Our Activities in FY2021
ESG Action Plan 2021-2023 Activity Results
Based on discussions at the ESG Global Review Meeting, we have updated our ESG Action Plan to incorporate the Enhancement of Initiatives for Human Rights Issues.
| ESG | Key Issue | Executive in charge*1 | Goal | KPI | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target Value | Results | |||||
| E (Environment)     |
Climate Change (Scope 1 + 2) |
Co-CSO | Reduce GHG emissions from business activities by 60% by 2030 (vs. FY2018) | GHG emissions reduction amount/rate | 35％ | 34％ |
| Raise renewable energy usage to 70% by 2030, Group-wide | Coverage rate by renewable energy | 50％ | 54％ | |||
| CPO | Reduce production times 30% through production process reviews (vs. FY2020) | Production time reduction rate for target models (vs. FY2020) | 15％ | 21％ | ||
| Value Chain (Scope 3) |
CPO | Promote the use of renewable energy by suppliers and contractors | Number of suppliers who use renewable energy | 10 | 12 | |
| CTO | Reduce CO2-equivalent emissions (basic unit) per test by 50% by 2030 | Reduction rate in basic units (vs. FY2018) | Set basic unit calculation definition | |||
| Green Products | CTO | Develop products that are free from polluting substances | Total elimination of PFAS in coolant | New methodology in development plan | ||
| Resource Recycling | CFO | Improve in-house recycling rate by promoting the 3Rs | Waste recycling rate (Japan/overseas) | JPN:90％ Other regions:73％or more |
JPN:64％*2 Other regions:77％ |
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| Maintain Group-wide water usage at FY2016 levels | Water resource usage | 288,000m3/year | 236,405m3/year | |||
| Biodiversity | Co-CSO | Promote nature conservation activities (protection of endangered species in biotope, tree planting, beach clean-up, etc.) |
Planning and implementation rate of nature conservation activities | 10 activities planned, 80% implemented | 11 activities planned, 73% implemented | |
| S (Social)   |
ESG management at Supply Chain | CPO | Share and solve/mitigate ESG issues (risk management, human rights/occupational safety, environment, fair trade, compliance, etc.) | Due diligence implementation rate for major suppliers | 90％ | 100％ |
| Diversity, protection, and respect for human rights | CHO | Fair treatment in gender | Female manager ratio | 9.0％ | 9.6％ | |
| Edification and practice of human rights | Participation rate of educational training | 100％ | 99.5％ | |||
| Work-life balance | Return-to-work rate after maternity leave (JPN) | 100％ | 100％ | |||
| Exercise rate of childcare leave by males (JPN) | 12％ | 16％ | ||||
| CPO | Conflict minerals elimination | Percentage of suppliers confirmed to be free of conflict minerals*3 | 100％ | 63.4% | ||
| Customer satisfaction, employee engagement | CCRO | Raise customer satisfaction under New Normal circumstances | Ranking of TechInsights customer satisfaction survey | 1st | 1st | |
| CHO | Edification and improvement of attractive corporate culture | Score of Gallup survey | 3.5 | 3.64 | ||
| Investing in human resources | CFO | Maintaining and enhancing occupational safety and health | Occupational accident rate (frequency rate) | 0 | 0.35 | |
| Promotion of health management | To be selected in White 500 (JPN) | In Process | On Track | |||
| CHO | Employee capacity building | Education and training expenses (100MY) | - | 3.9 | ||
| G (Governance)   |
Board effectiveness | CEO | Provide outside directors with updates on business and management issues | 3 times/year | In Process | On Track |
| Intensify discussion through Off-site meetings by board members | 2 times/year | In Process | On Track | |||
| Succession planning | Policy/process making, planning, updates | In Process | On Track | |||
| Diversity of board members | Outside directors must include female representation (>40%) | In Process | On Track | |||
| Add ESG performance assessment to compensation | Start from FY2021 | In Process | On Track | |||
| Corporate culture and Code of Conduct, compliance, risk management | CFO | Work Shop/training for all employees (The Advantest Way, Law, Regulations, Information securities, etc.) | Participation rate for e-learning (100%) | 100％ | 97.6％ | |
| Strengthening Internal Control | Regularly discuss internal control issues | In Process | On Track | |||
| Promotion & support of ESG management (Sustainable Management Working Group) |
Co-CSO | Support & Report group-wide Policy, Strategy, Plan and implementation | Report to Executive Management Committee and BoD (once a year) | In Process | On Track | |
| Timely and appropriate disclosure (Integrated Annual Report, Sustainability Databook) | Issuance every year | In Process | On Track | |||