ESG Data

This page provides data on our environmental, social, and governance performance related to business activities.

• Environment
• Society
• Governance

Environment

CDP Climate Change 2023 Questionnaire (PDF: 838KB) (In Japanese only)

CO₂ Emissions by Scope

Measurement items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Scope 1		t-CO2	644	568	531	509	522
Scope 2	(Market standard)	t-CO2	1,374	1,421	1,365	1,259	1,331
Scope 3	Total emissions	t-CO2	1,092	850	873	766	1,312,949
	Category 1 (Purchased goods and services)	t-CO2	-	-	-	-	1,309,127
	Category 2 (Capital goods)	t-CO2	-	-	-	-	2,280
	Category 3 (Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scopes 1 and 2)	t-CO2	-	-	-	-	384
	Category 4 (Upstream transportation and distribution)	t-CO2	1,092	850	873	766	756
	Category 5 (Waste generated in operations)	t-CO2	-	-	-	-	-
	Category 6 (Business travel)	t-CO2	-	-	-	-	140
	Category 7 (Employee commuting)	t-CO2	-	-	-	-	262
Annual total CO2 emissions		t-CO2	3,110	2,839	2,769	2,534	1,314,802

• * Boundary: The Happinet Group.
• * “-” in the table refers to an item we have used but are unable to obtain detailed results on.
• * Until FY2022, we only disclosed information on Scope 1, Scope 2, and Category 4 of Scope 3. Since FY2023, we have been gradually expanding the scope of disclosure.
• * Categories 8 to 15 of Scope 3 do not apply.

Environmental Performance Data

Measurement items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Vehicles	Travel distance by commercial vehicles	km	2,486,030	2,159,519	2,053,997	1,994,727	1,997,329
Fuel	Fuel purchased for commercial vehicles (gasoline)	L	76,730	82,060	153,158	201,526	201,521
	Fuel purchased for commercial vehicles (diesel)	L	182,503	148,442	70,397	23,081	24,495
	Fuel consumption for shipment from warehouses (diesel)	L	285,992	208,686	216,884	174,374	174,280
	Combustible natural gas	㎥	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity	Total	kWh	2,757,622	3,033,508	2,972,922	2,653,116	3,179,206
	Electricity purchase quantity (from non-renewable energy)	kWh	2,757,622	3,033,508	2,972,922	2,653,116	2,784,906
	Electricity purchase quantity (from renewable energy)	kWh	0	0	0	0	394,300
Water	Water service usage	㎥	3,362	3,122	3,400	3,259	4,564
Gas	Gas purchase quantity	㎥	45,068	55,595	55,747	65,228	72,489
Waste	Industrial waste output	kg	576,779	579,426	566,353	721,358	743,613
	General waste output	kg	64,387	67,604	67,093	54,641	46,500
Recycling	Cardboard waste	kg	1,238,080	1,286,925	1,343,360	1,246,340	1,205,470
	Amount of paper waste from promotional materials	kg	17,070	13,920	17,290	13,270	4,130
	Other types of paper	kg	38,361	29,403	23,072	30,660	28,411
	Plastics	kg	7,830	10,530	11,850	12,855	17,940
Paper	Copy paper purchased	kg	17,198	9,972	9,972	11,327	12,817
	Stock forms purchased	kg	864	102	91	91	13
	Other types of paper purchased	kg	1,620,754	1,893,635	2,085,404	1,736,143	1,560,195

• * Boundary: The Happinet Group.
• * The data for “Fuel consumption for shipment from warehouses (diesel)” correspond to fuel used by the vehicles of transport companies contracted by Happinet rather than the vehicles used directly by the Group.

