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You can view various data of ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance), based on Hamamatsu Photonics's business and social activities.
The reporting period is based on our business year (from October of previous year to September) and indicators calculated for other periods are noted.
Environment
| Topic | Indicator | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon neutrality | Electricity | consolidated | Total | kWh | 137,426,864 | 140,981,414 | ※ |
| Renewable Energy (use) | 132,529,360 | 137,503,153 | ※ | ||||
| non-consolidated | Total | 118,801,577 | 118,783,546 | ※ | |||
| Renewable Energy (use) | 115,558,890 | 117,816,776 | ※ | ||||
| Carbon Emissions | consolidated | Total | t-CO2 | 715,589 | 538,900 | ※ | |
| Scope1 | 7,130 | 5,765 | ※ | ||||
| Scope2 | 1,840 | 1,614 | ※ | ||||
| Scope3 | 707,115 | 531,521 | ※ | ||||
| non-consolidated | Total | 651,994 | 464,293 | ※ | |||
| Scope1 | 5,873 | 4,059 | ※ | ||||
| Scope2 | 510 | 214 | ※ | ||||
| Scope3 | 651,772 | 460,020 | ※ | ||||
| Protecting water resources | Water usage | consolidated | Total | 1,000 m3 | 926 | 854 | 879 |
| Tap water | 158 | 157 | 182 | ||||
| Well water | 691 | 627 | 635 | ||||
| Industrial water | 76 | 70 | 62 | ||||
| non-consolidated | Total | 840 | 765 | 745 | |||
| Tap water | 108 | 105 | 111 | ||||
| Well water | 656 | 590 | 572 | ||||
| Industrial water | 76 | 70 | 62 | ||||
| Wastewater | consolidated | Total | 1,000 m3 | 887 | 817 | 828 | |
| Public sewer | 203 | 212 | 229 | ||||
| River discharge | 684 | 605 | 599 | ||||
| non-consolidated | Total | 824 | 744 | 727 | |||
| Public sewer | 141 | 140 | 129 | ||||
| River discharge | 683 | 604 | 598 | ||||
| Management of pollution including waste | VOC emissions | non-consolidated | t | 17.6 | 15.4 | 12.9 | |
| Materials | non-consolidated | t | 878 | 603 | 585 | ||
| Number of participants in environmental education*1 | non-consolidated | People | 4,110 | 5,795 | 6,436 | ||
| Industrial waste | consolidated | t | 850 | 750 | 761 | ||
| non-consolidated | 797 | 647 | 618 | ||||
| Certain hazardous waste | consolidated | t | 402 | 442 | 536 | ||
| non-consolidated | 371 | 407 | 508 | ||||
| Recycling | consolidated | t | 658 | 682 | 648 | ||
| non-consolidated | 648 | 667 | 639 | ||||
| Landfill | non-consolidated | t | 14 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Green Purchasing Rate | non-consolidated | % | 95.6 | 87.6 | 95.1 | ||
| ISO14001 certification (employee ratio) | consolidated | % | 90.2 | 82.2 | 81.2 | ||
| non-consolidated | 98.2 | 98.1 | 98.0 | ||||
*1 The total number of participants includes duplicates, as some individuals attended multiple courses.
※It is scheduled to be updated.
