Sustainability Data Summary

  • In the table that follows, we present our aggregation results for the specified fiscal years (January–December).
  • All figures are non-consolidated unless otherwise indicated.

Governance1

    FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Director Number of directors

6

6

6

9

9
Of whom independent outside directors

2

2

3

5

5
Ratio of independent outside directors

33.3%

33.3%

50.0%

55.6%

55.6%
Number of female directors

1

1

2

3

3
Ratio of female directors

16.7%

16.7%

33.3%

33.3%

33.3%
Number of directors who are non-Japanese

0

0

0

0

0
Board of Director's meeting attendance rate overall

97.8%

97.4%

97.4%

96.2%

98.3%
Of whom independent outside directors'attendance rate

96.2%

92.3%

97.2%

94.9%

97.1%
Number of directors who are members of Audit and Supervisory Committee

-

-

-

3

3
Of whom independent outside directors

-

-

-

2

2
Audit and Supervisory Committee meeting attendance rate overall

-

-

-

96.7%

97.6%
Attendance rate of independent outside directors

-

-

-

95.2%

97.6%
Audit & Supervisory Board members Number of members

3

3

3

3

-
Of whom independent outside members

1

1

1

1

-
Audit & Supervisory Board meeting attendance rate overall

97.2%

100 .0%

100.0%

100.0%

-
Attendance rate of independent outside members

91.7%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

-
Officer remuneration Applicable number of officers2

16

12

11

11

11
Comprehensive remuneration (millions of yen)

233

206

193

172

185
Basic (fixed) remuneration (millions of yen)

200

176

159

143

151
Performance-linked remuneration (bonus)3 (millions of yen)

33

29

22

16

12
Stock Compensation4 (millions of yen)

-

-

12

13

21
Notes:
  • 1.
    At the 48th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 24, 2023, DENTSU SOKEN resolved to partially amend its Articles of Incorporation, effective that day, and transition to a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee.
  • 2.
    Including officers who retired due to the expiration of their term of office.
  • 3.
    Applies to directors who conduct business.
  • 4.
    The amount expensed in the applicable business year.

Human Resource Data

 
    As of December
31, 2020		 As of December
31, 2021		 As of December
31, 2022		 As of December
31, 2023		 As of December
31, 2024
Number of employees Consolidated total

3,117

3,240

3,388

3,652

4,413
Men
(consolidated)

2,429

2,526

2,623

2,797

3,255
Women
(consolidated)

688

714

765

855

1,158
Ratio of women
(consolidated)

22.1%

22.0%

22.6%

23.4%

26.2%
Non-consolidated total

1,633

1,697

1,842

2,039

2,402
Men
(non-consolidated)

1,349

1,396

1,503

1,656

1,926
Women
(non-consolidated)

284

301

339

383

476
Ratio of women
(non-consolidated)

17.4%

17.7%

18.4%

18.8%

19.8%
Number of employees by age bracket Total

1,633

1,697

1,842

2,039

2,402
30 or younger

270

297

353

436

551
30–39

439

435

461

504

608
40–49

571

593

616

632

699
50–59

309

321

350

383

440
60 or older1

44

51

62

84

104
Employee composition Total

1,633

1,697

1,842

2,039

2,402
Executive officers, others

11

14

15

14

14
Managerial positions

419

434

466

495

547
Non-managerial positions

1,171

1,211

1,328

1,508

1,811
Contract employees

32

38

33

22

30
Average age Total

41.0

41.0

40.9

40.6

40.1
Men

42.0

42.0

42.0

41.6

41.0
Women

36.1

36.4

36.4

36.5

36.5
Average years of continuous employment Total

12.4

12.3

12.0

11.6

10.8
Men

13.0

12.9

12.6

12.2

11.4
Women

9.2

9.6

9.4

9.1

8.2
Number of employees who are non-Japanese Non-consolidated total

23

22

23

26

36
Men
(non-consolidated)

14

13

14

15

20
Women
(non-consolidated)

9

9

9

11

16
Number of employees by nationality Japanese

1,610

1,675

1,819

2,013

2,366
Indian

1

1

1

0

0
Indonesian

1

1

1

0

0
Vietnamese

1

1

1

1

1
Korean

5

4

5

8

11
Chinese

15

15

14

16

22
Taiwanese

0

0

1

1

1
Mongolian

0

0

0

0

1
Number of employees by tax jurisdiction Japan (consolidated)

2,858

2,945

3,093

3,359

4,108
Other countries (consolidated)

