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.
      - In FY2024 and FY2025, 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 FY2024 FY2025 Coverage
Scope 1 & 2 ★ mtCO2e 28,403 13,904 100.0%
Scope 1 & 2 & 3 (upstream) ★ mtCO2e 2,887,376 2,634,761 98.5%
Scope 1 & 2 & 3 ★ mtCO2e 4,012,838 3,070,291 98.5%
Emissions compensated for by carbon credits mtCO2e -2,000 -2,000 -
Total operational emissions after emissions reductions and compensations mtCO2e 4,010,838 3,068,291 98.5%
Scope 1 & 2 per revenue mtCO2e/million USD 2.26 1.02 100.0%
Scope 1 & 2 & 3 (upstream) per revenue mtCO2e/million USD 229.26 193.21 98.5%
Scope 1 & 2 & 3 per revenue mtCO2e/million USD 318.63 225.15 98.5%
Scope 1 ★ mtCO2e 3,395 3,195 100.0%
CO2 ★ mtCO2e 3,230 2,929 100.0%
Methane ★ mtCO2e 33 36 100.0%
Nitrous oxide ★ mtCO2e 5 6 100.0%
Hydrofluorocarbon family of gases ★ mtCO2e 124 198 100.0%
Perfluorocarbon family of gases ★ mtCO2e 0 0 100.0%
Sulfur hexafluoride ★ mtCO2e 0 27 100.0%
Nitrogen trifluoride ★ mtCO2e 0 0 100.0%
City gas ★ m3 242,567 175,719 100.0%
Liquefied petroleum gas ★ t 9 15 100.0%
Natural Gas ★ therm 2,711 100.0%
Light oil ★ kl 438 328 100.0%
Heavy oil ★ kl 199 196 100.0%
Kerosene ★ kl 353 373 100.0%
Gasoline ★ kl 57 78 100.0%
Scope 2 - Market-based ★ mtCO2e 25,008 10,708 100.0%
Scope 2 - Location-based ★ mtCO2e 237,682 222,267 100.0%
Electricity ★ MWh 568,637 528,329 100.0%
Electricity consumption from renewable sources ★ MWh 509,095 504,297 100.0%
Ratio of electricity consumption from renewable sources to the total electricity consumption ★ % 90 95.5 100.0%
Average PUE of data centers - 1.37 1.35 100.0%
Hot water ★ GJ 6,091 8,030 100.0%
Cold water ★ GJ 12,502 16,359 100.0%
Steam ★ GJ 241 35 100.0%
Total energy consumption GJ 2,116,327 1,971,379 100.0%
CO2 emission per energy consumption (Scope 1 & 2) mtCO2e/GJ 0.013 0.007 100.0%
Renewable energy consumption GJ 1,849,732 1,838,612 100.0%
Non-renewable energy consumption GJ 266,595 132,767 100.0%
Renewable energy ratio % 87.4 93.3 100.0%
Scope 3 ★ mtCO2e 3,984,435 3,056,387 98.5%
Category 1: Purchased goods ★ mtCO2e 2,083,096 2,027,718 98.5%
Category 2: Purchased capital goods ★ mtCO2e 597,382 398,308 98.5%
Category 3: Purchased fuel/energy (other than Scope 1 & 2) ★ mtCO2e 39,608 5,767 98.5%
Category 4: Transportation and delivery (upstream) ★ mtCO2e 116,096 169,745 98.5%
Category 5: Waste ★ mtCO2e 2,178 1,960 98.5%
Category 6: Business travel ★ mtCO2e 4,864 7,806 98.5%
Category 7: Employee commuting ★ mtCO2e 14,820 9,553 98.5%
Category 8: Leased assets (upstream) ★ *1 mtCO2e 928 0 98.5%
Category 9: Transportation and delivery (downstream) ★ *2 mtCO2e 648,090 0 98.5%
Category 10: Processing of sold products ★ mtCO2e 0 0 98.5%
Category 11: Use of sold products ★ mtCO2e 286,822 258,066 98.5%
Category 12: End-of-life treatment of sold products ★ mtCO2e 166,568 165,547 98.5%
Category 13: Leased assets (downstream) ★ mtCO2e 23,982 11,917 98.5%
Category 14: Franchises ★ mtCO2e 0 0 98.5%
Category 15: Investments ★ mtCO2e 0 0 98.5%
