Major ESG Data
This ESG data is based on the ESG Data Book 2021.
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Employees
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | |
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Number of Employees*1 | Women [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 5,351 | 5,358 | 5,356 | 7,730 | 8,004 |
Men [Persons] | 13,381 | 13,433 | 13,468 | 18,332 | 19,162 | |||
Total [Persons] | 18,732 | 18,791 | 18,824 | 26,062 | 27,166 | |||
Average Number of Temporary Employees*1*2 [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 3,804 | 3,829 | 3,733 | 4,449 | 4,716 | |
Average Number of Consecutive Years Served*1 | Women [Years] | SB+① | 80% | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 |
Men [Years] | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | |||
Total [Years] | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 11.2 | |||
Average Age of Employees*1 | Women [Age] | SB+① | 80% | 35.1 | 35.8 | 36.3 | 36.6 | 37.1 |
Men [Age] | 39.5 | 40.0 | 40.1 | 39.3 | 39.6 | |||
Total [Age] | 38.2 | 38.7 | 39.1 | 38.5 | 38.9 | |||
Age Composition of Employees*1 | 20s [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 3,550 | 3,434 | 3,337 | 5,042 | 4,882*11 |
30s [Persons] | 7,684 | 7,412 | 7,276 | 10,017 | 10,506*11 | |||
40s [Persons] | 5,584 | 5,810 | 5,904 | 7,863 | 8,255*11 | |||
50s [Persons] | 1,891 | 2,113 | 2,283 | 2,905 | 3,265*11 | |||
60s [Persons] | 23 | 22 | 24 | 45 | 43*11 | |||
Less than 30 Years Old [%] | 19.0 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 18.1 | |||
30 to 49 Years Old [%] | 70.8 | 70.4 | 70.0 | 69.1 | 69.6 | |||
50 Years Old or Older [%] | 10.2 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 12.3 | |||
Number of Employees by Management Position*3 | Manager Class [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 2,981 | 3,097 | 3,139 | 4,161 | 4,518 |
Department Head Class [Persons] | 1,163 | 1,192 | 1,254 | 1,749 | 1,840 | |||
Number of Employees Reemployed after Retirement [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 59 | 65 | 52 | 105 | 135 | |
Number of Employees Absent from Work [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 236 | 236 | 208 | 303 | 285 | |
Number of Employees who Took Leave for Nursing Care*2 [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 10 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 13 | |
Lost-Time Injury Frequency Rate [%] | SB+① | 80% | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Number of Employee Turnover*4 | Personal Reason [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 611 | 620 | 698 | 1,267 | 929 |
Total [Persons] | 639 | 648 | 730 | 1,307 | 951 | |||
Turnover Rate*5 | Voluntary Turnover Rate [%] | SB+① | 80% | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
Total [%] | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 | |||
Total Working Hours per Year*6 [Hours] | SB+① | 80% | 1,846 | 1,815 | 1,770 | 1,793 | 1,887 | |
Ratio of Annual Paid Leave taken*7 [%] | SB | - | 73.3 | 75.1 | 76.5 | 72.2 | 61.8 | |
SB+① | 80% | 73.2 | 75.0 | 76.4 | 74.2 | 61.7 | ||
Ratio of Telework*7*8 [%] | SB | - | - | - | - | - | 95.9 | |
Number of Employees who Have Taken Days off for Volunteer Activities*9 [Persons] | SB | - | - | - | 153 | 179 | 16 | |
Ratio of Employees who Underwent a Stress Check*10 [%] | SB+① | 80% | 85.0 | 89.4 | 90.1 | 90.5 | 86.6 | |
Ratio of Positive Findings in the Regular Health Examination [%] | SB+① | 80% | 55.1 | 56.6 | 59.7 | 59.7 | 61.1 | |
Completion Rate for Specific Health Guidance [%] | SB+① | 80% | 24.3 | 30.3 | 31.6 | 34.5 | 34.6 | |
Ratio of Employees who Smoke*1 [%] | SB | - | 31.3 | 30.6 | 29.9 | 29.7 | 26.8 | |
SB+① | 80% | 31.3 | 30.5 | 29.8 | 26.6 | 23.8 | ||
Ratio of Employees Who Joined the Labor Union [%] | SB | - | - | - | - | - | 25.1 |
- [Notes]
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- *1As of March 31 for each year
- *2Due to the change in definition, the figures for FY16 to FY19 have been changed from last year.
