Environment / Social Data

Scope of coverage

Listed by indicators

  • *
    Non-consolidated data: Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd.
  • *
    Consolidated data: The statistics are collected from all domestic offices of Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd., Fuyo Auto Lease Co., Ltd., FGLGROUP Business Service CO., Ltd., FGL GROUP Management Service Co., Ltd., FGL Circular Network Co., Ltd., FGL LeaseUp Business Service Co., Ltd., Aqua Art Co., Ltd., FGL Techno-Solutions Co., Ltd., Sharp Finance Corporation, Accretive Co., Ltd., INVOICE INC., FUJITA Co., Ltd., NOC Outsourcing & Consulting Inc., YAMATO LEASE CO., LTD., WorkVision Corporation, and Human Centrix Co., Ltd. as well as overseas affiliates and subsidiaries including Fuyo General Lease (USA) Inc., Fuyo General Lease (China) Co., Ltd., Fuyo General Lease (HK) Limited, Fuyo General Lease (Asia) Pte. Ltd., Fuyo General Lease (Taiwan) Co., Ltd., Fuyo General Lease (Thailand) Co., Ltd., FGL Aircraft Ireland Limited, Aircraft Leasing and Management Limited, FGL Aircraft USA Inc., and Pacific Rim Capital, Inc. For the Fuyo Lease Group companies, figures from before the figures began to be recorded are not indicated.

Calculation period

One year from April 1 to March 31 of the following year

Independent Assurance

Environmental and social performance data indicated by the checkmark, ☑, have limited assurance by Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC.

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1. Environmental Data

1-1 Energy / CO₂

Scope of coverage: Consolidated data

Indicator

Calculation applicability

Calculation method

Total Energy Consumption

Electricity, city gas, LP gas, gasoline, diesel

Total amount of various fuels used (*1) or purchased amount.
Calculated using unit heating values stipulated by the Act on Rationalizing Energy Use.

Electricity Consumption

Conventional electricity, renewable energies

Total amount of each type of electricity used (*1).

Total Gasoline and Diesel Consumed by Company Vehicles

Gasoline, diesel

Total amount of each type of fuels used or purchased.

Total CO₂ Emissions

Scope 1: Direct emissions from the use of fuel for company vehicles, city gas, natural gas.
Scope 2: Indirect emissions from the use of purchased electricity.

Calculated by multiplying the amount of each type of fuel used (*1) or purchased by the CO₂ emission factor for each energy source.

Total Energy Consumption*1

March 2019 total: 36,468GJ Electricity: 25,912GJ City gas/LP gas: 30GJ Gasoline/diesel oil: 10,526GJ Energy usage intensity: 6.82GJ/100 million yen, March 2020 Total: 39,019GJ Electricity: 28,754GJ City gas ・LP gas: 28GJ Gasoline/diesel oil: 10,237GJ Energy consumption intensity: 5.71GJ/100 million yen, March 2021 total: 41,395GJ Electricity: 32,394GJ City gas/LP gas: 63GJ Gasoline/diesel oil: 8,939GJ Energy consumption intensity Unit: 5.74GJ/100 million yen, March 2022 Total: 44,854GJ Electricity: 36,142GJ City gas/LP gas: 63GJ Gasoline/diesel oil: 8,648GJ Energy usage intensity: 6.91GJ/100 million yen, March 2023 Total: 52,283GJ Electricity: 43,982GJ City gas/LP gas: 84GJ Gasoline/diesel oil: 8,217GJ Energy usage intensity: 7.59GJ/100 million yen

Electricity Consumption*1

March 2019 total: 2,599MWh General electricity: 2,599MWh Electricity consumption intensity: 485.75kWh/100 million yen, March 2020 Total: 2,884MWh General electricity: 2,884MWh Electricity consumption intensity: 421.98kWh/100 million yen, 2021 March total: 3,249MWh General electricity: 3,249MWh Electricity consumption intensity: 450.92kWh/100 million yen, FY2022 March total: 3,625MWh General electricity: 2,030MWh Renewable energy: 1,596MWh Electricity consumption intensity: 558.87Wh/100 million yen Yen, March 2023 Total: 4,411MWh General electricity: 2,688MWh Renewable energy: 1,723MWh Electricity usage intensity: 640.52kWh/100 million yen

