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 2021 2022 2023
Disclosure based on TCFD Recommendations Electricity consolidated kWh 128,468,749
135,607,363
137,426,864
non-consolidated  113,478,245 116,661,364 118,801,577
  ・Renewable Electricity consolidated kWh 11,544,463
19,855,218
132,529,360
non-consolidated  11,544,463 18,682,466 115,558,890
Carbon Emissions consolidated t-CO2 602,082
743,427
715,589
non-consolidated  509,884 624,333 651,994
   ・Scope1 consolidated t-CO2 12,599
11,233
7,130
non-consolidated  11,604 10,398 5,873
   ・Scope2 consolidated t-CO2 46,638
46,271
1,840
non-consolidated  39,701 38,838 510
   ・Scope3 consolidated t-CO2 542,845
685,923
707,115
non-consolidated  458,579 575,097 651,772
Protecting our water resources Water consolidated 1,000m3 825
879
919
non-consolidated  742 799 840
   ・Tap water consolidated 1,000m3 136
150
151
non-consolidated  102 108 108
   ・Well water consolidated 1,000m3 640
675
692
non-consolidated  591 637 656
   ・Industrial water consolidated 1,000m3 49
54
76
non-consolidated  49 54 76
Wastewater consolidated 1,000m3 789
831
879
non-consolidated  717 775 824
   ・ Public sewer consolidated 1,000m3 179
198
195
non-consolidated  133 148 141
   ・River discharge consolidated 1,000m3 610
633
684
non-consolidated  584 627 683
Management of pollution including waste VOC emissions non-consolidated  t 13.7 17.2 17.6
Materials non-consolidated  t 637 790 878
Participants of chemical substance education non-consolidated  People 507 692 428
Industrial waste consolidated t 695
720
850
non-consolidated  617 656 797
Certain hazardous waste consolidated t 407
358
402
non-consolidated  404 339 371
Recycling consolidated t 644
694 658
non-consolidated  636 685 648
Landfill non-consolidated  t 3 6 14
Green Purchasing Rate non-consolidated  % 97.3 95.5 95.6
ISO14001 certification
(employee ratio)
non-consolidated  % 98.1 98.1 98.2

