Non-financial (ESG) Data

The SATO Group promotes non-financial (ESG) initiatives that will lead to future financial value in conjunction with financial activities. We have categorized and summarized non-financial initiatives under "ESG" to facilitate greater understanding of our business and intend to increase disclosure of non-financial information going forward.

E: Environmental

GHG Emissions (t-CO2)

	Japan						Overseas※
	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Scope 1&2	5,035	5,275	4,585	3,047	2,208	4,521	7,188	7,232	6,493	7,205	6,501	7,667
Scope 3	328,938	305,494	307,120	332,652	314,271	318,269	-	-	-	-	-	-

Overseas figures were based solely on Scope 2 until FY 2022 but has included Scope 1 from FY 2023

CO2 Emissions Intensity (t-CO2 / mil JPY, Japan)

FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
4.61	4.24	4.55	4.64	4.27	4.35

Total of Scope 1, 2 and 3 divided by sales

kWh of electricity consumption (Japan)

FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
6,808,029	7,677,172	7,864,236	7,718,373	9,191,291	9,620,563

Tons of industrial waste (Japan)

FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
536	532	545	483	557	595

Total of main operations (Tamachi, Kitakami & Omiya)

Ratio of industrial printers recycled to sales (%, Japan)

FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
5.1	8	11.4	10.5	10.5	5.5

Sheets of multifunction printer paper consumption (Japan)

FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
6,870,790	6,581,448	4,568,537	4,334,296	4,169,603	4,176,696

S: Social

Employee data*

	FY2018			FY2019			FY2020			FY2021			FY2022			FY2023
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Number of employees (Japan)	-	-	1,890	1,472	456	1,928	1,516	464	1,980	1,522	469	1,991	1,522	467	1,989	1,559	470	2,029
Number of employees (Overseas)*	-	-	3,417	-	-	3,501	-	-	3,471	2,072	1,593	3,665	2,087	1,561	3,648	2,146	1,569	3,715
Number of employees (Total)	-	-	5,307	-	-	5,429	-	-	5,451	3,594	2,062	5,656	3,609	2,028	5,637	3,705	2,039	5,744
Number of mid-career recruitment (Japan)	57	17	74	69	23	92	22	23	45	39	17	56	35	18	53	67	22	89
Average years of service (Japan)	-	-	14.9	-	-	15.3	16.3	13.2	15.6	16.6	13.7	15.9	16.9	14	16.2	17.4	14.6	16.6

The Japan/Overseas classification is based on business segments. Number of employees in IDP business until FY 2019 is included in "Overseas".

Ratio of male & female managers (%)

	FY 2018			FY 2019			FY 2020			FY 2021			FY 2022			FY 2023
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Japan	91.6	8.4	100	91.6	8.4	100	92.5	7.5	100	92	8	100	92.7	7.3	100	92.1	7.9	100
Overseas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70.9	29.1	100	70.8	29.2	100	71.1	28.9	100

Year of joining (%, Japan)

	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020
Three-year retention rate for new graduate recruitment*1	68.8	78.7	79.5	90.5	93.1
Three-year retention rate for mid-career recruitment*2	72.7	79.8	71.6	81.5	88.9

1. As of April 1, three years after joining

2. As of April 1, the first day of the third FY after the FY of joining

Gender wage gap (%, Female/Male, Japan)

	FY 2022	FY 2023
Total	62.2	64
Permanent employees	69.2	70.7
Temporary employees	69.9	74.8

Ratio of paternity leave (%, Japan)

FY 2022	FY 2023
20.6	58.8

Health & productivity management (%, Japan)

	FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
Smokers	24	24	22	20	18	20
Employees with metabolic syndrome	15	17	18	17	16	16
Employees who exercise regularly	38	39	38	35	33	35

Our position in IR awards

FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
101-110	31-40	51-60	31-40	81-90	41-50

As ranked in the JIRA IR Awards presented by Japan Investor Relations Association

Number of visitors to Kitakami factory

FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
65	79	0	4	16	34

Tours were suspended due to COVID-19 in 2020

Patents owned

FY 2018		FY 2019		FY 2020		FY 2021		FY 2022		FY 2023
Japan	Overseas	Japan	Overseas	Japan	Overseas	Japan	Overseas	Japan	Overseas	Japan	Overseas
1,087	616	1,078	695	1,052	796	1,050	876	1,064	928	986	992

Aggregated total by country. If a single patent is granted in four countries, it is counted as four.

Patent utilization rate (%, Japan)

FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
43.8	56.7	58.4	59.7	59.7	60.5

G: Governance

Number of directors and auditors

	FY 2018		FY 2019		FY 2020		FY 2021		FY 2022		FY 2023
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Internal directors	5	0	3	0	4	0	4	0	4	0	3	0
External directors	4	2	3	2	3	1	3	2	3	2	4	1
Internal auditors	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
External auditors	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Attendance rate of Board of Directors meetings (%)

FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023
96.5	95.8	100	100	100	99

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