Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.

Detailed Data Related to Sustainability (Society)

Recruiting and Employment

The Number of employees in Japan and overseas (as of March 31, 2025)

(Unit: persons)
Directors Executive Officers Employees Temporary employees* Total
Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. 9 14 1,659 205 1,887
Subsidiaries in Japan 32 ― 1,478 316 1,826
Overseas subsidiaries 36 ― 4,776 336 5,148
Total 77 14 7,913 857 8,861
  • Percentage of temporary employees among all employees: 9.8% (as of March 31, 2025; scope: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and domestic and overseas subsidiaries)
  • Percentage of female among all employees: 37.1% (as of March 31, 2025; scope: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and domestic and overseas subsidiaries)
  • * The number of Corporate Officers is shown as the number of Directors, including Part-time Directors. Also, the number of Executive Officers is the number of Executive Officers excluding Directors.
  • * The number of Directors of subsidiaries in Japan and overseas include Directors sent from Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. This figure represents the number of Standing Corporate Officers not serving concurrently in other positions.
  • * Temporary employees: part-time and casual workers

Breakdown of employees by gender, age, and region (as of March 31, 2025)

(Unit: persons)
Male Female Total Total
Region Age 29 or younger 30 to 49 Age 50 or older Age 29 or younger 30 to 49 Age 50 or older Age 29 or younger 30 to 49 Age 50 or older
Japan 256 1,075 1,240 111 250 205 367 1,325 1,445 3,137
East Asia 97 668 119 63 447 55 160 1,115 174 1,449
Southeast Asia 135 515 152 320 840 268 455 1,355 420 2,230
North America 60 206 222 24 96 113 84 302 335 721
Europe 34 160 129 4 26 23 38 186 152 376
Total 582 2,624 1,862 522 1,659 664 1,104 4,283 2,526 7,913
  • * The number for Japan is the total for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and its domestic subsidiaries.

Breakdown of the number of temporary employees by gender and by region (as of March 31, 2025)

(Unit: persons)
Male Female Total
Number of temporary employees 450 407 857
Japan East Asia Southeast Asia North America Europe Total
Number of temporary employees 521 189 90 25 32 857
  • * The number for Japan is the total for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and its domestic subsidiaries.

Breakdown of employees hired in FY2024 by gender, age, and region

(Unit: persons)
Male Female Total
Number of persons 429 344 773
Ratio of employees as of March 31, 2025 8% 12% 10%
Age 29 or younger 30 to 49 Age 50 or older Total
Number of persons 364 359 50 773
Ratio of employees as of March 31, 2025 33% 8% 2% 10%
Japan East Asia Southeast Asia North America Europe Total
Number of persons 124 322 137 151 39 773
Ratio of employees as of March 31, 2025 4% 22% 6% 21% 10% 10%
  • * The number for Japan is the total for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and its domestic subsidiaries.

Breakdown of employee turnover number in FY2024 by gender, age, and region

(Unit: persons)
Male Female Total
Number of persons 500 384 884
Ratio of employees as of March 31, 2024 10% 13% 11%
Age 29 or younger 30 to 49 Age 50 or older Total
Number of persons 239 368 277 884
Ratio of employees as of March 31, 2024 22% 9% 11% 11%
Japan East Asia Southeast Asia North America Europe Total
Number of persons 156 284 183 229 32 884
Ratio of employees as of March 31, 2024 5% 20% 8% 32% 9% 11%
  • * The number for Japan is the total for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and its domestic subsidiaries.

Company employee recruitment

(Unit: persons)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
(Planned)
Number of Company employees hired (overall) 45 57 66 62 81 85
Recruitment upon new graduates
Number of Company employees hired (new graduates) 38 43 55 45 48 50
Male 34 33 45 34 31 ―
Female 4 10 10 11 17 ―
Ratio of newly graduated recruits*1 84.4% 75.4% 83.3% 72.6% 59.3% ―
Career recruitment
Number of Company employees hired (mid-career hires) 7 14 11 17 33 35
Male 7 12 10 16 29 ―
Female 0 2 1 1 4 ―
Ratio of mid-career hires*2 15.6% 24.6% 16.7% 27.4% 40.7% ―
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).
  • *1, 2 The ratios of newly graduated recruits and mid-career hires are given as percentages of the total recruit count for the relevant fiscal year (the sum of newly graduated recruits and mid-career hires).
  • *2 The ratio of mid-career hires pertains to disclosure of mid-career recruitment under the Act on Comprehensive Promotion of Labor Measures.
  • * Exclude persons forwarded from other companies or employees reassigned from subsidiaries or affiliates in Japan.
  • * Includes temporary employees who are not post-retirement hires.
  • * Since employee recruitment is gender-neutral, the gender composition of the planned recruitment of new employees for FY2025 is unknown.

Breakdown of the number of newly recruited employees in FY2024 (by gender and age)

(Unit: persons)
Age 29 or younger 30 to 49 Age 50 or older
Number of newly recruited employees in FY2024 53 26 2
Male 36 22 2
Female 17 4 0
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).
  • * Counted based on the person’s age when they were hired.