Social
| Topic | Indicator | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human rights and labor Diversity |
Number of employees | consolidated | Total | People | 5,795 | 6,395 | 6,601 |
| non-consolidated | Total | 4,071 | 4,225 | 4,262 | |||
| Male | 3,366 | 3,480 | 3,499 | ||||
| Female | 705 | 745 | 763 | ||||
| Average years of service | non-consolidated | Total | Years | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.9 | |
| Male | 15.9 | 15.7 | 16.4 | ||||
| Female | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.8 | ||||
| Average age of employees | non-consolidated | Total | Age | 39.9 | 39.6 | 39.8 | |
| Male | 39.2 | 39.0 | 39.2 | ||||
| Female | 43.5 | 42.5 | 42.4 | ||||
| Age group | non-consolidated | Under 30 years old | % | 25.2 | 26.6 | 26.9 | |
| 30-49 years old | 47.6 | 47.1 | 46.9 | ||||
| Over 50 years old | 27.2 | 26.2 | 26.3 | ||||
| Number of employees in management positions *3 | non-consolidated | Total | People | 698 | 732 | 765 | |
| Male | 675 | 704 | 731 | ||||
| Female | 23 | 28 | 34 | ||||
| Ratio of female employees in management positions *3 | non-consolidated | % | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Number of newly hired employees | consolidated *1 | Total | People | - | - | 363 | |
| Male | - | - | 253 | ||||
| Female | - | - | 110 | ||||
| non-consolidated | Total | 283 | 259 | 179 | |||
| Male | 229 | 191 | 136 | ||||
| Female | 54 | 68 | 43 | ||||
| Percentage of female employees in new hires | % | 19.1 | 26.3 | 24.0 | |||
| Percentage of Mid-career hires in new hires | % | 33.2 | 21.6 | 11.7 | |||
| Number of retirees | non-consolidated | Total | People | 73 | 101 | 115 | |
| Retired | 30 | 49 | 51 | ||||
| Resigned for personal reasons | 43 | 52 | 64 | ||||
| Turnover rate | non-consolidated | % | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| Turnover rate (within 3 years after entering | non-consolidated | % | 0.6 | 5.5 | 1.8 | ||
| Ratio of employees with disablities (statutory employment rate) *4 |
non-consolidated | % | 2.34 (2.3) | 2.36 (2.5) | 2.53 (2.50) | ||
| Number of dispatched employees, etc. *3 | non-consolidated | People | 594 | 515 | 462 | ||
| Work style | Number of employees who took temporary retirement for childcare *2 | non-consolidated | Total | People | 98 | 122 | ※ |
| Male | 89 | 114 | ※ | ||||
| Female | 9 | 8 | ※ | ||||
| Percentage of male employees who took temporary retirement for childcare | non-consolidated | % | 67.4 | 82.0 | ※ | ||
| Ratio of employees returning to work after childcare leave *2 | non-consolidated | Total | % | 100 | 100 | ※ | |
| Male | 100 | 100 | ※ | ||||
| Female | 100 | 100 | ※ | ||||
| Number of employees who took nursing care leave, etc. *2 | non-consolidated | Total | People | 8 | 28 | ※ | |
| Male | 6 | 13 | ※ | ||||
| Female | 2 | 15 | ※ | ||||
| Average annual income | non-consolidated | Ten thousands of yen | 772 | 745 | 728 | ||
| Gender pay gap (all workers) | non-consolidated | % | 67.0 | 68.2 | 71.5 | ||
| Gender wage gap (regular workers) | non-consolidated | % | 68.5 | 69.2 | 72.8 | ||
| Gender wage gap (non-regular workers) | non-consolidated | % | 93.3 | 125.9 | 78.2 | ||
| First salary of general occupation *2 | non-consolidated | University graduation male | yen | 232,800 | 245,800 | ※ | |
| University graduation woman | 232,800 | 245,800 | ※ | ||||
| Graduated from graduate school male | 252,100 | 265,100 | ※ | ||||
| Graduated from graduate school woman | 252,100 | 265,100 | ※ | ||||
| Basic wage raise *2 | non-consolidated | % | 2.86 | 2.12 | ※ | ||
| Rate of increase in salary *2 | non-consolidated | % | 5.10 | 5.84 | ※ | ||
| Bonus payments (excluding extra bonus) *2 | non-consolidated | Months' salary | 6.1 | 6.0 | ※ | ||
| Bonus payments (including extra bonus) *2 | non-consolidated | Months' salary | 6.9 | 6.0 | ※ | ||
| Total annual working hours *2 | non-consolidated | Hours | 1,818 | 1,744 | ※ | ||
| Monthly average overtime hours (non-scheduled working hours) *2 | non-consolidated | Hours | 10.6 | 5.4 | ※ | ||
| Number of days of paid leave taken *2 | non-consolidated | Days | 15.9 | 16.0 | ※ | ||
| Percentage of paid leave taken *2 | non-consolidated | % | 85.6 | 85.5 | ※ | ||
| Number of days of accumulated paid leave taken *2 *5 | non-consolidated | Days | 5,075.5 | 4,800.0 | ※ | ||
| Percentage of birthday leave taken *2 *6 | non-consolidated | % | 93.4 | 93.8 | ※ | ||
