ESG Data

The LY Corporation Group's data related to ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) is summarized here by items.

  • Range of companies covered in this report
    This report covers the aggregate figures for major subsidiaries of LY Corporation as reported in the Annual Securities Report.
  • Coverage ratio
    • Environment:
      - Calculated based on the revenue ratio of the group companies that constitute the LY Corporation Group.
    • Social:
      - From FY2021, calculated based on the percentage of employees.
      - From FY2024, revised the method for calculating the coverage ratio.
    • Governance:
      - Calculated based on the revenue ratio of the group companies that constitute the LY Corporation Group until the FY2023 report, with some exceptions.
      - From the report for FY2024, calculated based on the percentage of employees for all items.

Environment

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Items Unit FY2023 FY2024 Coverage
Scope 1 & 2 ★ mtCO2e 94,067 28,403 100.0%
Scope 1 & 2 & 3 (upstream) ★ mtCO2e 2,280,992 2,887,376 96.5%
Scope 1 & 2 & 3 ★ mtCO2e 3,383,876 4,012,838 96.5%
Emissions compensated for by carbon credits mtCO2e -1,500 -2,000 -
Total operational emissions after emissions reductions and compensations mtCO2e 3,382,376 4,010,838 96.5%
Scope 1 & 2 per revenue mtCO2e/million USD 7.36 2.26 100.0%
Scope 1 & 2 & 3 (upstream) per revenue mtCO2e/million USD 178.39 229.26 96.5%
Scope 1 & 2 & 3 per revenue mtCO2e/million USD 264.65 318.63 96.5%
Scope 1 ★ mtCO2e 3,554 3,395 100.0%
CO2 ★ mtCO2e 3,151 3,230 99.7%
Methane ★ mtCO2e 72 33 99.7%
Nitrous oxide ★ mtCO2e 11 5 99.7%
Hydrofluorocarbon family of gases ★ mtCO2e 321 124 99.7%
Perfluorocarbon family of gases ★ mtCO2e 0 0 99.7%
Sulfur hexafluoride ★ mtCO2e 0 0 99.7%
Nitrogen trifluoride ★ mtCO2e 0 0 99.7%
City gas ★ m3 209,287 242,567 99.7%
Liquefied petroleum gas ★ t 9 9 99.7%
Light oil ★ kl 447 438 99.7%
Heavy oil ★ kl 52 199 99.7%
Kerosene ★ kl 418 353 99.7%
Gasoline ★ kl 130 57 99.7%
Scope 2 - Market-based ★ mtCO2e 90,514 25,008 100.0%
Scope 2 - Location-based ★ mtCO2e 273,912 237,682 100.0%
Electricity ★ MWh 622,872 568,637 99.7%
Electricity consumption from renewable sources ★ MWh 393,243 509,095 99.7%
Ratio of electricity consumption from renewable sources to the total electricity consumption ★ % 63.1 89.5 99.7%
Average PUE of data centers - 1.33 1.37 90.4%
Hot water ★ GJ 5,064 6,091 99.7%
Cold water ★ GJ 10,530 12,502 99.7%
Steam ★ GJ 1,139 241 99.7%
Total energy consumption *1 GJ 6,149,426 2,116,327 99.7%
CO2 emission per energy consumption (Scope 1 & 2) *1 mtCO2e/GJ 0.015 0.013 99.7%
Renewable energy consumption *1 GJ 3,838,048 1,849,732 99.7%
Non-renewable energy consumption *1 GJ 2,311,377 266,595 99.7%
Renewable energy ratio % 62.4 87.4 99.7%
Scope 3 ★ mtCO2e 3,289,809 3,984,435 96.5%
Category 1: Purchased goods ★ mtCO2e 1,604,858 2,083,096 96.5%
Category 2: Purchased capital goods ★ mtCO2e 406,502 597,382 96.5%
Category 3: Purchased fuel/energy (other than Scope 1 & 2) ★ mtCO2e 43,654 39,608 96.5%
Category 4: Transportation and delivery (upstream) ★ mtCO2e 109,971 116,096 96.5%
Category 5: Waste ★ mtCO2e 1,805 2,178 96.5%
Category 6: Business travel ★ mtCO2e 4,412 4,864 96.5%
Category 7: Employee commuting ★ mtCO2e 14,612 14,820 96.5%
