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 2022 2023 2024
Carbon neutrality Electricity consolidated Total kWh 135,607,363 137,426,864 140,981,414
Renewable Energy(use) 19,855,218 132,529,360 137,503,153
non-consolidated  Total 116,661,364 118,801,577 118,783,546
Renewable Energy(use) 18,682,466 115,558,890 117,816,776
Carbon Emissions consolidated Total t-CO2 743,427 715,589 538,900
Scope1 11,233 7,130 5,765
Scope2 46,271 1,840 1,614
Scope3 685,923 707,115 531,521
non-consolidated  Total 624,333 651,994 464,293
Scope1 10,398 5,873 4,059
Scope2 38,838 510 214
Scope3 575,097 651,772 460,020
Protecting water resources Water consolidated Total 1,000m3 879 919 855
Tap water 150 151 157
Well water 675 692 628
Industrial water 54 76 70
non-consolidated  Total 799 840 765
Tap water 108 108 105
Well water 637 656 590
Industrial water 54 76 70
Wastewater consolidated Total 1,000m3 831 879 817
Public sewer 198 195 212
River discharge 633 684 605
non-consolidated  Total 775 824 744
Public sewer 148 141 140
River discharge 627 683 604
Management of pollution including waste VOC emissions non-consolidated    t 17.2 17.6 15.4
Materials non-consolidated    t 790 878 603
Participants of chemical substance education non-consolidated    People 692 428 1,230
Industrial waste consolidated   t 720 850 750
non-consolidated    656 797 647
Certain hazardous waste consolidated   t 358 402 442
non-consolidated    339 371 407
Recycling consolidated   t 694 658 682
non-consolidated    685 648 667
Landfill non-consolidated    t 6 14 14
Green Purchasing Rate non-consolidated    % 95.5 95.6 87.6
ISO14001 certification
(employee ratio)
consolidated    % 89.9 90.2 82.2
non-consolidated  98.1 98.2 98.1

