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ESG Performance Data

Environment

Management

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Group companies with ISO 14001 certification 5 3 3 3 3
Group companies performing environmental audit (internal audit) 5 3 3 3 3
Group companies performing environmental audit (external audit)*1 5 3 3 3 3
Group companies performing environmental audit (audit by H.U. Group)*2 7 10 10 10 10
Employees receiving environmental training*3 5,783 10,152 9,318 6,720 9,120
Violations of environmental laws or regulations 0 0 0 0 0
  • Both internal and external audits performed at SRL and Fujirebio
  • Audit of waste disposal contractors and environmental measurement contractors of Fujirebio
  • Total number of employees receiving group-wide environmental training

Climate change

Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
CO2 emissions*1 *5
 
 
 		 Scope 1 t-CO2 13,199 14,239 14,020 8,933 7,367
Scope 2 t-CO2 26,295 29,780 34,561 32,486 28,664
Scope 3*2 Purchased goods and services t-CO2 143,017 190,790 189,570 168,419 169,124
Capital Goods t-CO2 64,805 131,413 89,069 60,418 68,757
Fuel- and energy-related activities
(not included in scope 1 or scope 2)		 t-CO2 7,128 8,176 7,408 3,711 6,017
Transportation and delivery
(upstream) 		t-CO2 203,502 4,682 4,951 4,629 4,411
Waste generated in operations t-CO2 3,408 4,101 3,850 3,948 3,114
Business travel t-CO2 1,706 1,707 1,827 1,601 1,550
Employee commuting
(including commuting by car)		 t-CO2 4,562 6,904 8,819 7,323 7,909
Upstream leased assets t-CO2 0 0 0 0
Transportation and delivery
(downstream)		 t-CO2 69 70 78 65
Processing of Sold Products t-CO2 0 0 0 0
Use of sold products t-CO2 2,487 16,202 17,229 1,477 1,202
End-of-Life Treatment of Sold Products t-CO2 834 1,553 1,435 1,158 778
Leased assets (downstream) t-CO2 6,997 6,825 7,092 6,727 6,964
Franchises t-CO2 0 0 0 0
Investments t-CO2 1,134 2,667 4,598 4,563
Total t-CO2 438,560 373,555 333,986 264,087 274,454
CO2 emissions*5 Scope 1+2 t-CO2 39,494 44,019 48,581 41,420 36,030
CO2 emission intensity*5 Scope 1+2 t-CO2 / ¥100 million
(sales) 		17.4 15.8 18.4 14.4 14.8
Energy use (intensity) GJ / ¥100 million
(sales) 		371 350 402 350 339
Consumption rate by energy type*4 Renewables
(converted to crude oil or calories)		 % 0 0 0 0 0
Fuel % 26 24 22 17 17
Electricity % 74 76 78 83 83
Carbon offset*3
Energy Use*4 Electricity GJ 620,826 740,279 829,542 803,910 684,484
City gas GJ 85,691 113,127 124,496 117,179 102,564
LPG (propane gas) GJ 12,434 2,102 2,122 2,468 2,528
Gasoline GJ 111,830 112,362 95,990 39,315 27,865
Kerosene GJ 8,432 8,569 6,767 6,408 6,412
Heavy oil GJ 1,781 860 837 636 622
Light oil GJ 191 163 493 377 0
Renewable energy GJ 0 0 0 0 0
Total GJ 841,186 977,461 1,062,611 970,292 824,475
  • Based on Japan’s Ministry of the Environment’s emission source unit database for calculating green gas emissions through the supply chain
  • Calculation based on GHG Protocol
  • Not disclosed at this time due to difficulty in aggregating data
  • Calculated as a crude oil conversion value
  • Calculated value based on third-party verification from FY2021. (Figures before FY2020 are before third-party verification)

Waste

Units 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Waste output per sales*1･2 t / ¥100 million (sales) 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.6
Amount of waste generated*1 t 3,452 3,755 4,026 4,676 3,821
Breakdown of waste generated*1 General waste t 603 415 307 88 65
Industrial waste t 1,630 1,749 2,120 3,162 2,512
Specially controlled industrial waste t 1,220 1,591 1,599 1,426 1,244
Waste Plastic Recycling*1 % 74 76 86 85 86
Emissions of PRTR Law Class I Designated Chemical Substances*1･3 t 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.8 1.1
  • Item specialized in Japan
  • Divided by sales amount
  • Total for Fujirebio Inc. only

Water

Units 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Water intake*1 Thousand m3 392 390 420 413 383
Water discharge*1 Thousand m3 357 378 407 403 373
Water discharge per sales unit*1･2 Thousand m3 / ¥100 million
(sales) 		0.16 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15
COD (chemical oxygen demand)*1･3 t 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2
  • Item specialized in Japan
  • Divided by sales amount
  • Total for Fujirebio Inc. only

