Social Performance Data
ESG Data Collection
Social Performance Data (FY2025)
Number of employees (FY2025)
| Item | Unit | Number of employees | Number of Temporary employees | Temporary staffing | Total Number of employees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic total | Persons | 5,311 | 1,028 | 1,363 | 7,702 | |
| Overseas total | Persons | 20,667 | 1,769 | 2,452 | 24,888 | |
| Americas | Persons | 6,538 | 608 | 0 | 7,146 | |
| Asia | Persons | 9,898 | 890 | 2,232 | 13,020 | |
| Europe | Persons | 3,185 | 15 | 220 | 3,420 | |
| Other | Persons | 1,046 | 256 | 0 | 1,302 | |
| Sumitomo Riko Group total | Persons | 25,978 | 2,797 | 3,815 | 32,590 | |
Employee Composition by Age Group
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| Under 30 years old | Persons | 514 | 148 | 463 | 149 | 515 | 173 |
| 30 to 39 years old | Persons | 818 | 159 | 814 | 160 | 807 | 170 |
| 40 to 49 years old | Persons | 858 | 221 | 853 | 204 | 835 | 209 |
| 50 to 59 years old | Persons | 850 | 92 | 924 | 141 | 905 | 157 |
| 60 years old or older | Persons | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Persons | 3,040 | 620 | 3,059 | 654 | 3,062 | 709 |
*Data covers regular employees of Sumitomo Riko (including those seconded to other companies).
New Hires and Leavers
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| Number of New Hires | Persons | 125 | 30 | 179 | 42 | 151 | 63 |
| Percentage of New Hires | % | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 8.9 |
| Number of employees leaving for personal reasons | Persons | 88 | 26 | 64 | 22 | 44 | 12 |
| Ratio of employees leaving for personal reasons | % | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
*The figures are for Sumitomo Riko alone.
Mid-Career Recruitment Rate
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Career Recruitment Rate | % | 30 | 31 | 20 |
*The figures are for Sumitomo Riko alone.
Ratio of Female Managers
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Riko | Persons | 7 | 13 | 13 |
| % | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | |
| Global (including consolidated companies) |
Persons | 249 | 250 | 266 |
| % | 14.7 | 14.7 | 15.1 |
*Number of key personnel for Sumitomo Riko. As for Global, General Managers and above in FY2021 and FY2022, and Section Managers and above in FY2023 and thereafter.
Employment Rate of People with Disabilities
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of employees with disabilities (as of the end of March) |
% | 2.70 | 2.77 | 2.70 |
*The percentage of employees with disabilities is calculated for the Group (Sumitomo Riko, SumiRiko Joyful, and SumiRiko Creates).
Annual paid leave
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average annual number of days of paid leave | Days | 16.4 | 15.8 | 15.9 |
*Figures are for Sumitomo Riko only
Total Labor Hours
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Labor Hours (average per capita) |
Hours | 1,980 | 1,982 | 1,982 |
*Figures are for Sumitomo Riko only
Average Length of Service
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Length of Service | Years | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.6 |
*Figures are for Sumitomo Riko only
Differences in wages between male and female workers
| Item | Unit | FY 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular workers | Non-regular workers | All workers | ||
| Sumitomo Riko | % | 66.9 | 69.4 | 66.3 |
Status of System Utilization
Support for Childcare
| Program | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-Site Daycare Center | Persons | 34 | 26 | 29 |
| Percentage of employees taking childcare leave, etc. | % | Male:50 | Male:68 | Male:80 |
| % | Female:100 | Female:100 | Female:100 | |
| Percentage of employees taking childcare leave, etc. and leave for childcare purposes | % | Male:85 | Male:88 | Male:100 |
| % | Female:100 | Female:100 | Female:100 | |
| Shortened Working Hours / Shorter-Hours Flextime | Persons | 66 | 75 | 75 |
| Child nursing leave | Persons | 32 | 26 | 39 |
| Childcare incentive leave | Persons | 39 | 42 | 43 |
*For "Percentage of employees taking childcare leave, etc." and "Percentage of employees taking childcare leave, etc. and leave for childcare purposes," the subjects are direct employees of Sumitomo Riko (including those seconded to other companies).
The figures other than the above exclude employees on secondment to other companies.
The figures other than the above exclude employees on secondment to other companies.
Support for nursing care (available for employees with a family member certified nursing care need)
| Program | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Care Leave | Persons | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Shortened Working Hours and Shorter-Hours Flextime | Persons | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Short-term nursing care leave | Persons | 7 | 11 | 10 |
| Nursing Care Flextime | Persons | 3 | 2 | 3 |
*Data covers employees who are directly employed by Sumitomo Riko (excluding those seconded to other companies).
