Sustainability Data

ESG Data

ESG Data

Human Resources

Ratio of Female Employees and Managers

Regular employees as of April

  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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 Women Women Women Women
Benesse Corporation Employees 1,007 53 1,087 53 1,127 52 1,173 52 1,651 48
1,152 1,218 1,220 1,259 1,544
Section managers 134 35 149 35 157 35 143 38 185 36
73 82 85 89 103
Departmental directors 41 35 47 33 67 31 71 29 72 27
22 23 30 29 27
Executives 12 14 11 15 9 10 13 13 13 13
2 2 1 2 2
Benesse Style Care Employees 3,438 64 3,597 64 3,585 64 3,624 64 3,628 64
6,008 6,267 6,430 6,521 6,506
Section managers 305 39 317 37 329 37 340 36 341 37
191 190 190 194 198
Departmental directors 85 20 87 17 86 20 87 22 90 20
21 18 22 25 23
Executives 9 18 9 10 9 10 8 20 8 20
2 1 1 2 2
 

Number of Hires by Gender (Benesse Corporation)

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

    2021 2022 2023 2024 2025*
New graduates Male 60 29 35 52 61
Female 65 37 24 40 36
Total 125 66 59 92 97
Mid-career Male 54 68 104 105 —
Female 31 27 81 60 —
Total 85 95 185 165 —
Total 210 161 244 257 —

*as of April 2024

 

Ratio of Employees with Disabilities (Benesse Group)

As of June 1

  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ratio of Employees 2.58% 2.47% 2.54% 2.51% 2.60%
  •  * 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

  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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) 56 57 52 59 76 85 80 84 123
Benesse Style Care (full-time employees, specialists, associate employees) 267 236 252 232 301 225 307 267 312
  •  * 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 2024
Benesse Corporation
(full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)		 62 49 51 51 66
Benesse Stlye Care
(full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)		 50 58 49 58 65
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Number of employees who have obtained shorter working hours for childcare

As of April

  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Benesse Corporation
(full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)		 76 50 53 58 41
Benesse Style Care
(full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)		 230 280 280 290 299
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Number of Employees Receiving Childcare Allowance (Benesse Style Care)

As of June

2020 373
2021 414
2022 381
2023 411
2024 378
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Work-life Management Data (Benesse Corporation)

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

* Prescribed working hours: 7 hours/day

 

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

Year ended 31 March (%)

  2023 2024
fulltime employment Part-time/fixed-term employment all workers fulltime employment Part-time/fixed-term employment all workers
Benesse Corporation
(full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)		 85 88 71 88 91 77
Benesse Stlye Care
(full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)		 94 109 91 94 109 92
 

Employee Engagement (Benesse Group)

 

Employee training costs (Benesse Corporation)

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total (millions of yen) 142 131 132 176 219
Cost per person (yen) — — 91,411 76,905 84,401
Time per person (hours) — — 21.9 25.5 23.3
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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

Water policy (included in environmental policy)

Policy for reduction in water usage

Benesse Corporation's Okayama and Tokyo headquarters underwent sanitary plumbing work. During this process, we renovated the toilets to reduce water and wastewater consumption in the offices.

  Plan Results (Reduction rate)
Okayama Head Office (FY2023) Reduction from base year water and sewage usage 5,764m³ (58.5%)
Tokyo Headquarter (FY2023) 10,085m³ (47.4%)

* Base year: Okayama Headquarters (FY2017), Tokyo Headquarters (FY2019)

Biodiversity policy (included in environmental policy)
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Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 Reduction Targets

<Benesse Corporation>

Fiscal year ending 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 ending 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

< Benesse Group >

Fiscal year ending March 31 of each year

  2030 2041
Reduction rate for Scope 1 and 2 using 2022 as the baseline year 42.4% 100%
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Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 Reduction Results

<Benesse Corporation>

Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 Reduction Results

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Units:t-CO2 Base year results Results Results
2018 2023 2024
Scope 1 120 73 294
Scope 2 7,477 2,989 4,327
Scope 3 220,450 161,356 149,400
Total of Scope 1, 2, and 3 228,047 164,418 154,021
Scope 1, 2, and 3
Specific unit results
（Unit sales basis t-CO2/thousand yen）		 0.0013 0.0009 0.0009
YoY change   87.03% 97.05%

Date of revision September 17, 2024

[CO2 emissions by scope]

