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Earth Corporation hosts data related to its sustainability initiatives in three categories: the environment (E), social (S), and governance (G).
As a rule, data represents initiatives conducted between January 1 and December 31.

E (Environment)

S (Social)

G (Governance)

E (Environment)

1. Greenhouse gas emissions

ItemScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
GHG emissions Scope 1 (broken down by GHG type) CO2 from energy All workplaces t-CO2 1,746 1,761 1,796 1,890 1,946
Methane 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.8 3.8
CFCs - - 83 - -
Total 1,751 1,766 1,884 1,895 1,950
Scope 2 All workplaces t-CO2 5,523 4,530 3,564 3,558 2,701
Scope 3 Category 1: Products and services purchased All workplaces t-CO2 - - - - -
Category 2: Capital goods - - - - -
Category 3: Fuel and energy activities not included in Scope 1&2 - - - - -
Category 4: Transport and deliveries (upstream) - - - - -
Category 5: Waste generated through business - - - - -
Category 6: Business trips - - - - -
Category 7: Employee commutes - - - - -
Category 8: Leased assets (upstream) - - - - -
Category 9: Transport and deliveries (downstream) - - - - -
Category 10: Processing of products sold - - - - -
Category 11: Use of products sold - - - - -
Category 12: Disposal of products sold - - - - -
Category 13: Leased assets (downstream) - - - - -
Category 14: Franchises - - - - -
Category 15: Investments - - - - -
Total All workplaces t-CO2 7,274 6,297 5,448 5,453 4,651

*With a change in calculation methods (Ecoaction 21→Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures), past data was also recalculated.

2. Energy usage volumes

ItemScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Energy usage volumes Plants GJ 90,012 83,726 83,087 88,097 88,849
R&D Center GJ 25,034 24,891 23,170 23,477 23,628
Head Office and other workplaces GJ 18,994 19,061 18,662 18,948 19,244
Total (all workplaces) GJ 134,040 127,678 124,919 130,522 131,721

※*With a change in calculation methods (EA21→ Energy Saving Law), coefficients for electric power, LPG, city gas, and steam changed, and past data was also recalculated.

3. Water usage volumes, by water source (water intake quantity)

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Clean water Non-consolidated 1,000 m3 77.6 81.2 93.2 103.4 97.5
Ground water Non-consolidated 1,000 m3 0 0 0 0 0
Industrial water Non-consolidated 1,000 m3 0 0 0 0 0
Total Non-consolidated 1,000 m3 77.6 81.2 93.2 103.4 97.5

4. Industrial waste management

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Industrial waste Emission volumes Plants and R&D Center t 2,631 2,269 1,968 2,213 3,170
Head Office and other workplaces t 16 16 25 47 32
Total (all workplaces) t 2,647 2,285 1,993 2,260 3,202
Special management industrial waste (harmful wastes) emissions Plants and R&D Center t 14 14 14 14 14
Head Office and other workplaces t - - - 0.01 0.01
Total (all workplaces) t 14 14 14 14 14
Final treatment volume *1 All workplaces t 295 173 136 55 105
Final treatment rate *2 All workplaces % 13 7.6 6.8 2.4 3.3
General waste Emission volumes All workplaces t 55 56 50 85 67
Valuable materials Volume sold All workplaces t 835 890 934 930 1,012
Reduction in insect care product returns All workplaces % 8.5 8.5 6.9 4.8 6.5

*1 Final treatment volume for administrative divisions is estimated based on final treatment rate for production and R&D divisions.

*2 Viewing period for 2017 electronic manifesto only (5 yrs.) has passed, so final treatment rate is calculated based on accessible data (July– December), with estimates based on performance.

5. Prevention of air pollution and water pollution

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Emissions into the atmosphere SOx Plants and R&D Center t 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.50 0.50
NOx Plants and R&D Center t 0.81 1.03 0.82 0.97 1.76
Soot Plants and R&D Center t 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.08
Ozone-depleting substances Plants and R&D Center t - - - - -
Emissions into waters Emission volumes * Plants and R&D Center 1,000 m3 57.09 54.35 50.21 53.22 43.17
COD Plants and R&D Center t 0.58 0.51 0.32 0.41 0.43
Total nitrogen Plants and R&D Center t 0.08 0.07 0.09 0.08 0.05
Total phosphorus Plants and R&D Center t 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00

*The Ako Plant releases water into the Seto Inland Sea (Otsu River); the Sakoshi Plant into the Seto Inland Sea, and the Kakegawa Plant into Ota River.