- *3As of April 1 for each year
- *4Due to the change in definition, the figures for FY16 have been changed from last year.
- *5Due to the change in definition, the figures for FY16, FY18, and FY19 have been changed from last year.
- *6Due to the change in definition, the figures for FY17 to FY19 have been changed from last year.
- *7In June 2021, third-party assurances were obtained from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)
- *8Ratio of employees who engaged in telework once or more a month
- *9The expressions of the names of items have been changed from last year.
- *10Due to the change in definition, the figures for FY19 have been changed from last year.
- *11Excluding seconded employees from other companies for some companies.
- *1
Recruitment and diversity
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | |
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Number of Newly Hired Employees (New Graduates)*1 | Women [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 208 | 156 | 151 | 233 | 186 |
Men [Persons] | 380 | 303 | 321 | 744 | 660 | |||
Total [Persons] | 588 | 459 | 472 | 977 | 846 | |||
Number of Newly Hired Employees (Mid-career Workers)*1 | Women [Persons] | 21 | 45 | 79 | 257 | 256 | ||
Men [Persons] | 90 | 193 | 316 | 651 | 711 | |||
Total [Persons] | 111 | 238 | 395 | 908 | 967 | |||
Ratio of Women to Newly Hired Employees (New Graduates)*1 [%] | SB+① | 80% | 35.4 | 34.0 | 32.0 | 23.8 | 22.0 | |
Number of Foreign-nationals in New Graduates hired*1 [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 25 | 21 | 38 | 64 | 96 | |
Ratio of Foreign Nationals to Newly Hired Employees (New Graduates)*1 [%] | SB+① | 80% | 4.3 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 11.3 | |
Average Employment Cost [Thousand yen] | SB+① | 80% | - | 1,018 | 1,104 | 864 | 986 | |
Internal Hiring Rate*2 [%] | SB+② | 71% | - | 88.0 | 86.2 | 75.8 | 75.0 | |
Ratio of Female Employees*3 | Revenue-generating Section*4 [%] | SB+① | 80% | 31.6 | 31.8 | 32.6 | 33.3 | 33.1 |
STEM Section*5 [%] | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.5 | |||
Total [%] | 28.6 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 29.7 | 29.5 | |||
Number of Women in Management Positions*6*7 | Manager Class [Persons] | SB | - | 200 | 210 | 235 | 256 | 290 |
Department Head Class [Persons] | 28 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 48 | |||
Total [Persons] | 228 | 241 | 272 | 300 | 338 | |||
Manager Class [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 200 | 211 | 237 | 455 | 517 | |
Department Head Class [Persons] | 28 | 31 | 37 | 79 | 87 | |||
Total*1 [Persons] | 228 | 242 | 274 | 534 | 604 | |||
Ratio of Women in Management Positions*6 | Manager Class [%] | SB | - | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 |
Department Head Class [%] | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | |||
Total [%] | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.1 | |||
Manager Class [%] | SB+① | 80% | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 11.4 | |
Department Head Class [%] | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | |||
Total*1 [%] | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 9.5 | |||
Number of Employees taking Childcare Leave*1 | Women [Persons] | SB+① | 80% | 299 | 334 | 348 | 460 | 423 |
Men [Persons] | 66 | 101 | 141 | 269 | 330 | |||
Ratio of Employees talking childcare Leave | Women [%] | SB+① | 80% | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Men [%] | 9.0 | 14.2 | 20.0 | 27.5 | 39.0 | |||
Ratio of Employees of Each Nationality*3 [%] | Japan | SB+① | 80% | - | 98.29 | 98.05 | 97.03 | 96.99 |
People's Republic of China | - | 0.91 | 0.98 | 1.41 | 1.47 | |||
Republic of Korea | - | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.92 | 0.96 | |||
Other: Asia | - | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 0.46 | |||
North America | - | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | |||
Latin America | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | |||
Middle East | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Europe | - | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |||
Oceania | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||
Africa | - | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | |||
Ratio of Employees at Management Position for Each Nationality*6 [%] | Japan | SB+① | 80% | - | 99.39 | 99.27 | 99.23 | 99.26 |
People's Republic of China | - | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.35 | |||
Republic of Korea | - | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.22 | |||
Other: Asia | - | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.06 | |||
North America | - | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.06 | |||
Latin America | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Middle East | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Europe | - | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||
Oceania | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |||
Africa | - | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||
Ratio of Employees with Disabilities*8 [%] | SB | - | 2.13 | 2.24 | 2.19 | 2.30 | 2.39 | |
SB+① | 80% | 2.12 | 2.22 | 2.15 | 2.26 | 2.39 |
- [Notes]
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- *1Due to the change in definition, the figures for FY19 have been changed from last year.
