ESG Data

Sustainability Data

ESG Data

Human Resources

Ratio of Female Employees and Managers

Regular employees as of April

		2019		2020		2021		2022		2023
		Men	Ratio of female to male employees （%）	Men	Ratio of female to male employees （%）	Men	Ratio of female to male employees （%）	Men	Ratio of female to male employees （%）	Men	Ratio of female to male employees （%）
		Women	Ratio of female to male employees （%）	Women	Ratio of female to male employees （%）	Women	Ratio of female to male employees （%）	Women	Ratio of female to male employees （%）	Women	Ratio of female to male employees （%）
Benesse Corporation	Employees	1,019	54	1,007	53	1,087	53	1,127	52	1,173	52
	Employees	1,205	54	1,152	53	1,218	53	1,220	52	1,259	52
	Section managers	126	36	134	35	149	35	157	35	143	38
	Section managers	72	36	73	35	82	35	85	35	89	38
	Departmental directors	39	35	41	35	47	33	67	31	71	29
	Departmental directors	21	35	22	35	23	33	30	31	29	29
	Executives	11	21	12	14	11	15	9	10	13	13
	Executives	3	21	2	14	2	15	1	10	2	13
Benesse Style Care	Employees	3,168	64	3,438	64	3,597	64	3,585	64	3,624	64
	Employees	5,745	64	6,008	64	6,267	64	6,430	64	6,521	64
	Section managers	298	37	305	39	317	37	329	37	340	36
	Section managers	178	37	191	39	190	37	190	37	194	36
	Departmental directors	75	23	85	20	87	17	86	20	87	22
	Departmental directors	22	23	21	20	18	17	22	20	25	22
	Executives	9	18	9	18	9	10	9	10	8	20
	Executives	2	18	2	18	1	10	1	10	2	20

Number of Hires by Gender (Benesse Corporation)

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

		2020	2021	2022	2023	2024*
New graduates	Male	45	60	29	35	52
	Female	70	65	37	24	40
	Total	115	125	66	59	92
Mid-career	Male	71	54	68	104	—
	Female	33	31	27	81	—
	Total	104	85	95	185	—
Total		219	210	161	244	—

*as of April 2023

Ratio of Employees with Disabilities (Benesse Group)

As of June 1

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Ratio of Employees	2.44%	2.58%	2.47%	2.54%	2.51%

* Ratio of employees with disabilities at Group companies subject to the Employment Quota System for Persons with Disabilities

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Number of Employees Who Took Childcare Leave and Returned from Leave

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023
	Number of Employees Taking Leave	Number of Returnees	Number of Employees Taking Leave	Number of Returnees	Number of Employees Taking Leave	Number of Returnees	Number of Employees Taking Leave	Number of Returnees	Number of Employees Taking Leave
Benesse Corporation (full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)	67	72	56	57	52	59	76	85	80
Benesse Style Care (full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)	204	192	267	236	252	232	301	225	307

* Returnees: Employees who return to work within the time limit for leave under each company's system

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Ratio of men taking childcare leave

Year ended 31 March of each year (%)

	2020	2021	2022	2023
Benesse Corporation (full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)	62	49	51	51
Benesse Stlye Care (full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)	50	58	49	58

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Number of employees who have obtained shorter working hours for childcare

As of April

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Benesse Corporation (full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)	124	76	50	53	58
Benesse Style Care (full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)	230	230	280	280	290

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Number of Employees Receiving Childcare Allowance (Benesse Style Care)

As of June

2019	415
2020	373
2021	414
2022	381
2023	411

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Work-life Management Data (Benesse Corporation)

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year / Full-time employees

		2020	2021	2022	2023
Overtime work hours*		34.3hours	38.2hours	39.6hours	38.9hours
Annual leave utilization rate		60%	52%	54%	60%
Number of employees taking nursing care leave		0	1	2	1
Average years of continuous service	Men	12.0	12.2	13.1	12.6
Average years of continuous service	Women	12.6	13.0	14.3	13.8

* Prescribed working hours: 7 hours/day

Gender wage differential (ratio of women's wages to men's wages)

Year ended 31 March (%)

	2023
	fulltime employment	Part-time/fixed-term employment	all workers
Benesse Corporation (full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)	85	88	71
Benesse Stlye Care (full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)	94	109	91

Other relevant information on Group companies (public information under the Women's Success Promotion Act) [Japanese]

Employee Engagement (Benesse Group)

(Year ended 31 March of each year)

	2022	2023
Engagement rating	A	BBB

※Engagement Ratings：
An indicator of the degree of engagement (mutual understanding and affinity) between a company and its employees.
There are 11 rating levels from AAA to DD.

Employee training costs (Benesse Corporation)

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total (millions of yen)	127	142	131	132	176
Cost per person (yen)	—	—	—	91,411	76,905
Time per person (hours)	—	—	—	21.9	26.7

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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, CLASSICO Inc.

Environment

Benesse Group environmental policy

Benesse Group environmental policy

Water policy (included in environmental policy)

Policy for reduction in water usage

Reduce the usage of service water and sewage at offices where toilet renovation work was done when conducting plumbing construction at the Okayama Headquarters and the Tokyo Headquarters.

