Sustainability

ESG Data

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Group’s CO₂ emissions(Scope 1 & 2)

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Group*1 t 34,452 34,439 34,017
 Group emission intensity
 (CO₂ emissions/Consolidated net sales)
t/million yen 0.27 0.24 0.22
 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
 [Non-consolidated]
t 22,140 22,468 21,814
 Emission intensity of Hisamitsu
 Pharmaceutical, nonconsolidated
 (CO₂ emissions/nonconsolidated net)
t/million yen 0.24 0.23 0.21
  Kyushu Head Office t 11,736 12,756 10,470
  Utsunomiya Factory t 6,242 6,132 6,151
  SAGA Global Research Center* t 2,132 1,790 3,717
  Tokyo Head Office /
  Branches and Sales Offices
t 2,030 1,790 1,476
 Japan subsidiaries*2 t 1,576 1,962 1,815
 Overseas subsidiaries*3 t 10,736 10,009 10,388

*: Tsukuba Laboratories for FY2022-FY2023

*1 The data above excludes domestic and overseas subsidiaries and overseas sales offices that have a negligible impact on the calculation of CO₂ emissions.
*2 Three companies: CRCC Media Co., Ltd., Saga City-Vision Co., Ltd., and SAGA Hisamitsu Springs Co., Ltd.
*3 Four companies with manufacturing plants: Noven, Hisamitsu Indonesia, Hisamitsu Vietnam, and Hisamitsu Brazil

CO₂ emissions in the supply chain
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
[Non-consolidated]; Scope 1, 2, and 3)

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Scope 1(Direct emissions) t 7,862 7,186 4,393
Scope 2(Indirect emissions) t 14,278 15,282 17,421
Scope 3 t 98,488 111,566 97,732
 Category 1: Purchased goods and
 services
t 49,823 46,290 41,246
 Category 2: Capital goods t 11,651 31,891 36,669
 Category 3: Fuel- and energy-related
 activities not included in Scope 1 or 2
t 4,885 4,763 4,775
 Category 4: Transportation, delivery
 (upstream)
t 2,234 2,197 1,340
 Category 5: Waste from business t 2,433 2,196 2,061
 Category 6: Business travel t 340 610 690.6
 Category 7: Employee commuting t 271 286 296.5
 Category 8: Leased assets (upstream) t
 Category 9: Transportation and delivery
 (downstream)
t 33 35 22
 Category 10: Processing of sold products t
 Category 11: Use of sold products t
 Category 12: End-of-life treatment of
 sold products
t 26,818 23,298 10,632*2
 Category 13: Leased assets
 (downstream)
t
 Category 14: Franchises t
 Category 15: Investments t
Total t 120,628 134,034 119,546

*1 The values listed in the Database of emission intensity for Calculating Each Organization’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions throughout Its Supply Chain (Ver 3.2), Ministry of the Environment
*2 Until FY2023, all calculations were based on incineration disposal, but from FY2024, we will use the emission intensity provided by the Ministry of the Environment, which is based on the actual state of waste disposal (incineration, landfill, recycling).

Energy consumption
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
[Non-consolidated]
kL 11,844 10,976 11,445
(Non-consolidated)
Energy consumption per unit
(energy consumption / non-consolidated sales [million yen])
kL/million yen 0.13 0.11 0.11
 Kyushu Head Office
 (Crude oil equivalent)
kL 6,687 5,932 5,439
  Electricity Mwh 20,871 20,367 19,148
  Gas (LNG) 291,363 690,506 747,613
  Heavy oil kL 1,093 562 336
 Utsunomiya Factory
 (Crude oil equivalent)
kL 3,168 3,099 3,133
  Electricity Mwh 10,679 10,366 10,593
  Steam t 15,627 16,209 17,098
 SAGA Global Research Center*
 (Crude oil equivalent)
kL 1,051 959 1,902
  Electricity Mwh 3,188 3,198 7,528
  Gas(LPG) 78,927
  Kerosene kL 272 262 21
 Tokyo HO/Branches and Sales offices kL 938 986 971
  Electricity Mwh 480 414 429
  Gas (LNG) 1,298 1,301 1,400
  Gasoline kL 674 640 583

