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The Brother Group Global Charter

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
The Brother Group Global Charter Established in 1999
Number of available languages 27 languages 28 languages 28 languages 28 languages 28 languages
Number of dialogues between top management and employees More than 2,500 times About 3,000 times About 4,000 times About 4,500 times About 4,600 times

Numbers of facilities/Sales revenue

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Manufacturing facilities and sales facilities In more than 40 countries and regions
Sales revenue (Consolidated) 683,972 million yen 637,259 million yen 631,812 million yen 710,938 million yen 815,269 million yen
Sales revenue by region Japan 18.2% 19.2% 15.7% 14.8% 14.2%
The Americas 30.5% 31.4% 31.8% 31.3% 33.8%
Europe 26.4% 27.4% 28.2% 27.3% 25.7%
Asia & Others 24.9% 22.1% 24.3% 26.6% 26.3%

Evaluation by external entities

FTSE4Good Index Series Included since June 2020
FTSE Blossom Japan Index Included since June 2020
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index Included since March 2022
MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index Included since June 2023
MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index Included since November 2019
Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index Included since 2022
S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index Included since 2018
The SOMPO Sustainability Index Included since 2012
EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment Received a Silver Medal since 2020
Science Based Targets Certified for 1.5°C target in April 2022
"Asia-Pacific Climate Leaders" Survey Selected as one of the top companies since 2022
Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 1x Winner in 2012 and 6x Winner in 2023
Health & Productivity Stock Selection Program Recognized in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021
Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Certified since 2017

Environmental-Related Data (E)

Material balance

The Brother Group's manufacturing facilities are engaged in processing and assembly to manufacture products.
The environmental impacts (including resource consumption, CO2 emissions, and waste generated) associated with all business operations are quantitatively monitored and summarized to reduce environmental impacts.

Resource utilization and material production/emissions from FY2018 through FY2022

Resource and energy inputs

Resource consumption and product raw materials Total energy consumption Volume of crude petroleum equivalent Water consumption

Material production/emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions Wastewater volume and volume recycled Production-related waste and volume recycled

The scope of aggregation was directly related to the product range.
For the list of applicable sites, see page 8 of "Material balance" [PDF/588KB].

Reduction of CO2 emissions

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions according to ISO 14064 from FY2018 through FY2022

Category CO2 emissions in t-CO2 equivalent
FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Scope 1: Direct emissions 21,622 17,363 18,356 18,724 19,040
Scope 2: Indirect emissions from energy use Market-based 122,599 107,285 98,685 105,099 93,409*1
Scope 3: Other indirect emissions 3,293,722 2,809,046 2,752,567 2,942,352 3,231,810
C1 Purchased goods and services 1,559,654 1,351,272 1,302,661 1,404,939 1,538,813
C2 Capital goods 57,780 56,658 75,897 86,955 123,562
C3 Fuel- and energy-related activities 12,247 10,955 10,987 11,838 12,062
C4 Upstream transportation and distribution 83,395 80,691 103,148 138,978 88,533
C5 Waste generated in operations 2,960 3,680 4,138 2,849 3,257
C6 Business travel 4,414 3,663 1,558 1,887 4,023
C7 Employee commuting 15,557 14,247 14,698 14,819 14,768
C8 Upstream leased assets 6,288 5,176 4,642 4,101 3,827
C9 Downstream transportation and distribution 16,534 15,312 14,671 15,366 16,427
C10 Processing of sold products - - - - -
C11 Use of sold products 1,240,830 998,441 968,174 995,115 1,126,844
C12 End of life treatment of sold products 292,281 267,207 250,107 263,618 298,535
C13 Downstream leased assets 1,742 1,742 1,886 1,886 1,160
C14 Franchises 39 - - - -
C15 Investments - - - - -
Total of Scopes 1, 2, and 3
Market-based		 3,437,943 2,933,694 2,869,608 3,066,176 3,344,259*1
  • "Location-based" figures have been deleted from the disclosure of 2023 onward due to the promotion of the purchase of CO2-free electricity, etc.
  1. After using renewable energy electricity certificates from external organizations

Scope

External assurance

Resource circulation and waste reduction

Water-related data at main business sites from FY2018 through FY2022

Water intake, wastewater volume, volume of water recycled

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Water intake(m3) Clean water 669,888 550,645 504,122 506,166 470,172
Industrial water 0 0 0 0 0
Underground water 99,816 100,557 87,474 111,697 123,034
Wastewater volume(m3) Public waters 223,764 190,703 179,782 170,392 150,453
Sewer system 448,096 382,111 338,746 372,721 369,193
Others 422 251 1,177 150 149
Volume of water recycled(m3) 288 421 3,759 2,978 5,385
Percent of water recycled(%) 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.0

The scope of aggregation was directly related to the product range.
For the list of applicable sites, see page 5 of "Material balance" [PDF/588KB].

