ESG Data

Human Resources

Ratio of Female Employees and Managers

Regular employees as of April

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Men Ratio of female to male employees
(%)		 Men Ratio of female to male employees
(%)		 Men Ratio of female to male employees
(%)		 Men Ratio of female to male employees
(%)		 Men Ratio of female to male employees
(%)
Women Women Women Women Women
Benesse Corporation Employees 1,087 53 1,127 52 1,173 52 1,651 48 1,708 48
1,218 1,220 1,259 1,544 1,561
Section managers 149 35 157 35 143 38 185 36 172 39
82 85 89 103 111
Departmental directors 47 33 67 31 71 29 72 27 69 30
23 30 29 27 29
Executives 11 15 9 10 13 13 13 13 23 12
2 1 2 2 3
Benesse Style Care Employees 3,597 64 3,585 64 3,624 64 3,628 64 3,682 64
6,267 6,430 6,521 6,506 6,570
Section managers 317 37 329 37 340 36 341 37 625 48
190 190 194 198 567
Departmental directors 87 17 86 20 87 22 90 20 98 23
18 22 25 23 29
Executives 9 10 9 10 8 20 8 20 6 25
1 1 2 2 2
 

Number of Hires by Gender (Benesse Corporation)

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

    2022 2023 2024 2025 2026*
New graduates Male 29 35 52 61 67
Female 37 24 40 36 33
Total 66 59 92 97 100
Mid-career Male 68 104 105 96 —
Female 27 81 60 47 —
Total 95 185 165 134 —
Total 161 244 257 243 —

*as of April 2025

 

Ratio of Employees with Disabilities (Benesse Group)

As of June 1

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of Employees 2.47% 2.54% 2.51% 2.60% 2.60%
  •  * Ratio of employees with disabilities at Group companies subject to the Employment Quota System for Persons with Disabilities
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Number of Employees Who Took Childcare Leave and Returned from Leave

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Number of Employees Taking Leave Number of Returnees Number of Employees Taking Leave Number of Returnees Number of Employees Taking Leave Number of Returnees Number of Employees Taking Leave Number of Returnees Number of Employees Taking Leave
Benesse Corporation (full-time employees, specialists, contract employees) 52 59 76 85 80 84 123 92 112
Benesse Style Care (full-time employees, specialists, associate employees) 252 232 301 225 307 267 312 240 292
  •  * Returnees: Employees who return to work within the time limit for leave under each company's system
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Ratio of men taking childcare leave

Year ended 31 March of each year (%)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Benesse Corporation
(full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)		 49 51 51 66 73
Benesse Stlye Care
(full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)		 58 49 58 65 85
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Number of employees who have obtained shorter working hours for childcare

As of April

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Benesse Corporation
(full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)		 50 53 58 41 59
Benesse Style Care
(full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)		 280 280 290 299 326
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Number of Employees Receiving Childcare Allowance (Benesse Style Care)

As of June

2021 414
2022 381
2023 411
2024 378
2025 423
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Work-life Management Data (Benesse Corporation)

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year / Full-time employees

* Prescribed working hours: 7 hours/day

 

Gender wage differential (ratio of women's wages to men's wages)

Year ended 31 March (%)

  2023 2024 2025
fulltime employment Part-time/fixed-term employment all workers fulltime employment Part-time/fixed-term employment all workers fulltime employment Part-time/fixed-term employment all workers
Benesse Corporation
(full-time employees, specialists, contract employees)		 85 88 71 88 91 77 86 91 76
Benesse Stlye Care
(full-time employees, specialists, associate employees)		 94 109 91 94 109 92 93 109 91
 

Employee Engagement (Benesse Group)

 

Employee training costs (Benesse Corporation)

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total (millions of yen) 131 132 176 219 285
Cost per person (yen) — 91,411 76,905 84,401 81,500
Time per person (hours) — 21.9 25.5 23.3 19.6
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Environment

Water policy (included in environmental policy)

Policy for reduction in water usage

Benesse Corporation's Okayama and Tokyo headquarters underwent sanitary plumbing work. During this process, we renovated the toilets to reduce water and wastewater consumption in the offices.

