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Disclosure Data on Environment

Environment-related data

Indicator	Unit	Range	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
GHG Emissions	t-CO2	Consolidated	29,657	29,683	28,064	30,477	29,679
Energy Consumption	GJ		183,612	418,177	429,201	455,882	448,027
Power Consumption	kwh		13,830,418	33,546,819	35,116,971	37,290,854	37,294,156
GHG emissions Scope 1	t-CO2	Non-Consolidated	2,326	2,365	1,999	1,717	1,539
GHG emissions Scope 2	t-CO2		5,792	4,273	4,234	4,275	4,129
GHG emissions Scope 3	t-CO2		401,791	399,393	383,062	403,851	430,525
GHG emissions Scope 1&2	t-CO2		8,118	6,638	6,233	5,992	5,668
GHG emissions Scope 1,2,3	t-CO2		409,909	406,032	389,295	409,843	436,193
Energy Consumption	GJ		127,535	127,178	127,681	125,355	123,021
Solar power generation amount	kwh		532,137	520,549	508,251	499,300	514,309
Number of fuel-efficient vehicles*	Vehicles		37	60	162	71	19
Waste Discharge	t		3,695	4,195	4,098	4,283	4,134
Recycled waste discharge	t		2,463	3,060	3,103	3,417	3,386
Non-recyclable waste discharge	t		1,011	902	793	685	605
Recycling Rate	％		75.0	80.1	81.5	85.0	86.4
Sample books recycled	Books		5,645	12,849	15,344	62,915	77,262
Hazardous waste discharge (medical, designated as hazardous)	t		0	0	0	0	0
Effluent discharge	m³		0	0	0	0	0
Water usage (intake and displacement)	m³		26,974	27,087	25,779	26,954	25,478
Environmental fines and penalties	Yen		0	0	0	0	0

* Out of a fleet of 469 vehicles, 394are fuel-efficient as of FY2022 (84%).　

Environmental accounting

Environmental preservation costs

Category		Description of major initiatives	Unit	Range	FY2018		FY2019		FY2020		FY2021		FY2022
Category		Description of major initiatives	Unit	Range	Investment	Expenditure	Investment	Expenditure	Investment	Expenditure	Investment	Expenditure	Investment	Expenditure
Business area cost			Millions of yen	Non-Consolidated	221.7	386.5	11.3	366.2	78.8	234.8	118.4	46.6	14.9	33.2
Breakdown	Pollution prevention cost	Prevention of air pollution, water pollution, soil contamination, etc.			ー	1	ー	1	ー	ー	ー	ー	ー	ー
	Global environmental preservation cost	Prevention of global warming, energy conservation, adoption of environmentally friendly vehicles, etc.			221.7	222.7	11.3	157.6	70.7	38.9	118.4	4.3	14.9	1.5
	Resource recycling cost	Effective utilization of resources, waste-related initiatives, etc.			ー	162.8	ー	207.6	8.1	195.9	ー	42.3	ー	31.7
Upstream & downstream costs		Green procurement, product recycling, addressing sick house issues, etc.			ー	7.7	ー	3.5	ー	2.4	ー	172.7	ー	183
Administration cost		PDCA initiatives for environmental management system, greening, etc.			1.4	9.3	ー	5	ー	1.5	ー	2.4	ー	1.1
R&D cost		Development of environmentally-friendly products, etc.			ー	11.9	ー	10.2	ー	15.2	ー	4.3	ー	3.8
Social activity cost		Donation and support for natural conservation activities and organizations			ー	2	ー	2	ー	1.1	ー	0.4	ー	0.4
Environmental remediation cost		Environmental pollution restoration and preservation			ー	0	ー	0	ー	ー	ー	ー	ー	ー
Total					221.3	417.4	11.3	386.9	78.8	255	118.4	226.4	14.9	221.5

Results of environmental preservation

Category	Environmental performance indicators	Unit	Range	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Environmental conservation benefits involving resource inputs to business activities	Total volume of energy inputs	GJ	Non-Consolidated	127,535	127,178	127,681	125,355	123,021
	Volume of water resource inputs	m³		26,974	27,087	25,779	26,954	25,478
Environmental conservation benefits involving environmental footprint and waste originating from business activities	Volume of greenhouse gas emissions	t-CO2		8,118	6,638	6,233	5,992	5,668
	Waste Discharge	ｔ		3,695	4,195*	4,098	4,283	4,134
	Volume of water displacement	m³		26,974	27,087	25,779	26,954	25,478
Environmental conservation benefits involving goods and services produced by business activities	CO2 reduction by weight saving Note: (Floor tiles: calculated on the basis of product subject to acquisition of Carbon Footprint of Product certification )	t		21,720	23,145	22,787	26,894	10,019
Other results of environmental preservation	Power generated by solar power system	kWh		532,137	520,549	508,251	499,300	514,309

* In FY2019, the waste discharge increased due to a large amount of discontinued and custom-order products and the renovation of the fifth floor of the head office.

