ① - - - - - -
Men 141,785 168,946 171,029 159,007 304,361
Total 141,785 168,946 171,029 159,007 304,361
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 6,906 7,004
Men ★ 7,405 7,398 7,385 7,455 7,606
Total ★ 7,367 7,356 7,340 7,409 7,552
Women ② FY24:
100%		 6,327 7,083 7,375 7,568 8,305
Men 7,274 7,569 7,875 8,069 8,529
Total 7,193 7,499 7,805 7,995 8,495
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Management Positions (Basic Salary + Bonuses)*4*5 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - 10,847 10,677 10,695 10,650 11,007
Men ★ 11,838 11,669 11,651 11,522 11,886
Total ★ 11,777 11,601 11,579 11,449 11,807
Women ② FY24:
100%		 10,337 10,085 10,659 9,952 11,015
Men 11,833 11,357 11,716 11,276 11,946
Total 11,706 11,185 11,567 11,081 11,802
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Non-management Positions (Basic Salary Only) [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - - - 4,553
Men ★ - - - - 5,427
Total ★ - - - - 5,141
Women ② FY24:
100%		 - - - - 4,937
Men - - - - 5,877
Total - - - - 5,537
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Non-management Positions (Basic Salary + Bonuses) [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - 6,313 6,203 6,179 6,228 6,444
Men ★ 7,391 7,241 7,163 7,229 7,566
Total ★ 7,070 6,933 6,865 6,912 7,199
Women ② FY24:
100%		 6,392 5,873 5,878 5,998 6,401
Men 7,384 7,081 7,105 7,164 7,606
Total 7,082 6,655 6,669 6,751 7,170
Average Annual Pay for Temporary and Part-time Employees (Basic Salary + Bonus) [Thousand yen] Women ① - - - 3,450 3,513 3,750
Men - - 4,083 4,228 4,488
Total - - 3,883 4,004 4,259
Women ② FY24:
100%		 - - 2,023 2,356 2,303
Men - - 3,043 3,353 3,397
Total - - 2,436 2,757 2,738
Bonuses for Employees (Median) [Thousand yen] ① - 2,252 2,295 2,298 2,137 2,282
Ratio of CEO's Remuneration to Average Annual Salary of Employees [Times] ① - 77 84 72 161 78
Ratio between CEO's Remuneration and Average Annual Pay for Employees (Median) [Times] ① - 282 282 250 599 287
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Under the SoftBank Corp. group's policy on the payment of executive remuneration, the remuneration of Board Director Masayoshi Son is to be excluded from the scope of actual payment since the remuneration 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 FY20 and as executives from FY21 onward.
  5. *5
    Due to a change in definition in FY21, the figures for FY20 have been retroactively adjusted.

Remuneration for Comptrollers

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Remuneration for Independent Auditors [Million yen] Audit Fee ② FY24:
100%		 1,562 2,053 3,407 4,709 4,029
Non-audit Fee 247 382 115 83 147
Total 1,809 2,435 3,522 4,792 4,176
Remuneration for Those Who Belong to the Same Network as Auditors, Certified Public Accountants, and Others (excluding the above) [Million yen] Audit Fee ② FY24:
100%		 5 103 130 142 137
Non-audit Fee 591 618 303 112 75
Total 596 721 433 254 212

Shareholders' Rights

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Anti-takeover Measures [-] ① - None None

Compliance

Item [Unit] Bound-ary Cover-age FY
2020		 FY
2021		 FY
2022		 FY
2023		 FY
2024
Consultations/
Reports about Compliance Violations [Reports]		 Breakdown of Consultations/
Reports		 Labor Affairs ① - 83 71 67 80 87
Other 92 157 200 146 168
Total 175 228 267 226 255
Code of Conduct or Ethics Breaches [Breaches] Details of Violation Improper Sales ① - 8 11 12 4 10
Violation of Security Rules 3 6 16 3 5
Neglect of Duty 0 1 2 1 0
Corruption and Bribery - - - - 0
Other 13 9 12 16 10
Total 24 27 42 24 25
Details of Punishment Punitive Dismissal ① - 2 0 3 5 3
Retirement under Instruction 2 6 8 2 4
Demotion 4 5 4 5 2
Suspension of Work 5 3 8 3 10
Pay Cut 7 8 9 6 5
Reprimand 4 5 10 3 1
Total 24 27 42 24 25
Violations, Including Human Rights Infringements and Harassment [Breaches] Details of Punishment Punitive Dismissal ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Retirement under Instruction 0 2 0 1 1
Demotion 3 3 0 1 3
Suspension of Work 3 2 4 0 2
Pay Cut 1 4 0 4 3
Reprimand 5 2 1 0 1
Total 12 13 5 6 10
Trainings on Human Rights [Times] ① - 10 11 12 11 11
Ratio of Employees Who Have Taken a Compliance Test [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Cases of Leakage of Personal Information, Theft or Loss of Data* [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
Convictions Related to Corruption and Bribery [Cases] ① - - - - - 0
Penalty Amounts Related to Corruption and Bribery [Yen] ① - - - - - 0
Insider Trading [Cases] ① - - - 0 0 0
Money Laundering [Cases] ① - - - 0 0 0
Conflicts of Interest [Cases] ① - - - 0 0 0
[Note]
  1. *
    Disclosed based on guidance from regulatory authorities and in violations of laws and regulations

Information Security

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Information Security Incidents*1 [Incidents] ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Information Security Training Attendance Rate [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ISO 9001 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - - 38 38 39 40
ISO 9001 Certification Rate*2 [%] ① - - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ISO 27001 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - - 28 29 29 28
ISO 27001 Certification Rate*3 [%] ① - - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ISO 20000-1 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - - 25 24 25 24
ISO 20000-1 Certification Rate*4 [%] ① - - 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 (40 sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 9001 certification)
  3. *3
    The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (28 sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 27001 certification)
  4. *4
    The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (24 sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 20000-1 certification)