Social｜ESG Performance Data｜SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD

Employee Related Data
Education and Training
Health and Productivity Management Data
Communication
Society Contributions

Unless otherwise specified, the figures include employees transferred to domestic and overseas subsidiaries and affiliates.

Employee Related Data

Change in consolidated number of employees

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	unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Number of employees	People	2,060	2,096	2,106	2,089	2,042

Employment status (domestic)

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			unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Regular		Men	People	1,267	1,278	1,281	1,237	1,202
Regular		Women	People	283	300	319	323	326
Ratio of women			%	18.3	19.0	19.9	20.7	21.3
Managerial staff		Men	People	295	316	312	309	312
Managerial staff		Women	People	9	13	15	16	16
Female manager ratio			%	3.0	4.0	4.6	4.9	4.9
New hires	New employees	Men	People	34	25	30	16	19
	New employees	Women	People	10	8	15	5	12
	Mid-career hires	Men	People	7	10	6	7	3
	Mid-career hires	Women	People	4	6	3	4	2
	Total		People	55	49	54	32	36
Turnover up to three years after joining the company			People	5	5	5	5	8
Turnover up to three years after joining the company			%	8.6	9.6	6.8	9.1	17.8
Employment of people with disabilities			People	26	26	26	27	26
Percentage of employees with disabilities^*1			%	2.18	2.17	2.09	2.23	2.06
Reemployment of retired employees		Men	People	25	13	19	20	19
Reemployment of retired employees		Women	People	2	1	1	0	0
Reemployment rate of retired employees			%	87	81	87	100	79
Number of non-Japanese employees		Men	People	7	6	6	5	5
Number of non-Japanese employees		Women	People	10	6	7	7	6
Average years of employment			Year	15.8	15.9	16.5	17.0	16.6
Number of regular employees who left the company^*2		Men	People	27	12	21	32	37
Number of regular employees who left the company^*2		Women	People	4	1	8	4	14
Regular employee turnover			%	2.0	0.8	1.8	2.3	3.3

Employment rate of people with disabilities: Reported as of June 1 of the relevant fiscal year
Number of regular employees who left the company: Number of employees who voluntarily retired

Hours worked (domestic)

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	unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Annual workdays	Days	236	237	239	238	239
Annual holidays	Days	129	129	126	127	126
Annual regular working hours	Hours	1,829	1,837	1,852	1,845	1,852
Monthly average overtime work	Hours/Person	4.8	4.4	4.8	5.2	5.5
Paid leave usage ratio	%	55.7	58.5	50.6	70.2	70.4

Work-life balance (domestic)

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		unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Maternity leave acquisition		People	18	14	12	17	15
Employees on childcare leave	Men	People	37	40	47	55	61
Employees on childcare leave	Women	People	13	17	11	17	10
Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave^*1		%	77.1	66.7	79.7	98.2	92.4
Rate of employees returning to work after childcare leave^*2		%	100	100	100	100	98.8
Reduced work hours for childcare	Men	People	0	0	0	0	0
Reduced work hours for childcare	Women	People	16	12	4	6	7
Retention rate after returning to work after childcare leave^*3		%	97.7	100	100	100	92.6
Employees on family care leave		People	1	1	1	1	2
Employees on reduced working hours for family care		People	1	0	0	0	0

Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave = Number of male employees who took childcare leave / Number of male employees whose spouse gave birth × 100
Rate of employees returning to work after childcare leave = employees returning to work / employees intending to return to work × 100
Retention rate after returning to work after childcare leave = Employees who returned to work in the previous fiscal year and were employed at the Company as of March 31 of the current fiscal year / Employees who returned to work in the previous fiscal year x 100

