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

    FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Director Number of directors

6

6

9

9

9
Of whom independent outside directors

2

3

5

5

5
Ratio of independent outside directors

33.3%

50.0%

55.6%

55.6%

55.6%
Number of female directors

1

2

3

3

4
Ratio of female directors

16.7%

33.3%

33.3%

33.3%

44.4%
Number of directors who are non-Japanese

0

0

0

0

0
Board of Director's meeting attendance rate overall

97.4%

97.4%

96.2%

98.3%

100.0%
Of whom independent outside directors'attendance rate

92.3%

97.2%

94.9%

97.1%

100.0%
Number of directors who are members of Audit and Supervisory Committee

-

-

3

3

3
Of whom independent outside directors

-

-

2

2

2
Audit and Supervisory Committee meeting attendance rate overall

-

-

96.7%

97.6%

100.0%
Attendance rate of independent outside directors

-

-

95.2%

97.6%

100.0%
Audit & Supervisory Board members Number of members

3

3

3

-

-
Of whom independent outside members

1

1

1

-

-
Audit & Supervisory Board meeting attendance rate overall

100 .0%

100.0%

100.0%

-

-
Attendance rate of independent outside members

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

-

-
Officer remuneration Applicable number of officers2

12

11

11

11

10
Comprehensive remuneration (millions of yen)

206

193

172

185

209
Basic (fixed) remuneration (millions of yen)

176

159

143

151

152
Performance-linked remuneration (bonus)3 (millions of yen)

29

22

16

12

26
Stock Compensation4 (millions of yen)

-

12

13

21

31
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, 2021		 As of December
31, 2022		 As of December
31, 2023		 As of December
31, 2024		 As of December
31, 2025
Number of employees Consolidated total

3,240

3,388

3,652

4,413

4,618
Men
(consolidated)

2,526

2,623

2,797

3,255

3,341
Women
(consolidated)

714

765

855

1,158

1,277
Ratio of women
(consolidated)

22.0%

22.6%

23.4%

26.2%

27.7%
Non-consolidated total

1,697

1,842

2,039

2,402

2,492
Men
(non-consolidated)

1,396

1,503

1,656

1,926

1,970
Women
(non-consolidated)

301

339

383

476

522
Ratio of women
(non-consolidated)

17.7%

18.4%

18.8%

19.8%

20.9%
Number of employees by age bracket Total

1,697

1,842

2,039

2,402

2,492
30 or younger

297

353

436

551

593
30–39

435

461

504

608

648
40–49

593

616

632

699

658
50–59

321

350

383

440

486
60 or older1

51

62

84

104

107
Employee composition Total

1,697

1,842

2,039

2,402

2,492
Executive officers, others

14

15

14

14

13
Managerial positions

434

466

495

547

570
Non-managerial positions

1,211

1,328

1,508

1,811

1,876
Contract employees

38

33

22

30

33
Average age Total

41.0

40.9

40.6

40.1

39.9
Men

42.0

42.0

41.6

41.0

40.9
Women

36.4

36.4

36.5

36.5

36.2
Average years of continuous employment Total

12.3

12.0

11.6

10.8

10.7
Men

12.9

12.6

12.2

11.4

11.4
Women

9.6

9.4

9.1

8.2

8.3
Number of employees who are non-Japanese Non-consolidated total

22

23

26

36

34
Men
(non-consolidated)

13

14

15

20

21
Women
(non-consolidated)

9

9

11

16

13
Number of employees by nationality Japanese

1,675

1,819

2,013

2,366

2,458
Indian

1

1

0

0

0
Indonesian

1

1

0

0

0
Vietnamese

1

1

1

1

1
Korean

4

5

8

11

11
Chinese

15

14

16

22

20
Taiwanese

0

1

1

1

1
Mongolian

0

0

0

1

1
Number of employees by tax jurisdiction Japan (consolidated)

2,945

3,093

3,359

4,108

4,318
Other countries (consolidated)