Social

Topic Indicator Unit 2021 2022 2023
Respect for human rights and diversity Number of employees Aggregate total People 3,766 3,884 4,071
Male 3,113 3,220 3,366
Female 653 664 705
Average years of service Aggregate total Years 16.1 16.0 15.7
Male 16.3 16.2 15.9
Female 14.9 14.9 14.6
Average age of employees Aggregate total Age 40.3 40.2 39.9
Male 39.5 39.4 39.2
Female 44.0 44.0 43.5
Age group Under 30 years old % - 23.8 25.2
30-49 years old - 49.0 47.6
Over 50 years old - 27.2 27.2
Number of employees in management positions Aggregate total People 616 663 698
Male 599 642 675
Female 17 21 23
Ratio of female employees in management positions   % 2.8 3.2 3.3
Number of newly hired employees Aggregate total People 188 233 275
Male 161 188 220
Female 27 45 55
Percentage of female employees in new hires % 14.4 19.3 20.0
Percentage of Mid-career hires in new hires % 27.1 40.3 31.3
Number of retirees Aggregate total People 78 54 76
Retired 37 23 36
Resigned for personal reasons, etc. 41 31 40
Turnover rate   % 1.1 0.8 1.0
Turnover rate (within 3 years after entering)   % 7.5 2.1 2.9
Ratio of employees with disablities
(statutory employment rate)
  % 2.02 (2.3) 2.31(2.3) 2.34(2.3)
Number of dispatched employees, etc.   People 616 666 594
Working conditions Number of employees who took childcare leave, etc. Aggregate total People 179 235 323
Male 128 184 270
Female 51 51 53
Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave (Note 1)   % - 90.3 99.2
Ratio of employees returning to work after childcare leave Aggregate total % 100 100 100
Male 100 100 100
Female 100 100 100
Number of employees who took nursing care leave, etc. Aggregate total People 8 6 8
Male 7 2 6
Female 1 4 2
Average annual income   Ten thousands of yen 683 720 772
Gender pay gap
(all workers)
  % - 70.9 73.6
Gender wage gap
(regular workers)  
  % - 67.0 68.9
Gender wage gap
(non-regular workers)
  % - 80.6 85.6
First salary (Note 2)  University graduation male yen 214,300 216,300
232,800
University graduation woman 214,300 216,300 232,800
Graduated from graduate school male 234,600 236,600 252,100
Graduated from graduate school woman 234,600 236,600 252,100
Basic wage raise   % 0.33 0.78 2.86
Rate of increase in salary   % 2.59 3.02 5.10
Bonus payments
(excluding extra bonus)
  Months' salary 5.5 5.8 6.1
Bonus payments
(including extra bonus)
  Months' salary 6.3 7.8 6.9
Total annual working hours   Hours 1,882 1,844 1,818
Monthly average overtime hours
(non-scheduled working hours)
  Hours 14.2 13.1 10.6
Number of days of paid leave taken   Days 14.5 15.8 15.9
Percentage of paid leave taken   % 77.0 84.2 85.6
Number of days of accumulated paid leave taken (Note 3)   Days 3,763.5 7,477.5 5,075.5
Percentage of birthday leave taken (Note 4)   % 95.2 95.4 93.4
Number of employees who took long service leave   People 296 235 225
Number of employees who took volunteer leave   People 0 0 0
Total number of  childbirth leave taken (Note 5)   Days 248 291.5 228.5
Percentage of employees who have extended  their retirement age   % 91.5 98.6 95.9
Percentage of employees who were reemployed after retirement   % 75 100 87.5
Expenses related to employee training (total)   Hundred million yen - 1.33 2.06
Training cost per employee   yen - 34,371 50,648
Average training time for trainees   Hours - 95 93
Rate of participation in a labor union   % 97.6 95.7 97.9
Number of labour union-management consultations   Times 10 12 9
Number of shareholding-association member   People 3,555 3,684 3,917
Shareholding-association membership rates   % 92.87 92.98 94.20
Occupational health and safety Number of occupational injuries 
(including dispatched employees)
  Cases 8 11 9
〃     
 (lost time incidents within the above)
  Cases 4 2 1
Number of occupational injuries
 (employees only)
  Cases 6 8 6
〃      
(lost time incidents within the above)
  Cases 3 0 0
Frequency rate (Note 6)
  - 0.427939 0 0
Severity rate (Note 7)   - 0.002425 0 0
Number of workdays lost due to occupational accidents
(including dispatched employees)
  Days 47 8 1
Number of workdays lost due to occupational accidents
(employees only)
  Days 17 0 0
Occupational physician, paychiatrist   People 3 3 3
Occupational health nurse   People 9 9 9
Health management Participation rate of periodical medical examination   % 100 100 100
Participation rate of detailed examination after periodic medical examination   % 74.6 60.8 62.2
Percentage of employees
classified as normal weight (BMI:18.5~24.9)
  % 73.7 73.3 73.1
Number of physical strength examination participants
(Note 8)
  People  - (Note11) 143 1,360
Participation rate of physical strength examination   % - (Note11) 88.8 79.4
Number of  body composition mesurement participants   People 711 3,160 3,386
Number of body design school participants (Note 9)   People 52 27 40
Number of walking participants   People 1,046 1,110 1,172
Number of dental examination participants   People - (Note11) 3,047 3,153
Participation rate for dental examination   % - (Note11) 75.7 76.4
Number of PET examination participants   People 450 652 436
Number of emolyees receiving influenza vaccination
(Note 10)
  People 1,795 1,752 1,915
Percentage of employees receiving influenza vaccination   % 46.47 44.52 47.93
Number of employees answering stress check   People 3,768 3,826 3,995
Percentage of employees answering stress check   % 97.6 97.3 97.0
Smoking rate   % 12.7 12.2 12.7
Number of employees who are on administrative leave    People 40 39 38

(Note 1) Rate of taking childcare leave and maternity leave (when both are taken, they are counted as one time)

(Note 2) General occupation

(Note 3) 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 4) Birthday leave is a special paid leave which employees can take for 1 day in their birthday month.

(Note 5) Spousal childbirth leave is a special paid leave which male employees can take for 2days after childbirth.

(Note 6) 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 7) 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 8) Every year, physical strength examination are held under the auspices of Photonics groups health insurance union during the working hours.

(Note 9) 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 10) 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. 

(Note 11) Discontinued for prevention of the novel coronavirus infection.

Governance

 

Topic Indicator Unit 2021 2022 2023
Corporate governance Number of Directors Aggregate total Members 11 10 10
(Inside) Male 8 6 6
(Inside) Female 0 0 0
(Outside) Male 1 2 2
(Outside) Female 2 2 2
Number of Audit & Supervisory Board Members Aggregate 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   Times 16 17 16
Number of Board of Executive Officers   Times 44 44 41
Number of Audit & Supervisory Board meetings   Times 6 6 7
Total amount of remuneration for Directors   Million yen 431 370 375
Total amount of remuneration for Audit & Supervisory Board Members   Million yen 49 54 55
Attendance rate for Board of Directors meetings   % 99.6 99.2 99.6
Attendance rate for Audit & Supervisory Board meetings   % 100 100 100
Number of members of the Nomination and Compensation Committee   Members - 6 7
Number of Outside Directors on the Nomination and Compensation Committee   Members - 4 4
Number of meetings of the Nomination and Compensation Committee   Times - 3 3
Workshop for Board Members    
Legal and corporate compliance Number of reports received through Whistleblower program   Cases 1 1 4
Intellectual Property Management Number of patent held Aggregate total
Cases 7,891 8,158 8,707
Domestic 2,455 2,501 2,630
Overseas 5,436 5,657 6,077
Relationship with shareholders Dividend per share   Yen 48 72 76
Meeting with shareholders    
Financial settlement briefing   Times ✓(Twice a year) ✓(Twice a year) ✓(Twice a year)