Number of employees by type of employment

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			FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Domestic	Sanyo Chemical Industries	Regular	1,265	1,305	1,282	1,249	1,224
	Sanyo Chemical Industries	Non-regular	191	191	206	226	208
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	Regular	267	239	284	276	274
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	Non-regular	66	52	44	57	56
Overseas	China	Regular	269	279	267	272	263
	China	Non-regular	4	4	4	3	1
	USA	Regular	14	13	15	14	12
	USA	Non-regular	0	0	0	0	0
	ASEAN	Regular	169	169	178	183	164
	ASEAN	Non-regular	13	11	11	17	17

In the Domestic section, domestic subsidiaries and affiliates include employees of joint ventures transferred to joint ventures
In the Overseas section, the total number of employees in China includes local hires from Sanyo Kasei (Nantong) Co., Ltd. and San-Dia Polymers (Nantong) Co., Ltd. The total number of employees in the United States includes local hires from Sanyo Chemical & Resins, LLC (up to FY2019) and Sanyo Chemical Texas Industries, LLC. In ASEAN, the total number of employees included local hires from Sanyo Kasei (Thailand) Ltd. and SDP GLOBAL (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
Overseas figures exclude the number of employees at overseas sales bases.

Employee age structure
(as of March 31,2024)

Number of employees and average age

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Employees and average age

Labor accidents (domestic + overseas)

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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Employee lost-time injuries (cases)	0	0	6	1	1
Of which fatal injuries (cases)	0	0	0	0	0
Employee lost-time injury frequency rate^*1	0	0	1.61	0.27	0.29
Employee lost-time injury severity rate^*2	0	0	0.05	0.05	0.01
Subcontractor lost-time injuries (cases)	2	2	2	3	2
Of which fatal injuries (cases)	0	0	1	0	0
Subcontractor lost-time injury frequency rate^*1	2.28	1.94	1.69	2.37	1.59
Subcontractor lost-time injury severity rate^*2	0.09	0.04	6.33	0.13	0.03
Employee injuries without lost time (cases)	4	2	2	7	10
Subcontractor injuries without lost time (cases)	1	5	4	5	4

Frequency rate = (number of lost-time injury victims) / (total hours) / 1,000,000 Index of frequency of lost-time injuries per 1 million hours
Severity rate = (number of days of lost work) / (total working hours) / 1,000 Value indicating severity of injuries per 1,000 working hours

Gender pay gap

(unit: %)

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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
All workers^1^2^*3	-	-	-	68.8	68.9
Of which regular employees as a percentage of all workers	-	-	-	73.8	72.9
Of which part-time and fixed-term workers as a percentage of all workers^*4	-	-	-	42.5	46.1

Workers include those transferred to subsidiaries and affiliates.
Calculated based on provisions of the "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life" (Act No. 64 of 2015).
In our HR system, there is no gap in wages between men and women in the same position or role.
Includes retiree rehires, part-timer workers, and fixed-term contract employees, and excludes dispatched workers. The wage gap in this group is due to the fact that many retiree rehires are men with higher wage levels, including those treated as managers.

Education and Training

Cost of education per employee

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Content	unit	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Compulsory training (promotion/advancement training, etc.)	Cost (thousand yen/person)	-	-	43
Compulsory training (promotion/advancement training, etc.)	Time (hours/person)	-	-	4.9
Environment-related courses and qualification courses (production* and research organizations)	Cost (thousand yen/person)	5	3	4

Includes locally hired employees of overseas and affiliates

Skill improvement and career development

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Name/description		Eligible participants	unit	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Law course	Education on important laws such as the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc.	Research and production	Participants (people)	84	68	69
	Insider trading regulations	New and mid-career hires		53	24	39
	Export Trade Control Order	Sales and research		104	85	32
	Other(contract basics, Subcontract Act, etc.)	All employees	Number of courses / Total number of participants (cases/people)	-	5/407	6/419
Basic research course		Research	Course graduates (people)	38	56	61
MOT school, coaching training, critical thinking training, design thinking training, etc.			Number of trainings / Participants (cases/people)	12/48	12/56	9/26
E-learning			Participants (people)	280	230	122
“Dojo” forums for executives and employees to hold dialogues		All employees	Number of dojos held / Number of participants (cases/people)	-	26/181	7/64

