Sustainability Data

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Environment

Data boundary: Unless otherwise noted, the actual results disclosed below are for ITO EN, LTD.

The fiscal year covers the period from May 1 to April 30 of the following year.

Response to climate change

CO2 emissions amount, actual results

Scope 1 and 2 total emissions

(Units: thousand t-CO2)

Target base yearFY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022 Year-on-year change
rate from FY4/2019
Scope 1 :
Direct emissions due to use of fuel by the company itself
26 24 23 23★ -10.6%
Scope 2 :
Indirect emissions accompanying use of power purchased by the company
13 12 12 10★ -24.3%
Total for Scope 1 and Scope 2 39 36 35 33 -15.3%
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Scope 3 emissions

(Units: thousand t-CO2)

Category Target base yearFY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022 Year-on-year change
rate from FY4/2019
1. Purchased goods and services 581 534 476 488 -16.1%
2. Capital goods 21 17 13 12 -43.0%
3. Fuel- and energy-related activities (not included in scope 1 or scope 2) 6 6 6 6 -7.5%
4. Upstream transportation and distribution 86 80 65 61 -29.4%
5. Waste generated in operations 10 10 9 9 -10.5%
6. Business travel 1 1 1 1 -4.1%
7. Employee commuting 2 2 2 2 -4.0%
8. Upstream leased assets N/A N/A N/A N/A
9. Downstream transportation and distribution N/A N/A N/A N/A
10. Processing of sold products N/A N/A N/A N/A
11. Use of sold products N/A N/A N/A N/A
12. End-of-life treatment of sold products 58 56 55 42 -26.4%
13. Downstream leased assets 118 111 104 89 -24.4%
14. Franchises N/A N/A N/A N/A
15. Investments N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total for Scope 3 883 817 729 709★ -19.6%
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Total for Scopes 1–3 emissions amount 922 853 765 742 -19.4%
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  • Data boundary of emissions for Scope 1 and Scope 2: ITO EN, LTD. (company-owned domestic plants and research centers, buildings and business locations).

    Data boundary of emissions for Scope 3: ITO EN, LTD. on a non-consolidated basis

  • Calculation methods:

    Scope 1:
    Calculated by multiplying the amounts of each fuel consumed by the CO2 emission coefficient stipulated under the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures.
    Scope 2:
    Calculated by multiplying the amounts of electric power purchased by the basic emission coefficient for each power company operator
  • Scope 3:
    emissions: Other indirect emissions aside from those covered by Scopes 1 and 2
  • Calculation methods for each category:

    Category 1:
    Calculated as the sum of emissions at the production stage for raw materials and emissions accompanying the use of energy by outsourced beverage production partners. Calculated by multiplying the weights or purchase amounts of raw materials by emission intensity units published by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) in the "Database on Emissions Unit Values for Accounting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, etc., by Organizations Throughout the Supply Chain" (Ver. 3.2) (hereinafter "the database"). Emissions accompanying energy use at beverage production outsourcing partners are calculated using the same methods as for Scope 1 and Scope 2, covering energy used by outsourcing partners for production of ITO EN products.
    Category 2:
    Calculated by multiplying the purchase amount for property, plant and equipment by emission intensity unit values in the database.
    Category 3:
    Calculated by multiplying the purchase amounts for fuels and electric power by emission intensity unit values in the database for each energy type.
    Category 4:
    Calculated based on the volume of products transported with ITO EN as the consigner, according to the method of calculation published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in its "Joint guidelines on methods for calculating carbon dioxide emissions in the logistics sector” (Ver. 3.1).
    Category 5:
    Calculated by multiplying emissions for each type of waste by the emission intensity unit values in the database.
    Category 6:
    Calculated by multiplying numbers of employees by the emission intensity unit values in the database.
    Category 7:
    Calculated by multiplying numbers of employees by the number of working days, and multiplying the result by the emission intensity unit values in the database for the city districts in which their places of work are located.
    Category 12:
    Calculated by multiplying the weight of waste after deducting the amount of waste collected by the company itself from the weight of materials used in products sold (report values under the Act on the Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging) by the emission intensity unit values in the database.
    Category 13:
    Calculated by multiplying power consumption for vending machines and display cases by the emission coefficient (substitute value)
  • For beverage production outsourcing partners in Category 1, emissions for Scope 1 and Scope 2 are tabulated for outsourcing partners through annual energy consumption surveys

  • CO2 emissions are assured by KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd. The figures covered by the third party assurance are indicated by a ★mark

  • For each fiscal year, CO2 emissions are tabulated for the period May 1 through April 30. For Category 12 of Scope 3, however, values are calculated from actual emission results in the previous year reported for calculation of fees paid by ITO EN for outsourced recycling into new products, in accordance with the Act on the Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging.