*: Tsukuba Laboratories for FY2022-FY2023

Energy consumption by type
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Energy type Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Purchased electricity MWh 35,656 35,345 37,896
Steam supplied from an external heat source GJ 38,188 42,555 43,089
City gas 363,094 698,625 749,013
LPG kg 5,835 6,657 149,670
Heavy oil A kL 1,044 589 336
Gasoline kL 657 640 586
Light oil kL 1 1 1
Kerosene kL 272 262 21

Energy consumption at overseas factories

Overseas subsidiaries Energy Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Noven Electricity MWh 10,302 10,387 9,386
Gas
(LNG)
323,955 406,870 340,940
Light oil kL 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hisamitsu Vietnam Electricity MWh 3,773 3,573 2,923
Gas
(LPG)
48,797 30,648 32,801
Light oil kL 2.7 1.7 3.6
Hisamitsu Indonesia Electricity MWh 3,274 3,439 3,756
Gas
(LPG)
222,384
Light oil kL 256 312 86
Hisamitsu Brazil Electricity MWh 2,489 3,501 3,696
Gas
(LPG)
4,156 6,822 522
Light oil kL 36 58 75

Water withdrawal by water source and drainage volume by destination (Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Group)

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Water
withdrawal
by water
source
Total water withdrawal 272,886 280,951 283,007
 Municipal potable water 186,549 187,843 184,400
 Industrial water 49,332 55,920 60,734
 Surface water from rivers, lakes,
 natural ponds, etc.
0 0 0
 Groundwater from wells and
 boreholes
37,005 37,188 37,873
 Used quarry water collected
 in the quarry
0 0 0
 External wastewater 0 0 0
 Harvested rainwater 0 0 0
 Sea water, water extracted from
 the sea or the ocean
0 0 0
Drainage
volume by
destination
Total Drainage volume*1 86,520 131,351 147,542
 Sewage 86,520 88,625 119,564
 Rivers*2 0 42,726 27,978
 Ocean 0 0 0
 Surface water 0 0 0
Amount recycled 39,079 39,495 32,689

*1 Total of the drainage volumes monitored.
*2 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (non-consolidated) discharges water that meets the discharge standards into rivers, but does not monitor the volume.

Water withdrawal and drainage volumes at overseas factories

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total of overseas subsidiaries Water withdrawal 98,877 107,850 97,382
Drainage volume 44,344 49,886
Noven Water withdrawal 22,240 20,365 31,081
Drainage volume
Hisamitsu Vietnam Water withdrawal 50,519 54,627 33,871
Drainage volume 38,239 23,710
Hisamitsu Indonesia Water withdrawal 17,051 32,378 31,950
Drainage volume 5,913 26,176
Hisamitsu Brazil Water withdrawal 9,067 480 480
Drainage volume 192

*Sampled water: Tap water for Noven, Hisamitsu Vietnam and Hisamitsu Indonesia; well water for Hisamitsu Brazil

Water withdrawals in water-stressed areas

Water stress level Base Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Low(<10%) Hisamitsu Brazil 9,067 480 480
Low - medium(10 - 20%) Tosu Factory, SAGA Global Research Center, Noven, Hisamitsu Vietnam, Hisamitsu Indonesia 196,221 207,356 214,466
Medium - high(20 - 40%) Utsunomiya Factory 58,256 64,040 68,061
High(40 - 80%) N/A
Extremely high(>80%) N/A

Water intake, drainage volume, and water pollutant emissions
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Water withdrawal 174,009 173,101 185,625
Water consumption intensity
(Water consumption/nonconsolidated net sales)
㎥/million yen 1.87 1.79 1.81
Drainage volume 86,520 87,007 97,656
BOD*1 emissions t 8.6 10.3 9.1
SS*2 emissions t 2.2 1.4 0.9

*1 BOD (biological oxygen demand): Value representing the amount of oxygen consumed when organics are decomposed by microorganisms in water
*2 SS (suspended solids): Volume of solid particles whose diameter is 2 mm or under that remain in suspension in water

Total waste emissions / Final waste disposal volume / Recycling rate
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total waste generated t 3,722 3,358 3,329
Amount of resources recycled
(Amount of valuable resources)
t 541.0 476.6 484.3
Recycling rate
(Valuable resource rate)
% 14.5 14.2 14.5
Final waste disposal volume t 8.0 7.4 6.3
Final waste disposal rate % 0.21 0.22 0.19
Generation intensity
(Total amount of waste generated/Non-consolidated net sales)
t/million yen 0.04 0.03 0.03

