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The Brother Group Global Charter

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
The Brother Group Global Charter Established in 1999
Number of available languages 28 languages 28 languages 29 languages 29 languages 29 languages
Number of dialogues between top management and employees About 4,500 times About 4,600 times About 4,600 times About 4,500 times About 4,400 times

Numbers of facilities/Sales revenue

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Manufacturing facilities and sales facilities In more than 40 countries and regions
Sales revenue (Consolidated) 710,938 million yen 815,269 million yen 822,930 million yen 876,558 million yen 893,464 million yen
Sales revenue by region Japan 14.8% 14.2% 14.2% 13.3% 10.0%
The Americas 31.3% 33.8% 34.4% 34.6% 34.9%
Europe 27.3% 25.7% 27.7% 27.0% 28.7%
Asia & Others 26.6% 26.3% 23.8% 25.1% 26.5%

Evaluation by external entities

FTSE4Good Index Series Included since June 2020
FTSE Blossom Japan Index Included since June 2020
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index Included since March 2022
MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index Included since June 2023
MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index Included since November 2019
Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index Included since 2022
S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index Included since 2018
The SOMPO Sustainability Index Included since 2012
EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment Received a Silver Medal since 2020 and a Bronze Medal from 2025
Science Based Targets Certified for 1.5°C target in April 2022
CDP 2025 Supplier Engagement Rating Recognized as a Supplier Engagement Leader from FY2024
"Asia-Pacific Climate Leaders" Survey Selected as one of the top companies since 2022
Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 1x Winner in 2012 and 9x Winner in 2026
Minister of the Environment Awards for Climate Action Awarded the Climate Action Grand Prize for the first time in FY2024
Energy Conservation Grand Prize First awarded in FY2021, and has received the prize three times in total (FY2021,FY2023 and FY2024)
Health & Productivity Stock Selection Program Recognized in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024
Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Certified since 2017

Environmental-Related Data (E)

Material balance

The Brother Group's manufacturing facilities are engaged in processing and assembly to supplying various products.
The environmental impacts (including resource consumption, CO2 emissions, and waste generated) associated with all business operations are quantitatively monitored and summarized to reduce environmental impacts.

Resource utilization and material production/emissions from FY2021 through FY2025

Resource and energy inputs

Resource consumption and product raw materials Total energy consumption Volume of crude petroleum equivalent Water consumption

Material production/emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions Wastewater volume and volume recycled Waste volume at design and development sites, and manufacturing facilities and Volume recycled

For the list of applicable sites, see page 8 of "Material balance" [PDF/278KB].

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions according to ISO 14064 from FY2021 through FY2025

Category CO2 emissions in t-CO2e equivalent
FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025*1
Scope 1: Direct emissions 18,724 19,040 18,840 17,850 17,677
Scope 2: Indirect emissions from energy use Market-based 105,099 93,409 91,228 82,897 70,429
Scope 3: Other indirect emissions 2,942,352 3,439,056*2 2,431,462 2,633,871 2,476,815
C1 Purchased goods and services 1,404,939 1,671,015*2 1,253,780 1,411,041 1,338,890
C2 Capital goods 86,955 123,562 126,268 119,606 129,389
C3 Fuel- and energy-related activities 11,838 12,062 11,899 12,130 21,405
C4 Upstream transportation and distribution 138,978 99,236 95,109 90,402 112,186
C5 Waste generated in operations 2,849 3,257 3,991 8,822 5,751
C6 Business travel 1,887 4,023 6,502 6,673 7,870
C7 Employee commuting 14,819 14,768 15,553 16,574 14,293
C8 Upstream leased assets 4,101 3,827 4,588 4,316 3,718
C9 Downstream transportation and distribution 15,366 17,825 14,762 14,269 21,492
C10 Processing of sold products - - - - 0
C11 Use of sold products 995,115 1,183,284 670,148 642,375 545,560
C12 End of life treatment of sold products 263,618 305,036 227,291 306,135 275,179
C13 Downstream leased assets 1,886 1,160 1,168 1,178 1,082
C14 Franchises - - - - 0
C15 Investments - - 402 350 0
Total of Scopes 1, 2, and 3
Market-based		 3,066,176 3,551,505*2 2,541,530 2,734,618 2,564,921
  1. External assurance of calculations in accordance with the GHG Protocol
  2. The numerical value has been changed because the CO2 emissions from purchased goods and services other than products and parts were added to C1 (Purchased goods and services). However, the additional CO2 emissions in FY2022 (about 2% of the entire Scope 3) are not included in the auditing for ISO 14064.

Calculation Approach and Methodology

Scope

External assurance

  • In 2024, questions regarding Climate change, Forests, Water security, Plastics, and Biodiversity were integrated into the CDP Questionnaire.