Total Gasoline and Diesel Consumed by Company Vehicles*2

March 2019 total: 304KL Company vehicle fuel consumption intensity: 56.86L/100 million yen, March 2020 total: 296KL Company vehicle fuel consumption intensity: 43.29 L/100 million yen, March 2021 total: 258 KL Company vehicle fuel consumption intensity: 35.83 L/100 million yen, March 2022 total: 249 KL, Company vehicle fuel consumption intensity:  38.39 L/100 million yen March 2019 total: 237 KL,Company vehicle fuel consumption intensity: 34.38 L/100 million yen

Total CO₂ Emissions (Scope 1, 2)*1 *3

March 2019 total: 1,904t-CO₂ Scope 1: 707t-CO₂ Scope 2: 1,197t-CO₂ CO₂ emissions intensity: 0.36t-CO₂/100 million yen, March 2020 total: 1,971t-CO₂ Scope 1: 688t-CO₂ Scope 2: 1,283t-CO₂ CO₂ emissions intensity: 0.29t-CO₂/100 million yen, March 2021 total: 2,016t-CO₂ Scope 1: 603t-CO₂ Scope 2: 1,414t-CO₂ CO₂ emissions Basic unit: 0.28t-CO₂/billion yen, March 2022 Total: 1,455t-CO₂ Scope 1: 584t-CO₂ Scope 2: 872t-CO₂ CO₂ emissions intensity: 0.22t-CO₂/billion yen, March 2023 Monthly total: 1,715t-CO₂ Scope 1: 558t-CO₂ Scope 2: 1,157t-CO₂ CO₂ emissions intensity: 0.25t-CO₂/100 million yen

CO₂ emissions (Scope 1, 2, 3)*1*3*4

CO₂ emissions (t-CO₂) Ratio of total CO₂ emissions (2023/3)
2019/3 2020/3 2021/3 2022/3 2023/3
Scope 1 707 687 603 584 558☑ 0.03%
Scope 2 1,230 1,318 1,460 872 1,157☑ 0.05%
Scope 3 1,660,727 2,866,387 2,372,283 2,471,642 2,149,492☑ 99.92%
Total CO₂ emissions 1,662,664 2,868,394 2,374,345 2,473,098 2,151,207 100%

