ESG Data

Environmental

Category Breakdown Aggregated scope Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Environmental management
ISO14001 certification attainment rate Toyota Boshoku 100 100 100 100 100
Domestic subsidiary production sites 100 100 100 100 100
Overseas sites 100 100 100 100 100
Incidence of environmental accidents, cost overruns*1 Toyota Boshoku group Number of incidents 1 1 0 1 1
Environmental inspections Toyota Boshoku group No issues No issues No issues No issues No issues
Greenhouse gas
Greenhouse gas emissions Toyota Boshoku group thousand t-CO2e 318.4 304.5 307.2 255.8 242.8
Basic unit Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e/thousand units 42.3 43.4 42.0 32.6 28.3
GHG emissions Scope 1 Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 53,832 54,668 46,100 66,092 64,066
Scope 2 Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 264,599 249,787 261,118 189,712 178,773
Scope 3 *2 Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 3,345,903 2,966,677 2,815,062 9,888,912 12,058,956
Break down of Scope 3 Breakdown of Scope 3 categories 1.Purchased goods and services Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 9,093,053
2.Capital goods Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 186,943
3.Fuel and energy not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 39,833
4.Upstream transportation and distribution Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 168,480
5.Waste generated in operations Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 15,958
6.Business travel Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 4,739
7.Employee commuting Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 21,389
8.Upstream leased assets Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e *3
9.Downstream transportation and distribution Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 14,179
10.Processing of sold products Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 78
11.Use of sold products Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 1,048,792
12.End-of-life treatment of sold products Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 1,255,153
15.Investments Toyota Boshoku group t-CO2e 210,360
Overall transportation-related CO2 emissions Toyota Boshoku t-CO2 7,563 6,590 5,677 6,523 6,669
Energy *4
Direct energy consumption (total) Toyota Boshoku group GJ 1,029,061 1,012,393 945,738 1,093,686 1,116,474
Itemized by type Natural gas Toyota Boshoku group GJ 1,019,944 1,006,423 938,990 923,099 949,940
Petroleum products *5 Toyota Boshoku group GJ 9,117 5,970 6,747 170,587 166,534
Indirect energy consumption (total) Toyota Boshoku group GJ 1,997,195 1,906,647 1,954,103 2,045,827 2,120,913
Itemization by type Electricity purchased Toyota Boshoku group GJ 1,908,187 1,817,523 1,869,411 1,962,989 2,032,152
Photovoltaic power Toyota Boshoku group GJ 7,078 14,524 15,976 19,444 28,934
Hot water / steam Toyota Boshoku group GJ 81,931 74,599 69,257 63,394 59,827
Private power generation rate [photovoltaic power / (electricity purchased + photovoltaic power)] Toyota Boshoku group 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.4
Renewable energy adoption rate Toyota Boshoku group 0.9 1.6 3.7 23.4 39
Waste *6
Waste Overall volume Toyota Boshoku group t 25,458 23,086 23,217 26,737 30,138
Basic unit Toyota Boshoku group t/thousand units 3.38 3.29 3.17 3.41 3.52
Reverse compensation recycling Toyota Boshoku group t 9,937 8,897 8,115 12,362 15,815
Incinerated waste Toyota Boshoku group t 5,760 6,445 6,607 7,375 6,538
Direct landfill waste Toyota Boshoku group t 9,761 7,744 8,495 6,999 7,784
(industrial waste) overall waste emissions Toyota Boshoku group t 85,130 73,224 83,952 98,622 124,886
The atmosphere
NOx Toyota Boshoku t 14.9 18.1 16.4 19.9 15.5
SOx Toyota Boshoku t 0 0 0 0 0
Chemical substances
Quantity of substances falling under PRTR Toyota Boshoku t 1,101 852 873 845 515
VOC substances Toyota Boshoku t 487 455 425 422 428
Water
Water resources Overall quantity released   Toyota Boshoku group thousand m³ 3,731 3,590 3,266 3,369 3,415
Municipal water, industrial water Toyota Boshoku group thousand m³ 2,096 1,921 1,836 1,366 1,405
Groundwater Toyota Boshoku group thousand m³ 1,635 1,669 1,430 2,003 2,010
Total water discharge   Toyota Boshoku thousand m³ 695
Surface water Toyota Boshoku thousand m³ 664
Groundwater Toyota Boshoku thousand m³ 0
Seawater Toyota Boshoku thousand m³ 13
Third-party water Toyota Boshoku thousand m³ 18
Packaging materials
Wrapping, packaging materials used Toyota Boshoku t 2,241 1,961 2,146 2,155 2,049
Other
Environmental conservation activities Total trees planted Toyota Boshoku group 10,000 trees 47 53 58 65 70