Economic impact associated with environmental conservation initiatives

Category	Description of major initiatives	Unit	Range	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Cost reduction	Reuse of packaging materials (paper tubes, cores used for flooring materials, etc.), reduction of fuel costs by shifting to eco-friendly driving practices, etc.	Millions of yen	Non-Consolidated	24.5	11.3	14.2	10.7	8.6
Revenue	Revenue associated with solar power installation, gain on sales as a result converting unneeded materials into valuable resources.	Millions of yen	Non-Consolidated	22.7	22.2	20.9	20.8	21.3

Disclosure Data on Social

Indicator	Unit	Range	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Number of employees (as of March 31 of each year)	Persons	consolidated basis	2,334	2,241	2,359	2,453	2,547
Number of employees (as of March 31 of each year)	Persons	Non-Consolidated	1,167	1,161	1,185	1,194	1,197
Men	Persons	Non-Consolidated	740	725	733	742	744
Women	Persons	Non-Consolidated	427	436	452	452	453
Average age (as of March 31 of each year)	Age	Non-Consolidated	36.7	37.0	37.0	37.2	37.5
Men	Age	Non-Consolidated	39.2	39.4	39.2	39.0	39.1
Women	Age	Non-Consolidated	32.2	32.8	33.3	34.0	34.6
Average length of service (as of March 31 of each year)	Years	Non-Consolidated	15.5	15.8	15.8	15.8	16.1
Men	Years	Non-Consolidated	18.0	18.3	18.1	17.9	17.9
Women	Years	Non-Consolidated	10.9	11.5	11.8	12.3	12.9
New hires (total)	Persons	Non-Consolidated	42	46	79	74	70
Men	Persons	Non-Consolidated	17	22	47	44	46
Women	Persons	Non-Consolidated	25	24	32	30	24
Attrition rate of employees with less than three years of service	％	Non-Consolidated	5.4	34.1	15.7	*18.0	*1.8
Men	％	Non-Consolidated	14.3	30.0	9.5	*15.8	*2.9
Women	％	Non-Consolidated	0.0	37.5	25.0	*21.7	*0.0
Mid-career employee recruits	Persons	Non-Consolidated	5	2	9	13	15
Mid-career employee recruitment ratio*²	％	Non-Consolidated	12	4	11	18	17
Number of permanent employee resignations (excluding resignations by retirement age retirees and employees assuming office as Directors)	Persons	Non-Consolidated	49	34	36	53	48
Attrition rate among full-time employees	％	Non-Consolidated	3.9	2.7	2.8	4.1	3.7
Resignations due to personal circumstances	％	Non-Consolidated	100	91.2	83.3	96.3	100
Other resignations	％	Non-Consolidated	0	8.8	16.7	3.7	0
Number of post retirement employees (As of April 1 of the respective year)	Persons	Non-Consolidated	23	25	38	44	42
Employment rate of persons with disabilities (as of March 31 of each year)	％	Non-Consolidated	2.7	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.9
Ratio of female managers (as of April 1 of each year)	％	Non-Consolidated	11.4	12.0	14.8	17.2	17.9
Gender wage gap	％	Non-Consolidated	73.96	73.66	76.35	79.52	80.90
Hours of employee training*³	Hours	Non-Consolidated	421	361.5	826	745	661
Days of employee training	Days	Non-Consolidated	48	24	111.5	87.5	85
Average hours per employee	Hours	Non-Consolidated	12.2	9.1	25.0	18.2	17.6
Average days per employee	Days	Non-Consolidated	1.5	1.1	3.1	2.3	2.2
Employee training expenses	Millions of yen	Non-Consolidated	45	43	40	49	57
Number of employees taking childcare leave	Persons	Non-Consolidated	42	42	57	54	50
Number of employees on temporary part-time work while child-rearing (as of April 1 of each year)	Persons	Non-Consolidated	68	70	75	88	94
Ratio of working mothers*⁴ (as of April 1 of each year)	％	Non-Consolidated	26	29.1	30.6	32.9	35.9
Average total work hours	Hours	Non-Consolidated	2,110	2,048	1,999	2,054	2,030
Average number of paid vacation days taken (October to September of following year)	Days	Non-Consolidated	12.0	12.5	10.9	11.9	11.9
Paid vacation days taken rate (October to September of following year)	％	Non-Consolidated	63.9	66.5	58.4	63.1	68.2
Number of employees who have undergone safety drills and training	Persons	Non-Consolidated	187	194	148	573	807
Frequency rate of work-related accidents		Non-Consolidated	0.41	0.84	0.84	1.63	0.0
Severity rate of work-related accidents		Non-Consolidated	0.0004	0.004	0.003	0.002	0.0
Lost Time Injuries Frequency Rate		Non-Consolidated	1.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	0
Number of employee fatalities due to work-related accidents	Persons	Non-Consolidated	0	0	0	0	0
Number of subcontractor fatalities due to work-related accidents	Persons	Non-Consolidated	0	0	0	0	0
Number of Employees with Mental Health Issues	Persons	Non-Consolidated	8	11	8	25	12
Rate of Occurrence with Mental Health Issues	％	Non-Consolidated	0.67	0.92	0.66	2.02	0.93
Social contribution activities of Sangetsu Volunteer Club	Cases	Non-Consolidated	28	31	23	40	78
Child welfare facilities	Cases	Non-Consolidated	20	18	20	33	55
Other activities	Cases	Non-Consolidated	8	13	3	7	23