CO₂ emissions (Components of Scope 3)*4

Category CO₂ emissions (t-CO₂) Composition ratios in total CO₂ emissions (2023/3) Calculation method / remarks
2019/3 2020/3 2021/3 2022/3 2023/3
1. Purchased products and services 2,120,559 2,166,659 1,837,264 1,939,951 1,846,951 85.93% Calculated by multiplying the actual amount by segment based on the contract execution results of leasing and installment sales for the current fiscal year in consolidated accounting by the emission intensity based on the Input-Output Tables for Japan and purchase price for the target device (*5).
2. Capital products 994 1,074 8,359 1,917 1,926 0.09% Calculated by multiplying the acquisition amount of corporate assets purchased in the current fiscal year by the emission intensity.
3. Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2 347 362 366 385 433 0.02% Calculated by multiplying the amount of electricity and fossil fuels used in the Scope 1 and 2 calculations by emission intensity.
4. Transportation and distribution (upstream) 413,244 436,416 303,049 330,273 2,350 0.11% Based on the contract execution results of leasing and installment sales for the current fiscal year in consolidated accounting, and assuming the weight per amount of the representative product (*6), the transportation ton -kilometer is calculated from the transportation distance (domestic truck transportation of 1,000 km one way) based on the transportation scenario. This transportation tonne -kilometer is then multiplied by the domestic truck transportation emission intensity.
5. Waste generated in operations*7 258 291 170 143 101 0.01% Calculation is based on generation of industrial waste and general garbage until 2020/3, and generation of industrial waste and general waste from 2021/3, multiplied by emission coefficients for each type of disposal method.
6. Business travel 255 314 94* 152* 448 0.02% Calculated by multiplying the number of consolidated employees by the emission intensity per employee.
*As the impact of COVID-19 caused a significant reduction in business travel in 2021/3 and 2022/3, calculations are based on the number of consolidated employees multiplied by the emissions intensity and business travel expenses relative to fiscal 2019.
7. Employee commuting 471 576 631 760 822 0.04% Calculated by multiplying the number of consolidated employees with the number of business days at Fuyo General Lease's head office, and the emission intensity per working day (Work type: Office, City classification: Large city).
8. Leased assets (upstream) Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
(Energy usage for rented offices, etc., is included in Scope 1 and 2.)
9. Transportation and distribution (downstream) Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
(There are no applicable emissions since the Company bears transportation costs in the entire logistics process.)
10. Processing of sold products Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
(There are no applicable emissions since the Company does not handle intermediate products.)
11. Use of sold products 247,227 254,848 213,255 193,851 10,736 0.50% Based on the contract execution results of installment sales (leasing and installment sales until 2022/3) for the fiscal year under review in consolidated accounting, we made assumptions about sales volumes per unit sales amount for representative products (*6). We then estimated the energy consumption resulting from the usage of these representative products, considering factors such as regular usage scenarios. These scenarios are assumed based on product design specifications and consumers' usage conditions. Finally, the outcome is multiplied by the emission intensity for each energy type.
12. End-of-life treatment of sold products 16 17 15 11 38 0.01% Based on the contract execution results of installment sales for the current fiscal year in consolidated accounting, the weight per amount of representative product (*6) is assumed, the installment sales product weight is calculated, and this weight is multiplied by the emission intensity for each waste type.
13. Assets (downstream) - - - - 281,189 13.08% Based on the operating lease asset balance for the fiscal year under review in consolidated accounting, we made assumptions about number of lease units per unit sales amount for representative products (*6). We then estimated the energy consumption resulting from the usage of these representative products, considering factors such as regular usage scenarios. These scenarios are assumed based on product design specifications and consumers' usage conditions. Finally, the outcome is multiplied by the emission intensity for each energy type.
14. Franchises Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
(There are no applicable emissions since the Company has no franchise.)
15. Investments*8 6,185 5,830 9,080 4,200 4,497 0.21% Calculated by multiplying the Scope 1 and 2 emissions of major investees (listed share issues selected to account for 80% or more of the final balance of listed shares) in the previous fiscal year by the shareholding ratio.
Total CO₂ emissions 2,789,556 2,866,387 2,372,283 2,471,642 2,149,492☑ 100% The Ministry of the Environment’s “Basic Guidelines on Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Throughout the Supply Chain (ver.3.3)” and the “LCI database IDEAv2 (for calculating greenhouse gas emissions in supply chains)” are applied to the above emission intensity.
  • *1
    Electricity usage has been estimated for some locations. The estimation method is based on multiplying the area of the site subject to estimation by the electricity consumption per area of the Fuyo Lease head office, the entire building of the site subject to estimation, or the head office of the site subject to estimation.
  • *2
    In addition to values shown in the graph, 664.75 kg of hydrogen fuel was used.
  • *3
    Total CO₂ emissions (Scope1,2) were calculated with the emission factors specified by the government based on the Ministerial Ordinance Concerning GHG emissions Associated with Business Activities of Specified Emitters (The emissions associated with electricity are calculated based on the adjusted annual emission factors issued by power transmission and distribution business operators of where our regional operations and offices are located. Calculations concerning overseas electric power use the emission coefficients of the specific country published by the International Energy Agency [IEA]). However, Fuyo General Lease and the Group’s companies are not considered to be specified emitters.
  • *4
    The total emissions (Scope3) are calculated for all calculable categories based on "Basic Guidelines on Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Throughout the Supply Chain (Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)."
    From fiscal 2018, the data was calculated using emissions unit values from the "Database for Emissions Unit Values for Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, etc., by Organizations throughout the Supply Chain (Ver. 3.0)" and "LCI Database IDEAv2 (For Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Supply Chain)."
    From fiscal 2021, the data was calculated using emissions unit values from the "Database for Emissions Unit Values for Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, etc., by Organizations throughout the Supply Chain (Ver. 3.2)" and "LCI Database IDEAv2 (For Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Supply Chain)."
    From fiscal 2022, the data was calculated using emissions unit values from the "Database for Emissions Unit Values for Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, etc., by Organizations throughout the Supply Chain (Ver. 3.3)" and "LCI Database IDEAv2 (For Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Supply Chain)."
  • *5
    Representative products for leasing are personal computers, other general industrial machinery and equipment, construction and mining equipment, aircraft, trucks, buses, and other motor vehicles, passenger cars, medical machinery and equipment, other office equipment and nonresidential construction (non-timber construction). Representative products for installment sales are service equipment and construction and mining equipment.
  • *6
    As a wide range of products is handled through leasing and installment sales, it is difficult to measure the usage situation of each individual product. Therefore, the statistics have been standardized using IT and office equipment (laptop computers) as the representative product.
  • *7
    Scope of coverage includes industrial waste from all domestic locations of Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd. and FGL Circular Network Co., Ltd., as well as general waste from Fuyo General Lease / head office, FGL GROUP Business Service Co., Ltd. and FGL GROUP Management Service Co., Ltd.
  • *8
    Scope of coverage is Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd.

1-2 Waste

Scope of coverage: All domestic locations of Fuyo General Lease and FGL Circular Network Co., Ltd.

