ESG 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

    FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Director Number of directors

11

6

6

6

9
Of whom independent outside directors

2

2

2

3

5
Ratio of independent outside directors

18.2%

33.3%

33.3%

50.0%

55.6%
Number of female directors

1

1

1

2

3
Ratio of female directors

9.1%

16.7%

16.7%

33.3%

33.3%
Number of directors who are non-Japanese

0

0

0

0

0
Board of Director's meeting attendance rate overall

97.9%

97.8%

97.4%

97.4%

96.2%
Of whom independent outside directors’attendance rate

96.2%

96.2%

92.3%

97.2%

94.9%
Number of directors who are members of Audit and Supervisory Committee

-

-

-

-

3
Of whom independent outside directors

-

-

-

-

2
Audit and Supervisory Committee meeting attendance rate overall

-

-

-

-

96.7%
Attendance rate of independent outside directors

-

-

-

-

95.2%
Audit & Supervisory Board members Number of members

3

3

3

3

3
Of whom independent outside members

1

1

1

1

1
Audit & Supervisory Board meeting attendance rate overall

100.0%

97.2%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Attendance rate of independent outside members

100.0%

91.7%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Officer remuneration Applicable number of officers2

16

16

12

11

11
Comprehensive remuneration (millions of yen)

392

233

206

193

172
Basic (fixed) remuneration (millions of yen)

307

200

176

159

143
Performance-linked remuneration (bonus)3 (millions of yen)

85

33

29

22

16
Stock Compensation4 (millions of yen)

-

-

-

12

13
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, 2019		 As of December
31, 2020		 As of December
31, 2021		 As of December
31, 2022		 As of December
31, 2023
Number of employees Consolidated total

2,879

3,117

3,240

3,388

3,652
Men
(consolidated)

2,273

2,429

2,526

2,623

2,797
Women
(consolidated)

606

688

714

765

855
Ratio of women
(consolidated)

21.0%

22.1%

22.0%

22.6%

23.4%
Non-consolidated total

1,519

1,633

1,697

1,842

2,038
Men
(non-consolidated)

1,278

1,349

1,396

1,503

1,655
Women
(non-consolidated)

241

284

301

339

383
Ratio of women
(non-consolidated)

15.9%

17.4%

17.7%

18.4%

18.8%
Number of employees by age bracket Total

1,519

1,633

1,697

1,842

2,038
30 or younger

223

270

297

353

436
30–39

443

439

435

461

504
40–49

530

571

593

616

632
50–59

280

309

321

350

382
60 or older1

43

44

51

62

84
Employee composition Total

1,519

1,633

1,697

1,842

2,038
Executive officers, others

11

11

14

15

13
Managerial positions

358

419

434

466

495
Non-managerial positions

1,079

1,171

1,211

1,328

1,508
Contract employees

71

32

38

33

22
Average age Total

41.1

41.0

41.0

40.9

40.6
Men

41.9

42.0

42.0

42.0

41.6
Women

36.7

36.1

36.4

36.4

36.5
Average years of continuous employment Total

12.6

12.4

12.3

12.0

11.6
Men

12.8

13.0

12.9

12.6

12.2
Women

10.2

9.2

9.6

9.4

9.1
Number of employees who are non-Japanese Non-consolidated total

19

23

22

23

26
Men
(non-consolidated)

14

14

13

14

15
Women
(non-consolidated)

5

9

9

9

11
Base salary and total salary per employees by gender （Female:Male） Base salary　―　Managerial positions

-

-

-

1:1.10

1:1.08
Base salary　―　Non-managerial positions

-

-

-

1:1.11

1:1.10
Total salary　―　Managerial positions

-

-

-

1:1.11

1:1.08
Total salary　―　Non-managerial positions

-

-

-

1:1.25

1:1.24
Notes:
  • 1.
    In January 2020, the retirement age was extended to 65.
    FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Average annual salary　(thousands of yen)

9,939

10,484

10,574

11,282

11,337
Gender wage gap All employees

-

-

-

72.3%

72.5%
Regular employees

-

-

-

74.3%

73.6%
Non-regular employees

-

-

-

67.7%

49.9%
Number of Tunnover1 Total

74

56

58

62

61
Men

63

48

52

53

42
Women

11

8

6

9

19
Number of voluntary retires2

55

33

34

40

37
Annual attrition rate
(Ratio of retired employees3 to total employees at beginning of fiscal year)		 Total

3.6%

2.1%

2.1%

2.3%

2.1%
Men

3.6%

1.9%

2.1%

2.5%

1.8%
Women

3.8%

2.7%

2.0%

1.0%

3.1%
Voluntary turnover 

3.6%

2.1%

2.1%

2.3%

2.1%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Including mandatory retirees.
  • 2.
    Not including mandatory retirees.
  • 3.
    Excluding retirement, expiration of contract, transfer, and death.
    As of December 31, 2019 As of December 31, 2020 As of December 31, 2021 As of December 31, 2022 As of December 31, 2023
Women in managerial positions Overall number in managerial positions