Waste emissions at overseas factories

Overseas subsidiaries Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total of overseas subsidiaries Total waste generated t 1,844 1,243 1,532
Noven Total waste generated t 399 156 413
 Amount of industrial waste t 347 86 354
 Amount recycled t 52 70 59
Hisamitsu Vietnam Total waste generated t 363 280 249
 Amount of industrial waste t 323 245 213
 Amount recycled t 40 35 36
Hisamitsu Indonesia Total waste generated t 444 448 443
 Amount of industrial waste t 399 391 375
 Amount recycled t 45 57 68
Hisamitsu Brazil Total waste generated t 638 359 427
 Amount of industrial waste t 593 321 397
 Amount recycled t 45 38 30

Management of Specified Chemical Substances
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Toluene
(PRTR Substances)
Handling volume t 3.7 3.4 1.3
Emission into the air t 0.2 0.2 0.1
Waste disposal t 3.5 3.2 0.2

*PRTR system: A system established under the “Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Specific Chemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof” that requires the release amounts of certain chemical substances into the environment to be monitored and reported to the government

Air pollutant emissions
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
SOx (sulfur oxide) emissions t 0.7 0.5 0.003
NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions t 1.8 1.7 0.4
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances(ODS) t 0 0 0

Acquisition status of ISO 14001 certification

Certification scope (organization name) Certification acquisition date Acquisition rate
Kyushu Head Office December 24, 1999 Acquisition rate at three domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing
plants and research facilities: 100%.
Utsunomiya Factory December 22, 2000
SAGA Global Research Center November 14, 2025

Acquisition status of ISO 45001 certification

Certification scope (organization name) Certification acquisition date Acquisition rate
Kyushu Head Office December 25, 2019 Acquisition rate at three domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing
plants and research facilities: 100%.
Utsunomiya Factory
SAGA Global Research Center November 20, 2025

Compliance with environmental laws and regulations (Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of violations of environmental laws and regulations Case 0 0 0
 Number of violations related to water
 quality and quantity
Case 0 0 0

Environmental accounting
Environmental Conservation Cost
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])Unit: 1,000 yen

Category FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Facilities Expenses Total Facilities Expenses Total Facilities Expenses Total
Pollution prevention 0 33,164 33,164 0 46,402 46,402 0 23,236 23,236
Global environmental protection 307,300 98,274 405,574 274,390 174,596 448,986 432,948 143,022 575,970
Resource recycling 273,708 155,529 429,237 172,858 166,701 339,559 172,357 151,284 323,641
Upstream/Downstream 0 16,359 16,359 0 20,119 20,119 0 18,669 18,669
Management activities 0 68,214 68,214 0 68,150 68,150 0 63,198 63,198
Social activities 0 5,914 5,914 0 4,897 4,897 0 919 919
Environmental damage response 0 488 488 0 482 482 0 235 235
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 581,008 377,942 958,950 447,248 481,347 928,595 605,305 400,563 1,005,868

Environmental Conservation Effect
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Energy consumption
(crude oil equivalent)
kL 11,170 11,517 11,445
CO₂ emissions t 22,140 22,468 21,814
SOx emissions t 0.7 0.5 0.003
NOx emissions t 1.8 1.7 0.4
Water withdrawal 1,000㎥ 174 173 186
Drainage volume 1,000㎥ 87 87 98
BOD emissions t 8.6 10.3 9.1
Waste emissions t 3,722 3,358 3,329

Percentage of hybrid vehicles in all corporate sales vehicles
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Percentage of hybrid vehicles % 93.5 98.8 99.8

Employee data (Consolidated)

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Consolidated number of employees Person 2,769 2,759 2,799
 Number of domestic employees Person 1,579 1,568 1,553
 Number of overseas employees Person 1,190 1,191 1,246
 Number of male employees* Person 1,654 1,640 1,649
 Number of female employees* Person 1,115 1,119 1,150
 Ratio of female employees* % 40.3 40.6 41.1

* Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated]/Domestic subsidiaries: As of the end of February; Overseas subsidiaries: As of the end of December

Employee data
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated]; As of the end of February each fiscal year)