  • Scope 2 emissions for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019 and Scope 3 emissions for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 at some plants and business locations were incorrectly calculated, and have been corrected.

  • N/A: Not Applicable

Third-party assurance

Water Resources

ITO EN, LTD. (Own operations data)

Water withdrawal by water source

(Units: thousand m3)

Water intake source FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Rivers, lakes & marshes (swamps) etc. 423 379 385 385
Tap water 69 66 66 64
Total amount 492 445 451 450★
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  • The data for own operations water withdrawal pervious fiscal years has been corrected retroactively to improve the accuracy of the calculation.

Water discharge by drainage destination

(Units: thousand m3)

Drainage destination FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Rivers, lakes & marshes (swamps) etc. 155 141 143 144
Sewage 55 53 54 51
Other (aqueducts, mountain water sprinkles, etc.) 0 0 0 0
Total amount 211 194 197 196
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  • Data boundary: ITO EN, LTD. (company-owned domestic plants and research centers, buildings and business locations)

Beverage production outsourcing partners

Water withdrawal by water source

(Units: thousand m3)

Water intake source FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Groundwater 16,148 15,036 14,239
Tap water 239 196 187
Industrial water 3,665 3,359 3,423
Total amount 20,052 18,591 17,848★
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Water discharge by drainage destination

(Units: thousand m3)

Drainage destination FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Rivers, lakes & marshes (swamps) etc. 12,470 11,720 11,290
Sea 1,386 1,104 1,145
Sewage 246 190 241
Other 0 0 0
Total amount 14,102 13,014 12,676
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  • Data boundary: Water use for ITO EN products out of total amount of beverage production outsourcing partners, includes some estimates.

  • The Water withdrawal amounts are third-party assured by KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd.

    The indicators covered by that assurance are marked with ★.

  • The total amount may not match the sum of each figure due to rounding.

  • The Water withdrawal amounts by water source and the water discharge amounts by drainage destination from the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019 to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 at some plants and business locations were incorrectly calculated, and have been corrected.

Third-party assurance

Waste reduction and prevention of pollution

Waste generated and recycling rate
FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Waste generated (Units: t) 18,782 18,878 18,677 17,083
Recycling rate (Units: %) 99.4 98.7 97.7 98.7
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Hazardous waste* generated

(Units: t)

FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Hazardous waste generated 0.02 0.06 0.02 0.04
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Specially-controlled industrial waste classed as specified hazardous industrial waste
Food recycling rate

(Units: %)

FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Food recycling rate 94.7 91.8 92.6 94.4
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Product raw materials used

(Units: t)

FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Crude tea (green tea ingredients) 20,013 20,039 17,966 19,475
Other raw ingredients (oolong tea, black tea, fruit juice raw materials, and others) 90,601 88,134 84,510 80,378
Total amount 110,614 108,173 102,476 99,853
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Recycling rate at green tea packaging plants

(Units: %)

FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Recycling rate 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Recycling rate of recovered empty containers

(Units: %)

FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Recycling rate 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Air pollution control

(Units: t)

FY4/2019 FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions 145.5 136.5 130.9 126.4
SOx (sulfur oxide) emissions 4.5 4.0 3.9 2.8
VOC (volatile organic compounds) emissions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Environmental management system certification

ISO14001 certification
Number of offices Number of Acquisitions Acquisition Rate
ITO EN, LTD. 192 192 100%
OKINAWA ITO EN, LTD. 2 2 100%
GREEN VALUE CO., LTD. 6 6 100%
ITO EN SANGYO, LTD. 2 2 100%
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Society

Fiscal year covers the period from May 1 to April 30 of the following year.