400

458

478

505

532
Of whom are women

15

22

26

28

31
Ratio of women in managerial positions

3.8%

4.8%

5.4%

5.5%

5.8%
    FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of new graduate hires Total

60

56

69

92

148
Men

31

40

52

71

119
Of which, Master's level graduate

17

24

26

35

66
Of which, University graduate

14

16

26

36

53
Women

29

16

17

21

29
Of which, Master's level graduate

6

1

3

4

7
Of which, University graduate

23

15

14

17

22
Ratio of women

48.3%

28.6%

24.6%

22.8%

19.6%
Ratio of non-Japanese

3.3%

0.0%

0.0%

2.2%

0.0%

 

    FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Mid-career hires1 Total

93

89

67

100

141
Men

72

70

61

86

107
Of which, Master's level graduate

17

13

16

16

18
Of which, University graduate

53

51

40

69

82
Of which, Others

2

6

5

1

7
Women

21

19

6

14

34
Of which, Master's level graduate

2

3

0

2

4
Of which, University graduate

19

10

4

10

25
Of which, Others

0

6

2

2

5
Ratio of women

22.6%

21.3%

9.0%

14.0%

24.1%
Ratio of non-Japanese

6.5%

4.5%

0%

2.0%

3.5%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Includes contract employees, not includes transferred employees.
  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Ratio of regular employees hired in mid-career

70%

60%

54%

59%

61%
Percentage of female hires(average over the last three fiscal years)

20.7%

25.9%

25.5%

22.9%

20.6%
    FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Average number of temporary staff Consolidated total

1,451

1,349

1,334

1,448

1,632
Non-consolidated total

1,031

958

928

1,005

1,126

Human Resource Development

    FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Average training expenses1(thousands of yen) Per employee

136

124

122

145

176
Total training hours2 Non-consolidated total

62,963

76,974

68,103

99,768

138,364
Average training hours2 Per employee

39.7

47.9

38.7

53.9

67.6
Number of Participants According to level

263

325

292

404

438
General skills

940

1,002

1,261

905

819
Technical skills

825

1,314

1,243

2,358

3,182
Total number of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews Total

-

-

-

-

6,860
Men

-

-

-

-

5,513
Women

-

-

-

-

1,347
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

Work–Life Balance

    April 2019–March 2020 April 2020–March 2021 April 2021–March 2022 April 2022–March 2023 April 2023–March 2024
Numbers of days of annual paid leave  

19.2

18.8

18.8

18.9

19.9
Average annual paid leave taken Total (days)

12.4

9.3

10.1

11.5

11.8
Men (days)

11.7

9.1

9.7

11.3

11.4
Women (days)

14.2

10.2

11.8

12.8

13.5
Utilization rate

60.7%

49.5%

53.7%

61.1%

59.3%
    FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Average monthly overtime1 Per employee
(hours/month)

26.5

28.0

29.7

29.4

28.9
Employees taking childcare leave Total

28

46

44

63

44
Men

17

20

21

34

32
Rate of return to work of men

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Women

11

26

23

29

12
Rate of return to work of women

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Acquisition rate of childcare leave Men

26.6%

40.0%

40.4%

53.1%

51.6%
Women

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Retention after parental leave of absence Men

95.0%

93.8%

100.0%

96.7%

under compilation
Women

90.0%

100.0%

91.7%

100.0%

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

11

12

11

19

13
Long-term care leave Number of employees who took this leave

1

1

3

2

1
Shorter hours worked (due to childcare, long-term care) Number of employees

15

21

16

9

17
Hours worked (annual total) Per employee

1,860

1,958

1,996

1,979

1,999
  • 1.
    Exceeding the regular daily seven hours’ work.