| Number of employees who took long service leave *2 | non-consolidated | People | 225 | 236 | ※ | ||
| Number of employees who took volunteer leave *2 | non-consolidated | People | 0 | 1 | ※ | ||
| Total number of childbirth leave taken *2 *7 | non-consolidated | Days | 228.5 | 255.5 | ※ | ||
| Percentage of employees who have extended their retirement age *2 | non-consolidated | % | 95.9 | 91.6 | ※ | ||
| Percentage of employees who were reemployed after retirement *2 | non-consolidated | % | 87.5 | 88.9 | ※ | ||
| Expenses related to employee training (total) | non-consolidated | Hundred million yen | 2.0 | 3.0 | ※ | ||
| Training cost per employee | non-consolidated | yen | 50,648 | 71,589 | ※ | ||
| Average training time for trainees | non-consolidated | Hours | 93 | 63 | ※ | ||
| Rate of participation in a labor union | consolidated *1 | % | - | - | 67.8 | ||
| non-consolidated | 97.9 | 98.7 | 98.1 | ||||
| Number of labour union-management consultations | non-consolidated | Times | 9 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Number of shareholding-association member | non-consolidated | People | 3,917 | 4,081 | 4,148 | ||
| Shareholding-association membership rates | non-consolidated | % | 94.20 | 94.60 | 94.94 | ||
| Occupational health and safety | Number of occupational injuries (including dispatched employees) | non-consolidated | Cases | 9 | 8 | 10 | |
| 〃 (lost time incidents within the above) | non-consolidated | Cases | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Number of occupational injuries (employees only) | non-consolidated | Cases | 6 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 〃 (lost time incidents within the above) | non-consolidated | Cases | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Frequency rate *8
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consolidated *1 | - | - | - | 0.46199 | ||
| non-consolidated | 0 | 0.12517 | 0.24816 | ||||
| Severity rate *9 | non-consolidated | - | 0 | 0.00019 | 0.00137 | ||
| Number of workdays lost due to occupational accidents (including dispatched employees) | non-consolidated | Days | 1 | 49.5 | 11 | ||
| Number of workdays lost due to occupational accidents (employees only) | non-consolidated | Days | 0 | 1.5 | 11 | ||
| Occupational physician, paychiatrist *2 | non-consolidated | People | 3 | 3 | ※ | ||
| Occupational health nurse *2 | non-consolidated | People | 9 | 9 | ※ | ||
| Health management | Participation rate of periodical medical examination *2 | non-consolidated | % | 100 | 100 | ※ | |
| Participation rate of detailed examination after periodic medical examination *2 | non-consolidated | % | 62.2 | 60.85 | ※ | ||
| Percentage of employees classified as normal weight (BMI:18.5~24.9) *2 |
non-consolidated | % | 73.1 | 72.7 | ※ | ||
| Number of physical strength examination participants *2 *10 | non-consolidated | People | 1,383 | 1,312 | ※ | ||
| Participation rate of physical strength examination *2 | non-consolidated | % | 79.7 | 85.5 | ※ | ||
| Number of body composition mesurement participants *2 | non-consolidated | People | 3,386 | 3,430 | ※ | ||
| Number of body design school participants *2 *11 | non-consolidated | People | 40 | 88 | ※ | ||
| Number of walking participants *2 | non-consolidated | People | 1,172 | 1,251 | ※ | ||
| Number of dental examination participants *2 | non-consolidated | People | 3,153 | 3,371 | ※ | ||
| Participation rate for dental examination *2 | non-consolidated | % | 76.4 | 78.4 | ※ | ||
| Number of PET examination participants *2 | non-consolidated | People | 436 | 740 | ※ | ||
| Number of emolyees receiving influenza vaccination *2 *12 | non-consolidated | People | 1,915 | 1,778 | ※ | ||
| Percentage of employees receiving influenza vaccination *2 | non-consolidated | % | 47.93 | 44.50 | ※ | ||
| Number of employees answering stress check *2 | non-consolidated | People | 3,995 | 4,092 | ※ | ||
| Percentage of employees answering stress check *2 | non-consolidated | % | 97.0 | 96.4 | ※ | ||
| Percentage of employees classified as high-stress *2 | non-consolidated | % | 8.4 | 8.1 | ※ | ||
| Smoking rate *2 | non-consolidated | % | 12.7 | 12.8 | ※ | ||
| Number of employees who are on administrative leave | non-consolidated | People | 34 | 36 | 38 | ||
*1 The scope of the data covers major subsidiaries.