Indicator

Calculation applicability

Calculation method

Volume of Industrial Waste Generated

In addition to industrial waste, includes items such as bottles among objects, but not cardboard.

Total of industrial waste items that can be confirmed weight from the manifest.

Volume of Industrial Waste Generated

March 2019 total: 542t Fuyo general lease: 468t Fuyo circular network: 74t, March 2020 total: 776t Fuyo general lease: 660t Fuyo circular network: 115t, March 2021 total: 910t Fuyo general lease: 807t Fuyo Circular Network: 103t, March 2021 Total: 760t Fuyo General Lease: 709t Fuyo Circular Network: 51t Total: 51t, March 2021 Total: 543t Fuyo General Lease: 513t Fuyo Circular Network: 51t Total: 30t

1-3 Water Consumption

Scope of coverage: Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd. / Head Office (including FGL GROUP Management Service Co., Ltd.) and Aqua Art Co., Ltd.

Volume of water consumed*9

March 2019 Total: 8,799m² Aqua Art: 919m² Fuyo General Lease / Head Office: 7,880m² March 2020 Total: 8,632m² Aqua Art: 801m² Fuyo General Lease / Head Office: 7,831m² March 2021 Total: 1,609m² Aqua Art: 726m² Fuyo General Lease/Head Office: 883m² March 2022 Total: 794m² Aqua Art: 746m² Fuyo General Lease/Head Office: 48m² March 2022 Total: 736m² Aqua Art: 691m² Fuyo General Lease/Head Office: 45m²
  • *9
    For Fuyo General Lease, only water consumption for certain floors of Fuyo General Lease / head office was applicable in calculations from June 2020 onward due to the relocation of head office, resulting in a significant decrease in water consumption from fiscal 2020.

2. Social Data

2-1 Employees

Scope of coverage: Non-consolidated data unless otherwise noted
Reference date: Final day of calculation period (March 31)

Indicator

Calculation applicability

Calculation method

Retention rate of employees after 3 years

Applies to new graduates (managerial career track and operations staff)

Percentage of employees who joined the Company in the applicable fiscal year and remain employed as of April three years thereafter.

Turnover rate

Coverage for key career track, managerial career track and operations staff employees.
The turnover rate includes voluntary resignations, mandatory retirement, and other reasons for leaving (e.g., transfer). It does not include employees who have been re-employed on a contractual basis leaving at the end of their contracts.

Turnover rate = the number of employees who left their job during the fiscal year divided by the number of key career track, managerial career track and operations staff on the first day of the fiscal year (April 1), multiplied by 100.

Number of employees – consolidated data (persons)

End of FY 2016 End of FY 2017 End of FY 2018 End of FY 2019 End of FY 2020 End of FY 2021 End of FY 2022
Number of employees 1,703 1,715 1,960 2,416 2,637 3,189 3,437

Number of employees (persons)

End of FY 2018 End of FY 2019 End of FY 2020 End of FY 2021 End of FY 2022
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Key career track and managerial career track employees*10 459 63 522 456 85 541 469 104 573 473 122 595 468 139 607
Operations staff*10 1 155 156 1 138 139 2 137 139 2 142 144 3 139 142
Temporary employees 20 6 26 28 7 35 38 9 47 46 13 59 54 13 67
Total 480 224 704 485 230 715 509 250 759 521 277 798 525 291 816
  • *10
    In the fiscal 2019 revision to the human resources system, the classification of managerial career track and general staff changed to key career track, managerial career track, and operations staff.

Number of new graduates employed (persons)

FY of joining Fuyo Lease FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023
Total 28 31 35 29 45 38 43 43
Male 20 18 20 18 27 18 20 18
Female 8 13 15 11 17 20 23 25

Number of new graduates employed (persons) and retention rate after 3 years (%)

FY of joining Fuyo Lease FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Managerial career track employees 16 26 22 29 27 27 39
Operations staff 3 0 6 2 6 2 6
Total 19 26 28 31 33 29 45
Retention rate of employees 3 years after joining Fuyo Lease 94.7 100 85.7 100 94.3 89.7 88.9☑

Rate of mid-career hires (%)

FY of joining Fuyo Lease

FY 2017

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

Rate of mid-career hires

18.4

14.6

21.6

6.3

22.4

28.3

Number of employees leaving (persons) / reasons for leave / turnover rate (%)

FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Key career track and managerial career track employees*10 6 11 13 10 12 15 18
Operations staff*10 1 3 2 4 2 1 1
Total 7 14 15 14 14 16 19
Voluntary resignation 6 9 14 11 11 11 14
Mandatory retirement 1 2 1 2 1 1 3
Other 0 3 0 1 2 4 2
Turnover rate 1.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.2☑