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Unit: Tons CO2 2022 2023 2024
Scope 1 75 73 294
Scope 2 4,502 2,989 4,327
Scope 3 189,981 161,356 149,400
  1 Purchased products and services 162,462 136,531 127,079
  2 Capital goods 6,583 4,457 4,806
  3 Fuel and energy activities that do not fall under Scope 1 and 2 883 800 918
  4 Transportation and distribution (upstream) 2,834 2,755 1,494
  5 Waste generated from operations 498 515 553
  6 Business trips 1,368 2,671 3,377
  7 Employee commuting 455 1,278 1,416
  8 Leased assets (upstream) — 0  
  9 Transportation and distribution (downstream) 8,335 6,763 4,757
  10 Fabrication of sold products — 0  
  11 Use of sold products 347 304 279
  12 Disposal of sold products 6,216 5,282 4,721
  13 Leased assets (downstream) 0 0 0
  14 Franchises 0 0 0
  15 Investments 0 0 0
Total of Scope 1, 2, and 3 194,558 164,418 154,021

Date of revision September 17, 2024

<Benesse Group>

● Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 Reduction Results

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Unit:t-CO2 Base year results Results Results
2022 2023 2024
Scope1 13,447 12,490 10,552
Scope2 43,085 40,878 39,971
Total of Scope 1 and 2 56,532 53,368 50,523
Scope 1 and 2 specific unit results (Unit sales basis t-CO2/thousand yen) 0.1309 0.1296 0.1229
YoY Change   99.00% 94.84%

Date of Publication: March 17, 2025

● Scope 3 Reduction Results

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Unit:t-CO2 Base year results Results
2023 2024
Scope3 429,931 403,420
Total of Scope 1, 2 and 3 483,299 453,943
Scope 1, 2 and 3 specific unit results (Unit sales basis t-CO2/thousand yen) 1.1764 1.1043
YoY Change   93.87%

Date of Publication: March 17, 2025

* Scope 3 of the group has started to be calculated from the 2023 results

 

Energy Consumption

<Benesse Corporation>

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

  Units 2022 2023 2024
Electricity GJ 126,773 117,746 98,144
(Thousands kWh) (12,757) (11,810) (10,421)
Steam GJ 5,640 6,420 8,956
City gas GJ 1,810 1,910 2,071
Diesel oil, Heavy Oil A, Gasoline GJ 280 214 3,528
Hot and cold water GJ 6,457 4,034 6,442
Total energy use★ GJ 140,960 130,324 119,141

Date of revision September 17, 2024

<Benesse Group>

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year
  Units 2022 2023 2024
Electricity ★ GJ 931,517 918,915 939,922
(MWh) (94,067) (92,798) (94,852)
Steam ★ GJ 18,402 17,859 15,398
City gas ★ GJ 243,405 221,400 201,195
LPG ★ GJ 2,184 1,930 152
Diesel oil, Heavy Oil A, Kerosene, Gasoline ★ GJ 17,528 19,833 20,698
Total energy use ★ GJ 1,213,036 1,179,937 1,177,365

Date of Publication: March 17, 2025

 

Resource Consumption, Waste Generation & Recovery Results

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year
  Units 2022 2023 2024
Paper use ★ *1 t 45,825 38,253 34,088
Water use ★ *2 Thousands m³ 1,612 1,557 1,448
Waste (paper) emissions ★ *1 t 1,191 1,196 1,475
Waste (industrial wastes) emissions ★ *3 t 545 475 661
Waste (general wastes) emissions ★ *4 t — 6,709 7,956
Waste emissions ★ *1 t 1,798 1,204 1,443
Amount of waste recovered ★ *1 t 1,063 815 999
Recycling rate *1 % 59 68 69

Date of Publication: March 17, 2025

  1. *1 Benesse Corporation
  2. *2 Benesse Corporation, Benesse Style Care, Benesse Palette
  3. *3 Benesse Corporation, Benesse Palette
  4. *4 Benesse Style Care Nursing Care Business Burnable

★Third-party assuarance items (third-party assuarance has been received from Socotec Certification Japan K.K. since the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022)

  • • 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 Shinken-Zemi tutoring classes.
  • • Group energy consumption is based on figures from Benesse Holdings and its 39 consolidated subsidiaries.
  • • Paper usage is calculated excluding office usage.
  • • Water usage is for the Okayama Headquarters, Tokyo Head Office, Benesse Logistics Center, and Benesse Style Care (housing for seniors). The water source is 100% tap water.
  • • The figures for waste (industrial waste) emissions for the fiscal year ending March 2024 have been revised due to the addition of Benesse Palette.
 

Independent Assuarance Report

<Benesse Corporation>

  • Independent Assurance Report1
  • Independent Assurance Report2

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<Benesse Group>

  • Independent Assurance Report1
  • Independent Assurance Report2

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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.

Last updated : 2025/03/25