  Plan Results (Reduction rate)
Okayama Head Office (FY2023) Reduction from base year water and sewage usage 5,764m³ (58.5%)
Tokyo Headquarter (FY2023) 10,085m³ (47.4%)

* Base year: Okayama Headquarters (FY2017), Tokyo Headquarters (FY2019)

Biodiversity policy (included in environmental policy)

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Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 Reduction Targets

<Benesse Corporation>

Fiscal year ending March 31 of each year

  Every fiscal year* 2030* 2041 2050*
Reduction rate for Scope 1 and 2 using 2018 as the baseline year 4.4% 52.8% 100% 100%

* Reduction target has been certified by SBTi

[Date of revision September 29, 2022]

Fiscal year ending March 31 of each year

  Every fiscal year 2030 2050
Reduction rate of Scope 3 using 2018 as the baseline year 1.23% 14.8% 39.4%

2°C target certified by SBTi

< Benesse Group >

Fiscal year ending March 31 of each year

  2030 2041
Reduction rate for Scope 1 and 2 using 2022 as the baseline year 42.4% 100%
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Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 Reduction Results

<Benesse Corporation>

Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 Reduction Results

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Units:t-CO2 Base year results Results Results
2018 2024 2025
Scope 1 120 294 410
Scope 2 7,477 4,327 4,306
Scope 3 220,450 149,400 138,695
Total of Scope 1, 2, and 3 228,047 154,021 143,411
YoY change   93.68% 93.11%

Date of revision February 20, 2026

[CO2 emissions by scope]

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Unit: Tons CO2 2023 2024 2025
Scope 1 73 294 410
Scope 2 2,989 4,327 4,306
Scope 3 161,356 149,400 138,695
  1 Purchased products and services 136,531 127,079 116,291
  2 Capital goods 4,457 4,806 5,230
  3 Fuel and energy activities that do not fall under Scope 1 and 2 800 918 990
  4 Transportation and distribution (upstream) 2,755 1,494 1,296
  5 Waste generated from operations 515 553 500
  6 Business trips 2,671 3,377 3,481
  7 Employee commuting 1,278 1,416 1,543
  8 Leased assets (upstream) 0 0 0
  9 Transportation and distribution (downstream) 6,763 4,757 5,139
  10 Fabrication of sold products 0 0 0
  11 Use of sold products 304 279 188
  12 Disposal of sold products 5,282 4,721 4,037
  13 Leased assets (downstream) 0 0 0
  14 Franchises 0 0 0
  15 Investments 0 0 0
Total of Scope 1, 2, and 3 164,418 154,021 143,411

Date of revision February 20, 2026

<Benesse Group>

● Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 Reduction Results

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Unit:t-CO2 Base year results Results Results
2022 2024 2025
Scope1 13,447 10,552 11,009
Scope2 43,085 39,971 44,475
Total of Scope 1 and 2 56,532 50,523 55,484
YoY Change   94.84% 109.82%

Date of revision February 20, 2026

● Scope 3 Reduction Results

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

Unit:t-CO2 Base year results Results Results
2023 2024 2025
Scope3 404,762 372,882 378,829
Total of Scope 1, 2 and 3 461,294 423,405 434,313
YoY Change   91.79% 102.58%

Date of revision February 20, 2026

* Scope 3 of the group has started to be calculated from the 2023 results

 

Energy Consumption, Water use, Waste Generation

<Benesse Corporation>

Fiscal year ended March 31 of each year

  Units 2023 2024 2025
Electricity MWh 7,624 7,579 9,069
Heat Thousands GJ 9 10 10
City gas Thousands m³ 26 29 36
Heavy Oil A ℓ 78 66 36
Gasoline ℓ 5,444 101,843 124,614
Diesel oil ℓ - - 19,043
Water use Thousands m³ 31 28 28
Waste (paper) emissions t 1,196 1,475 1,180
Waste (industrial wastes) emissions t 475 623 486

Date of revision February 20, 2026

Last updated : 2026/03/02