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The Brother Group Global Charter

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
The Brother Group Global Charter Established in 1999
Number of available languages 28 languages 28 languages 28 languages 29 languages 29 languages
Number of dialogues between top management and employees About 4,000 times About 4,500 times About 4,600 times About 4,600 times About 4,500 times

Numbers of facilities/Sales revenue

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Manufacturing facilities and sales facilities In more than 40 countries and regions
Sales revenue (Consolidated) 631,812 million yen 710,938 million yen 815,269 million yen 822,930 million yen 876,558 million yen
Sales revenue by region Japan 15.7% 14.8% 14.2% 14.2% 13.3%
The Americas 31.8% 31.3% 33.8% 34.4% 34.6%
Europe 28.2% 27.3% 25.7% 27.7% 27.0%
Asia & Others 24.3% 26.6% 26.3% 23.8% 25.1%

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 in 2025
Science Based Targets Certified for 1.5°C target in April 2022
CDP 2024 Supplier Engagement Rating Recognized as a Supplier Engagement Leader for 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 6x Winner in 2023
Energy Conservation Grand Prize Awarded for the first time in FY2021 and three times in total in 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 manufacture 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 FY2020 through FY2024

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 Production-related waste and volume recycled

For the list of applicable sites, see page 8 of "Material balance" [PDF/240KB].

Reduction of CO2 emissions

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions according to ISO 14064 from FY2020 through FY2024

Category CO2 emissions in t-CO2e equivalent
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Scope 1: Direct emissions 18,356 18,724 19,040 18,840 17,850
Scope 2: Indirect emissions from energy use Market-based 98,685 105,099 93,409*1 91,228*1 82,897*1
Scope 3: Other indirect emissions 2,752,567 2,942,352 3,439,056*2 2,431,462*1 2,633,871*1
C1 Purchased goods and services 1,302,661 1,404,939 1,671,015*2 1,253,780*1 1,411,041*1
C2 Capital goods 75,897 86,955 123,562 126,268 119,606
C3 Fuel- and energy-related activities 10,987 11,838 12,062 11,899 12,130
C4 Upstream transportation and distribution 103,148 138,978 99,236 95,109 90,402
C5 Waste generated in operations 4,138 2,849 3,257 3,991 8,822
C6 Business travel 1,558 1,887 4,023 6,502 6,673
C7 Employee commuting 14,698 14,819 14,768 15,553 16,574
C8 Upstream leased assets 4,642 4,101 3,827 4,588 4,316
C9 Downstream transportation and distribution 14,671 15,366 17,825 14,762 14,269
C10 Processing of sold products - - - - -
C11 Use of sold products 968,174 995,115 1,183,284 670,148 642,375
C12 End of life treatment of sold products 250,107 263,618 305,036 227,291 306,135
C13 Downstream leased assets 1,886 1,886 1,160 1,168 1,178
C14 Franchises - - - - -
C15 Investments - - - 402*3 350*3
Total of Scopes 1, 2, and 3
Market-based		 2,869,608 3,066,176 3,551,505*1,2 2,541,530*1 2,734,618*1
  1. After using renewable energy electricity certificates from external sources
  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.
  3. Emissions from related companies have been added since FY2023.

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 FY2020 through FY2024

Water intake, wastewater volume, volume of water recycled

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Water intake(m3) Clean water 504,122 506,166 470,172 408,991 446,818
Industrial water 0 0 0 0 0
Underground water 87,474 111,697 123,034 119,904 151,316
Wastewater volume(m3) Public waters 179,782 170,392 150,453 110,928 126,247
Sewer system 338,746 372,721 369,193 333,406 375,282
Others 1,177 150 149 36 0
Volume of water recycled(m3) 3,759 2,978 5,385 8,717 16,354
Percent of water recycled(%) 0.7 0.5 1.0 1.9 3.2

For the list of applicable sites, see page 5 of "Material balance" [PDF/240KB].

Water pollution load

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Water pollution load(t) BOD 37.8 29.3 31.2 19.5 21.3
COD 95.3 68.4 48.1 36.8 48.0
N-hexane extracts 0.7 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.6
SS 29.4 12.0 15.6 6.6 7.9

For the list of applicable sites, see page 8 of "Material balance" [PDF/240KB]

  • 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

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Procurement Policy and CSR Procurement Standards Established in 2008
Green Procurement Started in 2001
Supplier meeting Conducted online Participated in by 217 people from 129 companies 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
CSR questionnaire Started in 2012 (conducted every three years), revised in 2020 (conducted every two years)