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of employees Person 1,521 1,506 1,488
 Number of male employees Person 1,070 1,042 1,012
 Number of female employees Person 451 464 476
 Ratio of female employees % 29.7 30.8 32.0
Ratio of female managers* % 7.9 7.8 9.4
Average age Age 38.9 39.4 39.2
Average length of service Year 15.3 15.8 15.7
 Average years of service for men Year 15.7 16.3 16.5
 Average years of service for women Year 14.5 14.6 13.9
Elderly employment rate % 3.29 4.56 5.26
Employment rate of
persons with disabilities
% 1.95 2.31 2.55
Number of new employees Person 10 54 68
 Number of new male employees Person 4 26 31
 Number of new female employees Person 6 28 37
 Ratio of new female employees % 60.0 51.9 54.4
Mid-career hiring rate % 55 16 14
Voluntary turnover rate % 3.7 4.0 3.6

* As of the end of March each fiscal year

Gender wage difference
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated]; Ratio of women's wages to men's wages)

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Regular employees % 76.1 74.3 73.8
Part-time/fixed-term employees % 92.6 90.0 89.5
All employees % 75.7 74.5 74.1

Training
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
[Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total training time* hours 4,841.5 10,671.0 12,038.0
Training time per employee* hours/person 3.2 7.1 8.1

* Training sessions organized by the Human Resources Division

Data related to work-life management
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of days of paid leave taken Day 13.3 13.4 13.0
Rate of paid leave taken % 72.1 71.7 69.3
Number of employees taking maternity leave Person 31 24 24
Number of employees taking childcare leave Person 66 48 47
 Male Person 29 24 25
 Female Person 37 24 22
Rate of employees taking childcare leave % 72 61 67
 Rate of male employees taking childcare  leave % 50 42 54
 Rate of female employees taking
 childcare leave
% 108 109 91
Rate of return to work after childcare leave % 98.4 100.0 98.2

Data related to occupational safety and health
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of workplace accidents Case 8 8 8
Number of workplace accidents requiring absence from work Case 3 0 0
Workplace accident frequency rate* % 0.85 0.00 0.00

*Number of casualties due to workplace accidents / Total work hours x 1,000,000

Data related to group support activities
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Support activities for NPOs and civic organizations by Hisamitsu-Hot-Heart Club

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of groups supported Group 39 41 39
Donation amount 1,000 yen 3,900 4,100 3,900

Data related to disaster relief activities and fundraising activities
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated])

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Donation*1 Yen 16,595,993 1,435,394
Provision of supplies*2 Pieces / Bottles (1)28,800sheets
(2)250boxes
(3)70pieces
International charity drive*3 Yen 601,975 601,975 533,825

*1: Including donations from Hisamitsu-Hot-Heart Club and from employees
*2: Provision of supplies based on the Agreement of Support and Cooperation at the Time of a Disaster signed by the Japanese Red Cross Society in January 2020
(1)Hisamitsu Refresh Body Sheet, (2)Heating device Jikabari, (3)Feitas ACTIVE SUPPORTER

Directors / Corporate Auditors
(Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. [Non-consolidated]; As of the end of February each fiscal year)

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Directors Person 9 9 9
 Outside Directors Person 3 3 3
 Female Directors Person 0 1 1
 Ratio of Outside Directors % 33.3 33.3 33.3
Corporate Auditors Person 4 4 4
 Outside Corporate Auditors Person 2 2 2
 Ratio of Outside Corporate Auditors % 50.0 50.0 50.0
Executive officers Person 13 16 22
 Female executive officers Person 0 0 1
 Percentage of female executive officers % 0.0 0.0 4.5
Number of meetings of the Board of Directors Time 7 7 7
Board of Directors meeting attendance rate (all Directors) % 97.0 100.0 96.8
Board of Directors meeting attendance rate (all Auditors) % 100.0 96.4 96.4
Number of meetings of the Board of Corporate Auditors Time 7 8 8
Number of meetings of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee Time 1 1 1

Corruption prevention

Unit FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Fines, penalties, and settlement costs related to bribery and anti-corruption violations 1,000 yen 0 0 0
Number of disciplinary dismissal cases due to bribery and anti-corruption violations Case 0 0 0
Amount of direct political contributions 1,000 yen 0 0 0

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