259

295

295

293

305
Base salary and total salary per employees by gender （Female:Male） Base salary　―　Managerial positions

-

-

1:1.10

1:1.08

1:1.04
Base salary　―　Non-managerial positions

-

-

1:1.11

1:1.10

1:1.09
Total salary　―　Managerial positions

-

-

1:1.11

1:1.08

1:1.05
Total salary　―　Non-managerial positions

-

-

1:1.25

1:1.24

1:1.20
Notes:
  • 1.
    In January 2020, the retirement age was extended to 65.
    FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Average annual salary　(thousands of yen)

10,484

10,574

11,282

11,337

11,229
Gender wage gap All employees

-

-

72.3%

72.5%

74.8%
Regular employees

-

-

74.3%

73.6%

76.0%
Non-regular employees

-

-

67.7%

49.9%

40.8%
Number of Turnover1 Total

56

58

62

61

70
Men

48

52

53

42

55
Women

8

6

9

19

15
Number of voluntary retirees2

33

34

40

37

41
Annual attrition rate
(Ratio of retired employees3 to total employees at beginning of fiscal year)		 Total

2.1%

2.1%

2.3%

2.1%

2.1%
Men

1.9%

2.1%

2.5%

1.8%

2.1%
Women

2.7%

2.0%

1.0%

3.1%

2.0%
Voluntary turnover 

2.1%

2.1%

2.3%

2.1%

1.8%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Including mandatory retirees.
  • 2.
    Not including mandatory retirees.
  • 3.
    Excluding retirement, expiration of contract, transfer, and death.
    As of December 31, 2020 As of December 31, 2021 As of December 31, 2022 As of December 31, 2023 As of December 31, 2024
Women in managerial positions Overall number in managerial positions

458

478

505

532

583
Of whom are women

22

26

28

31

35
Ratio of women in managerial positions

4.8%

5.4%

5.5%

5.8%

6.0%
    FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Number of new graduate hires Total

56

69

92

148

111
Men

40

52

71

119

72
Of which, Master's level graduate

24

26

35

66

29
Of which, University graduate

16

26

36

53

43
Women

16

17

21

29

39
Of which, Master's level graduate

1

3

4

7

0
Of which, University graduate

15

14

17

22

39
Ratio of women

28.6%

24.6%

22.8%

19.6%

35.1%
Ratio of non-Japanese

0.0%

0.0%

2.2%

0.0%

0.0%

 

    FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Mid-career hires1 Total

89

67

100

141

132
Men

70

61

86

107

95
Of which, Master's level graduate

13

16

16

18

25
Of which, University graduate

51

40

69

82

65
Of which, Others

6

5

1

7

5
Women

19

6

14

34

37
Of which, Master's level graduate

3

0

2

4

7
Of which, University graduate

10

4

10

25

24
Of which, Others

6

2

2

5

6
Ratio of women

21.3%

9.0%

14.0%

24.1%

28.0%
Ratio of non-Japanese

4.5%

0%

2.0%

3.5%

5.3%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Includes contract employees, not includes transferred employees.
  FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Ratio of regular employees hired in mid-career

60%

54%

59%

61%

47%
Percentage of female hires (average over the last three fiscal years)

25.9%

25.5%

22.9%

20.6%

22.3%
    FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Average number of temporary staff Consolidated total

1,349

1,334

1,448

1,632

1,635
Non-consolidated total

958

928

1,005

1,126

1,129

Human Resource Development

    Targettier3 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Average training expenses1(thousands of yen) Per employee All employees

124

122

145

176

199
Total training hours2 Non-consolidated total All employees

76,974

68,103

99,768

138,364

180,114
Average training hours2 Per employee All employees

47.9

38.7

53.9

67.6

73.9
Number of Participants According to level All employees

325

292

404

438

596
General skills All employees

1,002

1,261

905

819

62
Technical skills All employees

1,314

1,243

2,358

3,182

4,142
Total number of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews Total All employees

-

-

-

6,860

7,112
Men All employees

-

-

-

5,513

5,715
Women All employees

-

-

-

1,347

1,397
Notes:
  • 1.
    Numerator is company-wide training expenses + training expenses of each department
  • 2.
    Excludes self-development opportunities, training for individual departments, and outside seminars
  • 3.
    Employees include direct employees and contract employees, excluding temporary employees (employees dispatched by staffing agencies)
  • 4.
    Regarding “General skills,” we reviewed the classification of many of the provided measures under “According to level” and “Technical skills” in FY2024.