Water pollution load

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Water pollution load(t) BOD 19.6 25.0 37.8 29.3 31.2
COD 40.4 46.1 95.3 68.4 48.1
N-hexane extracts 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.5
SS 44.1 13.8 29.4 12.0 15.6

The scope of aggregation was directly related to the product range.
For the list of applicable sites, see page 6 of "Material balance" [PDF/588KB]

Biodiversity conservation

Pollution prevention and chemical substance management

Creating eco-conscious products

Social-Related Data (S)

Product safety

Basic Product Safety Policies Established in 2008

Business partners

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Procurement Policy and CSR Procurement Standards Established in 2008
Green Procurement Started in 2001
Supplier meeting Participated in by approximately 372 companies and 670 individuals in total Participated in by approximately 460 companies and 900 individuals in total Conducted online Participated in by 129 companies and 217 individuals Conducted online Participated in by 380 companies and 680 individuals Conducted online Participated in by 478 companies and 814 individuals
CSR questionnaire Before revision Started in 2012 (conducted every three years until 2018)
After revision Started in 2020 (conduct every two years)

Diversity/Supporting work-life balance*1

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of employees*2 All employees 3,865 3,800 3,803 3,867 3,890
Male 3,081 3,026 3,024 3,067 3,084
Female 784 774 779 800 806
Percentage of female employees in total workforce 20.3% 20.4% 20.5% 20.7% 20.7%
Average length of service*2,3 All employees 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.1 16.7
Male 17.2 17.2 17.2 16.9 16.4
Female 16.8 17.2 17.7 17.9 17.5
Gender gap 97.6% 100.0% 102.9% 105.9% 106.7%
Total number of employees in senior management
*2,4,5		 All employees 866 850 842 815 777
Male 832 815 804 772 731
Female 34 35 38 43 46
Percentage of female employees in senior management 3.9% 4.1% 4.5% 5.3% 5.9%
① Total number of new graduates*3,6 All employees 77 84 81 74 84
Male 63 65 66 57 65
Female 14 19 15 17 19
Percentage of female new graduates 18.2% 22.6% 18.5% 23.0% 22.6%
② Total number of mid-career recruits*3,7,8 All employees 39 27 21 24 71
Percentage of mid-career recruits based on Labor Measures Comprehensive Promotion Act 34% 24% 21% 24% 46%
Male 33 19 16 20 56
Female 6 8 5 4 15
Percentage of female mid-career recruits 15.4% 29.6% 23.8% 16.7% 21.1%
Total number of newly hired employees
(① and ② combined)		 All employees 116 111 102 98 155
Male 96 84 82 77 121
Female 20 27 20 21 34
Percentage of female employees 17.2% 24.3% 19.6% 21.4% 21.9%
Percentage of contract employees (including temporary staffs) 12.6% 17.0% 17.2% 21.1% 23.1%
Voluntary turnover rates / Number of employees leaving*3,9 1.4% / 54 1.3% / 50 1.0% / 39 0.94% / 36 1.44% / 55
Employment rate of persons with disabilities*10,11 Brother Industries, Ltd. 2.18% 2.03% 2.17% 2.29% 2.38%
including 13 Brother Group companies in Japan*12 2.04% 2.11% 2.17% 2.26% 2.31%
Number of employees on childcare leave*13,14 All employees 72 74 96 94 92
Male 34 41 60 65 63
Female 38 33 36 29 29
Percentage of employees on childcare leave Male 22.7% 33.6% 49.2% 52.0% 67.0%
Female 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Number of employees on family-care leave*13 All employees 5 3 2 2 2
Male 1 2 1 2 1
Female 4 1 1 0 1
Number of employees using the short-time working system for childcare All employees 177 176 184 184 175
Male 9 7 10 8 9
Female 168 169 174 176 166
Number of employees using the short-time working system for family-care All employees 3 6 5 5 4
Male 0 1 2 1 1
Female 3 5 3 4 3
Number of employees on nursing care leave All employees 33 28 13 16 32
Male 7 7 3 6 12
Female 26 21 10 10 20
  1. Brother Industries, Ltd.
  2. As of March 31 of each FY
  3. Doesn't include incoming seconded employees, temporary employees or fixed-term employees
  4. Includes temporary employees and seconded employees. Doesn't include Directors, Corporate Auditors, and Executive Officers
  5. Recalculated and updated based on the standards of *4
  6. Revised from the number of employees who joined on April 1 of each fiscal year to the number of employees who joined on April 1 and October 1 of each fiscal year
  7. Number of employees who joined each fiscal year between April 1 and March 31 of the following year
  8. Includes conversions from non-regular employment to regular employment and transfers. Doesn't include re-employed individuals
  9. Employees who resigned for personal reasons
  10. As of June 1 of each FY
  11. Includes incoming seconded employees but not temporary employees or fixed-term employees
  12. BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, BROTHER SALES, LTD., BROTHER ENTERPRISE, LTD., BROTHER LOGITEC LTD., XING INC., STANDARD CORP., TEICHIKU ENTERTAINMENT, INC., NISSEI CORPORATION, MIE BROTHER PRECISION INDUSTRIES, LTD., BROTHER REAL ESTATE, LTD., BROTHER LIVING SERVICE CO., LTD., BETOP STAFF, LTD., BROTHER INDUSTRIAL PRINTING (JAPAN), LTD.
  13. Number of employees who took leave in the respective year
  14. The figures for the number of employees on childcare leave and the percentage of employees on childcare leave have been recalculated and updated based on the standards set by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Safety, health and disaster prevention/Health and productivity management