Average age (age) / average length of service (years) / average salary (thousand yen)

End of FY 2016 End of FY 2017 End of FY 2018 End of FY 2019 End of FY 2020 End of FY 2021 End of FY 2022
Average Age 41.5 41.4 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.4 41.3
Length of service 16.4 14.7 14.6 14.8 14.5 14.2 14.1
Annual salary 8,410 8,454 8,669 8,833 8,675 8,771 8,734

2-2 Diversity & Inclusion

Scope of coverage: Non-consolidated data
Reference date: March 1 only for employment of employees with a disability and, for others, final day of calculation period (March 31)

Indicator

Calculation applicability

Calculation method

Number of female employees in management positions (Employees)

Applies to regular employees. Revision to the human resources system at the end of fiscal 2019 classified senior leaders (a position equivalent to the position of section chief) as managers.

Total number of female managers.

Percentage of female employees in management positions (%)

As above.

Ratio of women among the number of male and female managers.

Employment rate of the disabled (%)

Applies to regular and non-regular employees.

Calculated using the same method used by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare based on the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities, using March 1 as the reference date.

End of 2016 End of 2017 End of 2018 End of 2019 End of 2020 End of 2021 End of 2022
Female managers (person) 29 32 36 79 113 130 141☑
Percentage of female managers (%) 9.1% 9.9% 11.5% 21.1% 27.5% 29.5% 30.9%☑
Number of female employees who take childcare leave (persons) 10 4 3 6 1 7 3
Percentage of female employees who take childcare leave (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of male employees who take childcare leave (persons) 11 2.3 19 12 11 22 17
Percentage of male employees who take childcare leave (%) 52.4 43.8 90.5 85.7 78.6 110.0 100
Employment rate of the disabled (%) 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.3☑

2-3 Human Resources Development

Scope of coverage: Non-consolidated data
Reference date: Final day of calculation period (March 31) unless otherwise noted.

Total employee training hours (hours) / Average training hours per employee (hours)

FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Total employee training hours (hours) 16,109 18,093 19,118 19,937 19,809 20,175 20,840*11
Average training hours per employee (hours) 29.2 31.2 31.9 32.6 30.3 29.8 28.8
  • *11
    Some language support and qualification acquisition support programs that had been counted as training hours until fiscal 2021 have been excluded from calculation because they were changed to be covered under the cafeteria plan (self-development) from fiscal 2022.

Number of trainees sent overseas (persons)

FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Number of employees sent overseas 5 8 8 9 3 6 6

Number of employees who used the career track shift system (persons)

Apr. 2017 Apr. 2018 Apr. 2019 Apr. 2020 Apr. 2021 Apr. 2022 Apr. 2023
Number of users 1 1 0 2 6 0 2

Number of employees converted from contractors to full-time employees under the Full-time employee challenge system (persons)

Apr. 2017 Apr. 2018 Apr. 2019 Apr. 2020 Apr. 2021 Apr. 2022 Apr. 2023
Number of users 0 3 1 0 3 1 1

2-4 Health and Productivity Management

Scope of coverage: Non-consolidated data
Reference date: Final day of calculation period (March 31)

Indicator

Calculation applicability

Calculation method

Rate of taking annual paid leave

Applies to regular and non-regular employees employed from the first date of calculation through to the final date of calculation. (Applies to seconded employees, but does not apply to officers, those on long-term leave and those on incoming assignment).

Leave acquisition rate = Number of days of paid leave taken by workers during the calculation period divided by the number of days of paid leave granted to workers during the calculation period, multiplied by 100.

FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Rate of taking annual paid leave 68.9 68.0 68.4 66.3*12 72.0 82.3 93.5☑
Rate of employees receiving regular medical check-ups (%)*13 99 97.5 98.4 98.4 100 100 100
  • *12
    Due to restrictions on the number of employees coming to work in conjunction with the spread of COVID-19, actual data on paid leave for eight Fuyo General Lease (USA) Inc. employees is not included.
  • *13
    Regularly provided medical check-ups are categorized into general medical examinations for employees of less than 35 years of age and comprehensive medical examinations for employees of 35 years of age or above.

2-5 Labor Practices / Health and Safety

Scope of coverage: Non-consolidated data
Reference date: Final day of calculation period (March 31)

FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Number of industrial accidents (number of cases)*14 1 1 2 4 2 3 2
  • *14
    Accidental injuries due to falling in the street while commuting, all of which are minor injuries.