Ratio of Employees with Disabilities in the Benesse Group
As of June 1
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Ratio of Employees
2.17%
2.27%
2.42%
2.44%
2.57%
* Ratio of employees with disabilities at Group companies subject to the Employment Quota System for Persons with Disabilities
* In 2016, the Group expanded the scope of data collection for this statistic, which temporarily lowered the ratio of employees with disabilities ; however, the Group plans to proactively increase the ratio going forward
Benesse Holdings, Inc., Benesse Holdings, Inc. Sustainability Promotion, Benesse Holdings, Inc. Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Department, Benesse Holdings, Inc. Administrative Division, Benesse Corporation, Benesse Foundation for Children, Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute, Berlitz Corporation, SIMUL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Tokyo Individualized Educational Institute, INC.,, Ochanomizu Seminar Co., Ltd., UP Inc., Benesse Style Care Co., Ltd., Benesse Business-mate, Inc., Benesse Socius, Inc., Fukutake Foundation, FUKUTAKE EDUCATION AND CULTURE FOUNDATION
Reduce the usage of service water and sewage at offices where toilet renovation work is done when conducting plumbing construction at the Okayama Headquarters and the Tokyo Headquarters.
Okayama Headquarters (August 2018 through July 2019)
Annual reduction of approximately 2,500m³ of service water and an equivalent amount of sewage (20% reduction versus the previous year)
Tokyo Headquarters (planned for 2021 onward)
Annual reduction of approximately 6,500m³ of service water and an equivalent amount of sewage (40% reduction versus the previous year)
Biodiversity policy (included in environmental policy)
The electricity consumption data are for the Okayama Headquarters, Tokyo Head Office (Tama Office), and Benesse Logistics Center only.
The water consumption data are for the Okayama Headquarters, Tokyo Head Office (Tama Office), Benesse Logistics Center and Benesse socius only.
Benesse Socius :
"A type-A worksite providing support for continuous employment" that provides contracted services for laundering the personal items and bath towels of residents of the care facilities for the elderly operated by Benesse Style Care. https://www.benesse-socius.co.jp
Water source is 100% city water.
Paper consumption excludes printing paper for use in offices.
CO2 emissions are for electricity consumption only.
Benesse Corporation has upwardly revised its medium- and long-term emissions reduction targets as below. With the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 (FY2017) as the reference year, these targets are science-based and designed to achieve the well-below 2-degree target (*) (2-degree target for Scope 3).
*The well-below 2-degree target aims to hold the global average temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Every fiscal year
FYE March 31, 2030
FYE March 31, 2050
Reduction rate with FYE March 31, 2018 (FY2017) as 100%
Scope 1: Benesse's own direct greenhouse gas emissions
Scope 2: Indirect emissions from the use of electricity, heat, or steam provided by third parties
Scope 3: Emissions from Benesse's value chain
* Scope 3 categories include:
category 1 (purchased goods and services), category 2 (capital goods), category 3 (fuel- and energy-related activities which are not included in scope 1 and 2), categories 4 and 9 (upstream and downstream transportation and distribution), category 5 (waste generated in operations), category 6 (business travel), category 7 (employee commuting), category 8 (upstream leased assets), category 11 (use of sold products), and category 12 (end-of-life treatment of sold products)
* Scope of organizations covered:
Benesse corporation offices, including offices in Japan and a branch in Taipei.
Unit:t-CO2
Reference Fiscal Year
Reporting Year
Reduction from
Reference Fiscal
Year
Reduction of
Reporting Year
2019
2018
Target
Result
Scope1
120
116
88
26.1%
23.8%
Scope2
7,477
7,251
6,595
11.8%
9.0%
Scope3
400,988
396,056
373,986
6.7%
5.6%
Total for scope1,2,3
408,584
403,423
380,669
6.8%
5.6%
Date of revision Feb. 17th, 2021
Third-Party Verification
To improve the reliability of the Company's CO2 emissions volume performance, it received third-party verification from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization for its fiscal 2020 data in scope 1, scope 2, and scope 3 for the following categories: category 1 (purchased goods and services), category 2 (capital goods), category 3 (fuel- and energy-related activities which are not included in scope 1 and 2), categories 4 and 9 (upstream and downstream transportation and distribution), category 5 (waste generated in operations), category 6 (business travel), category 7 (employee commuting), category 8 (upstream leased assets), category 11 (use of sold products), and category 12 (end-of-life treatment of sold products)
Benesse Holdings, Inc., Benesse Holdings, Inc. Sustainability Promotion, Benesse Holdings, Inc. Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Department, Benesse Holdings, Inc. Administrative Division, Benesse Corporation, Benesse Foundation for Children, Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute, Berlitz Corporation, SIMUL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Tokyo Individualized Educational Institute, INC.,, Ochanomizu Seminar Co., Ltd., UP Inc., Benesse Style Care Co., Ltd., Benesse Business-mate, Inc., Benesse Socius, Inc., Fukutake Foundation, FUKUTAKE EDUCATION AND CULTURE FOUNDATION