Work–Life Balance

    April 2020–March 2021 April 2021–March 2022 April 2022–March 2023 April 2023–March 2024 April 2024–March 2025
Numbers of days of annual paid leave  

18.8

18.8

18.9

19.9

20.0
Average annual paid leave taken Total (days)

9.3

10.1

11.5

11.8

12.4
Men (days)

9.1

9.7

11.3

11.4

12.1
Women (days)

10.2

11.8

12.8

13.5

14.0
Utilization rate

49.5%

53.7%

61.1%

59.3%

62.4%
Presenteeism1 loss ratio  

-

-

-

-

12.95%
Absenteeism2 lost days3 (days / year)

-

-

-

-

3.98
Notes:
  • 1.
    A situation in which productivity is declining due to health problems.
  • 2.
    Absence from work due to health problems (sick leave).
  • 3.
    The taking of leave by employees still working due to poor health.
    FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Average monthly overtime1 Per employee
(hours/month)

28.0

29.7

29.4

28.9

26.7
Employees taking childcare leave Total

46

44

64

44

57
Men

20

21

34

32

43
Rate of return to work of men

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Women

26

23

29

12

14
Rate of return to work of women

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Acquisition rate of childcare leave Men

40.0%

40.4%

53.1%

51.6%

64.2%
Women

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Retention after parental leave of absence Men

93.8%

100.0%

96.7%

100.0%

Under compilation
Women

100.0%

91.7%

100.0%

100.0%

Under compilation
Prenatal/postnatal leave Number of employees who took this leave

12

11

19

13

17
Long-term care leave Number of employees who took this leave

1

3

2

1

0
Shorter hours worked (due to childcare, long-term care) Number of employees

21

16

9

17

17
Hours worked (annual total) Per employee

1,958

1,996

1,979

1,999

1,970
  • 1.
    Exceeding the regular daily seven hours’ work.

Health and Safety

  April 2020–March
2021		 April 2021–March
2022		 April 2022–March
2023		 April 2023–March
2024		 April 2023–March
2024
Health checkup rate

97.0%

98.0%

98.6%

99.8%

100.0%
Regular medical examination presence of findings rate

63.3%

64.0%

67.1%

66.7%

65.2%
Specific health guidance completion ratio

40.3%

39.7%

43.2%

40.0%

Under compilation
Ratio of smokers

20.4%

19.8%

18.7%

18.7%

17.5%
Stress check uptake ratio

84.9%

81.3%

82.2%

81.8%

85.2%
  As of December 31, 2020 As of December 31, 2021 As of December 31, 2022 As of December 31, 2023 As of December 31, 2024
Number of employees absent from work due to mental health problems

11

14

16

17

34
  FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of workplace accident

4

0

2

5

5
　Of which fatal accidents

0

0

0

0

0
Frequency rate1

1.31

0

0.59

1.31

1.13
Sevetiry rate1

0

0

0

0.0201

0.0007
Lost time injury frequency rates2

0

0

0

115.94

6.33
Notes:
  • 1.
    Calculated based on the formula specified in the Survey on Industrial Accidents of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
  • 2.
    Total hours lost per million hours.

Diversity of Human Resources1

  As of June 1,
2020		 As of June 1,
2021		 As of June 1,
2022		 As of June 1,
2023		 As of June 1,
2024
Employees with disabilities

39

65

68

78

92
Ratio of workforce

2.32%

2.27%

2.25%

2.38%

2.54%
Notes:
  • 1.
    From 2021, the number and employment rate of persons with disabilities will be calculated based on a loop application system that includes special-purpose subsidiaries. The number of employees with disabilities is calculated by counting the number of persons with severe disabilities as "2 persons".
    Group coverage (2021~): ITID, ISID Intertechnology, ISID-AO, ISID Assist, ISID Bright
    Group coverage (2022~): ITID, ISID Intertechnology, ISID-AO, ISID Assist, ISID Business Consulting, ISID Bright
    Group coverage (2024~): DENTSU SOKEN IT, DENTSU SOKEN SECURE SOLUTIONS, DENTSU SOKEN ASSIST, DENTSU SOKEN BRIGHT
  •  

Compliance

    Targettier1 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of internal reports Consolidated total All employees

4

0

3

1

7
Number of Major Compliance Violations2 Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

1

3
　Corruption or Bribery Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

0

0
　　Disciplinary action or dismissal due to corruption or bribery Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

0

0
　　Penalty or settlement money due to corruption or bribery Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

0

0
　Discrimination or Harassment Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

0

2
　Customer Privacy Data Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

0

0
　Conflicts of Interest Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

0

0
　Money Laundering or Insider trading Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

0

0
　Others Consolidated total All employees

0

0

0

1

1
Number of employees receiving (e-learning-based) training related to ethics and compliance (including harassment training) Total All employees

1,374

1,584

1,625

1,766

2,189
Percentage of employees receiving (e-learning-based) training related to ethics and compliance (including harassment training) Total All employees

82.7%

96.1%

96.1%

98.5%

98.4%
Political Donations Total (yen)

0

0

0

0

0
Expenditures for industry associations Total (thousands of yen)

56,727

53,468

51,268

61,472

85,470
Donations associated with our social contribution activities Total (thousands of yen)

12,300

4,233

5,820

6,700

4,700
Notes:
  • 1.
    Employees include direct employees and contract employees, excluding temporary employees (employees dispatched by staffing agencies)
  • 2.

