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GRI Standards Content Index

GRI Standards Content Index

Content Index between GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) and disclosure of Benesse Holdings.

　　　　　
Universal Standards
Disclosure Number Requirements Link to the page
102-1 Name of the organization. Corporate Data
102-2
  1. A description of the organization’s activities.
  2. Primary brands, products, and services, including an explanation of any products or services that are banned in certain markets.
 Our Business
102-3 Location of the organization’s headquarters. Corporate Data
102-4 Number of countries where the organization operates, and the names of countries where it has significant operations and/or that are relevant to the topics covered in the report. Risk Factors
Group Companies
102-5 Nature of ownership and legal form. Corporate Data
102-6
  1. Markets served, including:
    1. geographic locations where products and services are offered;
    2. sectors served;
    3. types of customers and beneficiaries.
 Our Business (By Segment)
Business Activities of the Benesse Group
102-7
  1. Scale of the organization, including:
    1. total number of employees;
    2. total number of operations;
    3. net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues (for public sector organizations);
    4. total capitalization (for private sector organizations) broken down in terms of debt and equity;
    5. quantity of products or services provided.
 Corporate Information
Ten-Year Summary of Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets
At a Glance
102-8
  1. Total number of employees by employment contract (permanent and temporary), by gender.
  2. Total number of employees by employment contract (permanent and temporary), by region.
  3. Total number of employees by employment type (full-time and part-time), by gender.
  4. Whether a significant portion of the organization’s activities are performed by workers who are not employees. If applicable, a description of the nature and scale of work performed by workers who are not employees.
  5. Any significant variations in the numbers reported in Disclosures 102-8-a, 102-8-b, and 102-8-c (such as seasonal variations in the tourism or agricultural industries).
  6. An explanation of how the data have been compiled, including any assumptions made.
 Diversity
102-9
  1. A description of the organization’s supply chain, including its main elements as they relate to
    the organization’s activities, primary brands, products, and services.
 Benesse Corporation's Five Core Safety and Security Initiatives
102-11
  1. Whether and how the organization applies the Precautionary Principle or approach.
 Basic Stance and Implementation of Internal Control System
102-12
  1. A list of externally-developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles,
    or other initiatives to which the organization  subscribes, or which it endorses.
 External Evaluations
The United Nations' Global Compact
102-13
  1. A list of the main memberships of industry or other associations, and national or international advocacy organizations.
102-14
  1. A statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (such as CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy for addressing sustainability.
 Top Message
102-15
  1. A description of key impacts, risks, and pportunities.
 Medium-Term Management Plan
Risk Factors
102-16
  1. A description of the organization’s values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior.
 Benesse Group Corporate Philosophy and Principle
102-17
  1. A description of internal and external mechanisms for:
    1. seeking advice about ethical and lawful behavior, and organizational integrity;
    2. reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behavior, and organizational integrity.
 Corporate Governance
102-18
  1. Governance structure of the organization, including committees of the highest governance body.
  2. Committees responsible for decision-making on economic, environmental, and social topics.
 Corporate Governance
Promotion of Sustainability
102-19
  1. Process for delegating authority for economic, environmental, and social topics from the highest
    governance body to senior executives and other employees.
102-20
  1. Whether the organization has appointed an executive-level position or positions with
    responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics.
  2. Whether post holders report directly to the highest governance body.
102-21
  1. Processes for consultation between stakeholders and the highest governance body on economic, environmental, and social topics.
  2. If consultation is delegated, describe to whom it is delegated and how the resulting feedback is
    provided to the highest governance body.
102-22
  1. Composition of the highest governance body and its committees by:
    1. executive or non-executive;
    2. independence;
    3. tenure on the governance body;
    4. number of each individual’s other significant positions and commitments, and the nature of the commitments;
    5. gender;
    6. membership of under-represented social groups;
    7. competencies relating to economic, environmental, and social topics;
    8. stakeholder representation.