Total water withdrawal (by water source) ★ Total m3 597,472 582,453 100.0%
Third-party sources (Municipal potable water) m3 302,589 297,340 100.0%
Third-party sources (Industrial water) m3 193,197 177,878 100.0%
Surface water m3 0 0 100.0%
Seawater / Brackish water m3 0 0 100.0%
Groundwater m3 73,643 75,049 100.0%
Produced water m3 0 0 100.0%
External wastewater m3 985 1,687 100.0%
Harvested rainwater m3 71 0 100.0%
Recycled water m3 26,987 30,460 100.0%
Unknown m3 0 39 100.0%
Total water withdrawal (by facility) ★ Total m3 597,472 582,453 100.0%
Offices m3 110,611 125,030 100.0%
Data centers m3 319,573 295,747 100.0%
Distribution centers/warehouses m3 165,256 107,537 100.0%
Stores m3 2,032 89 100.0%
Others m3 0 54,050 100.0%
Total water discharge (by discharge destination) Total m3 376,718 375,853 100.0%
Ocean discharge m3 4,336 3,411 100.0%
Surface water / Fresh surface water discharge m3 24,502 26,632 100.0%
Groundwater / Well discharge m3 0 0 100.0%
Off-site water treatment / Third-party destinations discharge m3 347,880 345,810 100.0%
Beneficial / other use total discharge m3 0 0 100.0%
Total water discharge (by facility) Total m3 376,718 375,853 100.0%
Offices m3 110,611 125,030 100.0%
Data centers m3 126,616 117,870 100.0%
Distribution centers/warehouses m3 137,459 107,537 100.0%
Stores m3 2,032 89 100.0%
Others m3 0 25,328 100.0%
Total water consumption (by facility) Total m3 220,754 206,600 100.0%
Offices m3 0 0 100.0%
Data centers m3 192,957 177,878 100.0%
Distribution centers/warehouses m3 27,797 0 100.0%
Stores m3 0 0 100.0%
Others m3 0 28,722 100.0%
Water withdrawal intensity (per revenue) m3/million USD 47.46 42.71 100.0%
Total emissions of waste t 26,671 23,932 100.0%
Recycled *3 t 25,640 22,784 100.0%
Final disposal of waste t 1,032 1,148 100.0%
Recycling rate of waste *3 % 96.1 95.2 100.0%
Total emissions of waste per revenue t/million USD 2.12 1.75 100.0%
Final disposal of waste per revenue t/million USD 0.08 0.08 100.0%
NOx t 3 5 100.0%
SOx t 0 2 100.0%
Investment in the environment Total million JPY 4,774.0 13,418.2 98.9%
Investment in renewable energy million JPY 629.8 349.2 98.9%
Investment in CO2 reduction and climate change measures *4 million JPY 4,095.8 13,013.8 98.9%
Investment in water resources million JPY 0.0 0.0 98.9%
Investment in resource recycling and waste million JPY 15.1 12.6 98.9%
Investment in conservation of biodiversity million JPY 15.2 16.1 98.9%
Other investment in the environment million JPY 18.1 26.5 98.9%
Total paper used t 51.1 43.9 98.9%
  • Third-party verified
  • *1 Scope 3 Category 8: From FY2025, Category 8 emissions are included in Category 1 based on the operational control approach.
  • *2 Scope 3 Category 9: Disclosed as a voluntary disclosure item through FY2024; excluded from reporting since FY2025.
  • *3 Recycling rate of waste: Waste recycling includes energy recovery.
  • *4 Investment in CO2 reduction and climate change measures: Including purchases of green bonds and sustainability-linked bonds in the financial business from FY2025 onwards.