Category 8: Leased assets (upstream) ★ mtCO2e 1,111 928 96.5%
Category 9: Transportation and delivery (downstream) ★ mtCO2e 627,508 648,090 96.5%
Category 10: Processing of sold products ★ mtCO2e 0 0 96.5%
Category 11: Use of sold products ★ mtCO2e 287,307 286,822 96.5%
Category 12: End-of-life treatment of sold products ★ mtCO2e 175,147 166,568 96.5%
Category 13: Leased assets (downstream) ★ mtCO2e 12,922 23,982 96.5%
Category 14: Franchises ★ mtCO2e 0 0 96.5%
Category 15: Investments ★ mtCO2e 0 0 96.5%
Total water withdrawal (by water source) ★ *2 Total m3 666,818 826,078 99.7%
Third-party sources (Municipal potable water) m3 302,520 99.7%
Third-party sources (Industrial water) m3 474,171 99.7%
Surface water m3 0 99.7%
Seawater / Brackish water m3 0 99.7%
Groundwater m3 21,344 99.7%
Produced water m3 0 99.7%
External wastewater m3 985 99.7%
Harvested rainwater m3 71 99.7%
Recycled water m3 26,987 99.7%
Unknown m3 0 99.7%
Total water withdrawal (by facility) ★ Total m3 666,818 826,078 99.7%
Offices m3 70,014 110,611 99.7%
Data centers m3 470,500 600,547 99.7%
Distribution centers/warehouses m3 120,470 112,888 99.7%
Stores m3 5,834 2,032 99.7%
Others m3 0 0 99.7%
Total water discharge (by discharge destination) *2 Total m3 352,147 99.7%
Ocean discharge m3 4,336 99.7%
Surface water / Fresh surface water discharge m3 0 99.7%
Groundwater / Well discharge m3 0 99.7%
Off-site water treatment / Third-party destinations discharge m3 347,811 99.7%
Beneficial / other use total discharge m3 0 99.7%
Total water discharge (by facility) *2 Total m3 352,147 99.7%
Offices m3 110,611 99.7%
Data centers m3 126,616 99.7%
Distribution centers/warehouses m3 112,888 99.7%
Stores m3 2,032 99.7%
Others m3 0 99.7%
Total water consumption (by facility) *2 Total m3 473,931 99.7%
Offices m3 0 99.7%
Data centers m3 473,931 99.7%
Distribution centers/warehouses m3 0 99.7%
Stores m3 0 99.7%
Others m3 0 99.7%
Water withdrawal intensity (per revenue) *3 m3/million USD 52.15 65.60 99.7%
Total emissions of waste t 27,904 26,671 99.7%
Recycled *4 t 26,963 25,640 99.7%
Final disposal of waste t 941 1,032 99.7%
Recycling rate of waste *4 % 96.6 96.1 99.7%
Total emissions of waste per revenue t/million USD 2.11 2.12 99.7%
Final disposal of waste per revenue t/million USD 0.07 0.08 99.7%
NOx t 3 3 99.7%
SOx t 0 0 99.7%
Investment in the environment Total million JPY 4,655.1 4,774.0 97.2%
Investment in renewable energy million JPY 549.6 629.8 97.2%
Investment in CO2 reduction and climate change measures million JPY 4,078.1 4,095.8 97.2%
Investment in water resources million JPY 0.0 0.0 97.2%
Investment in resource recycling and waste million JPY 20.9 15.1 97.2%
Investment in conservation of biodiversity million JPY 4.0 15.2 97.2%
Other investment in the environment million JPY 16.5 18.1 97.2%
Green purchasing ratio % 59.2 81.3 56.8%
Total paper used t 312.1 51.1 72.7%
  • ★ Third-party verified
  • *1 In FY2024, the energy consumption decreased due to the revision of energy conversion factors.
  • *2 From FY2024, the disclosure items have been revised to include water withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
  • *3 In FY2024, water withdrawal increased, partly due to pilot operational changes at some data centers.
  • *4 Waste recycling includes energy recovery.