 Corporate Governance
Summary of Results of Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Board of Directors
102-23
  1. Whether the chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer in the organization.
  2. If the chair is also an executive officer, describe his or her function within the organization’s management and the reasons for this arrangement.
102-24
  1. Nomination and selection processes for the highest governance body and its committees.
  2. Criteria used for nominating and selecting highest governance body members, including whether
    and how:
    1. stakeholders (including shareholders) are involved;
    2. diversity is considered;
    3. independence is considered;
    4. expertise and experience relating to economic, environmental, and social topics are considered.
 Corporate Governance
102-25
  1. Processes for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided and managed.
  2. Whether conflicts of interest are disclosed to stakeholders, including, as a minimum:
    1. Cross-board membership;
    2. Cross-shareholding with suppliers and other stakeholders;
    3. Existence of controlling shareholder;
    4. Related party disclosures.
 Basic Stance and Implementation of Internal Control System
102-26
  1. Highest governance body’s and senior executives’ roles in the development, approval, and updating of the organization’s purpose, value or mission statements, strategies, policies, and goals related to economic, environmental, and social topics.
 Top Message
Corporate Governance
102-27
  1. Measures taken to develop and enhance the highest governance body’s collective knowledge of economic, environmental, and social topics.
 Corporate Governance
102-28
  1. Processes for evaluating the highest governance body’s performance with respect to governance
    of economic, environmental, and social topics.
  2. Whether such evaluation is independent or not, and its frequency.
  3. Whether such evaluation is a self-assessment.
  4. Actions taken in response to evaluation of the highest governance body’s performance with respect to governance of economic, environmental, and social topics, including, as a minimum, changes in membership and organizational practice.
 Corporate Governance
102-29
  1. Highest governance body’s role in identifying and managing economic, environmental, and social
    topics and their impacts, risks, and opportunities – including its role in the implementation of due diligence processes.
  2. Whether stakeholder consultation is used to support the highest governance body’s identification and management of economic, environmental, and social topics and their impacts, risks, and opportunities.
 Basic Stance and Implementation of Internal Control System
Promotion of Sustainability
102-30
  1. Highest governance body’s role in reviewing the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management processes for economic, environmental, and social topics.
102-31
  1. Frequency of the highest governance body’s review of economic, environmental, and social topics and their impacts, risks, and opportunities.
102-32
  1. The highest committee or position that formally reviews and approves the organization’s sustainability report and ensures that all material topics are covered.
102-33
  1. Process for communicating critical concerns to the highest governance body.
 Risk Factors
102-35
  1. Remuneration policies for the highest governance body and senior executives for the following types of remuneration:
    1. Fixed pay and variable pay, including performance-based pay, equity-based pay, bonuses,
      and deferred or vested shares;
    2. Sign-on bonuses or recruitment incentive payments;
    3. Termination payments;
    4. Clawbacks;
    5. Retirement benefits, including the difference between benefit schemes and contribution rates for the highest governance body, senior executives, and all other employees.
  2. How performance criteria in the remuneration policies relate to the highest governance body’s
    and senior executives’ objectives for economic, environmental, and social topics.
 Corporate Governance
102-36
  1. Process for determining remuneration.
  2. Whether remuneration consultants are involved in determining remuneration and whether they are independent of management.
  3. Any other relationships that the remuneration consultants have with the organization.
102-40
  1. A list of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.
 Communication with Stakeholders
102-42
  1. The basis for identifying and selecting stakeholders with whom to engage.
 Materiality
102-43
  1. The organization’s approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement
    by type and by stakeholder group, and an indication of whether any of the engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process.
 Stakeholder engagement
102-44
  1. Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, including:
    1. how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting;
    2. the stakeholder groups that raised each of the key topics and concerns.
