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

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

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

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

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

Number of Employees Receiving Childcare Allowance (Benesse Style Care)

As of June

2019 415
2020 373
2021 414
2022 381
2023 411

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
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

Employee Engagement (Benesse Group)

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
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
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)

● Energy consumption, resource consumption, emissions

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

  Units 2021 2022 2023
Electricity GJ 112,324 126,773 117,746
(Thousands kWh) (11,303) (12,757) (11,810)
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 127,192 140,960 130,324
Paper use★ t 51,823 45,825 38,253
Water use★ Thousands m³ 2,540 1,612 1,557
Waste emissions★ t 2,085 1,798 1,204
Amount of waste recovered★ t 1,474 1,063 815
Recycling rate % 70 59 68

Date of revision October 23, 2023

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

  • 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.
  • Waste emissions and amount of waste recovered have been subject to third-party assuarance since FY2022, but the scope of facilities to determine the weight of non-combustible and recycled waste was expanded in FY2023, and the figures have been revised retrospectively.

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.”

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

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

● Renewable energy ratio target : 100% by 2041

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

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%

<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
2018 2022 2023
Scopes1 120 75 73
Scopes2 7,477 4,502 2,989
Scopes3 220,450 189,981 161,356
Total of Scopes 1, 2, and 3 228,047 194,558 164,418
Scopes 1, 2, and 3
Specific unit results
(Unit sales basis t-CO2/thousand yen)
0.0013 0.0010 0.0009
YoY change   91.55% 87.03%

Date of revision October 23, 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 2,989
Scope 3 208,527 189,981 161,356
  1 Purchased products and services 179,397 162,462 136,531
  2 Capital goods 7,100 6,583 4,457
  3 Fuel and energy activities that do not fall under Scopes 1 and 2 987 883 800
  4 Transportation and distribution (upstream) 3,242 2,834 2,755
  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 3 213,807 194,558 164,418

Date of revision October 23, 2023

Third-Party Assuarance

To improve the reliability of our CO2 emissions results, Benesse Corporation is undergoing third-party assuarance by Socotec Certification Japan K.K. The assuarance 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 assuarance.

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 : 2023/11/02