  • In fiscal 2024 the Toyota Boshoku group was not subject to any fines resulting from environmental accidents or violations of environmental regulations
  • Until the end of fiscal 2022 calculations solely made use of data from Toyota Boshoku. Since fiscal 2023, however, calculations make use of data from the entire Toyota Boshoku group
  • Account for in Scope 2
  • The values for energy are arrived at by multiplying the units of energy generation by the quantity of the various fuels used. Determination of units of energy generation is done with use of coefficients laid out by Laws and Regulations Concerning Rationalization of Energy Usage and Related Issues published by the Japanese government)
  • In fiscal 2023 changes were made to the scope of data collected. Additionally, calculations now make use of data for fuel used by Toyota Boshoku group vehicles
  • The value for total waste listed here includes waste connected to automotive parts production. Including construction waste from subsidiaries, the value for total waste is: 31,161t

Social

Category Breakdown Aggregated scope Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Status of employees
Distribution by region Japan Toyota Boshoku group 35 35 34 36 37
The Americas Toyota Boshoku group 23 22 23 23 23
China Toyota Boshoku group 15 16 16 14 13
Asia Toyota Boshoku group 17 17 18 18 19
Europe & Africa Toyota Boshoku group 10 10 9 9 8
Number of employees, ratio of women   Toyota Boshoku People 8,301 8,264 8,244 8,301 8,501
Men Toyota Boshoku People 7,251 7,190 7,161 7,188 7,320
Women Toyota Boshoku People 1,050 1,074 1,083 1,113 1,181
Ratio of women Toyota Boshoku 12.6 13.0 13.1 13.4 13.9
Composition of employees Employees*7 Toyota Boshoku group People 44,154 44,264 44,581 46,972 45,004
Temporary employees*8 Toyota Boshoku group People 6,745 7,777 8,849 9,401 7,857
Ratio of temporary employees Toyota Boshoku group 13.3 15.0 16.6 16.7 14.9
Number of employees recruited as new graduates   Toyota Boshoku People 185 135 168 258 260
Administrative and engineering Men Toyota Boshoku People 88 58 80 135 153
Women Toyota Boshoku People 30 20 25 49 30
Skilled employees Men Toyota Boshoku People 54 48 51 60 61
Women Toyota Boshoku People 13 9 12 14 16
Ratio of women Toyota Boshoku 23.2 21.5 22.0 24.4 17.7
Number of employees recruited as mid-career*9   Toyota Boshoku People 9 9 26 85 150
Employees recruited as mid-career, as percentage of total number of employees recruited per year Toyota Boshoku 4.6 6.3 13.4 24.8 36.6
Administrative and engineering University graduates Men Toyota Boshoku People 0 1 19 64 110
Women Toyota Boshoku People 7 8 7 17 29
20-29 years old Toyota Boshoku People 0 1 7 23 46
30-39 years old Toyota Boshoku People 3 4 10 48 70
40 years and older Toyota Boshoku People 4 4 9 10 23
High school and vocational school graduates Men Toyota Boshoku People 0 0 0 4 10
Women Toyota Boshoku People 2 0 0 0 1
20-29 years old Toyota Boshoku People 1 0 0 0 3
30-39 years old Toyota Boshoku People 1 0 0 0 7
40 years and older Toyota Boshoku People 0 0 0 4 2
Assignments from temporary worker to permanent employee Toyota Boshoku People 41 34 35 51 66
Senior employees continuing employment Retirees Toyota Boshoku People 102 98 110 131 161
Rate of continuing employment after retirement age Toyota Boshoku 76 81 89 79 86
Number of employees making use of re-employment system Toyota Boshoku People 343 354 392 425 497
Turnover rate Personal reasons Toyota Boshoku People 99 110 143 155 151
1.10 1.17 1.62 1.75 1.67
New graduates within 3 years Toyota Boshoku 3.2 8.3 9.9 6.3 9.4
Continuous years worked   Toyota Boshoku Years 17.0 17.5 17.8 18.2 17.9
Men Toyota Boshoku Years 17.4 18.0 18.3 18.7 18.3
Women Toyota Boshoku Years 14.0 14.2 14.6 14.9 14.2
Average age   Toyota Boshoku Age 40.4 41.0 41.4 42.0 42.0
Men Toyota Boshoku Age 40.8 41.4 41.8 42.5 42.1
Women Toyota Boshoku Age 37.5 37.8 38.3 38.8 38.3
Diversity

Number of management positions, ratio of women and non-Japanese employees

  Toyota Boshoku People 1,213 1,226 1,236 1,301 1,332
Men Toyota Boshoku People 1,189 1,197 1,203 1,266 1,292
Non-Japanese among men Toyota Boshoku People 4 4 5 5 6
Women Toyota Boshoku People 24 29 33 35 40
Non-Japanese among women Toyota Boshoku People 0 0 1 1 1
Ratio of women Toyota Boshoku 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.7 3.0
Ratio of non-Japanese (Men + Women) Toyota Boshoku 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5
Management positions - division general manager or above   Toyota Boshoku People 123 139 144 151 150
Men Toyota Boshoku People 121 137 142 148 147
Women Toyota Boshoku People 2 2 2 3 3
Youngest age Toyota Boshoku Age 46 47 46 45 46
Average age Toyota Boshoku Age 54 54 55 55 55

