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CSR activities in FY2019

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,
2019		 Fiscal year ended March 31,
2020
Achievements Achievements
CO2 emissions Total ● ● ● 674,000
metric tons		 606,000
metric tons
        Domestic Scope 1 ● ●   48,000
metric tons		 45,000
metric tons
              Scope 2 ● ●   242,000
metric tons		 226,000
metric tons
        Overseas Scope 1     ● 57,000
metric tons		 46,000
metric tons
              Scope 2     ● 327,000
metric tons		 289,000
metric tons
Water usage Total ● ● ● 3.35million m 3 2.81million m 3
        Domestic ● ●   2.13million m 3 1.77million m 3
        Overseas     ● 1.22million m 3 1.04million m 3
Generated waste Total ● ● ● 177,000
metric tons 		155,000
metric tons
        Domestic ● ●   68,000
metric tons 		62,000
metric tons
        Overseas     ● 109,000
metric tons 		93,000
metric tons
Recycling rate Total ● ● ● 97.4% 96.9%
        Domestic ● ●   98.6% 97.6%
        Overseas     ● 96.7% 96.4%

Social (S) Factors

  • ● NTN only
  • ● Domestic subsidiaries
  • ● Overseas subsidiaries
Item Applicable Scope Fiscal year ended March 31,
2019		 Fiscal year ended March 31,
2020
Achievements Achievements
R&D expenditures ● ● ● 21.7billion yen 20.0billion yen
Ratio of R&D expenditures to sales ● ● ● 3.0% 3.1%
Number of outside awards received for product development ● ●   4 4
Number of patents reward being paid ● ●   138 195
Ratio of local procurement (Total)     ● 90% 87%
             (Americas)     ● 89% 87%
             (Europe)     ● 95% 95%
             (Asia and Others)     ● 89% 85%
Subcontracting self-auditing rate ● ●   100% 96%
Conflict minerals survey response rate
from business partners 		●     88% 90%
Overseas production rate (Total)     ● 49% 48%
              (Americas)     ● 20% 19%
              (Europe)     ● 16% 16%
              (Asia and Others)     ● 14% 13%
Number of participants in specialized quality education courses ● ●   127 150
Quality management system certification rate *1 ● ● ● 100% 100%
Number of Sales TQM (Total Quality Management) activities ●     64 52
Number of customer visits by Technical Service Units ● ● ● 584 419
Number of employees ● ● ● 24,988 24,199
Percentage of female employees ● ●   11% 11%
Overseas employee ratio ● ● ● 65% 64%
Average age Total ●     41 41
       Male ●     41 41
       Female ●     39 39
Average years of continuous employment Total ●     19 19
       Male ●     19 19
       Female ●     18 18
Percentage of hired female graduates ●     16% 19%
Employment rate of persons with disabilities ●     2.13% 2.22%
Number of women in management positions (NTN only) *2 ●     31 31＊2
Percentage of women in management positions (NTN + domestic subsidiaries) ● ●   3.5% 3.3%
        (NTN Group) ● ● ● 14.5% 13.2%
Post-retirement rehiring rate (NTN only) ●     90% 86%
Number of employees taking leave for partner’s childbirth ●     204 188
Number of employees taking childcare leave Total ●     47 54
        Male ●     2 8
        Female ●     45 46
Number of employees returning after childcare leave Total ●     19 22
        Male ●     1 4
        Female ●     18 18
Percentage of employees returning after childcare leave ●     95% 92%
Number of employees on shortened working hours for childcare Total ●     35 41
        Male ●     1 1
        Female ●     34 40
Number of employees taking long-term care leave ●     1 1
Number of employees using NTN Job Return scheme ●     0 0
Number of employees using intra-company child daycare center (Bear Kids Land) ●     32 32
Number of employees using the facility supporting persons with intellectual disabilities (Dream Workshop) ●     12 15
Number of employees taking mental health leave ●     27 33
Percentage of returning employees taking mental health leave ●     50% 55%
Number of counseling service consultations per month ●     59 67
Percentage of high-stress employees *3 ●     8% 8%
Rate of workplace incidents causing lost work time ●     0.64 ＊4 0.25 ＊5
Number of workplace incidents causing lost work time ●     8 ＊4 3 ＊5
Number of law-related training sessions held by safety and health consultants ●     7 7
Percentage of designated health checks provided ●     100% 100%
Number of ISO 45001-certified sites ● ●   6 6
Number of OSHMS-certified sites ● ●   3 3
Number of hazard simulation classes provided ● ●   73 116

＊1 ISO 9001, IATF 16949
Applies to domestic and overseas consolidated manufacturing subsidiaries (excluding bases that have not started mass production).
＊2 Includes three consolidated subsidiaries merged in October 2020: NTN KONGO CORP., NTN MIKUMO COMPANY LTD. and NTN ENGINEERING PLASTICS CORP.
＊3 As determined by NTN stress check program.
＊4 December 16, 2017 to December 15, 2018
＊5 December 16, 2018 to December 15, 2019

Governance (G) Factors

  • ● NTN only
  • ● Domestic subsidiaries
  • ● Overseas subsidiaries
Item Applicable Scope Fiscal year ended March 31,
2019		 Fiscal year ended March 31,
2020
Achievements Achievements
Number of sites subject to internal control assessments ● ● ● 49 50
Status of inclusion in ESG indexes ●     6＊1 5＊1
Number of shareholders at the General Meeting of Shareholders ●     122 44
Percentage of votes cast ●     82.9% 78.5%
Total annual cash dividends per share ●     15 yen 5 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 2
Number of Compliance Committee held per year ●     4 2
Number of Fair Trade Monitoring Committee held per year ●     2 2
Response rate of survey of "Compliance awareness" ● ●   79% 80%
Helpline Recognition level ● ●   79% 82%
       Number of reports from whistle-blower ● ●   6 17
       Report response rate ● ●   100% 100%

＊1 Status of inclusion in ESG indexes as of July 31
＊2 Establishment of the Sustainability Committee, developing the function of the former CSR Committee