ESG data

You can view various data of ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance), based on Hamamatsu Photonics's business and social activities.

(Note) The reporting period is our business year (from October of previous year to September) or the general fiscal year (from April to March of next year).

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 consolidated Total 1,000m3 919 855
Tap water 151 157
Well water 692 628
Industrial water 76 70
non-consolidated Total 840 765
Tap water 108 105
Well water 656 590
Industrial water 76 70
Wastewater consolidated Total 1,000m3 879 817
Public sewer 195 212
River discharge 684 605
non-consolidated Total 824 744
Public sewer 141 140
River discharge 683 604
Management of pollution including waste VOC emissions non-consolidated   t 17.6 15.4
Materials non-consolidated   t 878 603
Participants of chemical substance education non-consolidated   People 428 1,230
Industrial waste consolidated   t 850 750
non-consolidated   797 647
Certain hazardous waste consolidated   t 402 442
non-consolidated   371 407
Recycling consolidated   t 658 682
non-consolidated   648 667
Landfill non-consolidated   t 14 14
Green Purchasing Rate non-consolidated   % 95.6 87.6
ISO14001 certification  (employee ratio) consolidated    % 90.2 82.2
non-consolidated 98.2 98.1

※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 non-consolidated Total People 698 732 765
Male 675 704 731
Female 23 28 34
Ratio of female employees in management positions non-consolidated   % 3.3 3.8 4.4
Number of newly hired employees non-consolidated Total People 275 242
Male 220 181
Female 55 61
Percentage of female employees in new hires % 20.0 25.2
Percentage of Mid-career hires in new hires % 31.3 16.1
Number of retirees non-consolidated Aggregate total People 76 104
Retired 36 57
Resigned for personal reasons 40 47
Turnover rate non-consolidated   % 1.0 1.08
Turnover rate (within 3 years after entering) non-consolidated   % 2.9 5.0
Ratio of employees with disablities 
(statutory employment rate)
non-consolidated   % 2.34 (2.3) 2.36 (2.5) 2.53 (2.50)
Number of dispatched employees, etc. non-consolidated   People 594 515 462
Work style Number of employees who took temporary retirement for childcare non-consolidated Aggregate 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 non-consolidated Aggregate total % 100 100
Male 100 100
Female 100 100
Number of employees who took nursing care leave, etc. non-consolidated Aggregate total People 8 28
Male 6 13
Female 2 15
Average annual income non-consolidated   Ten thousands of yen 772 745
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 (Note 1) 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 non-consolidated   % 2.86 2.12
Rate of increase in salary non-consolidated   % 5.10 5.84
Bonus payments (excluding extra bonus) non-consolidated   Months' salary 6.1 6.0
Bonus payments (including extra bonus) non-consolidated   Months' salary 6.9 6.0
Total annual working hours non-consolidated   Hours 1,818 1,744
Monthly average overtime hours (non-scheduled working hours) non-consolidated   Hours 10.6 5.4
Number of days of paid leave taken non-consolidated   Days 15.9 16.0
Percentage of paid leave taken non-consolidated   % 85.6 85.5
Number of days of accumulated paid leave taken (Note 2) non-consolidated   Days 5,075.5 4,800.0
Percentage of birthday leave taken (Note 3) non-consolidated   % 93.4 93.8
Number of employees who took long service leave non-consolidated   People 225 236
Number of employees who took volunteer leave non-consolidated   People 0 1
Total number of  childbirth leave taken (Note 4) non-consolidated   Days 228.5 255.5
Percentage of employees who have extended  their retirement age non-consolidated   % 95.9 91.6
Percentage of employees who were reemployed after retirement non-consolidated   % 87.5 88.9
Expenses related to employee training (total) non-consolidated   Hundred million yen 2.06 3.02 4.57
Training cost per employee non-consolidated   yen 50,648 71,589 108,221
Average training time for trainees non-consolidated   Hours 93 63 107
Rate of participation in a labor union 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 (Note 5)
non-consolidated   - 0 0.12803 0.25077
Severity rate (Note 6) non-consolidated   - 0 0.00019 0.00138
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 non-consolidated   People 3 3
Occupational health nurse non-consolidated   People 9 9
Health management Participation rate of periodical medical examination non-consolidated   % 100 100
Participation rate of detailed examination after periodic medical examination non-consolidated   % 62.2 60.85
Percentage of employees
classified as normal weight  (BMI:18.5~24.9)
non-consolidated   % 73.1 72.7
Number of physical strength examination participants (Note 7) non-consolidated   People 1,383 1,312
Participation rate of physical strength examination non-consolidated   % 79.7 85.5
Number of  body composition mesurement participants non-consolidated   People 3,386 3,430
Number of body design school participants (Note 8) non-consolidated   People 40 88
Number of walking participants non-consolidated   People 1,172 1,251
Number of dental examination participants non-consolidated   People 3,153 3,371
Participation rate for dental examination non-consolidated   % 76.4 78.4
Number of PET examination participants non-consolidated   People 436 740
Number of emolyees receiving influenza vaccination (Note 9) non-consolidated   People 1,915 1,778
Percentage of employees receiving influenza vaccination non-consolidated   % 47.93 44.50
Number of employees answering stress check non-consolidated   People 3,995 4,092
Percentage of employees answering stress check non-consolidated   % 97.0 96.4
Smoking rate non-consolidated   % 12.7 12.8
Number of employees who are on administrative leave non-consolidated   People 34 36 38

(Note 1) General occupation

(Note 2) 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.

(Note 3) Birthday leave is a special paid leave which employees can take for 1 day in their birthday month.

(Note 4) Spousal childbirth leave is a special paid leave which male employees can take for 2days after childbirth.

(Note 5) 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.

(Note 6) 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.

(Note 7) Every year, physical strength examination are held under the auspices of Photonics groups health insurance union during the working hours.

(Note 8) We held body design school under the auspices of Photonics groups health insurance union, provide employees with the opportunity to consider healthy body making.

(Note 9) 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 (Note 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 non-consolidated   Yen 76 76
Meeting with shareholders non-consolidated    
Financial settlement briefing non-consolidated   Times ✓ (Twice a year) ✓ (Twice a year) ✓ (Four times a year)

(Note 1) The number of reports received through Whistleblower program is not the number of violations, but the number of reports.
※It is scheduled to be updated.