	Plan	Past Results
Okayama Head Office (FY22)	Reduce water and wastewater consumption by 10% from the previous year	5,354m³ (107.9% of the previous year)
Tokyo Headquarter (FY22)	Reduce water and wastewater consumption by 10% from the previous year	7,887m³ (86.6% of the previous year)

Biodiversity policy (included in environmental policy)

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● Energy consumption, resource consumption, emissions

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

	Units	2021	2022	2023
Electricity	GJ	112,324	126,773	111,514
Electricity	(Thousands kWh)	(11,303)	(12,757)	(11,816)
Steam	GJ	5,066	5,640	6,420
City gas	GJ	2,025	1,810	1,910
Diesel oil, Heavy Oil A, Gasoline	GJ	147	280	214
Hot and cold water	GJ	7,630	6,457	4,034
Total energy use★	GJ	122,126	135,320	124,093

Paper use★	t	51,823	45,825	38,253
Water use★	Thousands m³	2,540	1,612	1,557
Waste emissions★	t	371	233	1,204
Amount of waste recovered★	t	248	153	815
Recycling rate	%	67	66	68

★Third-party verification items (third-party verification has been received from Socotec Certification Japan K.K.)

Presently undergoing third-party verification for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, scheduled to be completed in December.
Energy consumption data is for the Okayama Headquarters, Tokyo Head Office, Benesse Logistics Center, and a property in Takayanagi, Okayama City, Okayama, the seven branch offices as well as Class Benesse and the BE studio offices.
Paper usage is calculated excluding office usage
Water usage is for the Okayama Headquarters, Tokyo Head Office, Benesse Logistics Center, Benesse Style Care (housing for seniors), and Benesse Socius.The water source is 100% tap water.

Benesse Socius:

An office that offers type A support for continuous employment through contracting and offering a cleaning service for private articles and bath towels for residents of retirement homes operated by Benesse Style Care.
The amount of waste discharged and collected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, has increased due to the addition of facilities for weighing noncombustible waste and recycled waste.

Benesse Corporation has set medium- to long-term reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions and has raised its targets for Scope 1 and Scope 2 even higher than before. The "Well-Below 2°C level target", which was certified by Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi ) in May 2021, has been updated and re-certified to a "1.5°C" target. For Scope 3 (emissions from Benesse's value chain), we have also set reduction targets for 2030 and 2050, using 2018 as the baseline year, in line with the “2°C target.”

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● Target Reductions for Scope 1 and 2, Scope 3

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

	Every fiscal year*	2030*	2041	2050*
Reduction rate for Scope 1 and 2 using 2018 as the baseline year	4.4%	52.8%	100%	100%

* Reduction target has been certified by SBTi

[Date of revision September 29, 2022]

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

	Every fiscal year	2030	2050
Reduction rate of Scope 3 using 2018 as the baseline year	1.23%	14.8%	39.4%

2°C target certified by SBTi

● Renewable energy ratio target : 100% by 2041

< Benesse Group >
● Target Reduction for Scope 1 and 2

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

	2030	2041
Reduction rate for Scope 1 and 2 using 2022 as the baseline year	42.4%	100%

<Benesse Corporation>
●Actual Reductions for Scope 1 and 2, Scope 3

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Units:t-CO2	Base year results	Results	Results
Units:t-CO2	2018	2022	2023
Scopes1	120	75	73
Scopes2	7,477	4,502	3,016
Scopes3	220,450	189,981	161,418
Total of Scopes 1, 2, and 3	228,047	194,558	164,507
Scopes 1, 2, and 3 Specific unit results （Unit sales basis t-CO2/thousand yen）	0.0013	0.0011	0.0009
YoY change		91.55%	81.75%

Date of revision September 1, 2023

[CO2 emissions by scope]

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Unit: Tons CO2			2021	2022	2023
Scope 1			76	75	73
Scope 2			5,204	4,502	3,016
Scope 3			208,527	189,981	161,420
	1	Purchased products and services	179,397	162,462	136,597
	2	Capital goods	7,100	6,583	4,457
	3	Fuel and energy activities that do not fall under Scopes 1 and 2	987	883	799
	4	Transportation and distribution (upstream)	3,242	2,834	2,754
	5	Waste generated from operations	515	498	515
	6	Business trips	1,098	1,368	2,671
	7	Employee commuting	345	455	1,278
	8	Leased assets (upstream)	0	0	0
	9	Transportation and distribution (downstream)	8,340	8,335	6,763
	10	Fabrication of sold products	0	0	0
	11	Use of sold products	417	347	304
	12	Disposal of sold products	7,086	6,216	5,282
	13	Leased assets (downstream)	0	0	0
	14	Franchises	0	0	0
	15	Investments	0	0	0
Total of Scopes 1, 2, and 3			213,807	194,558	164,509

Date of revision September 1, 2023

Third-Party Verification

To improve the reliability of our CO2 emissions results, Benesse Corporation is undergoing third-party verification by Socotec Certification Japan K.K. The verification covers Scope 1 and Scope 2 and Scope 3, including Category 1 (purchased products and services), 2 (capital goods), 3 (fuel and energy activities *not included in Scope 1 and 2), 4 and 9 (transportation and distribution (upstream and downstream)), 5 (waste generated from operations), 6 (business trips), 7 (employees' commuting), 11 (use of sold products), and 12 (disposal of sold products). From 2022, in addition to GHG emissions, energy consumption, water consumption, and waste emissions will also be included in the verification.

* This is currently being verified for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, which is scheduled to end in December.

Last updated : 2023/09/12