Safety / technology education

(unit: Person)

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		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Participants	Employees (including transfers)	210	93	168	96	169
Participants	Subcontractor employees	71	12	35	20	141
Safety and Technology Education Center visitors and guests		394	19	55	47	109

Global human resource development

(unit: Person)

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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Study abroad	1	0	0	1	1
Overseas training	4	0	-	-	0
Expatriate development program	5	2	1	1	1

Improving health literacy (FY2023)

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Seminar content	Participants (people)	Total time* (hours)	Comprehension (%)	Satisfaction (%)
Seminar on Body Building for Fall Prevention	Approx. 230	Approx. 230	94	87
Seminar for Not Only Women	Approx. 170	Approx. 170	94	95
Seminar on Improving Diet Before Health Checkups	Approx. 260	Approx. 260	93	87
Light Walking Seminar	Approx. 210	Approx. 210	88	87

Participants × Hours participated

Human rights education and awareness-raising (FY2023)

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Item	Number of trainings (cases)	Total number of participants (people)	Total time* (hours)
Human rights / compliance	2	1,942	3,884
DEI promotion	2	200	417.5
Women’s participation and advancement	5	200	633.5
LGBTQ	2	501	244.8
Employment of people with disabilities	2	952	386.7

Participants × Hours participated

Commendation programs

(unit: cases)

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	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Commendations from the President	31	33	28
Awards from General Managers to Encourage Challenge Taking	344	522	492
INVENTOR OF THE YEAR	4	5	4

Health and Productivity Management Data

Action goals

(unit: %)

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Initiatives	Action goals	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2025 target
Exercise	To have an exercise routine at least once a week	29	31	50	50	52	70 or above
Sleep	To be well rested with sleep	54	57	66	63	61	80 or above
Diet	To have a balanced diet	-	-	76	75	79	90 or above
Alcohol	Two or more alcohol-free days per week	74	75	75	76	77	90 or above
Smoking	Not to smoke (smoking rate reduction)	77	77	82	83	84	90 or above

Percentage of respondents who responded to the annual questionnaire on lifestyle habits related to health management, etc., and said that they were implementing it.

Checkups and guidance

(unit: %)

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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2025 target
Rate of regular health checkups	100	100	100	100	100	100
Rate of medical checkups	43	68	89	96	88	100
Rate of specific health guidance	14	80	94	95	97 or above	100

Lifestyle-related disease risk retention rate (health checkup results)

(unit: %)

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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2025 target
Obesity	24	26	25	25	25	20 or less
Liver function	30	34	31	34	33	30 or less
Fats	51	57	55	56	55	50 or less
Blood sugar	24	17	21	17	20	15 or less
Blood pressure	31	37	34	29	33	30 or less
Triple risk holders (fats, blood sugar, and blood pressure)	8	8	8	5	7	5 or less

Mental health measures

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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Stress check test rate (%)	99	99	98	99	98
High stress rate (%)	9.3	8.9	8.6	7.1	8.0

Health management evaluation indicators

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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2025 target
Absenteeism^*1 Personal injury/sickness absence rate (%)	1.5	1.5	1.8	1.9	1.3	1.0 or less
Presenteeism^*2 Labor productivity loss rate (%)	-	-	37.5	36.6	36.4	30 or less
Work engagement^*3 Self-motivated behavior and positive feelings toward work (deviation value)	-	-	49.7	50.1	49.6	51 or above

A condition in which the employee cannot perform duties due to absence from work, leave of absence, or other reasons. Measured by the number of employees on sick leave who are absent for at least one month.
A condition in which the employee is present at work but is not able to work sufficiently due to mental or physical health problems. Measured by the WHO Health and Labor Performance Questionnaire.
A state of mind that is positive and full of accomplishment, vitality, enthusiasm, and immersion in one’s work. Measured by a proprietary survey instrument using eight items that correlate well with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale.

