Targets and Results

Environment, Society

Targets and results are non-consolidated figures for NSD, except for CO₂ emissions.

Indicators			Results				Targets
Indicators			FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	Targets
E	CO₂ emissions (Scope1+2)^*1	Annual	2,406 t-CO₂ (reference)	2,207 t-CO₂ (8.3% reduction)	2,070 t-CO₂ (13.9% reduction)	2,023 t-CO₂ (15.9% reduction)	FY2030: 1,395 t-CO₂ (42% reduction from FY2020) FY2044: Achieve net-zero
	CO₂ emissions (Scope3)^*1	Annual	33,817 t-CO₂	36,959 t-CO₂	40,828 t-CO₂	46,155 t-CO₂	Disclose results
	Number of printing paper used	Annual	900 thousands of sheets (reference)	860 thousands of sheets (5% reduction)	760 thousands of sheets (15% reduction)	640 thousands of sheets (29% reduction)	FY2030: 500 thousands of sheets (45% reduction from FY2020)
S	Overtime hours	Monthly/ person	17.0h	19.0h	18.5h	18.1h	Keep less than 20.0h
	Acquisition rate of paid leave	Annual	59.9%	63.3%	70.1%	73.7%	More than 75%
	Female employee ratio	As of March, 31	18.7%	19.3%	19.6%	20.8%	FY2030: more than 30%
	Female manager ratio	As of March, 31	4.7%	5.4%	6.2%	9.5%	FY2030: more than 20%
	Acquisition rate of childcare leave for male employee^*2	Annual	17.3%	26.2%	30.9%	49.0%	FY2025: more than 55%
	Number of employees with information technology related qualifications^*3	As of March, 31	4,353	4,527	4,629	4,805	Disclose results
	Number of employees attending technical training	Annual	825	904	1,027	1,757	Disclose results
	Ratio of employees with high stress^*4	Annual	12.2%	12.4%	11.5%	12.2%	Disclose results
	Number of employees using health point system^*5	As of March, 31	1,328	1,395	1,593	2,215	Disclose results

*1The scope of calculation is the Company and all its subsidiaries.
From FY2023, Scope 1, Scope 3 and subsidiaries acquired after FY2021 are included in the calculation. The results prior to fiscal 2022 are restated based on the new scope of calculation（For some subsidiaries, results for fiscal 2020 are calculated based on electricity consumption per 1㎡）
*2The ratio of male employee who acquired childcare leave among male employees who had children in the fiscal year.

*3Employees with multiple qualifications are counted as one person per each qualification. The breakdown of employees with qualifications related to information technologies is as below.

Qualifications		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Japan Information Technology Engineers Examination^(*1)		2,528	2,523	2,503	2,542
Vendor certification		1,167	1,254	1,351	1,408
(Breakdown of Qualifications)	Oracle certification	559	577	597	638
	Microsoft certification	295	304	332	313
	AWS certification	121	186	184	232
	Other certifications (RPA related)	192	187	238	225
PMP(Project Management Professional)^(*2)		304	316	289	298
Other group qualifications (AI and Python related etc)		354	434	486	557

*1A national qualification administrated by IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan), which offers qualifications in multiple fields such as comprehensive IT knowledge and qualifications specialized in security, networks, and databases.
*2An international qualification administrated by PMI (Project Management Institute), certifying to those who possess a certain level of experience, education, and knowledge related to project management.

*4Employees with high stress are those who have subjective symptoms, are suffered stress mainly from work, are not expected to have supports by colleagues as a result of the stress check based on the guideline by Ministory of Health, Labour and Welfare.
*5The health point system aims to improve the health literacy of our employees. Emproyees get points, which can be exchanged for such as health-related goods by registering vital data in the health app and participating in health promotion events.

Governance

Indicators		Results and Statuses
G	Diversity of board members	In order to ensure the diversity of the Board, members are appointed based on management experience at other companies, legal and finacial knowledge and experience, and international experience. Members include two female director and one female auditor ~ The Board of Directors consists of 11 members: 8 male and 3 female ~^*
	Appointment of independent officer	Directors:four independent outsiders (eight in total)^* Audit & Supervisory Board Members: two independent outsiders (three in total)
	Checks and advices by Governance Committee	The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding matters such as the appointment and dismissal of directors and audit & supervisory board members, the compensation system for directors. In addition, it determines matters delegated by the Board of Directors. The Committee is comprised of the President & CEO as a chairperson and four independent outside directors.
	Compensation system for Directors	Compensation is paid under a system that emphasizes performance linkage. Specifically, compensation consists of three categories: basic compensation (fixed compensation), bonus (short-term incentive compensation), and stock compensation remuneration (medium- to long-term incentive compensation), with a composition ratio of 60:25:15.
	Completion of compliance training	All employee have completed every training since fiscal 2007.

*At the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in June 2024, we increased one female outside director with the aim of strengthening the supervisory function and increasing diversity of the board of directors.