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 recalculated, in reference to well below 2°c targets (*), the targets for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions over the medium and long term, taking fiscal 2018 as the reference year.
* well-below 2°c targets is the one which holds the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°c above pre-industrial levels.
Every fiscal year
2031
2051
Reduction ratio taking fiscal 2018 as 100%
Scope 1 and 2
2.50%
33%
83%
Scope 3
1.25%
16%
30.60%
* The above reductions targets cover scope 1, scope 2, and scope 3.
Scope 1 : Benesse's own direct greenhouse gas emissions
Scope 2 : Indirect emissions from 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.
Reference Fiscal Year
Previous Year
Reporting Year
Reduction from
Reference Fiscal
Year
Reduction of
Reporting Year
Unit：t-CO2
2018
2019
2020
Result
Target
Result
Scope 1
120
89
114
88
26.4％
22.5％
Scope 2
7,477
6,595
7,103
5,929
20.7％
16.5％
Scope 3
7,874,419
7,124,353
7,677,558
7,040,952
10.6％
8.3％
Total for scope 1,2,3
7,882,016
7,131,037
7,684,775
7,046,969
10.6％
8.3％
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