295

295

293

305

300
Base salary and total salary per employees by gender （Female:Male） Base salary　―　Managerial positions

-

1:1.10

1:1.08

1:1.04

1:1.03
Base salary　―　Non-managerial positions

-

1:1.11

1:1.10

1:1.09

1:1.09
Total salary　―　Managerial positions

-

1:1.11

1:1.08

1:1.05

1:1.06
Total salary　―　Non-managerial positions

-

1:1.25

1:1.24

1:1.20

1:1.20
Notes:
  • 1.
    In January 2020, the retirement age was extended to 65.
    FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Average annual salary　(thousands of yen)

10,574

11,282

11,337

11,229

11,250
Gender wage gap All employees

-

72.3%

72.5%

74.8%

74.6%
Regular employees

-

74.3%

73.6%

76.0%

75.8%
Non-regular employees

-

67.7%

49.9%

40.8%

63.8%
Number of Turnover1 Total

58

62

61

70

111
Men

52

53

42

55

88
Women

6

9

19

15

23
Number of voluntary retirees2

34

40

37

41

78
Annual attrition rate
(Ratio of retired employees3 to total employees at beginning of fiscal year)		 Total

2.1%

2.3%

2.1%

2.1%

3.5%
Men

2.1%

2.5%

1.8%

2.1%

3.3%
Women

2.0%

1.0%

3.1%

2.0%

4.1%
Voluntary turnover 

2.1%

2.3%

2.1%

1.8%

3.2%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Including mandatory retirees.
  • 2.
    Not including mandatory retirees.
  • 3.
    Excluding retirement, expiration of contract, transfer, and death.
    As of December 31, 2021 As of December 31, 2022 As of December 31, 2023 As of December 31, 2024 As of December 31, 2025
Women in managerial positions Overall number in managerial positions

478

505

532

583

604
Of whom are women

26

28

31

35

39
Ratio of women in managerial positions

5.4%

5.5%

5.8%

6.0%

6.5%
    FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026
Number of new graduate hires Total

69

92

148

111

121
Men

52

71

119

72

80
Of which, Master's level graduate

26

35

66

29

56
Of which, University graduate

26

36

53

43

24
Women

17

21

29

39

41
Of which, Master's level graduate

3

4

7

0

7
Of which, University graduate

14

17

22

39

34
Ratio of women

24.6%

22.8%

19.6%

35.1%

33.9%
Ratio of non-Japanese

0.0%

2.2%

0.0%

0.0%

1.7%

 

    FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Mid-career hires1 Total

67

100

141

132

85
Men

61

86

107

95

60
Of which, Master's level graduate

16

16

18

25

16
Of which, University graduate

40

69

82

65

40
Of which, Others

5

1

7

5

4
Women

6

14

34

37

25
Of which, Master's level graduate

0

2

4

7

5
Of which, University graduate

4

10

25

24

18
Of which, Others

2

2

5

6

2
Ratio of women

9.0%

14.0%

24.1%

28.0%

29.4%
Ratio of non-Japanese

0%

2.0%

3.5%

5.3%

1.2%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Includes contract employees, not includes transferred employees.
  FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Ratio of regular employees hired in mid-career

54%

59%

61%

47%

43%
Percentage of female hires (average over the last three fiscal years)

25.5%

22.9%

20.6%

22.3%

26.1%
    FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Average number of temporary staff Consolidated total

1,334

1,448

1,632

1,635

1,619
Non-consolidated total

928

1,005

1,126

1,129

1,081

Human Resource Development

    Targettier3 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Average training expenses1(thousands of yen) Per employee All employees

122

145

176

199

182
Total training hours2 Non-consolidated total All employees

68,103

99,768

138,364

180,114

157,862
Average training hours2 Per employee All employees

38.7

53.9

67.6

73.9

61.2
Number of Participants According to level All employees

292

404

438

596

596
General skills All employees

1,261

905

819

62

44
Technical skills All employees

1,243

2,358

3,182

4,142

4,786
Total number of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews Total All employees