6. Chemical substance management

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
PRTR substances Volume handled Plants and R&D Center t 31.0 53.6 74.6 60.4 54.2

7. Containers, packaging materials, etc.

ItemScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Packaging materials used Plastics Plants t 6,397 6,745 8,139 8,390 8,530
Paper Plants t 2,476 2,555 2,842 3,186 3,317
Glass (colorless) Plants t - - - - -
Glass (colored) Plants t - - - 168 152
Recycling outsourcing fees Plants 1,000 yen 108,911 97,926 128,536 158,189 180,894
Copier paper usage All workplaces t 19.8 19.5 16.6 16.7 16.7

8. Environment-related violations

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Violations of legal obligation/regulations All workplaces Cases 0 0 0 0 0
Violations of standards/rules related to water quality/volume All workplaces Cases 0 0 0 0 0
Fines related to the above All workplaces million yen 0 0 0 0 0

S (Social)

1. Human resource development

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Average annual training hours per person Non-consolidated
(full-time employees)		 Hrs. 15.4 17.4 13.9 13.7 20.9
Total training hours Non-consolidated
(full-time employees)		 Hrs. 13,584 16,013 12,965 12,662 20,563

* Subjects: Executive officers (until March 2018, subjects were those who received executive treatment), full-time employees, indefinite/fixed-term contract employees, EMAL, new elder employees, temporary employees
Excluded: Directors, auditors, outside directors, hourly employees (contract and part-time employees), advisers

2. Employee information

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Employees (overall)＊*1 Non-consolidated Persons 1,294 1,312 1,312 1,310 1,382
Employees (female)*2 Non-consolidated Persons 513 513 498 505 545
Non-consolidated % 39.6 39.1 38.0 38.5 39.4
Employees (male)*3 Non-consolidated Persons 781 799 814 805 837
Non-consolidated % 60.4 60.9 62.0 61.5 60.6
Full-time employees (overall)*4 Non-consolidated Persons 889 932 946 945 1005
Full-time employees (female)*5 Non-consolidated Persons 195 218 223 235 269
Full-time employees (male)*6 Non-consolidated Persons 694 714 723 710 736
Non-full-time employees*7 Non-consolidated Persons 405 380 366 365 377
Dispatched employees*8 Non-consolidated Persons - - 62 67 69
Average age (overall)＊ Non-consolidated Yrs. 42.5 42.4 42.9 42.9 42.6
Average age (female) Non-consolidated Yrs. - - - - 41.7
Average age (male) Non-consolidated Yrs. - - - - 43.2
Average years of employment (overall)＊ Non-consolidated Yrs. 14.5 14.5 14.8 14.8 14.2
Average years of employment (female) Non-consolidated Yrs. 8.3 8.8 9.7 10.2 10.2
Average years of employment (male) Non-consolidated Yrs. 18.6 18.0 17.9 17.6 16.8
Starting salary (university graduate)*9 Non-consolidated 10,000 yen 21 21 21 21 21

＊ Subjects: Executive officers (until March 2018, subjects were those who received executive treatment), full-time employees, indefinite/fixed-term contract employees, EMAL, new elder employees, temporary employees
Excluded: Directors, auditors, outside directors, hourly employees (contract and part-time employees), advisers

*1 2021 data: Employees registered as of December 31, 2021. Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods.

*2 Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods.

*3 Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods.

*4 2021 data: Employees registered as of December 31, 2021 (including executive officers). Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods.

*5 Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods.

*6 Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods.

*7 2021 data: Employees registered as of December 31, 2021. Number of non-full-time employees calculated by subtracting the number of full-time employees from all employees.

*8 2021 data: Employees registered as of December 31, 2021.