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of occupational injuries reported at manufacturing facilities 20 14 18 15 18
Yearly incident rate ((number of incidents/number of employees) x 1,000) at manufacturing facilities 0.77 0.57 0.66 0.50 0.62
Brother Safety and Prevention Convention Held every year since 2008
The Brother Group Health & Productivity Management Philosophy Established in 2016

Local communities

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Tokai Young Entrepreneur Seminar (Brother Industries, Ltd.) Supported by Brother Industries, Ltd. since 2008
Employees' participation in the Golden Ring Project At 20 facilities At 23 facilities Suspended At 13 facilities At 24 facilities
Amount of donations to registered not-for-profit organizations (Brother Industries, Ltd.) 8,229,163 yen 10,699,112 yen 3,472,020 yen 65,014,680 yen 44,307,800 yen
The Kizuna Fund Number of employees who participated 278 152 97 129 105
Amount of donations 2,506,607 yen 5,050,216 yen 1,524,950 yen 2,570,965 yen 4,211,876yen
Number of pro bono participants (Brother Industries, Ltd.) Target 3 3 3 3 3
Achievement 3 3 3 3 4

Governance-Related Data (G)

Corporate governance

FY2018*1 FY2019*2 FY2020*3 FY2021*4 FY2022*5
Number of Directors Total 11 11 11 11 11
Outside Directors (included in total) 5 5 5 5 5
Percentage/Number of female Directors on the Board Percentage 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1%
Number 1 1 1 1 1
Number of Statutory Auditors Total 5 5 5 5 5
Outside Auditors (included in total) 3 3 3 3 3
Number of Directors, Statutory Auditors and Executive Officers Total 32 34 31 30 30
Female Officers (included in total) 2 2 2 2 3
Non-Japanese Officers (included in total) 0 2 2 2 2
The Brother Group Principles of Social Responsibility Established in 2012
Global internal audit meeting Started in 2010
Group Information Management Regulation Established in 2015 (The information management regulation of Brother Industries, Ltd. was established in 2008.)
  1. As of June 24, 2019
  2. As of June 24, 2020
  3. As of June 23, 2021
  4. As of June 20, 2022
  5. As of June 22, 2023

Shareholders*

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Financial results briefing Held four times a year
Shareholder newsletter Issued twice a year (The full-year newsletter is integrated with the convocation notice of a general shareholders' meeting, and the second-quarter newsletter is published only in Japanese.)

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