102-46
  1. An explanation of the process for defining the report content and the topic Boundaries.
  2. An explanation of how the organization has implemented the Reporting Principles for defining report content.
 Benesse CSR Promotion Structure




Materiality
102-47
  1. A list of the material topics identified in the process for defining report content.
102-48
  1. The effect of any restatements of information given in previous reports, and the reasons for such restatements.
 ESG Data
102-50
  1. Reporting period for the information provided.
 Reporting

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Basic IR Policy
102-51
  1. If applicable, the date of the most recent previous report.
102-52
  1. Reporting cycle.
102-53
  1. The contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.
 IR Contact
102-54
  1. The claim made by the organization, if it has prepared a report in accordance with the GRI
    Standards, either:
    1. ‘This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option’;
    2. ‘This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Comprehensive option’.
 Reporting
102-55
  1. The GRI content index, which specifies each of the GRI Standards used and lists all disclosures included in the report.
  2. For each disclosure, the content index shall include:
    1. the number of the disclosure (for disclosures covered by the GRI Standards);
    2. the page number(s) or URL(s) where the information can be found, either within the report or in other published materials;
    3. if applicable, and where permitted, the reason(s) for omission when a required disclosure cannot be made.
 GRI Standards Content Index
102-56
  1. A description of the organization’s policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report.
  2. If the report has been externally assured:
    1. A reference to the external assurance report, statements, or opinions. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, a description of what has and what has not been assured and on what basis, including the assurance standards used, the level of assurance obtained, and any limitations of the assurance process;
    2. The relationship between the organization and the assurance provider;
    3. Whether and how the highest governance body or senior executives are involved in seeking external assurance for the organization’s sustainability report.
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Volume Verification Report
103-1
  1. An explanation of why the topic is material.
  2. The Boundary for the material topic, which includes a description of:
    1. where the impacts occur;
    2. the organization’s involvement with the impacts. For example, whether the
      organization has caused or contributed to the impacts, or is directly linked to the impacts through its business relationships.
  3. Any specific limitation regarding the topic Boundary.
 Top Message
Sustainability Vision
Materiality
Sustainability Management
 
103-2
  1. An explanation of how the organization manages the topic.
  2. A statement of the purpose of the management approach.
  3. A description of the following, if the management approach includes that component:
    1. Policies
    2. Commitments
    3. Goals and targets
    4. Responsibilities
    5. Resources
    6. Grievance mechanisms
    7. Specific actions, such as processes, projects, programs and initiatives
 Top Message
Sustainability Vision
Materiality
Corporate Governance
 
103-3
  1. An explanation of how the organization evaluates the management approach, including:
    1. the mechanisms for evaluating the effectiveness of the management approach;
    2. the results of the evaluation of the management approach;
    3. any related adjustments to the management approach.
 Sustainability Management
ESG Data
External Evaluations and Awards
 
 
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Economic
Disclosure Number Requirements Link to the page
201-1
  1. Direct economic value generated and distributed (EVG&D) on an accruals basis, including the
    basic components for the organization’s global operations as listed below. If data are presented
    on a cash basis, report the justification for this decision in addition to reporting the following
    basic components:
    1. Direct economic value generated: revenues;
    2. Economic value distributed: operating costs, employee wages and benefits,
      payments to providers of capital, payments to government by country, and community investments;
    3. Economic value retained: ‘direct economic value generated’ less ‘economic value distributed’.
  2. Where significant, report EVG&D separately at country, regional, or market levels, and the criteria used for defining significance.
 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2020
201-2
  1. Risks and opportunities posed by climate change that have the potential to generate substantive changes in operations, revenue, or expenditure, including:
    1. a description of the risk or opportunity and its classification as either physical,
      regulatory, or other;
    2. a description of the impact associated with the risk or opportunity;
    3. the financial implications of the risk or opportunity before action is taken;
    4. the methods used to manage the risk or opportunity;
    5. the costs of actions taken to manage the risk or opportunity.
 Benesse Group Environmental Policy
201-3
  1. If the plan’s liabilities are met by the organization’s general resources, the estimated value of those liabilities.
  2. If a separate fund exists to pay the plan’s pension liabilities:
    1. the extent to which the scheme’s liabilities are estimated to be covered by the assets that have been set aside to meet them;
    2. the basis on which that estimate has been arrived at;
    3. when that estimate was made.