Social

Customers

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Rate of participation in control survey and quality control reporting at medical institutions using the LUMIPULSE system 93% 89% 89% 87% 85%
Number of voluntarily recall incidents In Vitro Diagnostics business 0 1 1 2 3
Number of serious nonconformities In Vitro Diagnostics business 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical Laboratory Testing business*1 1 2 0 0 0
  • Cases requiring administrative response

Business partners

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Number of suppliers performing risk assessment*1 33 23 85 54 21
Percentage of suppliers performing risk assessment*1 54.1% 88.5% 100% 87.1% 100.0%
Reported cases of child labor at suppliers 0 0 0 0 0
Reported cases of forced labor at suppliers 0 0 0 0 0
  • Primary suppliers of each company and suppliers that account for the top 80% of annual procurement amounts

Employees*1

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Number of employees Regular employees (male) 2,441 2,256 2,156 1,849 1,813
Regular employees (female) 2,306 2,083 1,948 1,633 1,557
Managers (male)*2 548 572 573 516 479
Managers (female)*2 111 131 146 113 109
Number of employees by area Japan (male) 2,734 2,570 2,474 2,365 2,292
Japan (female) 2,114 1,911 1,790 1,746 1,666
Asia (male) 2 2 0 0 0
Asia (female) 0 0 0 0 0
North America (male) 177 186 181 176 184
North America (female) 200 196 199 200 191
Europe (male) 81 79 79 90 89
Europe (female) 107 111 109 115 112
Average age 41.2 41.9 42.1 41.8 41.9
Number of employees of new graduates Male 60 47 25 46 37
Female 108 39 28 55 61
Number of new recruits of mid-career employment Male 78 147 210 92 94
Female 67 95 132 93 70
Percentage of female new recruits incl. mid-career employment 55.9% 40.9% 40.5% 51.7% 50.0%
Average years of service   12.8 11.9 13.2 13.9 14.3
Male 13.5 13.0 13.6 14.7 14.9
Female 11.2 11.3 11.8 12.9 13.3
Annual working hours per employee 1,974 1,971 2,036 1,984 1,968
Average days of paid leave taken 11 13 18 14 14
Average rate of paid leave taken 54.6% 61.7% 68.1% 69.8% 66.3%
Work-related deaths 0 0 0 0 0
Lost time injury frequency rate*3 1.48 3.72 1.43 0.61 0.51
Percentage of female managers*2   16.8% 18.6% 20.2% 22.2% 23.5%
Japan 13.4% 12.2% 14.7% 17.8% 18.5%
Percentage of employees with disabilities*3 2.30% 2.24% 2.34% 2.51% 2.70%
Foreign-national employees 25 17 23 22 21
Percentage of employees taking parental leave (including paternity leave)*3   82.3% 90.2% 88.1%
Male 71.4% 82.5% 75.0%
Female 100% 100% 100% 100% 100.0%
Percentage of employees returning to work after maternity / parental leave 97.9% 98.8% 99.1% 94.6% 95.5%
Employees taking family care leave (short term)*3 2 1 2 3 4
Employees taking family care leave (long term)*3 5 2 1 1 0
Average annual salary of employees(￥)*3 5,902,994 6,366,856 6,737,803 6,565,266 6,492,252
Employee turnover rate*3 9.7% 10.5% 8.2% 6.3% 6.2%
Percentage of employees undergoing medical checkup*3 92.4% 87.6% 99.8% 99.0% 99.9%
Total annual training time for all employees*3 113,383 158,215 145,092 130,682 151,281
Average annual training time per employee*3 23 35 32 32 34
Average monthly overtime hours 16.9 20.4 16.0 24.6 22.4
  • Full-time employees
  • Managers & above
  • Item specialized in Japan

Community

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Charitable trust fund(￥)*1 Research subsidies 234,100,000 239,100,000 244,100,000 249,100,000 254,100,000
Koichiro Fujita Award 8,500,000 9,000,000 9,500,000 10,000,000 10,500,000
Nozomu Kosakai Award 15,500,000 16,000,000 16,500,000 17,000,000 17,500,000
  • Cumulative amount for each category

Shareholders

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Shareholder / Investor engagement 122 104 112 144 134

Governance

Compliance

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Violations of anti-corruption policies and procedures 0 0 0 0 0
Fines for violations stated above (￥) 0 0 0 0 0
Cases reported to H.U. Group Hotline 134 116 155 184 152

Applicable range/period

Applicable range

Environment:
Japanese and overseas group companies

Social:
Japanese and overseas group companies

Governance:
Japanese and overseas group companies

(Except where noted)
Period Those figures are calculated based on our fiscal year.
(April 1 to March 31 of the following year)

(Except where noted)