Our Activities

ESG Action Plan 2021-2023 Activity Results

ESG	Key Issue	Executive in charge	Goal	KPI	2023
					Target Value	Results
E (Environment)	Climate Change (Scope 1 + 2)	CSO	Reduce GHG emissions from business activities by 60% by 2030 (vs. FY2018)	GHG emissions reduction amount/rate	40%	53%
			Raise renewable energy usage to 70% by 2030, Group-wide	Coverage rate by renewable energy	55%	66%
		CPO	Reduce production times 30% through production process reviews (vs. FY2020)	Production time reduction rate for target models (vs. FY2020)	30%	28%
	Value Chain (Scope 3)	CPO	Promote the use of renewable energy by suppliers and contractors	Number of suppliers who use renewable energy	40 companies	40 companies
		CTO	Reduce CO2-equivalent emissions (basic unit) per test by 50% by 2030	Reduction rate in basic units (vs. FY2018)	20%	Goals under review *1
	Green Products	CTO	Develop products that are free from polluting substances	Total elimination of PFAS in coolant	Announce release plan	Release date undisclosed Considering Release date
	Resource Recycling	CHO	Improve in-house recycling rate by promoting the 3Rs	Waste recycling rate (Japan/overseas)	JPN:90% Other regions:73% or more	JPN:95% Other regions:65% Estimated value as of June 2024
			Maintain Group-wide water usage at FY2016 levels	Water resource usage	288,000m3/year	271,755m3/year
	Biodiversity	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	18 activities planned, 80% implemented	18 activities planned, 89% 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	100%	100%
	Diversity, protection, and respect for human rights	CHO	Fair treatment in gender	Female manager ratio	10.5%	9.4%
			Edification and practice of human rights	Participation rate of educational training	100％	100%
			Work-life balance	Return-to-work rate after maternity leave (JPN) *2	100％	100%
				Exercise rate of childcare leave by males (JPN) *2	25%	34%
		CPO	Conflict minerals elimination	Percentage of suppliers confirmed to be free of conflict minerals	100%	60%
	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	3.8	Survey not conducted (Implemented once every 3 years)
	Investing in human resources	CHO	Maintaining and enhancing occupational safety and health	Occupational accident rate (frequency rate)	0	1.03
			Promotion of health management	To be selected in White 500 (JPN) *3	Selected	Selected
			Employee capacity building	Education and training expenses (100MY)	6	5.5
G (Governance)	Board effectiveness	Group CEO	Provide outside directors with updates on business and management issues	3 times/year	3 times/year	3 times/year
			Intensify discussion through Off-site meetings by board members	2 times/year	2 times/year	1 times/year
			Succession planning	Policy/process making, planning, updates	Discussion at Nomination and Compensation Committee and report to the Board of Directors	Discussion at Nomination and Compensation Committee and report to the Board of Directors Decided to transition to new organization from April 2024
			Diversity of board members	Outside directors must include female representation (>40%)	At least 40% outside directors and 1 female	Outside directors 56%, 2 females
			Add ESG performance assessment to compensation	Start from FY2021	ESG linked performance assessment	Implemented
	Corporate culture and Code of Conduct, compliance, risk management	CHO	Work Shop/training for all employees (The Advantest Way, Law, Regulations, Information securities, etc.)	Participation rate for e-learning (100%)	100%	100%
		CCO	Strengthening Internal Control	Regularly discuss internal control issues	Regular discussion	2 times/year
	Promotion & support of ESG management (Sustainable Management Working Group)	CSO	Support & Report group-wide Policy, Strategy, Plan and implementation	Report to Executive Management Committee and BoD (once a year)	2 times/year	2 times/year
			Timely and appropriate disclosure (Integrated Annual Report, Sustainability Databook)	Issuance every year	Publication of Integrated Report, Sustainability Data Book, etc.	Published

• *1
  It is difficult to calculate the reduction rate in basic unit, so we are reviewing the goal.
• *2
  Figures are on a non-consolidated basis due to differences in personnel systems between the Company and its subsidiaries.
• *3
  As the White 500 is a certification system in Japan, the Company and its subsidiaries in Japan are subject to certification.