Social Data

• The positive affirmation ratio from engagement surveys
  The ratio of respondents who chose Option 1: “Strongly agree” or Option 2: “Agree” out of six options
  The survey targets individuals who were employed as of the end of November 2024 (a 99% response rate).
• Percentage of female career track employees (non-consolidated) at Sojitz who have domestic/overseas secondment, or expatriation experience.
• Percentage of female career track employees (non-consolidated) at Sojitz who have domestic/overseas secondment, expatriation, or trainee experience.
  The ratio of employees with experience, including trainees, as outlined in the 2023 Medium-Term Plan's Human Capital KPIs, will continue to be monitored. The target has been revised upward from 50% to 60%
• Percentage of full-time directors of overseas consolidated group companies who are either locally hired or from the same country of origin where the company is based and have lived in the country for a total of 10 years or more.
• The training contents for developing digital talent are preiodically updated to align with market needs for implementation in the business (A new Business Architecture training course was established in FY2024).

Actual values for Human Capital KPIs are rounded to one decimal place. If the target value is not reached, but does due to rounding a note will be made to that effect.

• Includes full-time contract employees.
• Our company transitioned to a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee following the General Shareholders' Meeting held on June 18, 2024.
  For more information on our governance structure, please visit our website.
• Number of employees who began childcare leave within the fiscal year.
• Percentage of employees who took childcare leave within one year after the birth of their child, including those whose child was born in the relevant fiscal year and are planning to take it in the next fiscal year.
  Parentheses indicate the childcare leave acquisition ratios on a "statutory basis", which are in accordance with the Enforcement.
  Regulations of the Child Care and Family Care Leave Law, indicating the ratios of the number of employees who took childcare leave in the relevant fiscal year to the number of employees whose child was born in the relevant fiscal year.
• Turnover rate indicates the percentage of employees who left voluntarily. It is calculated by dividing the number of voluntary turnovers in FY2023 by the number of employees and voluntary turnovers in FY2023.
  The data aggregation method has been reviewed, and some definitions have been revised.
  From FY2023, the number of employees who left company has been calculated by deducting the number of employees transferred to affiliated companies.
  From FY2024, the number of employees who left company has been calculated by deducting the number of employees accompanying spouses or those with caregiving responsibilities.
• Number of women hired as new graduates including administrative employees. Notation of numbers is rounded off to the first decimal place from FY 2022.
• Percentages are under 100% as some employees cannot become union members based on departmental affiliation.
• Includes non-residents emoloyees who have expressed an intention to join from FY2023.

For FY2021 and prior, numbers are rounded up to the first decimal place, excluding numbers for labor union membership rates which are rounded down.
For FY2022 and onwards, numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number, including numbers for labor union membership rates.

There is no accidents occurred to the contract and temporary employees that are not targeted above.

• LTIFR（Lost Time Injuries Frequency Rate）= Number of lost-time injuries ÷ Total hours worked in accounting period x 1,000,000.
• Industry averages are taken from the data of the Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Research on Work-related Accident Trends.
  We will provide additional information after the publication.
• OIFR(Occupational Illness Frequency Rate) = (Number of injuries and/or illnesses instances of leave taken) ÷ Total hours worked in accounting period x 1,000,000.

• • Training refers to employee training, including self-development training, conducted by the Human Capital Department, and e-learning, ISO 14001 environmental standards and CSR training programs provided by other departments.
  • Notation of numbers is rounded off to the first decimal place.
  • After FY2022 : The basis for calculating e-learning training was revised, and in addition to training with video, training without video was calculated using the actual median of the participants' training hours, thus increasing the total hours of training attended.
  ＜How to calculate e-learning training hours＞
  • Video-only training...Video viewing time x number of trainees who completed the training
  • Combined training with videos: Actual median training time x number of trainees who completed the training
  • Combined training with video refers to "training courses that do not include video but only include viewing of materials" and "training courses that include video and viewing of materials.
• Employees cover Sojitz (non-consolidated) employees, excludes directors, executive officers, Audit & Supervisory Board members and employees who retired as of March 31.