*9 2021 data: Number of new graduates joining the company in April 2021. Master’s Degree: 230,000 yen

3. Diversity & inclusion

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
No. of seniors reemployed *1 Non-consolidated Persons 63 67 77 80 87
Employment rate for persons with disabilities *2 Non-consolidated % 2.2 2.2 2.29 2.54 2.45
Ratio of women in management positions *3 Non-consolidated % 4.9 5.3 6.4 7.1 9.2
No. of women in management positions*4 Non-consolidated Persons 15 16 19 21 28
Ratio of women in assistant manager position *5 Non-consolidated % 17.7 20.7 20.7 24.5 26.1
No. of women in assistant manager position*6 Non-consolidated Persons 40 44 44 51 59

*1 2021 data: Employees registered as of December 31, 2021, who are contract employees were new elders who turned 60 at Earth Corporation.

*2 2021 data: As of December 31, 2021.

*3 2021 data: Calculated based on the number of women in management positions (executive officers, full-time employees, and continually employed contract employees as of December 31, 2021/Total number of employees x 100%.

*4 2021 data: Number of women in management positions (executive officers, full-time employees, and continually employed contract employees) as of December 31, 2021.

*5 2021 data: Calculated based on the number of women in the assistant manager position as of December 31, 2021/Total number of employees x 100%.

*6 2021 data: Number of women in the assistant manager position as of December 31, 2021.

4. Recruitment

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Number of new hires
(full-time employees)		 Overall Non-consolidated Persons 65 60 58 61 108
Number of new graduates hired*1 Non-consolidated Persons 32 39 30 32 52
Number of mid-career hires*2 Non-consolidated Persons 33 21 28 29 56
New graduate hires (female) Non-consolidated Persons 10 13 9 8 17
Non-consolidated % 31.3 33.3 30.0 25.0 32.7
New graduate hires (male) Non-consolidated Persons 22 26 21 24 35
Non-consolidated % 68.7 66.7 70.0 75.0 67.3
Mid-career hires (female)*3 Non-consolidated Persons 11 7 9 13 24
Non-consolidated % 33.3 33.3 32.1 44.8 42.9
Mid-career hires (male)*4 Non-consolidated Persons 22 14 19 16 32
Non-consolidated % 66.7 66.7 67.9 55.2 57.1
Ratio of mid-career hires (full-time employees) Non-consolidated % - - 48.3 47.5 51.9

*1 2021 data: New graduates joining the company in April 2021. Figure for FY2020 is amended.

*2 2021 data: Mid-career hires joining the company as full-time employees in 2021. Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods (including full-time employees scheduled to be hired).

*3 Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods (including full-time employees scheduled to be hired).

*4 Figures for FY2019/20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods (including full-time employees scheduled to be hired).

5. Employee engagement

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Overall employee satisfaction Non-consolidated % - - - 3.46 3.46

6. Turnover rate/retention rate

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Retention rate after three years *1 Non-consolidated % 69.2 86.4 77.8 90.6 94.9
Turnover rate for full-time employees (leaving the company for personal reasons ) *2 Non-consolidated % - - - - 1.5

*1 2021 data: Employment status as of April 1, 2021 for new employees joining the company in April 2018. Figures for FY2017–20 adjusted due to change in calculation methods.

*2 2021 data: Calculated based on the number of full-time employees leaving the company for personal reasons in 2021 / number of employees registered as of December 31, 2021 x 100%.

7. Work environment

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Annual work hours per person Non-consolidated Hrs. - - - - 1,756
Annual prescribed working hours Non-consolidated Hrs. - - - - 1,823
Average monthly overtime (full-time employees) Non-consolidated Hrs. - - - - 10
Paid holiday usage rate *1 Non-consolidated % 63.3 74.3 73.0 70.4 76.2
Childcare leave usage rate (female) *2 Non-consolidated % 100 100 100 100 100
Childcare leave usage rate (male) *3 Non-consolidated % 11.5 22.2 18.2 32.1 45.8
Rate of return from childcare leave (female) Non-consolidated % 100 100 100 92.9 100
Rate of return from childcare leave (male) Non-consolidated % 100 100 100 100 100
Retention rate 12 months after return from childcare leave (female) Non-consolidated % 86.7 100 100 100 100
Retention rate 12 months after return from childcare leave (male) Non-consolidated % 100 100 100 100 100
Number of persons using nursing care leave *4 Non-consolidated Persons 1 0 2 2 0
Rate of return from nursing care leave Non-consolidated % 100 - - 50 -

*1 2021 data: Calculated based on total number of days used in 2021 / total number of days provided in 2021 x 100%.

