ESG Data
Governance
As of March 31, 2025
The data collection period for the Board of Directors, each Committee, and Meeting of Independent Directors corresponds to the tenure of office for the Directors (the period after the general meeting of shareholder in March and before the general meeting of shareholders in the following March).
The data collection period for the Executive Officers and involvement in policy-making corresponds to the accounting period of NPHD (January-December).
Board of Directors
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FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
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| Number of Board of Directors meetings held annually (Unit: meetings) | 21 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Attendance rates at Board of Directors meetings (average) (Unit: %) | 100 | 99.5 | 99.5 | 98.6 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 96.3 |
| Number of Directors of the Board (Unit: people) | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9*1 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratio of Independent Directors of the Board (Unit: %) | 28.6 | 50.0 | 45.5 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 72.7 | 66.7 | 66.7 |
| Ratio of female Directors of the Board (Unit: %) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 18.2 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Number of Directors aged 70 or over (Unit: people) * Calculated based on full age at time of appointment |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Average term of Directors (Unit: year) * Calculated based on tenure at the time of appointment |
3.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
*1: One Director resigned on April 28, 2021.
Committees and Independent Directors of the Board Meeting
-Nominating Committee*
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FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
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| Number of meetings held annually (unit: meetings) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 17 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Attendance rates (average) (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 95.8 |
| Ratio of Independent Directors of the Board (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
| Ratio of females (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* In March 2020, the Company shifted to a Company with a Nominating Committee, etc. and established the Nominating, Compensation, and Audit Committees.
-Compensation Committee*
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FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
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| Number of times held annually (Unit: number) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 19 | 18 | 12 | 7*1 | 5 |
| Attendance rates (average) (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 86.7 |
| Ratio of Independent Directors of the Board (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 66.7 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 66.7 |
| Ratio of females (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
* In March 2020, the Company shifted to a Company with a Nominating Committee, etc. and established the Nominating, Compensation, and Audit Committees.
*1 Of the six Compensation Committee meetings held during the period under review, one focused solely on an agenda in which Mr. Goh Hup Jin and Mr. Masayoshi Nakamura had a specific interest. As a result, this particular meeting is not counted in the number of Compensation Committee meetings attended by these Directors.
-Audit Committee*
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FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
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| Number of meetings held annually (Unit: meetings) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 18 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| Attendance rates (average) (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Ratio of Independent Directors of the Board (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 75 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Ratio of females (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 25 | 25 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
* In March 2020, the Company shifted to a Company with a Nominating Committee, etc. and established the Nominating, Compensation, and Audit Committees.
-Independent Directors of the Board Meeting*
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FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
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| Number of meetings held annually (Unit: meetings) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| Attendance rates (average) (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 97.1 | 98.9 | 100 | 100 |
| Ratio of females (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 16.7 | 25.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
* The Independent Directors of the Board Meeting, established in April 2021, is a voluntary body consisting solely of independent directors.
Executive Officers
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FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
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| Ratio of female Executive Officers (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 11 | 11 | 33 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| Ratio of female Corporate Officers (Unit: %) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 100 | 100 |
| Ratio of female Executive Officers/Corporate Officers (Unit: %) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 15.7 | 18 | 40 | 50 | 50 |
Involvement in Policy-Making
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FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
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| Amount of political contributions (Unit: Yen) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* As far as can be discerned, within Japan
Whistleblowing reports
| FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | |
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| Working environment (industrial accidents, harassment, discrimination, etc.) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 15 | 18 | 40 | 31 | 31 |
| Loss of assets/Leakage of information(conflict of interest, embezzlement, illegal use of data, etc.) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 46 |
| Accounting fraud | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Violations of laws and regulations(anti-trust law violations, insider trading, bribery, business laws violations, etc.) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Others | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| Total | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 19 | 21 | 62 | 53 | 105 |
* Case numbers for FY2020 and FY2021 represent data collected exclusively from Japan Group