Health and Safety

  April 2019–March
2020		 April 2020–March
2021		 April 2021–March
2022		 April 2022–March
2023		 April 2023–March
2024
Health checkup rate

97.1%

97.0%

98.0%

98.6%

99.8%
Regular medical examination presence of findings rate

65.1%

63.3%

64.0%

67.1%

under compilation
Specific health guidance completion ratio

45.2%

40.3%

39.7%

43.2％

under compilation
Ratio of smokers

22.1%

20.4%

19.8%

18.7%

under compilation
Stress check uptake ratio

80.5%

84.9%

81.3%

82.2%

81.8%
  As of December 31, 2019 As of December 31, 2020 As of December 31, 2021 As of December 31, 2022 As of December 31, 2023
Number of employees absent from work due to mental health problems

14

11

14

16

17
  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of workplace accident

5

4

0

2

5
　Of which fatal accidents

0

0

0

0

0
Frequency rate1

1.81

1.31

0

0.59

1.31
Sevetiry rate1

0.0012

0

0

0

0.0201
Lost time injury frequency rates2

10.16

0

0

0

115.94
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
  •  

Security and Compliance

    FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of serious leaks of client project-related information, personal information Domestic group total

0

0

1

0

1
Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data (including regulatory authorities) Domestic group total

0

0

0

0

0
Number of internal reports Consolidated total

11

4

0

3

1
Violations of laws and regulations(Including serious violations of environmental laws and regulations) Consolidated total

0

0

0

0

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

1,208

1,374

1,584

1,625

1,766
Percentage of employees receiving (e-learning-based) training related to ethics and compliance (including harassment training)  

80.7%

82.7%

96.1%

96.1%

98.5%

Human Rights

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Percentage of employee training on human rights

-

-

-

-

83.6%

Environment-related Performance Data1,2

    2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 aggregate range3
Total CO₂ emissions Scope1+2 emissions（t-CO₂）

2,791

2,017

1,832

1,890

1,991

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Total CO₂ emissions per Net sales (Scope1+2 emissions)/Net sales(t-CO₂/thousand yen) 0.032 0.022 0.019 0.017 0.014 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Scope1 Total (t-CO₂)

169

137

128

130

180

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 City gas Total (thousand m3）

75

61

57

58

73

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Gasoline Total (ℓ) - - - - 4,233 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Diesel Total (ℓ) - - - - 413 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 CFCs HFC Total (t-CO₂) - - - - 11 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Scope2 Total: Market standard (t-CO₂)

2,622

1,880

1,704

1,760

1,811

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Power consumption Total (thousands of kWh)

5,437

4,320

3,921

4,103

4,686

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Of which is renewable energy Total (thousands of kWh)

0

0

11

144

152

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Energy usage Crude oil conversion (kl)

1,486

1,182

1,078

1,122

1,294

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Supply-chain emissions Scope1+2+3 emissions(t-CO₂) - - - - 10,901 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Scope34 Total (t-CO₂) - - - - 8,910 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Category1: Purchased goods & services Total (t-CO₂) - - - - 6,381 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Category 3: Fuel and energy related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2 Total (t-CO₂) - - - - 359 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Category 4: Upstream transportation & distribution Total (t-CO₂) - - - - 33 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Category 5: Waste generated operations Total (t-CO₂) - - - - 68 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Category 6: Business travel Total (t-CO₂) - - - - 1,373 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Category 7: Employee commuting Total (t-CO₂) - - - - 696 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Water usage Total (㎥) - - - - 246 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Paper usage：Pages Office paper: A4 conversion (thousands of sheets)

4,894

1,527

1,326

1,495

1,442

 Non-consolidated（86.4%）
Paper usage：Weight Office paper: Weight conversion (kg)

20,451

6,381

5,541

6,247

6,027

 Non-consolidated（86.4%）
Amount of waste generated Total (kg)

455,503

442,245

139,804

110,425

69,745

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
 Of which is general waste Total (kg)

95,935

47,738

42,054

43,388

55,113

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
General waste recycling rate  

56.1%

48.4%

45.3%

45.4%

46.2%

 Domestic subsidiaries（95.3%）
Notes:
  • 1.
    Before 2022: non-consolidated totals for April-March; for 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' for 2023."
  • 3.
    Non-consolidated: Covers non-consolidated and domestic G: Covers up to domestic subsidiaries. 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, and 7
  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Percentage of employees receiving (e-learning-based) training related to environment

88.8%

87%

86.8%

80.8%

96.6%

Supply chain

    FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of outsourced companies Total

632

592

563

590

639
Outsourcing expenses1 Total(millions of yen)

37,704

34,771

36,411

42,569

47,554
Notes:
  • 1.
    Not including other expenses such as transport costs.