* Attrition rate of employees with less than three years of service in FY2021 is for the two-year period of FY2021 and FY2022, and the attrition rate in FY2022 is for the one-year period of FY2022.
*2 Mid-career employee recruits ratio is a ratio of mid-career recruits to total recruits for two years.
*3 Hours of employee training refer to hours spent on trainings that include new manager trainings, age-specific trainings, career design trainings, and seminars on balancing work and nursing care.
*4 Number of female employees with children under the age of 18 divided by the number of full-time female employees

Disclosure Data on Governance

Indicator		Unit	Range	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Number of Directors (as of June 30 of each year)		Persons	Non-Consolidated	10	7	7	7	7
Outside Directors		Persons	Non-Consolidated	4	4	4	4	4
Female Directors		Persons	Non-Consolidated	1	1	1	1	1
Ratio of Outside Directors		％	Non-Consolidated	40.0	57.1	57.1	57.1	57.1
Number of compliance training participants		Persons	Non-Consolidated	170	108	248	479	166
Number of harassment training sessions		Times	Non-Consolidated	1	1	2	2	4
Number of helpline reports		Cases	Non-Consolidated	8	15	11	5	6
Number of Serious Legal Violations		Cases	Non-Consolidated	0	0	0	0	1
Number of Labor Standards Act violations		Times	Non-Consolidated	0	0	0	0	0
Political contributions		Yen	Non-Consolidated	0	0	0	0	0
Corruption-related fines and settlement costs		Yen	Non-Consolidated	0	0	0	0	0
Number of employees dismissed due to violation of anti-corruption policy		Persons	Non-Consolidated	0	0	0	0	0
Board of Directors (Attended by Outside Directors and Internal Directors)	Meeting frequency	Times	Non-Consolidated	13	13	14	13	15
	Attendance rate	％	Non-Consolidated	100	100	100	100	100
Audit and Supervisory Committee (Attended by Outside Directors for FY2015 to FY2018, and by both Outside Directors and Internal Directors for FY2019 to FY2020)	Meeting frequency	Times	Non-Consolidated	12	13	12	14	17
	Attendance rate	％	Non-Consolidated	100	98	100	100	100
Nomination and Remuneration Committee (Attended by Outside Directors and Internal Directors)	Meeting frequency	Times	Non-Consolidated	8	7	10	11	16
	Attendance rate	％	Non-Consolidated	100	100	100	100	100
Management Meeting (Attended by Internal Directors)	Meeting frequency	Times	Non-Consolidated	11	7	7	6	11
Management Meeting (Attended by Internal Directors)	Attendance rate	％	Non-Consolidated	95.5	100	100	100	95.5
Business issue review meetings (Attended by Outside Directors and Internal Directors)	Meeting frequency	Times	Non-Consolidated	8	7	10	11	11
	Attendance rate	％	Non-Consolidated	80.0	70.9	75.7	81.8	88.3
ESG Committee (Attended by Internal Directors)	Meeting frequency	Times	Non-Consolidated	4	4	4	4	4
ESG Committee (Attended by Internal Directors)	Attendance rate	％	Non-Consolidated	100	100	100	100	100