Social

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Items FY2024 FY2025 Coverage
Total number of employees covered in this report: gender composition (%) Total 28,606 32,175 100%
Male (%) 17,087
(59.7%)
18,705
(58.1%)
100%
Female (%) 11,519
(40.3%)
13,470
(41.9%)
100%
No. of employees in Japan Total 24,634 24,915 100%
No. of employees overseas Total 3,972 7,260 100%
No. of employees in managerial positions: gender composition; % of non-Japanese employees *1*2 Total 5,000 4,755 100%
Male (%) 3,887
(77.7%)
3,613
(76.0%)
100%
Female (%) 1,113
(22.3%)
1,142
(24.0%)
100%
Non-Japanese (%) 932
(18.6%)
1,295
(27.2%)
100%
No. of directors and Audit and Supervisory Committee members *14 Directors and Audit and Supervisory Committee members 137
(85.6%)
149
(83.2%)
100%
Female (%) 23
(14.4%)
30
(16.8%)
100%
Gender composition by job title *1 Senior manager or higher
Male (%)
1,421
(82.0%)
1,147
(81.5%)
100%
Senior manager or higher
Female (%)
311
(18.0%)
260
(18.5%)
100%
Manager
Male (%)
2,465
(75.5%)
2,466
(73.7%)
100%
Manager
Female (%)
801
(24.5%)
882
(26.3%)
100%
No. of employees and gender composition by job category (revenue generating divisions) *3*4 Male (%) 4,215
(49.7%)
4,787
(46.0%)
100%
Female (%) 4,271
(50.3%)
5,628
(54.0%)
100%
Ratio of females in managerial positions (revenue generating divisions) *1*2*3*4*5 Female (%) 479
(30.7%)
478
(30.3%)
100%
No. of employees and gender composition by job category (STEM divisions) *3 Male (%) 8,024
(80.1%)
9,121
(79.5%)
100%
Female (%) 1,995
(19.9%)
2,350
(20.5%)
100%
Ratio of females in managerial positions (STEM divisions) *1*2*3*5 Female (%) 227
(12.2%)
205
(12.3%)
100%
No. of employees and gender composition by job category (other divisions) *3*4 Male (%) 4,848
(48.0%)
4,794
(46.6%)
100%
Female (%) 5,253
(52.0%)
5,492
(53.4%)
100%
Ratio of females in managerial positions (other divisions) *1*2*3*4*5 Female (%) 407
(25.9%)
459
(30.5%)
100%
New appointments of employees to managerial positions: gender composition *2 Total 953 797 100%
Male (%) 690
(72.4%)
583
(73.1%)
100%
Female (%) 263
(27.6%)
214
(26.9%)
100%
No. of non-Japanese employees (% to total employees) Total(%) 3,705
(16.9%)
9,111
(31.4%)
100%
No. of new employees recruited: gender composition Total 1,928 2,381 100%
Male (%) 1,216
(63.1%)
1,460
(61.3%)
100%
Female (%) 712
(36.9%)
921
(38.7%)
100%
No. of newly graduated employees recruited (% to total new recruits): gender composition (%) Total(%) 404
(21.0%)
292
(12.3%)
100%
Male (%) 258
(63.9%)
176
(60.3%)
100%
Female (%) 146
(36.1%)
116
(39.7%)
100%
No. of mid-career employees recruited (% to total new recruits): gender composition (%) Total(%) 1,524
(79.0%)
2,089
(87.7%)
100%
Male (%) 958
(62.9%)
1,284
(61.5%)
100%
Female (%) 566
(37.1%)
805
(38.5%)
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(%) 665
(34.5%)
1,098
(46.1%)
100%
Newly graduated recruits (%) 41
(10.1%)
66
(22.6%)
100%
Mid-career recruits (%) 624
(40.9%)
1,032
(49.4%)
100%
No. of employees with disabilities Total 878 963 100%
% of employees with disabilities in overall workforce All employees (%) 2.7% 2.6% 100%
No. of post-retirement employees rehired Total 72 57 100%
Average no. of temporary employees Total 7,547 6,531 100%
Contract employees 1,712 1,074 100%
Average no. of non-permanent employees *6 Temporary staff 4,509 5,740 100%
No. of employees switched from temporary employees to permanent employees Total 317 227 100%
Male 100 80 100%
Female 217 147 100%
No. of resignations Voluntary resignation 1,695 2,791 100%
Total 1,773 2,906 100%