Diversity/Supporting work-life balance*1

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of employees*2 All employees 3,803 3,867 3,890 3,877 3,903
Male 3,024 3,067 3,084 3,071 3,077
Female 779 800 806 806 826
Percentage of female employees in total workforce 20.5% 20.7% 20.7% 20.8% 21.2%
Average length of service*2,3 All employees 17.3 17.1 16.7 16.3 16.1
Male 17.2 16.9 16.4 16.1 16.0
Female 17.7 17.9 17.5 17.2 16.6
Gender gap 102.9% 105.9% 106.7% 107.2% 103.7%
Total number of employees in senior management
*2,4,5		 All employees 842 815 777 756 760
Male 804 772 731 708 708
Female 38 43 46 48 52
Percentage of female employees in senior management 4.5% 5.3% 5.9% 6.3% 6.8%
① Total number of new graduates*3,6 All employees 81 74 84 113 95
Male 66 57 65 84 68
Female 15 17 19 29 27
Percentage of female new graduates 18.5% 23.0% 22.6% 25.7% 28.4%
② Total number of mid-career recruits*3,7,8 All employees 21 24 71 46 65
Percentage of mid-career recruits based on Labor Measures Comprehensive Promotion Act 21% 24% 46% 29% 41%
Male 16 20 56 38 49
Female 5 4 15 8 16
Percentage of female mid-career recruits 23.8% 16.7% 21.1% 17.4% 24.6%
Total number of newly hired employees
(① and ② combined)		 All employees 102 98 155 159 160
Male 82 77 121 122 117
Female 20 21 34 37 43
Percentage of female employees 19.6% 21.4% 21.9% 23.3% 26.9%
Percentage of contract employees (including temporary staffs) 17.2% 21.1% 23.1% 23.1% 23.9%
Voluntary turnover rates / Number of employees leaving*3,9 1.0% / 39 0.94% / 36 1.44% / 55 1.42% / 54 1.59% / 60
Employment rate of persons with disabilities*10,11 Brother Industries, Ltd. 2.17% 2.29% 2.38% 2.34% 2.44%
including 13 Brother Group companies in Japan*12 2.17% 2.26% 2.31% 2.31% 2.38%
Number of employees on childcare leave*13,14 All employees 96 94 92 119 111
Male 60 65 63 77 86
Female 36 29 29 42 25
Percentage of employees on childcare leave Male 49.2% 52.0% 67.0% 70.0% 79.6%
Female 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 96.2%
Number of employees on family-care leave*13 All employees 2 2 2 2 5
Male 1 2 1 0 2
Female 1 0 1 2 3
Number of employees using the short-time working system for childcare All employees 184 184 175 164 165
Male 10 8 9 9 8
Female 174 176 166 155 157
Number of employees using the short-time working system for family-care All employees 5 5 4 4 2
Male 2 1 1 2 0
Female 3 4 3 2 2
Number of employees on nursing care leave All employees 13 16 32 35 27
Male 3 6 12 14 12
Female 10 10 20 21 15
  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.

Safety, health and disaster prevention/Health and productivity management

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of occupational injuries reported at manufacturing facilities 18 15 18 14 8
Yearly incident rate ((number of incidents/number of employees) x 1,000) at manufacturing facilities 0.66 0.50 0.62 0.58 0.30
Brother Safety and Prevention Convention Held every year since 2008
The Brother Group Health & Productivity Management Philosophy Established in 2016

Local communities

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Employees' participation in the Golden Ring Project Suspended At 13 facilities At 24 facilities At 30 facilities At 29 facilities
Amount of global donations 94,467,274 yen 225,495,501 yen 188,320,870 yen 229,866,510 yen 176,114,373 yen
The Kizuna Fund Number of employees who participated 97 129 105 112 52
Amount of donations 1,524,950 yen 2,570,965 yen 4,211,876 yen 3,696,388 yen 3,424,522 yen
Amount of donations to registered not-for-profit organizations (Brother Industries, Ltd.) 3,472,020 yen 65,014,680 yen 44,307,800 yen 42,831,730 yen 23,448,760 yen
Tokai Young Entrepreneur Seminar Supported by Brother Industries, Ltd. since 2008
Number of pro bono participants (Brother Industries, Ltd.) Target 3 3 3 3 4
Achievement 3 3 4 4 4

Governance-Related Data (G)

Corporate governance

FY2020*1 FY2021*2 FY2022*3 FY2023*4 FY2024*5
Number of Directors Total 11 11 11 11 10
Outside Directors (included in total) 5 5 5 5 5
Percentage/Number of female Directors on the Board Percentage 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 10.0%
Number 1 1 1 1 1
Number of Statutory Auditors Total 5 5 5 5 5
Outside Auditors (included in total) 3 3 3 3 3
Number of Directors, Statutory Auditors and Executive Officers Total 31 30 30 32 33
Female Officers (included in total) 2 2 3 3 4
Non-Japanese Officers (included in total) 2 2 2 2 2
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 23, 2021
  2. As of June 20, 2022
  3. As of June 22, 2023
  4. As of June 25, 2024
  5. As of June 25, 2025

Shareholders*

FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Financial results briefing Held four times a year
Shareholder newsletter Issued twice a year (The full-year newsletter is integrated with the convocation notice of a general shareholders' meeting, and the second-quarter newsletter is published only in Japanese.)

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