Retention of newly graduated recruits (within three years of being hired)

(Unit: persons)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of male hired 26 25 24
Number of female hired 4 6 6
Number of male retained 24 25 23
Number of female retained 2 6 5
Retention rate 3 years after joining the Company (male) 92.3% 100.0% 95.8%
Retention rate 3 years after joining the Company (female) 50.0% 100.0% 83.3%
Retention rate 3 years after joining the Company (total) 86.7% 100.0% 93.3%
  • * The number in the table represents the rate among newly graduated recruits with at least a bachelor’s degree.
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).
  • * For FY2022, this indicates the percentage of employees hired on April 1, 2022, who were still employed with the Company on April 1, 2025.

Employee turnover and turnover rate in FY2024 (by gender and age)

(Unit: persons)
Male Female Total
Number of persons 66 9 75
Number of employees as of March 31, 2025 1,425 234 1,659
Ratio of employees as of March 31, 2025 4.6% 3.8% 4.5%
Age 29 or younger 30 to 49 Age 50 or older Total
Number of persons 10 16 49 75
Number of employees as of March 31, 2025 234 640 785 1,659
Ratio of employees as of March 31, 2025 4.3% 2.5% 6.2% 4.5%
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).
  • * Counted based on the person’s age when they left the Company.

Retirement benefit obligations

(Unit: billion yen)
Item FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Consolidated retirement benefit obligations 37.1 36.9 35.9
Pension funds 39.9 45.9 38.5
  • * Regarding retirement benefit systems, the Company employs a defined-benefit system in Japan. Overseas, some consolidated subsidiaries concurrently use defined-contribution and defined-benefit systems.

DE&I

Trends in the proportion of female management staff

(Unit: %)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Trends in the proportion of female management staff 3.12 3.45 3.86 3.74 4.25
  • * Applies to management staff excluding Executive Officers.
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).
  • * Includes those seconded to other companies with qualifications as managerial staff.
  • * The data shown is as of March 31 of each year.

Ratio of new fathers taking childcare leave

(Unit: %)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Percentage of new fathers taking childcare leave (excluding those seconded to other companies) ― ― ― ― 84.0
Percentage of new fathers taking childcare leave (including those seconded to other companies) 5.3 17.9 25.9 65.5 86.2
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).
  • * In accordance with a recommendation received from the Tokyo Labor Bureau, starting in FY2024, aggregation and disclosure of figures was changed to exclude employees seconded to other companies.

Trends in the percentage of mid-career hires in career-track positions

(Unit: persons)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of Company employees (career track) recruited 34 34 35 34 54
Number of mid-career hires in career-track positions 4 3 5 7 23
Ratio of mid-career hires in career-track positions 12% 9% 14% 21% 43%
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).
  • * Ratios of mid-career hires are indicated as percentages of the total recruit count in the career track for the relevant fiscal year.
  • * Exclude persons forwarded from other companies or employees reassigned from subsidiaries or affiliates in Japan.

Trends in percentage of continued employment of retirees

(Unit: persons)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of retirement-age employees 38 34 34 69 68
Number of post-retirement rehires 34 28 23 53 54
Rehiring ratio 89% 82% 68% 77% 79%
  • * For the rehiring ratio, the first decimal place was rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).

Trends in ratio of employees with disabilities

(Unit: %)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Employment ratio of persons with disabilities 2.64 2.63 2.72 2.87 2.95
Statutory employment rate 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5
  • * The employment rate of persons with disabilities for each fiscal year is calculated by dividing the total number of persons with disabilities as of the first day of each month by the total number of regular employees as of the same day.
  • * From April 2024, the statutory employment rate has increased to 2.5%.
  • * Figure for Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated basis).
  • * Includes employees seconded to other companies.

Trends in average continuous years of service (average years of employment) of male and female at the Company

(Unit: years)
FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Male 22.3 23.1 23.4 22.8
Female 21.5 21.3 22.1 20.9
  • * Average continuous years of service of full-time employees (including contract employees) of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. as of the end of the fiscal year.

Work-life Balance

Overtime hours worked and days of paid leave taken by regular employees

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Average overtime hours (per annum) 103 122 117 103 106
Average days of paid leave used 12.6 12.9 15.1 15.0 14.9
  • * “Regular employees” means our Company (non-consolidated basis) personnel working during daytime, excluding managerial personnel.
  • * Average continued years of service of full-time employees (including contract employees) of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. as of the end of the fiscal year.

Occupational Health and Safety

Trends in occupational accident data (Group of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd., excluding on-site contractors)

Coverage 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Number of employees involved in accidents not resulting in lost workdays Group*3
(not including figures for on-site contractors) 		14 18 28 29 25
Number of employees involved in occupational accidents resulting in lost workdays 25 20 22 26 28
Number of days of absence from work 802 550 825 828 976
Total number of lost workdays 659.18 452.05 678.08 680.55 802.19
Total working hours 13,043,399 19,524,931 19,593,444 19,255,379 19,057,427
Frequency rate*1 1.92 1.02 1.12 1.35 1.47
Severity rate*2 0.051 0.023 0.035 0.035 0.042
  • *1 Frequency rate of occupational accidents = (The number of deaths and injuries resulting in lost workdays/total working hours) x 1,000,000
  • * Severity Rate of Occupational Accidents = (Total lost workdays/total working hours) x 1,000
  • * Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and the companies in which Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. directly or indirectly holds more than 50% of the voting rights. However, figures for on-site contractors are excluded.
  • * The period covered is from January to December of each year.