- *2Internal hiring rate is calculated with the equation: (No. of employees transferred) / (No. of employees transferred + No. of new recruits)
- *3As of March 31 for each 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 year
- *7In June 2021, third-party assurances were obtained from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)
- *8As of June 1 for each fiscal year
- *1
Personnel development
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 |
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Average Period of Training/Personnel Development [Hours/Person] | SB+③ | 71% | - | - | - | - | 14.1 |
Average Cost for Training/Personnel Development [Yen/Person] | SB+③ | 71% | - | - | - | - | 124,169 |
Employee satisfaction level
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | |
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Survey on the Employee Satisfaction Level Response Rate [%] | SB | - | - | 97.2 | 98.1 | 97.4 | 96.8 | |
Survey on the Employee Satisfaction Level Overall Satisfaction Level [Points] | Women | SB | - | - | 3.44 | 3.46 | 3.49 | 3.57 |
Men | - | 3.51 | 3.53 | 3.55 | 3.59 | |||
Total | - | 3.50 | 3.51 | 3.53 | 3.58 | |||
Survey on the Employee Satisfaction Level Ratio of Employees with High Engagement [%] | SB | - | - | 19.2 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 22.3 |
Community/Society
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 |
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Total Amount of Donations*1 [Thousand yen] | SB | - | 36,503 | 23,003 | 165,556 | 140,304 | 129,067*2 |
Aid for Disaster Victims [Thousand yen] | SB | - | 771 | 368 | 2,318 | 713 | 317 |
- [Notes]
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- *1Due to the change in definition, the figures for FY16 to FY19 have been changed from last year.
- *2The version released on July 6, 2021 indicates 3,828 thousand yen, but it has been revised to 129,067 thousand yen, due to the change in the definition of tallying.
- *1
Network issues
Item [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 |
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Number of Major Network Accidents*1 [Accidents] | SB | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
- [Note]
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- *1Report based on Article 57 of Enforcement Regulations of Telecommunications Business Act
- *1
Boundary
(scope of this data book)
There are eight boundaries.
SB | SoftBank Corp. |
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SB+① | SoftBank Corp. + Major Subsidiaries① |
SB+② | SoftBank Corp. + Major Subsidiaries② |
SB+③ | SoftBank Corp. + Major Subsidiaries③ |
SB+④ | SoftBank Corp. + Major Subsidiaries |
SB+⑤ | SoftBank Corp. + Yahoo Japan Corporation + ASKUL Corporation |
SB+⑥ | SoftBank Corp. + Yahoo Japan Corporation |
⑦ | Until FY18: SoftBank Corp. From FY19: SoftBank Corp. + Yahoo Japan Corporation + ASKUL Corporation |
- [Notes]
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- *SB stands for SoftBank Corp.
- *The Group Companies within the boundary vary according to accounting period.
- *The major subsidiaries within “SB + Major Subsidiaries” vary among items.
- *Coverage is calculated from the ratios of sales of group companies that constitute the SoftBank group.
- *In case “-” is indicated in “Coverage,” it refers to data of SoftBank Corporation (non-consolidated).
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