Resource circulation and waste reduction

Water-related data at main business sites from FY2021 through FY2025

Water intake, wastewater volume, volume of water recycled

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Water intake(m3) Clean water 506,166 470,172 408,991 446,818 466,221
Industrial water 0 0 0 0 0
Underground water 111,697 123,034 119,904 151,316 148,912
Wastewater volume(m3) Public waters 170,392 150,453 110,928 126,247 142,825
Sewer system 372,721 369,193 333,406 375,282 364,369
Others 150 149 36 0 3,329
Volume of water recycled(m3) 2,978 5,385 8,717 16,354 25,571
Percent of water recycled(%) 0.5 1.0 1.9 3.2 4.8
  • In 2024, questions regarding Climate change, Forests, Water security, Plastics, and Biodiversity were integrated into the CDP Questionnaire.

Biodiversity conservation

Pollution prevention and chemical substance management

Creating eco-conscious products

Social-Related Data (S)

Product safety

Basic Product Safety Policies Established in 2008

Business partners

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Procurement Policy and CSR Procurement Standards Established in 2008
Green Procurement Started in 2001
Supplier meeting Conducted online Participated in by 680 people from 380 companies Conducted online Participated in by 814 people from 478 companies Conducted on-site and online Participated in by 842 people from 472 companies Conducted on-site and online Participated in by 734 people from 408 companies Conducted on-site and online Participated in by 752 people from 413 companies
CSR questionnaire Started in 2012 (conducted every three years), revised in 2020 (conducted every two years)

Diversity/Supporting work-life balance*1

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Number of employees*2 All employees 3,867 3,890 3,877 3,903 3,997
Male 3,067 3,084 3,071 3,077 3,148
Female 800 806 806 826 849
Percentage of female employees in total workforce 20.7% 20.7% 20.8% 21.2% 21.2%
Average length of service*2,3 All employees 17.1 16.7 16.3 16.1 15.8
Male 16.9 16.4 16.1 16.0 15.7
Female 17.9 17.5 17.2 16.6 16.2
Gender gap 105.9% 106.7% 107.2% 103.7% 103.0%
Total number of employees in senior management
*2,4,5		 All employees 815 777 756 760 784
Male 772 731 708 708 728
Female 43 46 48 52 56
Percentage of female employees in senior management 5.3% 5.9% 6.3% 6.8% 7.1%
① Total number of new graduates*3,6 All employees 74 84 113 95 108
Male 57 65 84 68 85
Female 17 19 29 27 23
Percentage of female new graduates 23.0% 22.6% 25.7% 28.4% 21.3%
② Total number of mid-career recruits*3,7,8 All employees 24 71 46 65 98
Percentage of mid-career recruits based on Labor Measures Comprehensive Promotion Act 24% 46% 29% 41% 48%
Male 20 56 38 49 85
Female 4 15 8 16 13
Percentage of female mid-career recruits 16.7% 21.1% 17.4% 24.6% 13.3%
Total number of newly hired employees
(① and ② combined)		 All employees 98 155 159 160 206
Male 77 121 122 117 170
Female 21 34 37 43 36
Percentage of female employees 21.4% 21.9% 23.3% 26.9% 17.5%
Percentage of contract employees (including temporary staffs) 21.1% 23.1% 23.1% 23.9% 24.0%
Voluntary turnover rates / Number of employees leaving*3,9 0.94% / 36 1.44% / 55 1.42% / 54 1.59% / 60 1.23% / 47
Employment rate of persons with disabilities*10,11 Brother Industries, Ltd. 2.29% 2.38% 2.34% 2.44% 2.73%
including 13 Brother Group companies in Japan*12 2.26% 2.31% 2.31% 2.38% 2.63%
Number of employees on childcare leave*13,14 All employees 94 92 119 111 151*15
Male 65 63 77 86 130*15
Female 29 29 42 25 21*15
Percentage of employees on childcare leave Male 52.0% 67.0% 70.0% 79.6% 102.4%*16,17
Female 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 96.2% 96.0%
Number of employees on family-care leave*13 All employees 2 2 2 5 3
Male 2 1 0 2 3
Female 0 1 2 3 0
Number of employees using the short-time working system for childcare All employees 184 175 164 165 187
Male 8 9 9 8 12
Female 176 166 155 157 175
Number of employees using the short-time working system for family-care All employees 5 4 4 2 4
Male 1 1 2 0 2
Female 4 3 2 2 2
Number of employees on nursing care leave All employees 16 32 35 27 22
Male 6 12 14 12 6
Female 10 20 21 15 16
  1. Brother Industries, Ltd.
  2. As of March 31 of each FY
  3. Doesn't include incoming seconded employees, temporary employees or fixed-term employees
  4. Includes temporary employees and seconded employees. Doesn't include Directors, Corporate Auditors, and Executive Officers
  5. Recalculated and updated based on the standards of *4
  6. Revised from the number of employees who joined on April 1 of each fiscal year to the number of employees who joined on April 1 and October 1 of each fiscal year
  7. Number of employees who joined each fiscal year between April 1 and March 31 of the following year
  8. Includes conversions from non-regular employment to regular employment and transfers. Doesn't include re-employed individuals
  9. Employees who resigned for personal reasons
  10. As of June 1 of each FY
  11. Includes incoming seconded employees but not temporary employees or fixed-term employees
  12. BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, BROTHER SALES, LTD., BROTHER ENTERPRISE, LTD., BROTHER LOGITEC LTD., XING INC., STANDARD CORP., TEICHIKU ENTERTAINMENT, INC., NISSEI CORPORATION, MIE BROTHER PRECISION INDUSTRIES, LTD., BROTHER REAL ESTATE, LTD., BROTHER LIVING SERVICE CO., LTD., BETOP STAFF, LTD., BROTHER INDUSTRIAL PRINTING (JAPAN), LTD.
  13. Number of employees who took leave in the respective year
  14. The figures for the number of employees on childcare leave and the percentage of employees on childcare leave have been recalculated and updated based on the standards set by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  15. From FY2025, this includes employees who used a leave program for childcare purposes for children before entering elementary school
  16. From FY2025, the calculation method has been revised in accordance with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's guidelines as follows:
    (Number of male employees who took childcare leave + Number of male employees who used a leave program for childcare purposes for children before entering elementary school) ÷ Number of male employees whose spouse gave birth
  17. If the fiscal year in which a child is born differs from the fiscal year in which childcare leave is taken, the numerator may exceed the denominator, resulting in a rate exceeding 100%
    (Example: A male employee whose spouse gave birth in FY2024 takes childcare leave in FY2025.)