Society

Employee Data

Measurement items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Number of employees (non-consolidated)	Male	Persons	299	311	237	247	253
	Female		127	143	129	148	155
	Total		426	454	366	395	408
Number of employees (consolidated)	Male	Persons	783	735	698	685	731
	Female		224	233	246	255	350
	Total		1,007	968	944	940	1,081
Number of new graduates hired	Male	Persons	22	12	4	18	10
	Female		17	20	10	20	13
	Total		39	32	14	38	23
New graduate retention rate (within 3 years of joining)	Male	%	76.9	75.0	81.8	75.0	96.9
	Female		93.3	93.8	88.2	85.0	97.7
	Total		85.7	83.3	84.6	81.3	97.3
Number of mid-career hires	Male	Persons	27	12	21	33	34
	Female		6	2	13	13	23
	Total		33	14	34	46	57
Average years of service (non-consolidated)	Male	Years	14.2	15.8	15.1	15.4	15.2
	Female		9.8	10.8	9.4	9.8	9.9
	Total		13.1	14.2	13.2	13.3	13.2
Average years of service (consolidated)	Male	Years	16.3	16.5	16.3	16.2	15.6
	Female		11.2	11.3	10.7	10.7	9.8
	Total		15.3	15.3	14.8	14.7	13.7
Average age (non-consolidated)	Male	Years	40.6	42.0	41.4	41.4	41.7
	Female		34.0	34.8	34.5	34.8	34.9
	Total		38.8	39.8	39.0	38.9	39.1
Average age (non-consolidated)	Male	Years	42.5	42.5	42.4	42.2	42.2
	Female		36.0	35.8	36.1	36.1	35.8
	Total		41.0	40.9	40.8	40.5	40.2
Employment of people with disabilities*1	Employment rate of people with disabilities*2	%	2.7	3.2	3.4	3.7	4.1
	One-year retention rate for people with disabilities*3	%	100	100	-	100.0	100.0
Ratio of women in managerial positions		%	1.9	1.9	2.0	5.6	9.2

• * Consolidated data on regular employees.

• *1 Figures are on a non-consolidated basis.
• *2 Calculation method for statutory employment rate of people with disabilities
• *3 Calculation was not possible for FY 2021 due to lack of new employees.

Human Resources Cultivation

Measurement items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Training costs (=Total amount invested in education and training)		Yen (Thousands of yen)	42,389	33,407	52,128	65,668	60,333
Training time (=Number of participants × training time)		Hours	11,083.0	11,112.0	6,584.5	16,644.0	7,690.8

• * Figures are on a consolidated basis.

Leave Utilization Rates

Measurement items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Paid annual leave utilization rate		%	69.0	59.3	59.4	62.6	64.3
Childcare leave utilization rate	Male	%	13.6	5.7	15.0	33.3	43.8
	Female	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Childcare leave return rate	Male*1	%	-	-	50.0	100.0	100.0
	Female		80.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	90.9
	Total		80.0	100.0	90.9	100.0	95.2
Overtime hours per employee		Hours	19.2	16.4	21.6	24.1	24.4

• * Figures are on a consolidated basis.

• *1 No data are available for FY2019 and FY2020 as no employees returned to work.

Effectiveness Assessment of Internal Health Initiatives

Measurement items	Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Uptake rate: health checkup	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.9
Uptake rate: stress check	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.9
Proportion of employees submitting the total health counseling questionnaire	%	80.3	86.0	73.1	80.5	87.7
Smoking rate	%	28.9	25.3	25.3	25.0	26.0
Proportion of employees exercising regularly*1, 2	%	36.7	33.7	34.9	34.3	21.1
Proportion of employees with identified abnormalities*3	%	53.2	55.9	58.4	51.1	51.0

• * Figures are on a consolidated basis.

• *1 Among those who submitted the total health counseling questionnaire.
• *2 For FY2023, exercising at least twice a week. (Until FY2022, exercising at least once a week).
• *3 Having health exam results requiring medical follow-up, treatment, or further examinations; or currently receiving treatment.

• Introduction of Total Health Counseling

Governance

Corporate Governance

Measurement items	Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Number of directors	Persons	7	7	7	6	7
Number of female directors	Persons	2	2	2	2	1
Number of outside directors	Persons	3	3	3	3	3

Reasons for selection of directors	Corporate Governance Report> Directors (PDF: 376KB) (In Japanese only)
Directors’ Remuneration	Corporate Governance Report > Director Remuneration (PDF: 376KB) (In Japanese only)

• Corporate Governance Structure
• List of Directors

Compliance (Anti-Corruption)

Incidents, etc. related to laws and regulations in Japan

Measurement items	Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Cease and desist orders from the Japan Fair Trade Commission	Cases	0	0	0	0	0
Suspension of business operations due to misconduct, etc.	Cases	0	0	0	0	0
Compliance-related incidents and accidents resulting in criminal charges	Cases	0	0	0	0	0

Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations, etc.

Measurement items	Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations	Cases	0	0	0	0	0
Accidents and pollution causing environmental problems	Cases	0	0	0	0	0
Complaints related to environmental problems	Cases	0	0	0	0	0

• Compliance Promotion System / Internal Audit

Archives

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• FY2021