Treatment-related
| Category | Program | Unit | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Treatment | Reduced working hours / Shortened-hour flextime | Persons | 0 |
| Treatment leave: 5 days/year | Persons | 0 | |
| Fertility Treatment | Treatment leave: 5 days/year | Persons | 1 |
* Eligibility is limited to employees directly hired by Sumitomo Riko as regular or senior employees (excluding those seconded to other companies).
* The support system for balancing work and medical treatment was introduced in October 2025; the figures above represent the results for the six-month period from October 2025 to March 2026.
* In addition to reduced working hours and reduced-hour flextime, our company offers a flextime system with no core hours. Any employee may utilize these options provided there is no disruption to business operations.
* The support system for balancing work and medical treatment was introduced in October 2025; the figures above represent the results for the six-month period from October 2025 to March 2026.
* In addition to reduced working hours and reduced-hour flextime, our company offers a flextime system with no core hours. Any employee may utilize these options provided there is no disruption to business operations.
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Number of Sumitomo Riko Labor Union members
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Union Members/Total Number of Employees | Persons | 2,924/3,661 | 2,965/3,713 | 3,009/3,771 |
*Data covers regular employees of Sumitomo Riko (including those seconded to other companies, as of the end of each fiscal year).
*Labor unions belong to the All Japan Federation of Rubber Workers Unions, etc.
*Labor unions belong to the All Japan Federation of Rubber Workers Unions, etc.
Number of Participants in Human Resource Development Programs (FY2025)
| Item | Unit | Basic and Regular Training*1 | Training by Job Level | Training by Needs*2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants | Persons | 43 | 3,142 | 3,138 | 6,323 |
*Data covers Sumitomo Riko and domestic group companies.
*1 A training program for mid-career hires designed to instill the fundamental mindset and basic knowledge required of Sumitomo Riko Group employees.
*2 A training program that supports the acquisition of knowledge and skills useful for performing specific duties and roles; the curriculum—which includes company-wide cross-functional training (theme-based sessions), OJT trainer training, and introductory courses on rubber technology—is tailored to participants' interests, challenges, and assigned roles.
*1 A training program for mid-career hires designed to instill the fundamental mindset and basic knowledge required of Sumitomo Riko Group employees.
*2 A training program that supports the acquisition of knowledge and skills useful for performing specific duties and roles; the curriculum—which includes company-wide cross-functional training (theme-based sessions), OJT trainer training, and introductory courses on rubber technology—is tailored to participants' interests, challenges, and assigned roles.
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Training Hours
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of training per employee | Hours | 8.2 | 9.0 | 12.2 |
*This figure is for Sumitomo Riko. (Calculated as total training hours per year divided by the number of non-consolidated employees of Sumitomo Riko as of the end of the relevant fiscal year)
Social Contribution Expenditure
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Expenditures | Million yen | 65 | 222 | 321 |
| Of which, total amount Donations | Million yen | 49 | 83 | 166 |
* FY2023: Sumitomo Riko (non-consolidated)
* FY2024 and onwards: Sumitomo Riko Group (consolidated)
* FY2024 and onwards: Sumitomo Riko Group (consolidated)
Occupational Accident Occurrence
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of serious accidents | Domestic Group | Persons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Overseas Group | Persons | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | Persons | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Number of lost time accident | Domestic Group | Persons | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Overseas Group | Persons | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Total | Persons | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
*Serious Accidents: Fatal Accidents are covered.
Number of Workers injured in Industrial Accidents
Frequency Rate of Lost Worktime due to Industrial accidents
*Lost worktime injury frequency rate...Number of lost worktime injuries per million total working hours
*Data for the manufacturing industry (Japan) is from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Occupational Accident Statistics.
*Data for the manufacturing industry (Japan) is from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Occupational Accident Statistics.