*2 The reporting period is from April to March of next year.
*3 Reported data as of October 1st
*4 Reported data as of June 1st
*5 Accumulated paid leave is a system of accumulating paid leave up to 70 days which are expired by Labor Standards Act. The employees can apply it for their own recovery from injuries and illness, sick or injured child care, child education, nursing care and volunteer activities, etc.
*6 Birthday leave is a special paid leave which employees can take for 1 day in their birthday month.
*7 Spousal childbirth leave is a special paid leave which male employees can take for 2days after childbirth.
*8 Frequency rate refers to the frequency of workplace accidents that requires at least one workday lost and is derived from the number of injuries / death resulting from workplace accident per 1,000,000 working hours.
*9 Severity rate refers to the severity level of accidents and represents the total number of lost time injury days / 1,000 total actual working hours.
*10 Every year, physical strength examination are held under the auspices of Photonics groups health insurance union during the working hours.
*11 We held body design school under the auspices of Photonics groups health insurance union, provide employees with the opportunity to consider healthy body making.
*12 We have the system that employees can receive the influenza vaccination during the work hours. Also, the data show the total number of those who received it both in company and in the nearest medical institution.
※It is scheduled to be updated.
Governance
| Topic | Indicator | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate governance | Number of Directors | non-consolidated | Total | Members | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| (Inside) Male | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| (Inside) Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| (Outside) Male | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| (Outside) Female | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Number of Audit & Supervisory Board Members | non-consolidated | Total | Members | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| (Inside) Male | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| (Inside) Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| (Outside) Male | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| (Outside) Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Number of Board of Directors meetings | non-consolidated | Times | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Number of Board of Executive Officers | non-consolidated | Times | 41 | 42 | 41 | ||
| Number of Audit & Supervisory Board meetings | non-consolidated | Times | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Total amount of remuneration for Directors | non-consolidated | Million yen | 375 | 374 | 376 | ||
| Total amount of remuneration for Audit & Supervisory Board Members | non-consolidated | Million yen | 55 | 55 | 55 | ||
| Attendance rate for Board of Directors meetings | non-consolidated | % | 99.6 | 98.2 | 99.6 | ||
| Attendance rate for Audit & Supervisory Board meetings | non-consolidated | % | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||
| Number of members of the Nomination and Compensation Committee | non-consolidated | Members | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Number of Outside Directors on the Nomination and Compensation Committee | non-consolidated | Members | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Number of meetings of the Nomination and Compensation Committee | non-consolidated | Times | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Training for Board Members | non-consolidated | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Legal and corporate compliance | Number of reports received through Whistleblower program *1 | non-consolidated | Cases | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Intellectual Property Management | Number of patent held | non-consolidated | Total | Cases | 8,707 | 9,126 | 9,260 |
| Domestic | 2,630 | 2,777 | 2,746 | ||||
| Overseas | 6,077 | 6,349 | 6,514 | ||||
| Relationship with shareholders | Dividend per share *2 | non-consolidated | Yen | 38 | 38 | 38 | |
| Meeting with shareholders | non-consolidated | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Financial settlement briefing | non-consolidated | Times | ✓ (Twice a year) | ✓ (Twice a year) | ✓ (Four times a year) | ||
*1 The number of reports received through Whistleblower program is not the number of violations, but the number of reports.
*2 The Company conducted a 2-for-1 stock split of shares of common stock as of October 1, 2024. The dividend per share shown in the above graph has been calculated assuming that the stock split had been conducted for periods prior to FY2024 as well.
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