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CSR activities in FY2017

Non-Financial Data (ESG Factors)

Environment (E) Factors Social (S) Factors Governance (G) Factors

Environment (E) Factors

  • ● NTN only
  • ● Domestic subsidiaries
  • ● Overseas subsidiaries
Item Applicable Scope Fiscal year ended March 31,
2017		 Fiscal year ended March 31,
2018
Achievements Achievements
CO2 emissions Total ● ● ● 619,000 metric tons 641,000 metric tons
        Domestic Scope 1 ● ●   49,000 metric tons 49,000 metric tons
              Scope 2 ● ●   228,000 metric tons 237,000 metric tons
        Overseas Scope 1     ● 48,000 metric tons 54,000 metric tons
              Scope 2     ● 294,000 metric tons 301,000 metric tons
Water usage Total ● ● ● 3.23million m 3 3.22million m 3
        Domestic ● ●   1.95million m 3 1.94million m 3
        Overseas     ● 1.28million m 3 1.28million m 3
Generated waste Total ● ● ● 163,000 metric tons 176,000 metric tons
          Domestic ● ●   63,000 metric tons 68,000 metric tons
          Overseas     ● 100,000 metric tons 108,000 metric tons
Recycling rate Total ● ● ● 98.1% 97.9%
        Domestic ● ●   99.9% 99.9%
        Overseas     ● 96.9% 96.7%

Social (S) Factors

  • ● NTN only
  • ● Domestic subsidiaries
  • ● Overseas subsidiaries
Item Applicable Scope Fiscal year ended March 31,
2017		 Fiscal year ended March 31,
2018
Achievements Achievements
R&D expenditures ● ● ● 19.2billion yen 21.0billion yen
Ratio of R&D expenditures to sales ● ● ● 2.8% 2.8%
Number of outside awards received for product development ● ●   3 3
Number of patents reward being paid ● ●   191 129
Ratio of local procurement (Total)     ● 88% 88%
             (Americas)     ● 84% 84%
             (Europe)     ● 94% 94%
             (Asia and Others)     ● 85% 84%
Subcontracting self-auditing rate ● ●   100% 95%
Conflict minerals survey response rate
from business partners 		●     - 92%
Customer Satisfaction Survey results
(ratio of Excellent + Good responses) 		● ●   95% 98%
Number of participants in specialized quality education courses ● ●   145 112
Quality management system certification rate *1 ● ● ● 100% 100%
Number of Sales TQM (Total Quality Management) activities ●     228 205
Number of customer visits by Technical Service Units ● ● ● 858 727
Overseas production rate (Total)     ● 51% 52%
              (Americas)     ● 22% 19%
              (Europe)     ● 14% 17%
              (Asia and Others)     ● 14% 16%
Number of employees ● ● ● 24,665 25,493
Percentage of female employees ● ●   11% 11%
Overseas employee ratio ● ● ● 66% 67%
Average age Total ●     40 41
          Male ●     41 41
          Female ●     38 39
Average years of continuous employment Total ●     17 19
          Male ●     18 19
          Female ●     16 17
Rate of paid leave use (regular employees) ●     92%*2 89%*3
Job turnover Total ●     2.1% 2.4%
Job turnover in 3 years or less ●     4.6% 5.9%
Percentage of hired female graduates ●     19% 14%
Employment rate of persons with disabilities ●     2.08% 2.06%
Average training time per employee
(regular employees) 		●     13 hours 13 hours
Number of woman in management positions (NTN only) *4 ●     31 32
Percentage of woman in management positions (NTN + domestic subsidiaries) *4 ● ●   3.7% 3.6%
Percentage of woman in management position (NTN Group) *4 ● ● ● 10.9% 12.2%
Post-retirement rehiring rate (NTN only) ●     63% 62%
Post-retirement rehiring rate (NTN + domestic subsidiaries) ● ●   81% 81%
Number of temporary employees promoted into regular employee positions ●     36 49
Total number of work hours per year ●     1,842 hours 1,888 hours
Total number of overtime work hours ●     110 hours 146 hours
Number of employees taking leave for partner’s childbirth ●     55 178
Number of employees taking child leave Total ●     40 44
Male ●     2 3
Female ●     38 41
Number of employees returning after childcare leave Total ●     20 18
            Male ●     1 3
            Female ●     19 15
Percentage of employees returning after childcare leave ●     100% 100%
Number of employees on shortened working hours for childcare Total ●     29 31
            Male ●     0 0
            Female ●     29 31
Number of employees taking long-term care leave ●     1 1
Number of employees using NTN Job Return scheme ●     - 2
Number of employees using intra-company child daycare care center (Bear Kids Land) ●     23 34
Number of employees using the facility supporting persons with intellectual disabilities(Dream Workshop) ●     14 15
Number of employees taking mental health leave ●     23 26
Percentage of returning employees taking mental health leave ●     56% 50%
Number of counseling service consultations per month ●     76 69
Percentage of high-stress employees *5 ●     8% 8%
Rate of workplace incidents causing lost work time ●     0.41 *2 0.08 *3
Number of workplace incidents causing lost work time ●     5 *2 1 *3
Number of law-related training sessions held by safety and health consultants ●     7 8
Rate of health check program use ●     100% 100%
Percentage of designated health checks provided ●     100% 100%
Rate of designated health guidance program use ●     47% 48%
Number of OSHMS-certified sites ● ●   9 9
Number of hazard simulation classes provided ● ●   60 95
Number of social contribution activities
(Total) 		● ● ● 685 705
(Americas)     ● 106 109
(Europe)     ● 39 43
(Asia and Others)     ● 54 57