  3. If a fund set up to pay the plan’s pension liabilities is not fully covered, explain the strategy, if any, adopted by the employer to work towards full coverage, and the timescale, if any, by which the employer hopes to achieve full coverage.
  4. Percentage of salary contributed by employee or employer.
  5. Level of participation in retirement plans, such as participation in mandatory or voluntary
    schemes, regional, or country-based schemes, or those with financial impact.
 Investor Relations
203-1
  1. Extent of development of significant infrastructure investments and services supported.
  2. Current or expected impacts on communities and local economies, including positive and negative impacts where relevant.
  3. Whether these investments and services are commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagements.
 Sustainability Achievements
Benesse Brighter Future for Children Booster Project
203-2
  1. Examples of significant identified indirect economic impacts of the organization, including positive and negative impacts.
  2. Significance of the indirect economic impacts in the context of external benchmarks and stakeholder priorities, such as national and international standards, protocols, and policy agendas.
205-2
  1. Total number and percentage of governance body members that the organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures have been communicated to, broken down by region.
  2. Total number and percentage of employees that the organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures have been communicated to, broken down by employee category and region.
  3. Total number and percentage of business partners that the organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures have been communicated to, broken down by type of business partner and region. Describe if the organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures have been communicated to any other persons or organizations.
  4. Total number and percentage of governance body members that have received training on anti-corruption, broken down by region.
  5. Total number and percentage of employees that have received training on anti-corruption, broken down by employee category and region.
 Corporate Governance
207-1
  1. A description of the approach to tax, including:
    1. whether the organization has a tax strategy and, if so, a link to this strategy if publicly available;
    2. the governance body or executive-level position within the organization that formally reviews and approves the tax strategy, and the frequency of this review;
    3. the approach to regulatory compliance;
    4. how the approach to tax is linked to the business and sustainable development
      strategies of the organization.
 Benesse Group Tax Policy
207-2
  1. A description of the tax governance and control framework, including:
    1. the governance body or executive-level position within the organization accountable for compliance with the tax strategy;
    2. how the approach to tax is embedded within the organization;
    3. the approach to tax risks, including how risks are identified, managed, and monitored;
    4. how compliance with the tax overnance and control framework is evaluated.
  2. A description of the mechanisms for reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behavior
    and the organization’s integrity in relation to tax.
  3. A description of the assurance process for disclosures on tax and, if applicable, a reference to the assurance report, statement, or opinion.
 Benesse Group Tax Policy
207-3
  1. A description of the approach to stakeholder engagement and management of stakeholder
    concerns related to tax, including:
    1. the approach to engagement with tax authorities;
    2. the approach to public policy advocacy on tax;
    3. the processes for collecting and considering the views and concerns of stakeholders, including external stakeholders.
 Benesse Group Tax Policy
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Environmental
Disclosure Number Requirements Link to the page
301-1
  1. Total weight or volume of materials that are used to produce and package the organization’s primary products and services during the reporting period, by:
    1. non-renewable materials used;
    2. renewable materials used.
 ESG Data
301-2
  1. Percentage of recycled input materials used to manufacture the organization’s primary products and services.
301-3
  1. Percentage of reclaimed products and their packaging materials for each product category.
  2. How the data for this disclosure have been collected.
302-1
  1. Total fuel consumption within the organization from non-renewable sources, in joules or multiples, and including fuel types used.
  2. Total fuel consumption within the organization from renewable sources, in joules or multiples, and including fuel types used.
  3. In joules, watt-hours or multiples, the total:
    1. electricity consumption
    1. heating consumption
    1. cooling consumption
    1. steam consumption
  4. In joules, watt-hours or multiples, the total:
    1. electricity sold
    2. heating sold
    3. cooling sold
    4. steam sold
  5. Total energy consumption within the organization, in joules or multiples.
  6. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.