Resignation rate Voluntary resignation (%) 6.9% 9.9% 100%
Overall (%) 7.2% 10.3% 100%
Average length of service (years) Total (Year) 7.1 6.9 100%
Male (Year) 7.1 7.1 100%
Female (Year) 7.1 6.6 100%
Average age Total 37.8 37.7 100%
Male 38.3 38.3 100%
Female 37.0 36.9 100%
Age distribution of employees: gender composition Under 30 Total 5,792 6,540 100%
Under 30
Male (%)
3,246
(56.0%)
3,487
(53.3%)
100%
Under 30
Female (%)
2,546
(44.0%)
3,054
(46.7%)
100%
30's Total 12,220 13,870 100%
30's
Male (%)
7,159
(58.6%)
7,874
(56.8%)
100%
30's
Female (%)
5,061
(41.4%)
5,996
(43.2%)
100%
40's Total 7,922 8,505 100%
40's
Male (%)
5,055
(63.8%)
5,335
(62.7%)
100%
40's
Female (%)
2,867
(36.2%)
3,170
(37.3%)
100%
50's Total 2,804 3,214 100%
50's
Male (%)
1,728
(61.6%)
1,992
(62.0%)
100%
50's
Female (%)
1,076
(38.4%)
1,222
(38.0%)
100%
60 and above Total 394 418 100%
60 and above
Male (%)
273
(69.3%)
273
(65.3%)
100%
60 and above
Female (%)
121
(30.7%)
145
(34.7%)
100%
Cost of recruitment Total (JPY billion) 32 34 99%
Avg. cost per recruit (JPY thousand) 1,672 1,426
% of recruitment from internal sources Internal transfer, etc. (%) 17.2% 28.3% LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Average annual remuneration of directors (Basic remuneration only) *14 Total (JPY thousand) 24,483 24,598 99%
Male (JPY thousand) 24,920 25,132 99%
Female (JPY thousand) 19,975 20,220 100%
Average annual remuneration of directors (Basic remuneration + other cash remunerations) *14 Total (JPY thousand) 37,317 38,183 99%
Male (JPY thousand) 38,523 40,136 99%
Female (JPY thousand) 24,856 22,173 100%
Average annual salary of employees in managerial positions (basic salary only) *2 Total (JPY thousand) 9,415 10,246 100%
Male (JPY thousand) 9,604 10,548 100%
Female (JPY thousand) 8,757 9,351 100%
Average annual salary of employees in managerial positions (basic salary + bonus) *2 Total (JPY thousand) 12,015 12,987 100%
Male (JPY thousand) 12,268 13,406 100%
Female (JPY thousand) 11,136 11,745 100%
Average annual salary of employees in non-managerial positions (basic salary only) Total (JPY thousand) 6,036 6,136 100%
Male (JPY thousand) 6,462 6,598 100%
Female (JPY thousand) 5,349 5,421 100%
Average annual salary of employees in non-managerial positions (basic salary + bonus) Total (JPY thousand) 7,410 7,546 100%
Male (JPY thousand) 7,934 8,136 100%
Female (JPY thousand) 6,566 6,632 100%
Median of employee remuneration Total (JPY thousand) 8,177 8,297 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Ratio of average annual salary (median) by gender *7 Median
<Male: Female>
1.19:1 1.19:1 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Ratio of CEO's remuneration to average annual salary of employees *8 Ratio by average
<CEO: Employee>
96.4:1 66.3:1 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Utilization of childcare leave *9 Male (%) 60.9% 69.3% 100%
Female (%) 109.0% 93.6% 100%
% of returning to work 96.5% 97.7% 100%
No. of employees under shorter working hour system for childcare Total 741 921 100%
Male 66 93 100%
Female 675 828 100%
No. of employees under shorter working hour system for nursing care Total 10 11 100%
Male 2 2 100%
Female 8 9 100%
Paid leave % of paid leaves taken 75.1% 76.1% 100%
Annual total working hours (average per employee) Hours 1,865 1,887 100%
Annual hours of overtime worked (average per employee) Hours 192 177 100%
No. of users of remote work system Total 12,130 10,328 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
Overall utilization rate 100.0% 96.0%
No. of employees on leave due to non-work-related illness or injury Total 501 610 100%