Safety, health and disaster prevention/Health and productivity management

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Number of occupational injuries reported at manufacturing facilities 15 18 14 8 24
Yearly incident rate ((number of incidents/number of employees) x 1,000) at manufacturing facilities 0.50 0.62 0.58 0.30 0.88
Brother Safety and Prevention Convention Held every year since 2008
The Brother Group Health & Productivity Management Philosophy Established in 2016

Local communities

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Employees' participation in the Golden Ring Project At 13 facilities At 24 facilities At 30 facilities At 29 facilities At 28 facilities
Amount of global donations 225,495,501 yen 188,320,870 yen 229,866,510 yen 176,114,373 yen 154,565,438 yen
The Kizuna Fund Number of employees who participated 129 105 112 52 25
Amount of donations 2,570,965 yen 4,211,876 yen 3,696,388 yen 3,424,522 yen 2,083,479 yen
Amount of donations to registered not-for-profit organizations (Brother Industries, Ltd.) 65,014,680 yen 44,307,800 yen 42,831,730 yen 23,448,760 yen 20,100,000 yen
Tokai Young Entrepreneur Seminar Supported by Brother Industries, Ltd. since 2008
Number of pro bono participants (Brother Industries, Ltd.) Target 3 3 3 4 3
Achievement 3 4 4 4 4

Governance-Related Data (G)

Corporate governance

Numbers indicate the number of persons; figures in parentheses indicate females.

FY2022*1 FY2023*2 FY2024*3 FY2025*4 FY2026*5
Number of Directors Total 11 (1) 11 (1) 11 (1) 10 (1) 12 (3)
Outside Directors (included in total) 5 (1) 5 (1) 5 (1) 5 (1) 7 (3)
Audit & Supervisory Committee Members (included in total) - - - - 5 (2)
Percentage of Female Directors on the Board 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 10.0% 25.0%
Number of Statutory Auditors Total 5 (0) 5 (1) 5 (1) 5 (2) Transition to a company with Audit & Supervisory Committee
Outside Auditors (included in total) 3 (0) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (2)
Number of Directors, Statutory Auditors and Executive Officers Total 30 (2) 30 (3) 32 (3) 33 (4) 33 (4)
Non-Japanese Officers (included in total) 2 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0)
Percentage of Female Directors, Audit & Supervisory Committee Members, and Executive Officers 6.7% 10.0% 9.4% 12.1% 12.1%
The Brother Group Principles of Social Responsibility Established in 2012
Global internal audit meeting Started in 2010
Group Information Management Regulation Established in 2015 (The information management regulation of Brother Industries, Ltd. was established in 2005.)
  1. As of June 20, 2022
  2. As of June 22, 2023
  3. As of June 25, 2024
  4. As of June 25, 2025
  5. As of June 24, 2026

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