-

-

6,860

7,112

6,694
Men All employees

-

-

5,513

5,715

5,339
Women All employees

-

-

1,347

1,397

1,355
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 2021–March 2022 April 2022–March 2023 April 2023–March 2024 April 2024–March 2025 April 2025–March 2026
Numbers of days of annual paid leave  

18.8

18.9

19.9

20.0

19.9
Average annual paid leave taken Total (days)

10.1

11.5

11.8

12.4

12.6
Men (days)

9.7

11.3

11.4

12.1

12.4
Women (days)

11.8

12.8

13.5

14.0

13.7
Utilization rate

53.7%

61.1%

59.3%

62.4%

63.4%
Presenteeism1 loss ratio  

-

-

-

12.95%

12.75%
Absenteeism2 lost days3 (days / year)

-

-

-

3.98

3.59
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.
    FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Average monthly overtime per employee Overtime hours exceeding legal working hours
(hours/month)

-

-

6.5

5.2

5.2
Non-scheduled hours worked1
(hours/month)

29.7

29.4

28.9

26.7

27.7
Employees taking childcare leave Total

44

64

44

57

78
Rate of return to work

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

97.4%
Men

21

34

32

43

62
Rate of return to work of men

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Women

23

29

12

14

16
Rate of return to work of women

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

87.5%
Acquisition rate of childcare leave Men

40.4%

53.1%

51.6%

64.2%

76.2%
Women

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%
Retention after parental leave of absence Men

100.0%

96.7%

100.0%

92.5%

Under compilation
Women

91.7%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

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

11

19

13

17

18
Long-term care leave Number of employees who took this leave

3

2

1

0

4
Shorter hours worked (due to childcare, long-term care) Number of employees

16

9

17

17

25
Hours worked (annual total) Per employee

1,996

1,979

1,999

1,970

1,955
  • 1.
    Scheduled working hours: 7 hours per day

Health and Safety

  April 2021–March
2022		 April 2022–March
2023		 April 2023–March
2024		 April 2023–March
2024		 April 2024–March
2025
Health checkup rate

98.0%

98.6%

99.8%

100.0%

100.0%
Regular medical examination presence of findings rate

64.0%

67.1%

66.7%

65.2%

61.6%
Specific health guidance completion ratio

39.7%

43.2%

40.0%

47.7%

Under compilation
Ratio of smokers

19.8%

18.7%

18.7%

17.5%

16.9%
Stress check uptake ratio

81.3%

82.2%

81.8%

88.1%

90.0%
  As of December 31, 2021 As of December 31, 2022 As of December 31, 2023 As of December 31, 2024 As of December 31, 2025
Number of employees absent from work due to mental health problems

14

16

17

34

30
  FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Number of workplace accident

0

2

5

5

6
　Of which fatal accidents

0

0

0

0

0
Frequency rate1

0

0.59

1.31

1.13

0.90
Sevetiry rate1

0

0

0.0201

0.0007

0
Lost time injury frequency rates2

0

0

115.94

6.33

0
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 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Number of internal reports Consolidated total All employees

0

3

1

7

10
Number of Major Compliance Violations2 Consolidated total All employees

0

0

1

3

0
　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

2

0
　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

1

1

0
Number of employees receiving (e-learning-based) training related to ethics and compliance (including harassment training) Total All employees

1,584

1,625

1,766

2,189

2,443
Percentage of employees receiving (e-learning-based) training related to ethics and compliance (including harassment training) Total All employees

96.1%

96.1%

98.5%

98.4%

99.1%
Political Donations Total (yen)

0

0

0

0

0
Expenditures for industry associations Total (thousands of yen)

53,468

51,268

61,472

85,470

77,952
Donations associated with our social contribution activities Total (thousands of yen)

4,233

5,820

6,700

4,700

4,200
　Of which, donations for disaster recovery support3 Total (thousands of yen)

200

0

1,000

3,000

2,000
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

  • 3.

    Donations are provided through reliable organizations to support people and communities affected by disasters, as part of social contribution activities toward a sustainable society.