Communication

Dialogue with stakeholders

(Times conducted: times)

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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Financial results announcements for the media	2	2	2	2	2
Financial results briefings for institutional investors and securities analysts	2	2	2	2	2
Small meetings with institutional investors and securities analysts	0	3	1	2	0
Meetings with institutional investors and securities analysts (1-on-1)	-	83	70	58	81
Business site visits for institutional investors and securities analysts	0	0	0	0	1
Financial results briefings for individual investors	2	0	0	0	0

Society Contributions

Donations

(unit: ｍillion yen)

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		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Total social contribution expenditures		39.9	24.2	36.4	34.9	30.1
Donations by item	1. Support for academic promotion centered on chemistry	17.0	14.8	27.0	14.1	13.6
	2. Support for human resource development	2.2	3.1	0.3	2.3	3.3
	3. Support for the preservation of art and culture, etc. mainly in Kyoto	1.5	0.5	1.0	4.1	4.0
	4. Support for and collaboration on environmental conservation activities	11.0	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6
	5. Support for and collaboration on social contribution activities wherever possible according to local social needs in each country and region	8.1	4.2	6.5	13.0	7.6

Expenditures since September 2019 are expenditures by Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution
(For FY2019, the sum of social contribution expenditures by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. and the Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution)

On-site chemistry classes held

Upper row: Number of times held (units: schools, cases), Lower row: number of participants (units: people)

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District	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	Instructors
Kyoto area	7	4	6	6	7	R&D and head office employees
Kyoto area	390	209	446	335	436	R&D and head office employees
Nagoya Factory	2	0	1	2	2	Nagoya Factory employees
Nagoya Factory	235	0	73	250	200	Nagoya Factory employees
Kashima Factory	2	0	1	4	4	Kashima Factory employees
Kashima Factory	198	0	50^*1	255^*2	372^*2	Kashima Factory employees

Estimate of event participants
Includes estimated event participants

Sanyo Chemical forestry

Activity location: Yubune District, Wazuka Town, Soraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Volunteer Forestry Activities by Employees

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		unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Sanyo Chemical’s forestry activities	Times conducted	Times	2	2	1	3	3
Sanyo Chemical’s forestry activities	Total number of participants	People	87	60	34	101	123
Supporter Association^*1	Times conducted	Times	8	7	4	7	8
Supporter Association^*1	Total number of participants	People	46	63	28	63	62

(FY2023 results)

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	Date conducted, etc.	Participants (people)	Activity details
New employee training	April 10, 2023	37	Promenade staircase improvement
26th Forestry Activity	June 3, 2023	35	Promenade staircase improvement, pack cooking (curry rice), wooden puzzles
27th Forestry Activity	December 16, 2023	51	Promenade improvement rally, aluminum foil roast, baked potatoes, etc., Mountain Kids^*2 exchange meeting
Supporter Association^*1	8 times in total	62	Forestry activity preparation, improvement of promenades, etc.

Supporter Association: Forest volunteer activities by employees, their families, and retired employees. The number of participants was the total number of people
Mountain Kids: Activity aimed at fostering young people who will be responsible for forest conservation so that forests can be passed on to future generations. Carried out in cooperation with the Junior Green Club and the Kyoto Model Forest Association

Funding-supported Tree Thinning Project

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	unit	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	Cumulative since FY2009
Thinned area	ha	3.5	3.7	2.4	2.2	60.8
Increase in CO₂ absorption	Tons CO₂/year	12.6	38.5	10.6	20.0	383.3

Implemented from FY2009. Suspended in FY2018 and FY2019.

Rice farming in Futagotanada

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	unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Terraced rice field area	㎡	400	400	400	400	400
Times conducted	Times	7	8	9	14	8
Total number of participants	People	94	45	74	71	79
Rice yield	kg	230	230	240	270	230