Lost time incident rate Number of incidents per one million total working hours 0.81 0.91 100%
Total recordable incident rate Number of incidents per one million total working hours 5.96 3.72 100%
% of employees taking stress check All employees (%) 84.2% 84.0% 100%
% of employees taking harassment check All employees (%) 87.7% 87.7% 100%
% of employees taking regular medical checkups All employees (%) 91.8% 94.6% 100%
% of employees with remarks in their medical checkups *10 All employees (%) 37.6% 38.4% 99%
Smoking rate All employees (%) 10.9% 10.5% 77%
Completion rate of specific health guidance All employees (%) 39.3% 40.8% 89%
Total hours spent on capacity building training for employees Total (hours) 1,009,331 603,083 97%
Average training hours per employee (result) Average hours 35 19 97%
Average training cost per employee (result) JPY 152,369 64,559 100%
% of respondents to engagement survey *5 All employees (%) 88.9% 83.7% 100%
% of employees with high engagement score *5*11*12 All employees (%) 53.7% 69.1% 96%
% of unionized employees *13 Overall (%) 39.7% 40.2% 100%
  • ※1 FY2025 figures are not directly comparable with FY2024 figures due to a change in the calculation methodology from FY2025.
  • ※2 Managerial positions refers to positions of managers and above, who are line managers of organizations, etc.
  • ※3 Revenue generating divisions refer to divisions in charge of sales + planning/business development, and STEM divisions refer to engineers and designers. Other divisions refer to divisions other than revenue generating divisions and STEM divisions.
  • ※4 No. of employees and gender composition by job category and ratio of females in managerial positions for FY2024 have been partially recalculated and revised. (Jun 2026)
  • ※5 From FY2024, figures are for the LY Corporation Group.
  • ※6 Non-permanent employees are indirectly employed employees.
  • ※7 From FY2024, figures are for non-consolidated LY Corporation.
  • ※8 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.
  • ※9 The childcare leave utilization rate may exceed 100% because the timing of childbirth and the subsequent period of childcare leave are not included in the same fiscal year. The FY2024 figure has been revised from 100% to the actual figure. (Jun 2026)
  • ※10 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.
  • ※11 Employees with a score of 7 or more in the engagement survey results (on a scale of 1 to 10).
  • ※12 % of employees with high engagement score for FY2024 have been partially recalculated and revised. (Sep 2025)
  • ※13 Calculated for some companies of the LY Corporation Group that have labor unions. Companies without labor unions also have employee representation systems.
  • ※14 FY2024 and FY2025 figures have been partially recalculated and revised. (Jul 2026)

Governance

Items FY2024 FY2025 Coverage
No. of reported cases of whistle-blowing 197 328 98%
Legal actions regarding corruption, bribery, etc. 0 0 93%
No. of violations related to human rights abuse and harassment Harassment 30 37 98%
No. of violations against codes of business conduct and ethical standards Insider trading (Violation of Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) 0 0 98%
Disciplinary actions related to customer data privacy 2 1 98%
Acts of conflict of interest 0 0 LY Corporation
(non-consolidated)
% of employees taking compliance e-learning *1 98% 99% 96%
  • *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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