Social contribution activities

FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Expenditure on social contribution activities (millions of yen) 142 98 120
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Customer feedback

FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Number of customer support contacts 38,782 34,253 31,761
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Human resource development

FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Number of employees with tea taster certification *1 2,205 2,237 2,321
Number of employee proposals via Voice System 9,462 16,083 21,392
Number of employees with basic tea ceremony certification or higher 65 118 117
Number of graduates from ITO EN Business College 738 748 525
Number of graduates from ITO EN Graduate School Annual number 11 17 30
Cumulative total 153 170 200
Number of participants in management candidate development training Cumulative total 411 489 551
Education and training (including online education and e-learning) Total number of participants per year 19,099 34,492 55,032
Total number of hours training received 389.0 196.0 261.0
Total number of training sessions received 57 89 102
Minutes training received per employee 170.0 218.0 306.0
Educational expenditure per employee (thousands of yen) 31 20 19
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*: As of May the following year

Employee engagement

FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Employee engagement score (6 points, UWES reference) - - 3.22
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Mobility

FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Graduate employment Total number of graduates hired 205 90 138
Number of female graduates hired 44 10 19
Ratio of women among new graduates hired 21.5% 11.1% 13.8%
Average number of years of service Male 15.8 16.6 17.4
Female 10.5 11.3 12.0
Overall 15.2 16.0 16.7
Turnover rate of regular employees 4.10% 3.71% 3.86%
Graduate turnover (graduates leaving their jobs within three years) 35.0% 24.4% 28.1%
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Diversity

FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Employees (consolidated basis) Male 6,859 6,678 6,528
Female 1,479 1,502 1,500
Overall 8,338 8,180 8,028
Ratio of female employees 17.7% 18.4% 18.7%
Employees (Non-consolidated basis) Male 4,793 4,696 4,584
Female 610 594 591
Overall 5,403 5,290 5,175
Ratio of female employees 11.3% 11.2% 11.4%
Female manager ratio 2.6% 2.8% 2.8%
Average age Male (years old) 39.3 40.2 40.9
Female (years old) 34.7 35.6 36.3
Overall (years old) 38.8 39.6 40.3
Breakdown by age Under 30 years old 22.6% 20.9% 19.7%
30 to 49 years old 64.9% 64.0% 62.7%
Over 50 years old 12.5% 15.1% 17.6%
Number of employees who are foreign nationals 18 17 14
Number of employees who have used the overseas training system 28 33 45
Number of employees who have been on secondment (as of the end of the fiscal year) 117 112 115
Number of employees in specialist roles 12 12 17
Ratio of mid-career hires 14.2% 4.2% 11.5%
Employment rate of people with disabilities 2.23% 2.43% 2.46%
Average number of years of service of employees with disabilities - - 16.0
Taking annual paid leave ratio 52.0% 53.9% 52.1%
Number of employees taking childcare leave Total number of graduates hired 61 68 72
Number of employees (of which male employees) 3 38 45
Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave 1.7% 24.1% 29.7%
Rate of return to work after childcare leave 95.2% 97.2% 97.1%
Number of employees who have used the family care leave system  1 2 3
Pay gap between male and female employees (male employees = 100) Regular employees 73.0% 74.2% 74.3%
Regular employees (Of which, section chiefs) 90.3% 89.3% 90.3%
Regular employees (Of which, less than 10 years of service) 92.6% 95.0% 94.3%
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Health and safety

FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Ratio of participation in health education (e-learning) - - 79.7%
Ratio of participation in health examinations 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Ratio of participation in stress checks 96.3% 97.2% 96.2%
Number of occupational accidents 119 115 110
Occupational accident rate 2.47% 1.69% 1.86%
Number of work-related fatalities 0 0 0
Over time work hours per month 27.4 22.5 24.9
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Labor practices and compliance

FY4/2020 FY4/2021 FY4/2022
Ratio of participation in compliance education (e-learning) 93.4% 92.0% 85.1%
Number of consultations from employees 15 17 10
Number of cases in which legal measures have been taken (bribery) 0 0 0
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