Trends in occupational accident data (on-site contractors only)

Coverage 2022 2023 2024
Number of employees involved in occupational accidents resulting in lost workdays on-site contractors at Group business sites 0 2 0
Total working hours 1,361,353 1,279,468 1,249,195
  • * The period covered is from January to December of each year.

Safety Training

Coverage 2022 2023 2024
Number of employees undergoing Safety Training*1 Domestic Group companies*2 2,785 2,870 2,843
  • *1 Conducted at plants and research laboratories using specified materials (quiz and discussion format) for each workplace.
  • *2 Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and the companies of which Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. directly or indirectly holds more than 50% of the voting rights that are located in Japan.

Human Rights

Coverage Result
FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Training on human rights
Number of participants in business and human rights training		 Domestic Group companies *1 ― 3,543 3,746
Training on human rights
Number of participants in harassment prevention training		 Domestic Group companies *1 3,559 3,500 3,701
  • *1 Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and companies located in Japan of which Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. directly or indirectly holds more than 50% of the voting rights. Officers and employees of the domestic Group companies and employees temporarily assigned from Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. to Group companies overseas are also included.

Sustainable Procurement

Coverage Result Target
FY2023 FY2024 FY2030
Sustainable procurement rate (%) *1 Group *2 82% 92% 100%
  • *1 The percentage of suppliers whose responses to the sustainable procurement questionnaire that meet the specified criteria among the major suppliers accounting for the top 90% of raw material purchases by segment.
  • *2 The sustainable procurement questionnaire is conducted using the “Responsible Business Conduct Guidelines/Self-Assessment Questionnaire Detailed Version” developed by Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). The self-evaluation therein was conducted in 9 areas with each item rated on a 100-point scale: “1. Compliance with Laws and Regulations and Respect to International Norms, 2. Human Rights and Labor, 3. Health and Safety, 4. Environment, 5. Fair Trade and Ethics, 6. Quality and Safety, 7. Information Security, 8. Business Continuity Plan, and 9. Establishment of Management System.” Based on the result of this survey, we requested 7 target suppliers whose responses include items that fall below the prescribed criteria to make improvements.
  • *3 Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and the companies of which Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. directly or indirectly hold more than 50% of the voting rights.
Coverage Mineral Result Target
FY2023 *3 FY2024 FY2030
Responsible Mineral Sourcing Survey Results
3TG(tin, tantalum,
tungsten, and gold)		 Group *1 3TG Total Number of raw materials/parts 34 44 ―
CMRT response rate 100%
(16/16 companies)		 100%
(26/26 companies)		 100%
RMAP conformant smelters usage rate *2 100%
(27/27 locations)		 100%
(53/53 locations)		 100%
Tin Number of raw materials/parts 31 33 ―
CMRT response rate 100%
(13/13 companies)		 100%
(17/17 companies)		 ―
RMAP conformant smelters usage rate *2 100%
(24/24 locations)		 100%
(26/26 locations)		 ―
Tantalum Number of raw materials/parts 0 0 ―
CMRT response rate ― ― ―
RMAP conformant smelters usage rate *2 ― ― ―
Tungsten Number of raw materials/parts 2 5 ―
CMRT response rate 100%
(2/2 companies)		 100%
(4/4 companies)		 ―
RMAP conformant smelters usage rate *2 100%
(2/2 locations)		 100%
(6/6 locations)		 ―
Gold Number of raw materials/parts 1 6 ―
CMRT response rate 100%
(1/1 company)		 100%
(5/5 companies)		 ―
RMAP conformant smelters usage rate *2 100%
(1/1 location)		 100%
(21/21 locations)		 ―
Responsible Mineral Sourcing Survey Results
Cobalt, mica		 Group *1 Cobalt Number of raw materials/parts 4 7 ―
EMRT response rate 100%
(4/4 companies)		 83%
(5/6 companies)		 ―
Mica Number of raw materials/parts 4 5 ―
EMRT response rate 100%
(4/4 companies)		 100%
(5/5 companies)		 ―
  • *1 Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. and the companies of which Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. directly or indirectly holds more than 50% of the voting rights (Vaupell Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries, Hokkai Taiyo Plastic Co., Ltd., and S.B. Techno Plastics Co., Ltd. were excluded in the FY2023 survey)
  • *2 RMAP: Responsible Minerals Assurance Process. RMAP conformant smelter usage rate = The number of RMAP conformant smelters / Total number of smelters processed by raw materials/parts * 100.
  • *3 Data for FY2023 is based on the results of questionnaire surveys and related information collected up to the end of the fiscal year.
  • Note: Multiple smelters/refiners may be used for the same supplier and raw materials.