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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)

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Japan Overseas*
FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
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)

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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)

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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)

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
536 532 545 483 557 595

*Total of main operations (Tamachi, Kitakami & Omiya)

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

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
5.1 8.0 11.4 10.5 10.5 5.5

Sheets of multifunction printer paper consumption (Japan)

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
6,870,790 6,581,448 4,568,537 4,334,296 4,169,603 4,176,696

S: Social

Employee data*

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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 (%)

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Japan 91.6 8.4 100.0 91.6 8.4 100.0 92.5 7.5 100.0 92.0 8.0 100.0 92.7 7.3 100.0 92.1 7.9 100.0
Overseas - - - - - - - - - 70.9 29.1 100.0 70.8 29.2 100.0 71.1 28.9 100.0

Year of joining (%, Japan)

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FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020
Three-year retention rate for new graduate recruitment1 68.8 78.7 79.5 90.5 93.1
Three-year retention rate for mid-career recruitment2 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)

FY2022 FY2023
Total 62.2 64.0
Permanent employees 69.2 70.7
Temporary employees 69.9 74.8

Ratio of paternity leave (%, Japan)

FY2022 FY2023
20.6 58.8

Health & productivity management (%, Japan)

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
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

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
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

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
65 79 0 4 16 34

*Tours were suspended due to COVID-19 in 2020

Patents owned

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
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)

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
43.8 56.7 58.4 59.7 59.7 60.5

G: Governance

Number of directors and auditors

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
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 (%)

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FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
96.5 95.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.0

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