Security

    FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Number of serious leaks of client project-related information, personal information Domestic group total

1

0

1

0

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), energy consumption, water consumption, paper consumption, and waste generation for fiscal 2025. Items covered by the assurance are marked with check mark. Please click here to view the independent assurance report.

    2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025
covered by the assurance		 2025
assessment coverage3
Total CO₂ emissions Scope1+2 emissions（t-CO₂）

1,832

1,890

1,991

1,866

752

checked

95.7%
Total CO₂ emissions per Net sales (Scope1+2 emissions)/Net sales(t-CO₂/thousand yen)

0.019

0.017

0.014

0.012

0.005

 

95.7%
Scope1 Total (t-CO₂)

128

130

180

223

176

checked

95.7%
 City gas Total (thousand m3)

57

58

73

65

77

 

95.7%
 Gasoline Total (ℓ)

-

-

4,233

3,475

2,657

 

95.7%
 Diesel Total (ℓ)

-

-

413

360

526

 

95.7%
 CFCs HFC Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

11

81

0.2

 

95.7%
Scope2 Total: Market standard (t-CO₂)

1,704

1,760

1,811

1,642

576

checked

95.7%
  Total: Location standard (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

2,251

2,246

checked

95.7%
 Power consumption Total (thousands of kWh)

3,921

4,103

4,686

5,247

5,310

 

95.7%
 Of which is renewable energy Total (thousands of kWh)

11

144

152

1,120

3,974

 

95.7%
Energy consumption Crude oil conversion (kl)

1,078

1,122

1,294

1,249

1,277

checked

95.7%
Supply-chain emissions Scope1+2+3 emissions(t-CO₂)

-

-

10,901

16,198

11,691

checked

95.7%
 Scope3 4 Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

8,910

14,332

10,940

checked

95.7%
 Category1: Purchased goods & services Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

6,381

10,361

7,114

checked

95.7%
 Category 3: Fuel and energy related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2 Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

359

394

402

checked

95.7%
 Category 4: Upstream transportation & distribution Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

33

33

20

checked

95.7%
 Category 5: Waste generated operations Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

68

42

48

checked

95.7%
 Category 6: Business travel Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

1,373

2,220

2,084

checked

95.7%
 Category 7: Employee commuting Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

696

1,032

954

checked

95.7%
 Category 15: Investments Total (t-CO₂)

-

-

-

251

318

checked

100.0%
Water consumption5 Total (㎥)

-

-

246

279

262

checked

95.7%
Paper consumption5 : Sheets Office paper: Sheets  (thousand sheets)

1,326

1,495

1,442

1,652

1,274

checked

95.7%
Paper consumption5 : Weight Office paper: Weight conversion (kg)

5,541

6,247

6,027

8,258

7,115

checked

95.7%
Waste generation5 Total (kg)

139,804

110,425

69,745

104,361

96,766

checked

95.7%
Of which is general waste Total (kg)

42,054

43,388

55,113

52,615

53,191

 

95.7%
General waste recycling rate  

45.3%

45.4%

46.2%

43.2%

41.6%

 

95.7%
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.
  • 5.
    Covers only sites where the relevant data can be tracked.
  FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Percentage of employees receiving (e-learning-based) training related to sustainability1,2

86.8%

80.8%

96.6%

98.7%

98.3%
Notes:
  • 1.
    Until FY2023: Environmental training; from FY2024 onwards: Sustainability training including environment
  • 2.
    Until FY2024: Non-consolidated totals; from FY2025 onwards: Domestic group totals

Supply chain and Human Rights

    Targettier2 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Percentage of employee training on human rights   All employees

-

-

83.6%

84.0%

85.2%
Number of outsourced companies Total  

563

590

639

666

703
Outsourcing expenses1 Total(millions of yen)  

36,411

42,569

47,554

46,377

47,496
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

    FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Percentage of i*yes1-eligible projects obtaining PM certification and taking renewal training  

-

-

-

100.0%

100.0%
Number of PM certified by i*yes Total

930

971

1,048

1,114

1,321
Notes:
  • 1.
    A generic term for the DENTSU SOKEN Group's standard development process and the activities to comply with, maintain, and improve it.