Employees at group manager level, and ratio of women

  Toyota Boshoku People 990 1,166 1,208 1,242 1,263
Men Toyota Boshoku People 933 1,101 1,144 1,168 1,175
Women Toyota Boshoku People 57 65 64 74 88
Ratio of women Toyota Boshoku 5.8 5.6 5.3 6.0 7.0

Wage differential between men and women*10

  Toyota Boshoku 72.7 74.2 73.7
Permanent employees Toyota Boshoku 73.0 73.8 74.0
Temporary workers Toyota Boshoku 81.5 84.8 72.2
Number of non-Japanese employees Toyota Boshoku People 47 64 61 65 98
Status outside Japan Number of locations promoting local employees to president or director Toyota Boshoku group Sites 24 15 16 16 18
Percentage of local employees holding executives (officer, manager) positions at outside Japan business sites *11 Toyota Boshoku group 25.6 25.3 21.7 29.2 29.5
Local employees serving as company presidents Number of promoted employees Toyota Boshoku group People 14 7 9 9 10
Percentage of promoted employees Toyota Boshoku group 30 12 21 20 22
Local employees serving as directors Number of promoted employees Toyota Boshoku group People 22 20 21 21 26
Percentage of promoted employees Toyota Boshoku group 38 34 36 34 38
Employees with disabilities Number of employees Toyota Boshoku People 159 167 165 166 168
Employment rate Toyota Boshoku 2.33 2.50 2.53 2.54 2.46
Work–life balance
Working time Overall annual working time Toyota Boshoku (union members) Hours 1,883.9 1,900.3 1,945.8 1,991.4 1,929.8
Annual working time outside regular hours Toyota Boshoku (union members) Hours 163.4 197.8 224.5 264.6 262.9
Monthly working time outside regular hours Toyota Boshoku (union members) Hours 13.6 16.5 18.7 22.0 21.9
Total training hours*12   Toyota Boshoku Hours 158,458 145,342 154,594 233,168 290,358
Average training hours per company member Toyota Boshoku Hours 19.1 17.6 18.8 26.4 37.7
Annual paid holiday utilization rate*13 Toyota Boshoku (union members) 95.6 103.6 96.3 96.4 96.5
Number of employees taking childcare leave*14 and ratio of men taking childcare leave   Toyota Boshoku People 68 80 119 193 193
Women Toyota Boshoku People 50 44 49 48 47
Men Toyota Boshoku People 18 36 70 145 146
Ratio of men taking childcare leave Toyota Boshoku 6 15 28 67 69
Number of employees using short-time working system   Toyota Boshoku People 195 211 242 247 247
Women Toyota Boshoku People 192 209 237 241 238
Men Toyota Boshoku People 3 2 5 6 9
Number of employees taking caregiving leave Toyota Boshoku People 1 6 7 6 8
Number of employees making use of re-employment system for employees leaving their job due to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, caregiving, job transfer (spousal) etc. Toyota Boshoku People 7 3 4 2 6
Employee satisfaction level (vibrant workstyle KPI) Toyota Boshoku 71.5 71.1 70.4 72.4
Employee engagement*15 Toyota Boshoku 51
Health and Safety
Lost time injury frequency rate (Lost time or more severe)*16 Toyota Boshoku 0.10 0.01 0.00 0.27 0.31
Toyota Boshoku group 0.24 0.32 0.58 0.43 0.44
Percentage of employees who took periodic health checkups and found abnormalities Toyota Boshoku 69.4 71.0 74.3 69.2 73.7
BMI 25 or more Toyota Boshoku 30.6 30.2 31.6 30.7 31.3
Percentage of employees engaging in habitual exercise*17 Toyota Boshoku 37.9 37.0 38.7 39.6 42.0
Smoking rate Toyota Boshoku 31.7 30.7 29.6 26.3 26.0
Stress check Rate of enforcement Toyota Boshoku and Japan affiliates 100 100 100 100 100
Response rate Toyota Boshoku 95.5 94.1 95.0 93.8 94.3
Stress response deviation value*18 Toyota Boshoku 55 49.1 49.3 48.9 49.4
Percentage of employees with high stress Toyota Boshoku 4.3 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.0
Work engagement*19 Toyota Boshoku 47 48.1 48.1 48.0 48.5
Communication with employees
Number of employees taking part in company events Spring walking Toyota Boshoku group People Approx. 720 607
Summer festival Toyota Boshoku group People Approx. 2,500 3,216
Regatta Toyota Boshoku group People 440 708
Sports festival Toyota Boshoku group People 5,130
Ekiden event Toyota Boshoku group People Approx. 2,000 Approx. 2,400
Number of management and employee social mixers Toyota Boshoku group Times 8 times
*20
23 times
*21
5 times
*22
3 times
*23
3 times
*24