  7. Source of the conversion factors used.
 ESG Data (Electricity Consumption)
303-1
  1. A description of how the organization interacts with water, including how and where water is withdrawn, consumed, and discharged, and the water-related impacts caused or contributed to, or directly linked to the organization’s activities, products or services by a business relationship (e.g., impacts caused by runoff).
  2. A description of the approach used to identify water-related impacts, including the scope of assessments, their timeframe, and any tools or methodologies used.
  3. A description of how water-related impacts are addressed, including how the organization works with stakeholders to steward water as a shared resource, and how it engages with suppliers or customers with significant water-related impacts.
  4. An explanation of the process for setting any water-related goals and targets that are part of the organization’s management approach, and how they relate to public policy and the local context of each area with water stress.
 ESG Data (Water Consumption)
Note: All water resources consist of tap water.
304-1
  1. For each operational site owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas, the following information:
    1. Geographic location;
    2. Subsurface and underground land that may be owned, leased, or managed by the organization;
    3. Position in relation to the protected area (in the area, adjacent to, or containing
      portions of the protected area) or the high biodiversity value area outside protected areas;
    4. Type of operation (office, manufacturing or production, or extractive);
    5. Size of operational site in km2 (or another unit, if appropriate);
    6. Biodiversity value characterized by the attribute of the protected area or area of high biodiversity value outside the protected area (terrestrial, freshwater, or maritime ecosystem);
    7. Biodiversity value characterized by listing of protected status (such as IUCN Protected Area Management Categories, Ramsar Convention, national legislation).
 Benesse Group Environmental Policy
305-1
  1. Gross direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
  2. Gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all.
  3. Biogenic CO2 emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
  4. Base year for the calculation, if applicable, including:
    1. the rationale for choosing it;
    2. emissions in the base year;
    3. the context for any significant changes in emissions that triggered recalculations of base year emissions.
  5. Source of the emission factors and the global warming potential (GWP) rates used, or a reference to the GWP source.
  6. Consolidation approach for emissions; whether equity share, financial control, or operational control.
  7. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.
 ESG Data (Environment)
305-2
  1. Gross location-based energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
  2. If applicable, gross market-based energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
  3. If available, the gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3,
    or all.
  4. Base year for the calculation, if applicable, including:
    1. the rationale for choosing it;
    2. emissions in the base year;
    3. the context for any significant changes in emissions that triggered recalculations of base year emissions.
  5. Source of the emission factors and the global warming potential (GWP) rates used, or a reference to the GWP source.
  6. Consolidation approach for emissions; whether equity share, financial control, or operational control.
  7. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.
305-3
  1. Gross other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
  2. If available, the gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3,
    or all.
  3. Biogenic CO2 emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
  4. Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions categories and activities included in the calculation.
  5. Base year for the calculation, if applicable, including:
    1. the rationale for choosing it;
    2. emissions in the base year;
    3. the context for any significant changes in emissions that triggered recalculations of base year emissions.
  6. Source of the emission factors and the global warming potential (GWP) rates used, or a reference to the GWP source.
  7. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.
305-5
  1. GHG emissions reduced as a direct result of reduction initiatives, in metric tons of CO2
    equivalent.
  2. Gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all.
  3. Base year or baseline, including the rationale for choosing it.
  4. Scopes in which reductions took place; whether direct (Scope 1), energy indirect (Scope 2), and/or other indirect (Scope 3).
  5. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.
 ESG Data (Environment)
306-1
  1. For the organization’s significant actual and potential waste-related impacts, a description of:
    1. the inputs, activities, and outputs that lead or could lead to these impacts;
    2. whether these impacts relate to waste generated in the organization’s own activities or to waste generated upstream or downstream in its value chain.
 ESG Data (Environment)
306-2
  1. Actions, including circularity measures, taken to prevent waste generation in the organization’s own activities and upstream and downstream in its value chain, and to manage significant impacts from waste generated.
  2. If the waste generated by the organization in its own activities is managed by a third party, a description of the processes used to determine whether the third party manages the waste in line with contractual or legislative obligations.