*1 ISO 9001, IATF 16949 (and other standards for which switching is under review) / Applies to domestic and overseas consolidated manufacturing subsidiaries (excluding bases that have not started mass production).
*2 From December 16, 2015 to December 15, 2016
*3 From December 16, 2016 to December 15, 2017
*4 Includes three consolidated subsidiaries which were merged in October 2018: NTN KONGO CORP.,NTN MIKUMO COMPANY LTD.and NTN ENGINEERING PLASTICS CORP.
(Currently KONGO WORKS,MIKUMO WORKS,ENGINEERING PLASTICS WORKS.)
*5 As determined by NTN stress check program.

Governance (G) Factors

  • ● NTN only
  • ● Domestic subsidiaries
  • ● Overseas subsidiaries
Item Applicable Scope Fiscal year ended March 31,
2017		 Fiscal year ended March 31,
2018
Achievements Achievements
Number of directors Total ●     14 14
            Male ●     14 14
            Female ●     0 0
Number of directors not serving as executive officers ●     14 14
Number of outside directors ●     2 2
Percentage of outside directors ●     14% 14%
Number of outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members ●     3 3
Board of Directors
Number of meetings per year 		●     17 18
Board of Directors
Director (outside) attendance rate 		●     97% 100%
Board of Directors
Director (inside) attendance rate 		●     99% 99%
Board of Directors
Audit & Supervisory Board Members (outside) attendance rate 		●     96% 100%
Board of Directors
Audit & Supervisory Board Members (inside) attendance rate 		●     100% 100%
Audit & Supervisory Board
Number of meetings per year 		●     14 15
Audit & Supervisory Board
Audit & Supervisory Board Members (outside) attendance rate 		●     95% 100%
Audit & Supervisory Board
Audit & Supervisory Board Members (inside) attendance rate 		●     100% 100%
Compensation Advisory Committee
Number of meetings per year 		● ● ● 3 5
Compensation Advisory Committee
Director (outside) attendance rate 		●     100% 100%
Compensation Advisory Committee
Director (inside) attendance rate 		●     83% 100%
Compensation Advisory Committee
Audit & Supervisory Board Members (outside) attendance rate 		●     100% 100%
Number of sites subject to internal control assessments ● ● ● 49 51
Number of SRI indexes included in ●     6 * 6 *
Total number of dialogs (meetings) held with institutional investors ●     293 292
Number of shareholders at the General Meeting of Shareholders ●     133 213
Percentage of votes cast ●     84.2% 82.6%
Total annual cash dividends per share ●     10 yen 15 yen
Number of Stakeholder Dialog held with CSR experts ●     1 1
Number of CSR Committee held per year ●     2 2
Number of Risk Management Committee held per year ● ● ● 2 3
Number of registered training held using emergency safety verification system ● ●   1 1
Number of Compliance Committee meetings held per year ●     4 4
Number of Fair Trade Monitoring Committee meetings held per year ●     2 2
Compliance awareness survey response rate ● ●   78% 76%
Helpline Recognition level ● ●   79% 81%
Number of reports from whistle-blower ● ●   15 17
Helpline report response rate ● ●   100% 100%

* Inclusion status as of the end of June.