    Disciplinary cases involving employees of our company or group companies

Security

    FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of serious leaks of client project-related information, personal information Domestic group total

0

1

0

1

0
Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data (including regulatory authorities) Domestic group total

0

0

0

0

0

Environment-related Performance Data1,2

We have obtained third-party assurance for our CO₂ emissions (Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3) for fiscal 2024. Items covered by the assurance are marked with check mark. Please click here to view the independent assurance report.

    2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024
covered by the assurance		 2024
assessment coverage3
Total CO₂ emissions Scope1+2 emissions（t-CO₂）

2,017

1,832

1,890

1,991

1,866

checked

95.9%
Total CO₂ emissions per Net sales (Scope1+2 emissions)/Net sales(t-CO₂/thousand yen)

0.022

0.019

0.017

0.014

0.012

 

95.9%
Scope1 Total (t-CO₂)

137

128

130

180

223

checked

95.9%
 City gas Total (thousand m3)

61

57

58

73

65

 

95.9%
 Gasoline Total (ℓ)

-

-

-

4,233

3,475

 

95.9%
 Diesel Total (ℓ)

-

-

-

413

360

 

95.9%
 CFCs HFC Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

11

81

 

95.9%
Scope2 Total: Market standard (t-CO₂)

1,880

1,704

1,760

1,811

1,642

checked

95.9%
  Total: Location standard (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

-

2,251

checked

95.9%
 Power consumption Total (thousands of kWh)

4,320

3,921

4,103

4,686

5,247

 

95.9%
 Of which is renewable energy Total (thousands of kWh)

0

11

144

152

1,120

 

95.9%
Energy usage Crude oil conversion (kl)

1,182

1,078

1,122

1,294

1,249

 

95.9%
Supply-chain emissions Scope1+2+3 emissions(t-CO₂)

-

-

-

10,901

16,198

checked

95.9%
 Scope34 Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

8,910

14,332

checked

95.9%
 Category1: Purchased goods & services Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

6,381

10,361

checked

95.9%
 Category 3: Fuel and energy related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2 Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

359

394

checked

95.9%
 Category 4: Upstream transportation & distribution Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

33

33

checked

95.9%
 Category 5: Waste generated operations Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

68

42

checked

95.90%
 Category 6: Business travel Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

1,373

2,220

checked

95.90%
 Category 7: Employee commuting Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

696

1,032

checked

95.9%
 Category 15: Investments Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

-

251

checked

100%
Water usage Total (㎥)

-

-

-

246

279

 

95.9%
Paper usage：Pages Office paper: A4 conversion (thousands of sheets)

1,527

1,326

1,495

1,442

1,652

 

95.9%
Paper usage：Weight Office paper: Weight conversion (kg)

6,381

5,541

6,247

6,027

8,258

 

95.9%
Amount of waste generated Total (kg)

442,245

139,804

110,425

69,745

104,361

 

95.9%
Of which is general waste Total (kg)

47,738

42,054

43,388

55,113

52,615

 

95.9%
General waste recycling rate  

48.4%

45.3%

45.4%

46.2%

43.2%

 

95.9%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Before 2022: non-consolidated totals for April-March; after 2023: totals for January-December
  • 2.
    Before 2022, CO₂ emissions were calculated based on Japan's 'Act on the Rational Use of Energy' and 'Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures', and on the 'Greenhouse Gas Protocol' after 2023.
  • 3.
    Figures in parentheses indicate the percentage of net sales of each Group company subject to calculation to the consolidated net sales of the Company after elimination of intercompany transactions.
  • 4.
    Calculated for all categories (1-15), with figures for applicable categories 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 15
  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Percentage of employees receiving (e-learning-based) training related to sustainability1

87.0%

86.8%

80.8%

96.6%

98.7%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Until FY2023: Environmental training; from FY2024 onwards: Sustainability training including environment

Supply chain and Human Rights

    Targettier2 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2023
Percentage of employee training on human rights   All employees

-

-

-

83.6%

84.0%
Number of outsourced companies Total  

592

563

590

639

666
Outsourcing expenses1 Total(millions of yen)  

34,771

36,411

42,569

47,554

46,377
Notes:
  • 1.
    Not including other expenses such as transport costs.
  • 2.
    Employees include direct employees and contract employees, excluding temporary employees (employees dispatched by staffing agencies)

Quality Improvement

    FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Percentage of i*yes1-eligible projects obtaining PM certification and taking renewal training  

-

-

-

-

100.0%
Number of PM certified by i*yes Total

-

-

-

-

1,098
Notes:
  • 1.
    A generic term for the DENTSU SOKEN Group's standard development process and the activities to comply with, maintain, and improve it.