*2 2021 data: Refers to employees who gave birth in 2020.

*3 2021 data: Refers to employees whose wives gave birth in 2020.

*4 2021 data: Refers to leave taken in 2021.

8. Safety and health

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Industrial accidents Industrial accidents *1 Non-consolidated Cases 18 28 14 9 7
Industrial accidents requiring time off *2 Non-consolidated Cases - - - - 3
Rate of industrial accidents requiring time off (full-time employees) *3 Non-consolidated % 2.19 3.43 2.60 1.31 1.25
Rate of industrial accidents requiring time off (dispatched employees) *3 Non-consolidated %          
Industrial accidents requiring time off: Severity rate *4 Non-consolidated % 0.03 0.01 0.04 0 0
Deaths from industrial accidents (full-time employees)*5 Non-consolidated Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Deaths from industrial accidents (dispatched employees)*5 Non-consolidated Persons 0 0 0 0 0
No. of employees who received training and education in industrial safety and health Non-consolidated Persons 1020 1325 1350 1420 1400

*1 2021 data calculated for January 1– December 31, 2021

*2 Industrial accidents requiring time off: Industrial accidents requiring time of from the day after the accident for treatment of injury or illness. 2021 data calculated for January 1– December 31, 2021

*3 Rate calculated based on the number of deaths and injuries due to industrial accidents / total working hours x 1 million

*4 Rate calculated based on the number of days lost due to industrial accidents / total working hours x 1,000

*5 2021 data calculated for January 1– December 31, 2021

9. Disease prevention, early discovery, and early treatment support

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
Comprehensive medical examination rate (including medical checkup rate) Non-consolidated % 96.9 96.7 100 100 100
Smoking rate Non-consolidated % - - - 22.2 22.3
Appropriate weight maintenance rate
*BMI = 18.5～25 or less		 Non-consolidated % - - - 67 68.2

10. Mental health initiatives and promoting health

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
No. of employees taking mental health leave *1 Non-consolidated Persons 4 1 3 3 6
Ratio of employees receiving stress checks Non-consolidated % 99.6 100 100 98.8 100
>No. of walking campaign participants Employees (incl. dispatched employees) Non-consolidated Persons - - - - 278
Walking campaign participation rate (all employees) Non-consolidated % - - - - 20.9
Ratio of employees who exercise regularly
*1 (ratio of employees who exercise 30 minutes or more twice a week		 Non-consolidated % - - - 24 24.6
No. of persons attending health seminars (total participants)*2 Non-consolidated Persons - - - - 1778

*1 2021 data: Employees registered as of December 31, 2021.

*2 2021 data: Total number of participants in women’s health seminar (396); eye care seminar (648) smoking countermeasure seminar (199) COVID-19 vaccination seminar (503); stretch seminar (32).

11. Human rights

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
No. of human rights training programs *1 Non-consolidated Programs 1 1 1 1 1
Number of employees who attended human rights training*2 Non-consolidated Persons 32 39 30 32 52

*1 Conducted as part of new employee training.

*2 Figures for FY2017/18/20 are amended.

G (Governance)

1. Corporate Governance

Please refer to the Earth Corporation Corporate Governance Report.

Corporate Governance Report(PDF: 333KB)

2. Compliance

Facility nameScopeUnitFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021
No. of employees who attended compliance training * Non-consolidated Persons 75 70 70 85 125
>No. of reports and consultations Total Non-consolidated Cases 3 5 1 3 5
>No. of compliance violations (cases resulting in disciplinary action) Total Non-consolidated Cases 0 0 0 0 0

* Conducted as part of new employee training program. Figures for FY2017/18 are amended.

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