Social

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Items FY2023 FY2024 Coverage
Total number of employees covered in this report: gender composition (%) Total 28,502 28,606 100%
Male (%) 17,150
(60.2%)
17,087
(59.7%)
100%
Female (%) 11,352
(39.8%)
11,519
(40.3%)
100%
No. of employees in Japan Total 25,309 24,634 100%
No. of employees overseas Total 3,193 3,972 100%
No. of employees in managerial positions: gender composition; % of non-Japanese employees Total 4,816 5,000 100%
Male (%) 3,746
(77.8%)
3,887
(77.7%)
100%
Female (%) 1,070
(22.2%)
1,113
(22.3%)
100%
Non-Japanese (%) 735
(15.3%)
932
(18.6%)
100%
No. of directors and Audit and Supervisory Committee members Directors and Audit and Supervisory Committee members 162
(87.1%)
138
(85.7%)
100%
Female (%) 24
(12.9%)
23
(14.3%)
100%
Gender composition by job title Senior manager or higher 1,325
(84.2%)
1,421
(82.0%)
100%
Female (%) 249
(15.8%)
311
(18.0%)
100%
Manager (section chief) 2,329
(75.1%)
2,465
(75.5%)
100%
Female (%) 771
(24.9%)
801
(24.5%)
100%
No. of employees and gender composition by job category (revenue generating divisions) *1 Male (%) 6,813
(50.8%)
5,844
(48.9%)
100%
Female (%) 6,611
(49.2%)
6,116
(51.1%)
100%
Ratio of females in managerial positions (revenue generating divisions) *1*2 Female (%) 221
(25.7%)
485
(29.5%)
100%
No. of employees and gender composition by job category (STEM divisions) *1 Male (%) 7,550
(80.8%)
8,024
(80.1%)
100%
Female (%) 1,796
(19.2%)
1,995
(19.9%)
100%
Ratio of females in managerial positions (STEM divisions) *1*2 Female (%) 84
(7.9%)
227
(12.2%)
100%
No. of employees and gender composition by job category (other divisions) *3 Male (%) 2,787
(48.6%)
3,219
(48.6%)
100%
Female (%) 2,945
(51.4%)
3,408
(51.4%)
100%
Ratio of females in managerial positions (other divisions) *2*3 Female (%) 139
(28.1%)
401
(26.9%)
100%
New appointments of employees to managerial positions: gender composition Total 1,029 953 100%
Male (%) 768
(74.60%)
690
(72.4%)
100%
Female (%) 261
(25.4%)
263
(27.6%)
100%
No. of non-Japanese employees (% to total employees) Total(%) 4,753
(16.7%)
3,705
(16.9%)
87%
No. of new employees recruited: gender composition Total 2,074 1,928 100%
Male (%) 1,402
(67.6%)
1,216
(63.1%)
100%
Female (%) 672
(32.4%)
712
(36.9%)
100%
No. of newly graduated employees recruited (% to total new recruits): gender composition (%) Total(%) 680
(32.8%)
404
(21.0%)
100%
Male (%) 510
(75.0%)
258
(63.9%)
100%
Female (%) 170
(25.0%)
146
(36.1%)
100%
No. of mid-career employees recruited (% to total new recruits): gender composition (%) Total(%) 1,394
(67.2%)
1,524
(79.0%)
100%
Male (%) 892
(64.0%)
958
(62.9%)
100%
Female (%) 502
(36.0%)
566
(37.1%)
100%
% of non-Japanese employees in newly graduated and mid-career employees recruited: No. of non-Japanese newly graduated recruits in newly graduated recruits, no. of non-Japanese mid-career recruits in mid-career recruits Total(%) 393
(18.9%)
665
(34.5%)
100%
Newly graduated recruits (%) 36
(5.3%)
41
(10.1%)
100%
Mid-career recruits (%) 357
(25.6%)
624
(40.9%)
100%
No. of employees with disabilities Total 772 878 100%
% of employees with disabilities in overall workforce All employees (%) 2.4% 2.7% 100%
No. of post-retirement employees rehired Total 83 72 100%
Average no. of temporary employees Total 7,659 7,547 100%
Contract employees 1,992 1,712 100%
Average no. of non-permanent employees *4 Total 21,074 17,641 100%
Temporary staff 5,792 4,509 100%
Subcontract employee 15,282 13,132 98%
No. of employees switched from temporary employees to permanent employees Total 293 317 100%
Male 142 100 100%
Female 151 217 100%
No. of resignations Voluntary resignation 1,711 1,695 100%
Total 1,739 1,773 100%
Resignation rate Voluntary resignation (%) 6.7% 6.9% 99%