  3. The processes used to collect and monitor waste-related data.
Social
Disclosure Number Requirements Link to the page
401-2
  1. Benefits which are standard for full-time employees of the organization but are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by significant locations of operation. These include, as a minimum:
    1. life insurance;
    2. health care;
    3. disability and invalidity coverage;
    4. parental leave;
    5. retirement provision;
    6. stock ownership;
    7. others.
  2. The definition used for ‘significant locations of operation’.
 Creation of Vibrant, Employee-Oriented Workplaces
401-3
  1. Total number of employees that were entitled to parental leave, by gender.
  2. Total number of employees that took parental leave, by gender.
  3. Total number of employees that returned to work in the reporting period after parental leave ended, by gender.
  4. Total number of employees that returned to work after parental leave ended that were still employed 12 months after their return to work, by gender.
  5. Return to work and retention rates of employees that took parental leave, by gender.
 Diversity
403-1
  1. A statement of whether an occupational health and safety management system has been implemented, including whether:
    1. the system has been implemented because of legal requirements and, if so, a list of the requirements;
    2. the system has been implemented based on recognized risk management and/or management system standards/guidelines and, if so, a list of the standards/guidelines.
  2. A description of the scope of workers, activities, and workplaces covered by the occupational health and safety management system, and an explanation of whether and, if so, why any workers, activities, or workplaces are not covered.
 Creation of Vibrant, Employee-Oriented Workplaces
404-2
  1. Type and scope of programs implemented and assistance provided to upgrade employee skills.
  2. Transition assistance programs provided to facilitate continued employability and the management of career endings resulting from retirement or termination of employment.
 Human Resources Development
405-1
  1. Percentage of individuals within the organization’s governance bodies in each of the following
    diversity categories:
    1. Gender;
    2. Age group: under 30 years old, 30-50 years old, over 50 years old;
    3. Other indicators of diversity where relevant (such as minority or vulnerable groups).
  2. Percentage of employees per employee category in each of the following diversity categories:
    1. Gender;
    2. Age group: under 30 years old, 30-50 years old, over 50 years old;
    3. Other indicators of diversity where relevant (such as minority or vulnerable groups).
 Number of Employees and Management Level Employees by Gender
413-1
  1. Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments,
    and/or development programs, including the use of:
    1. social impact assessments, including gender impact assessments, based on participatory processes;
    2. environmental impact assessments and ongoing monitoring;
    3. public disclosure of results of environmental and social impact assessments;
    4. local community development programs based on local communities’ needs;
    5. stakeholder engagement plans based on stakeholder mapping;
    6. broad based local community consultation committees and processes that include vulnerable groups;
    7. works councils, occupational health and safety committees and other worker representation bodies to deal with impacts;
    8. formal local community grievance processes.
 Community / Social Contributions
416-1
  1. Percentage of significant product and service categories for which health and safety impacts are
    assessed for improvement.
 Benesse Corporation's Five Core Safety and Security Initiatives
416-2
  1. Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and/or voluntary codes concerning
    the health and safety impacts of products and services within the reporting period, by:
    1. incidents of non-compliance with regulations resulting in a fine or penalty;
    2. incidents of non-compliance with regulations resulting in a warning;
    3. incidents of non-compliance with voluntary codes.
  2. If the organization has not identified any non-compliance with regulations and/or voluntary
    codes, a brief statement of this fact is sufficient.
 Benesse Corporation's Five Core Safety and Security Initiatives
417-1
  1. Whether each of the following types of information is required by the organization’s procedures for product and service information and labeling:
    1. The sourcing of components of the product or service;
    2. Content, particularly with regard to substances that might produce an environmental or social impact;
    3. Safe use of the product or service;
    4. Disposal of the product and environmental or social impacts;
    5. Other (explain).
  2. Percentage of significant product or service categories covered by and assessed for compliance
    with such procedures.
 Benesse Corporation's Five Core Safety and Security Initiatives
Product Safety Measures Based on the Five Core Safety and Security Initiatives
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