  • The number of employees does not include Toyota Boshoku group members seconded to an external organization, but does include external organizations’ employees on secondment within the group
  • The term temporary employees includes plant workers with fixed-term contracts, as well as all other part-time employees (including those employed on contracts beyond legal retirement age). Ratios are calculated from average yearly numbers
  • The number of mid-career hires for skilled positions does not included
  •  The ratio of women’s wages to men’s wages
  •  Initial data at the start of the following fiscal year
  •  Categories of training: the education system’s training programs (training upon promotion and other important career turning points), technical skills training
  •  The paid holiday utilization rate may exceed 100%, as it is calculated by dividing the number of days of paid holiday taken (including paid holiday carried over from the previous fiscal year) by the number of days of paid holiday granted (excluding paid holiday carried over)
  •  Number of employees who started childcare leave in the relevant fiscal year
  •  From fiscal 2025, we changed from an employee satisfaction survey that measures satisfaction with company life and motivation to work, to employee engagement, which indicates the willingness to voluntarily contribute to our organizational and performance goals
  •  Lost time injury frequency rate = (number of deaths and injuries due to occupational accidents / total number of actual working hours) x 1,000,000
    Includes Toyota Boshoku employees, employees under non-regular contract, associate employees, part-time employees, fixed-term contract employees, trainees, secondees, interns, and temporary staff (staff employed by the staffing agency)
  •  Employees engaging in exercise for at least 30 minutes at least once a week
  •  Deviation value of psychological and physical conditions relating to stress, based on stress check answers. Scaled to a mean of 50, with higher values indicating a better result
    Evaluation became more rigorous from fiscal 2022 due to a review of standards by the external contracting company
  •  Measurement of employees’ positive feelings and emotional attachment towards the company. Scaled to a mean of 50, with higher values indicating a better result
  •  Roundtable discussions between company president and employees promoted to senior managers (G0, G1, G2): 8 times, 40 members
  •  Roundtable discussions between company president and employees promoted to senior managers (G0, G1, G2): 9 times, 41 members
    Roundtable discussions between company president and young employees (1st - 3rd year at company): 14 times, 138 members
  •  Roundtable discussions between company president and employees promoted to senior managers (G1): 5 times, 20 members
  •  Roundtable discussions between company president and employees promoted to senior managers (G0, G1): 3 times, 19 members
  •  Roundtable discussions between company president and employees promoted to senior managers (G0, G1): 3 times, 18 members

Governance

Category Breakdown Aggregated scope Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Board of Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board, Management Advisory Council
Organizational design Toyota Boshoku Company with Audit & Supervisory Board Company with Audit & Supervisory Board Company with Audit & Supervisory Board Company with Audit & Supervisory Board Company with Audit & Supervisory Board
Chairman of the board Toyota Boshoku Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Separation between chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer Toyota Boshoku Separate Separate Separate Separate Separate
Number of directors   Toyota Boshoku People 9 9 9 9 9
Men Toyota Boshoku People 9 8 8 8 8
Women Toyota Boshoku People 0 1 1 1 1
Number of independent directors Toyota Boshoku People 4 4 4 4 4
Director term of office Toyota Boshoku Years 1 1 1 1 1
Number of audit and supervisory directors   Toyota Boshoku People 4 4 4 4 5
Men Toyota Boshoku People 4 4 4 4 5
Women Toyota Boshoku People 0 0 0 0 0
Number of independent audit and supervisory chairpersons Toyota Boshoku People 2 2 2 2 3
Audit and supervisory director term of office Toyota Boshoku Years 4 4 4 4 4
Management advisory committee chairpersons Toyota Boshoku Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Chairman
Shuhei Toyoda
Number of management advisory committee   Toyota Boshoku People 6 7 7 7 6
Independent director Toyota Boshoku People 4 4 4 4 4
Company internal director Toyota Boshoku People 2 3 3 3 2
Accounting
Financial auditing personnel Toyota Boshoku group PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC
Presence of notice of concern related to financial auditor’s opinion of company and its status as a going concern Toyota Boshoku group   Not present Not present Not present Not present Not present
Compliance
Number of cases of internal reports Compliance Consultation Window Toyota Boshoku Corporation and Japan affiliates Cases 9 13 16 11 14
Anything Goes Counselling Window Toyota Boshoku Corporation and Japan affiliates Cases 163 190 201 238 255

  • No bribery violations were confirmed in the Toyota Boshoku group in fiscal 2025