Overall (%) 6.8% 7.2% 99%
Average length of service (years) Total (Year) 6.6 7.1 100%
Male (Year) 6.6 7.1 100%
Female (Year) 6.6 7.1 100%
Average age *5 Total 37.3 37.8 100%
Male 37.7 38.3 100%
Female 36.7 37.0 100%
Age distribution of employees: gender composition Under 30 Total 6,467 5,792 100%
Under 30
Male (%)
3,708
(57.3%)
3,246
(56.0%)
100%
Under 30
Female (%)
2,759
(42.7%)
2,546
(44.0%)
100%
30's Total 11,757 12,220 100%
30's
Male (%)
6,938
(59.0%)
7,159
(58.6%)
100%
30's
Female (%)
4,819
(41.0%)
5,061
(41.4%)
100%
40's Total 7,584 7,922 100%
40's
Male (%)
4,864
(64.1%)
5,055
(63.8%)
100%
40's
Female (%)
2,720
(35.9%)
2,867
(36.2%)
100%
50's Total 2,546 2,804 100%
50's
Male (%)
1,538
(60.4%)
1,728
(61.6%)
100%
50's
Female (%)
1,008
(39.6%)
1,076
(38.4%)
100%
60 and above Total 348 394 100%
60 and above
Male (%)
244
(70.1%)
273
(69.3%)
100%
60 and above
Female (%)
104
(29.9%)
121
(30.7%)
100%
Cost of recruitment Total (JPY billion) 21 32 100%
Avg. cost per recruit (JPY thousand) 1,014 1,672
% of recruitment from internal sources *6 Internal transfer, etc. (%) 10.8% 17.2% LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Average annual remuneration of directors (Basic remuneration only) Total (JPY thousand) 21,469 24,298 94%
Male (JPY thousand) 22,334 25,177 94%
Female (JPY thousand) 16,425 17,657 94%
Average annual remuneration of directors (Basic remuneration + other cash remunerations) Total (JPY thousand) 31,075 35,664 94%
Male (JPY thousand) 32,841 37,617 94%
Female (JPY thousand) 20,774 20,910 94%
Average annual salary of employees in managerial positions (basic salary only) *7 Total (JPY thousand) 8,770 9,415 100%
Male (JPY thousand) 8,995 9,604 100%
Female (JPY thousand) 7,990 8,757 100%
Average annual salary of employees in managerial positions (basic salary + bonus) *7 Total (JPY thousand) 10,983 12,015 100%
Male (JPY thousand) 11,309 12,268 100%
Female (JPY thousand) 9,848 11,136 100%
Average annual salary of employees in non-managerial positions (basic salary only) Total (JPY thousand) 5,135 6,036 100%
Male (JPY thousand) 5,453 6,462 100%
Female (JPY thousand) 4,614 5,349 100%
Average annual salary of employees in non-managerial positions (basic salary + bonus) Total (JPY thousand) 6,859 7,410 100%
Male (JPY thousand) 7,370 7,934 100%
Female (JPY thousand) 6,020 6,566 100%
Median of employee remuneration Total (JPY thousand) 7,699 8,177 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Ratio of average annual salary (median) by gender *8 Median
<Male: Female>
1.21:1 1.19:1 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Ratio of CEO's remuneration to average annual salary of employees *9 Ratio by average
<CEO: Employee>
136.7:1 96.4:1 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Utilization of childcare leave *10 Male (%) 50.9% 60.9% 100%
Female (%) 100% 100% 100%
% of returning to work 94.8% 96.5% 100%
No. of employees under shorter working hour system for childcare Total 783 741 100%
Male 62 66 100%
Female 721 675 100%
No. of employees under shorter working hour system for nursing care Total 7 10 100%
Male 2 2 100%
Female 5 8 100%
Paid leave % of paid leaves taken 76.9% 75.1% 100%
Annual total working hours (average per employee) Hours 1,883 1,865 100%
Annual hours of overtime worked (average per employee) Hours 155 192 100%
No. of users of remote work system Total 12,157 12,130 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Overall utilization rate 98.0% 100%
No. of employees on leave due to non-work-related illness or injury Total 513 *11 501 100%
Incidence of industrial accidents resulting in leave All employees (%) 0.08%
Lost time incident rate Number of incidents per one million total working hours 0.81 99%
Incidence of industrial accidents All employees (%) 0.99%