Health Policy Indicators
| Item | Unit | FY 2023 Results |
FY 2024 Results |
FY 2025 Results |
FY 2029 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presenteeism (performance output rate)*1 *4 | % | - | 77.4 | 78.2 | 80 |
| Absenteeism -Rate of days lost from work due to illness (overall)*2 *4 | % | 0.59 | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.45 |
| Absenteeism -Rate of days lost from work due to illness (for mental health reasons)*2 | % | 0.46 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.27 |
| Percentage of those who took leave due to mental illness (for one month or longer) | % | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Less than 1% |
| Work engagement*3 *4 | Points | 2.32 | 2.38 | 2.42 | 2.5 |
| Percentage of high-stress workplaces (overall health risk 120 or more) | % | 8.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | Less than 2% |
| Percentage of high-stress workplaces (overall health risk 150 or more) | % | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Percentage of employees maintaining an appropriate weight (BMI 18.5–24.9) | % | 66.5 | 65.6 | 65.3 | 70.0 |
| Percentage of those who are at risk of hypertension (systolic blood pressure of 160mmHg or higher) | % | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | - |
| Percentage of individuals at risk due to blood pressure (systolic ≥160 mmHg or diastolic ≥100 mmHg) | % | - | - | - | 2.5 |
| Percentage of individuals at risk regarding blood glucose (fasting blood glucose ≥200 or HbA1c ≥8.0) | % | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Percentage of individuals at risk for liver dysfunction (AST or ALT of 100 or higher) | % | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Percentage of those who smoke | % | 27.8 | 27.4 | 26.2 | Less than 20% |
| Routine exercise (percentage of those who exercise twice a week and for at least 30 minutes or more each time) | % | 24.7 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 30% or more |
| Breakfast habits (percentage of people who skip breakfast fewer than three times a week) | % | 75.9 | 75.3 | 76.2 | 80 |
| Sleep (percentage of those who get enough sleep) | % | 65.2 | 63.2 | 64.1 | 70 |
| Percentage of people who do not habitually drink alcohol or who consume less than one *go* (approx. 180 ml) of alcohol per day | % | 67.2 | 58.1 | 59.2 | 70 |
| Meet 3 or more of the 5 items above*4 *5 | % | 70.2 | 67.3 | 69.2 | 75 |
| Meet 4 or more of the 5 items above | % | 36.8 | 32.6 | 34.3 | 40 |
| Meet all 5 of the items above | % | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 8.0 |
| Registration rate for the health promotion app | % | 35.3 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 45 |
| Number of participants in training on health improvement | Persons | 5,098 | 5,291 | 10,309 | - |
| Rate of participation rate in health promotion training | % | - | - | - | 90 |
| Rate of participation in walking events | % | 14.1 | 18.2 | 16.1 | 20 |
| Response rate of stress checks | % | 96.4 | 97.3 | 97.3 | 95 |
| Rate of participation in periodic health checkups | % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Rate of participation in colorectal cancer screening | % | 85 | 83.8 | 86.1 | 85 |
| Rate of follow-up visits by individuals requiring re-examination | % | 87.4 | 87.7 | 84.8 | 85 |
| Rate of health guidance provision | % | 80.6 | 93.9 | 97.1 | 80 |
*1 Presenteeism: Measured using the SPQ (University of Tokyo single-item version)
*2 Absenteeism...Rate of days away from work due to illness [%]=Number of days away from work due to illness [days]/(Average number of employees [persons] x Prescribed working days [days])
*3 Work engagement...Calculated as the average of two items related to pride and vitality at work on a 4-point scale.
*4 Presenteeism and work engagement: 3,983 individuals measured; 97.3% response rate (FY2025)
Absenteeism: 3,955 individuals measured; 100% response rate (FY2025)
*5 Number of criteria met out of the following: non-smoking, regular exercise habits, eating breakfast, getting restorative sleep, and appropriate alcohol consumption habits.
*2 Absenteeism...Rate of days away from work due to illness [%]=Number of days away from work due to illness [days]/(Average number of employees [persons] x Prescribed working days [days])
*3 Work engagement...Calculated as the average of two items related to pride and vitality at work on a 4-point scale.
*4 Presenteeism and work engagement: 3,983 individuals measured; 97.3% response rate (FY2025)
Absenteeism: 3,955 individuals measured; 100% response rate (FY2025)
*5 Number of criteria met out of the following: non-smoking, regular exercise habits, eating breakfast, getting restorative sleep, and appropriate alcohol consumption habits.
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Investment Amount in Employee Health
| Items Invested in/Details | Unit | Cost Estimate* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Investment Implementation System | Health Care System Maintenance | Thousand yen | 1,200 |
| Health Checkups | Thousand yen | 50,000 | |
| Stress Checks | Thousand yen | 2,400 | |
| Support for Employees Traveling Overseas | Thousand yen | 10,000 | |
| Measures to Prevent Infectious Diseases | Thousand yen | 5,500 | |
| Health Support Center Renovation | Thousand yen | 15,000 | |
| Individual Support | Support and Individual Support, from External Experts/Specialist Institutions | Thousand yen | 4,000 |
| Costs in Health Education | Conducting Seminars, etc. | Thousand yen | 1,000 |
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