Social

Topic Indicator Unit 2022 2023 2024
    consolidated Total People 5,491 5,795 6,395
Human rights and labor
Diversity
Number of employees non-consolidated  Total 3,884 4,071 4,225
Male 3,220 3,366 3,480
Female 664 705 745
Average years of service non-consolidated  Total Years 16.0 15.7 15.4
Male 16.2 15.9 15.7
Female 14.9 14.6 14.1
Average age of employees non-consolidated  Total Age 40.2 39.9 39.6
Male 39.4 39.2 39.0
Female 44.0 43.5 42.5
Age group non-consolidated  Under 30 years old % 23.8 25.2 26.6
30-49 years old 49.0 47.6 47.1
Over 50 years old 27.2 27.2 26.2
Number of employees in management positions non-consolidated  Total People 663 698 732
Male 642 675 704
Female 21 23 28
Ratio of female employees in management positions non-consolidated    % 3.2 3.3 3.8
Number of newly hired employees non-consolidated  Total People 233 275 242
Male 188 220 181
Female 45 55 61
Percentage of female employees in new hires % 19.3 20.0 25.2
Percentage of Mid-career hires in new hires % 40.3 31.3 16.1
Number of retirees non-consolidated  Aggregate total People 54 76 104
Retired 23 36 57
Resigned for personal reasons 31 40 47
Turnover rate non-consolidated    % 0.8 1.0 1.08
Turnover rate (within 3 years after entering) non-consolidated    % 2.1 2.9 5.0
Ratio of employees with disablities
(statutory employment rate)
non-consolidated    % 2.31(2.3) 2.34(2.3) 2.36(2.5)
Number of dispatched employees, etc. non-consolidated    People 666 594 515
Work style Number of employees who took childcare leave, etc. non-consolidated  Aggregate total People 235 323 305
Male 184 270 254
Female 51 53 51
Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave (Note 1) non-consolidated    % 90.3 99.2 97.1
Ratio of employees returning to work after childcare leave non-consolidated  Aggregate total % 100 100 100
Male 100 100 100
Female 100 100 100
Number of employees who took nursing care leave, etc. non-consolidated  Aggregate total People 6 8 28
Male 2 6 13
Female 4 2 15
Average annual income non-consolidated    Ten thousands of yen 720 772 745
Gender pay gap
(all workers)
non-consolidated    % 65.0 67.0 68.2
Gender wage gap
(regular workers)  
non-consolidated    % 66.6 68.5 69.2
Gender wage gap
(non-regular workers)
non-consolidated    % 92.7 93.3 125.9
First salary (Note 2)  non-consolidated  University graduation male yen 216,300
232,800 245,800
University graduation woman 216,300 232,800 245,800
Graduated from graduate school male 236,600 252,100 265,100
Graduated from graduate school woman 236,600 252,100 265,100
Basic wage raise non-consolidated    % 0.78 2.86 2.12
Rate of increase in salary non-consolidated    % 3.02 5.10 5.84
Bonus payments
(excluding extra bonus)
non-consolidated    Months' salary 5.8 6.1 6.0
Bonus payments
(including extra bonus)
non-consolidated    Months' salary 7.8 6.9 6.0
Total annual working hours non-consolidated    Hours 1,844 1,818 1,744
Monthly average overtime hours
(non-scheduled working hours)
non-consolidated    Hours 13.1 10.6 5.4
Number of days of paid leave taken non-consolidated    Days 15.8 15.9 16.0
Percentage of paid leave taken non-consolidated    % 84.2 85.6 85.5
Number of days of accumulated paid leave taken (Note 3) non-consolidated    Days 7,477.5 5,075.5 4,800.0
Percentage of birthday leave taken (Note 4) non-consolidated    % 95.4 93.4 93.8
Number of employees who took long service leave non-consolidated    People 235 225 236
Number of employees who took volunteer leave non-consolidated    People 0 0 1
Total number of  childbirth leave taken (Note 5) non-consolidated    Days 291.5 228.5 255.5
Percentage of employees who have extended  their retirement age non-consolidated    % 98.6 95.9 91.6
Percentage of employees who were reemployed after retirement non-consolidated    % 100 87.5 88.9
Expenses related to employee training (total) non-consolidated    Hundred million yen 1.33 2.06 3.02
Training cost per employee non-consolidated    yen 34,371 50,648 71,589
Average training time for trainees non-consolidated    Hours 95 93 63
Rate of participation in a labor union non-consolidated    % 95.7 97.9 98.7
Number of labour union-management consultations non-consolidated    Times 12 9 10
Number of shareholding-association member non-consolidated    People 3,684 3,917 4,081
Shareholding-association membership rates non-consolidated    % 92.98 94.20 94.60
Occupational health and safety Number of occupational injuries 
(including dispatched employees)
non-consolidated    Cases 11 9 8
〃     
 (lost time incidents within the above)
non-consolidated    Cases 2 1 2
Number of occupational injuries
 (employees only)
non-consolidated    Cases 8 6 5
〃      
(lost time incidents within the above)
non-consolidated    Cases 0 0 1
Frequency rate (Note 6)
non-consolidated    - 0 0 0.12803
Severity rate (Note 7) non-consolidated    - 0 0 0.00019
Number of workdays lost due to occupational accidents
(including dispatched employees)
non-consolidated    Days 8 1 49.5
Number of workdays lost due to occupational accidents
(employees only)
non-consolidated    Days 0 0 1.5
Occupational physician, paychiatrist non-consolidated    People 3 3 3
Occupational health nurse non-consolidated    People 9 9 9
Health management Participation rate of periodical medical examination non-consolidated    % 100 100 100
Participation rate of detailed examination after periodic medical examination non-consolidated    % 60.8 62.2 60.85
Percentage of employees
classified as normal weight (BMI:18.5~24.9)
non-consolidated    % 73.3 73.1 72.7
Number of physical strength examination participants
(Note 8)
non-consolidated    People 143 1,383 1,312
Participation rate of physical strength examination non-consolidated    % 88.6 79.7 85.5
Number of  body composition mesurement participants non-consolidated    People 3,160 3,386 3,430
Number of body design school participants (Note 9) non-consolidated    People 27 40 88
Number of walking participants non-consolidated    People 1,110 1,172 1,251
Number of dental examination participants non-consolidated    People 3,047 3,153 3,371
Participation rate for dental examination non-consolidated    % 75.7 76.4 78.4
Number of PET examination participants non-consolidated    People 653 436 740
Number of emolyees receiving influenza vaccination
(Note 10)
non-consolidated    People 1,752 1,915 1,778
Percentage of employees receiving influenza vaccination non-consolidated    % 44.52 47.93 44.50
Number of employees answering stress check non-consolidated    People 3,826 3,995 4,092
Percentage of employees answering stress check non-consolidated    % 97.3 97.0 96.4
Smoking rate non-consolidated    % 12.2 12.7 12.8
Number of employees who are on administrative leave  non-consolidated    People 39 34 36

(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.

※It is scheduled to be updated.

Governance

 

Topic Indicator Unit 2022 2023 2024
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 17 16 16
Number of Board of Executive Officers non-consolidated    Times 44 41 42
Number of Audit & Supervisory Board meetings non-consolidated    Times 6 7 7
Total amount of remuneration for Directors non-consolidated    Million yen 370 375 374
Total amount of remuneration for Audit & Supervisory Board Members non-consolidated    Million yen 54 55 55
Attendance rate for Board of Directors meetings non-consolidated    % 99.2 99.6 97.5
Attendance rate for Audit & Supervisory Board meetings non-consolidated    % 100 100 100
Number of members of the Nomination and Compensation Committee non-consolidated    Members 6 7 7
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 3 4
Training for Board Members non-consolidated     
Legal and corporate compliance Number of reports received through Whistleblower program* non-consolidated    Cases 1 4 2
Intellectual Property Management Number of patent held non-consolidated  Total Cases 8,158 8,707 9,126
Domestic 2,501 2,630 2,777
Overseas 5,657 6,077 6,349
Relationship with shareholders Dividend per share non-consolidated    Yen 72 76 76
Meeting with shareholders non-consolidated     
Financial settlement briefing non-consolidated    Times ✓(Twice a year) ✓(Twice a year) ✓(Twice a year)

*The number of reports received through Whistleblower program is not the number of violations, but the number of reports.