Total recordable incident rate Number of incidents per one million total working hours 5.96 100%
% of employees taking stress check All employees (%) 83.5% 84.2% 100%
% of employees taking harassment check All employees (%) 84.2% 87.7% 96%
% of employees taking regular medical checkups All employees (%) 97.8% 91.8% 100%
% of employees with remarks in their medical checkups *12 All employees (%) 38.3% 37.6% 98%
Smoking rate All employees (%) 13.1% 10.9% 84%
Completion rate of specific health guidance All employees (%) 35.1% 39.3% 87%
Total hours spent on capacity building training for employees Total (hours) 922,382 1,009,331 96%
Average training hours per employee (result) Average hours 33 35 96%
Average training cost per employee (result) JPY 67,971 152,369 100%
% of respondents to engagement survey *2 All employees (%) 90.1% 88.9% 100%
% of employees with high engagement score *2*13*15 All employees (%) 61.2% 53.7% 97%
% of unionized employees *14 Overall (%) 31.8% 39.7% 100%
  • *1 Revenue generating divisions refer to divisions in charge of sales + planning/business development, and STEM divisions refer to engineers and designers.
  • *2 From FY2024, figures are for the LY Corporation Group.
  • *3 Other divisions refer to divisions other than revenue generating divisions and STEM divisions.
  • *4 Non-permanent employees are indirectly employed employees such as temporary staff and subcontract employees.
  • *5 Average age for FY2023 have been partially recalculated and revised. (Jul 2024)
  • *6 From FY2023, figures are for non-consolidated LY Corporation.
  • *7 Managerial positions refers to positions of managers and above, who are line managers of organizations, etc.
  • *8 Retrospectively revised the figures due to adoption of LY Corporation's standalone figures from FY2024. (Jun 2025)
  • *9 Comparison between the average annual salary (includes bonus and non-standard wages) of the employees of LY Corporation and the remuneration of the President and Representative Director, CEO.
  • *10 If the timing of childbirth and the subsequent period of parental leave are not included in the same fiscal year, resulting in a total exceeding 100%, it is displayed as 100%.
  • *11 Item that has changed significantly due to a review of the calculation definition.
  • *12 For data on YG Health Insurance Society, includes figures for patients requiring observation to those undergoing treatment (therapy). Items subject to remarks differ by health insurance societies.
  • *13 Employees with a score of 7 or more in the engagement survey results (on a scale of 1 to 10).
  • *14 Calculated for some companies of the LY Corporation Group that have labor unions. Companies without labor unions also have employee representation systems.
  • *15 % of employees with high engagement score for FY2024 have been partially recalculated and revised. (Sep 2025)

Governance

Items FY2023 FY2024 Coverage
No. of reported cases of whistle-blowing 200 197 100%
Legal actions regarding corruption, bribery, etc. 0 0 100%
No. of violations related to human rights abuse and harassment Harassment 13 30 100%
No. of violations against codes of business conduct and ethical standards Insider trading (Violation of Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) 0 0 100%
Disciplinary actions related to customer data privacy - 2 100%
Acts of conflict of interest 0 0 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
% of employees taking compliance e-learning *1 96% 98% 80%
  • *1 The theme of learning carried out varies depending on the priorities and circumstances of each company.
  • * Please refer Corporate Governance for details on the composition of officers and their remunerations.

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