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■Sustainability Report

If there are any changes to the data scope or calculation methods, past data is restated retrospectively.

Data Scope:
  • Indicators cover domestic group companies. For indicators subject to consolidation (including overseas and subsidiaries), “Consolidated” is indicated.
  • Skylark Domestic Group Companies (SKYLARK HOLDINGS CO., LTD., SKYLARK RESTAURANTS CO., LTD., NILAX INC., TOMATO AND ASSOCIATES CO., LTD., FLO JAPON CO., LTD., SKYLARK D&M CO., LTD., JAPAN CARGO CO., LTD., SUKESAN CO., LTD.)
  • Overseas Group Companies (TAIWAN SKYLARK CO., LTD., SKYLARK MALAYSIA SDN.BHD., SKYLARK USA INCORPORATED)

Environment

Policy

Environmental Policy https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/environment/environmental_policy/
Decarbonization policy https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/environment/de-carbonization/
Food Loss Reduction Policy https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/environment/food_loss/
Plastic Countermeasures https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/environment/waste_reduction/
Biodiversity Policy https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/environment/biodiversity/

Decarbonization

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
GHG Emissions: Scope 1
【Consolidated】		 Scope 1 t-CO₂ 106,709 113,277 111,273 ★115,783
Scope 1 intensity t-CO₂/
million yen		 0.39 0.36 0.30 0.28
GHG Emissions: Scope 2
【Consolidated】		 Scope 2 (location-based) t-CO₂ 224,338 234,411 230,703 234,161
Scope 2 (market criteria) t-CO₂ 207,464 208,525 217,864 ★217,233
Scope 2 intensity （market basis) t-CO₂/
million yen		 0.76 0.66 0.59 0.53
GHG Emissions: Scope 3
【Consolidated】		 Scope 3 t-CO₂ 760,378 827,888 879,645 980,936
Scope 3 intensity t-CO₂/
million yen		 2.78 2.63 2.39 2.37
1. Purchased products and services total t-CO₂ 567,955 621,930 674,288 ★766,049
 FLAG emissions ※1 t-CO₂ 350,645 390,412 409,212 ★449,512
 non-FLAG emissions t-CO₂ 217,310 231,518 265,075 ★316,537
2. Capital goods t-CO₂ 44,905 53,641 50,689 ★60,581
3. Fuel and energy activities not included in Scope 1 and 2 t-CO₂ 65,453 70,561 72,339 ★67,713
４．Transportation, delivery (upstream) t-CO₂ 44,126 45,130 48,167 50,013
５．Waste from business operations t-CO₂ 6,497 6,880 5,480 6,058
６．Business trip t-CO₂ 801 670 769 800
７．Employer's commute t-CO₂ 24,602 23,511 23,413 24,999
８．Leased assets (upstream) t-CO₂ Not applicable
９．Transportation, delivery (downstream) t-CO₂ Not applicable
１０．Processing of sold products t-CO₂ Not applicable
１１．Use of products sold t-CO₂ Not applicable
１２．Disposal of sold products t-CO₂ 2,700 2,281 1,244 1,038
１３．Leased assets (downstream) t-CO₂ Not applicable
１４．Franchise t-CO₂ 3,339 3,284 3,256 3,686
１５．Investment t-CO₂ Not applicable
GHG Emissions: Total
【Consolidated】		 Total of Scope 1 and 2（market basis) t-CO₂ 314,173 321,802 329,137 ★333,016
Intensity of Scope 1 and 2（market basis) t-CO₂/
million yen		 1.15 1.02 0.89 0.81
Total of Scope 1, 2 and 3（market basis) t-CO₂ 1,074,551 1,149,690 1,208,783 1,313,953
Intensity of Scope 1, 2 and 3（market basis) t-CO₂/
million yen		 3.93 3.65 3.28 3.18
Energy Consumption
【Consolidated】		 Amount used MWh 970,206 871,336 1,070,741 ★1,078,267
  Non-renewable energy use MWh 970,206 868,487 1,067,978 1,072,439
  Renewable energy usage MWh 0 2,849 2,763 ★5,827
  Renewable energy ratio ％ - 0.33 0.26 0.54
Amount used crude oil
equivalent kl		 167,807 179,415 ★183,791 ★171,478
Intensity kl/
million yen		 0.61 0.57 0.50 0.41
Electricity Consumption
【Consolidated】		 Amount used MWh 472,747 508,301 530,555 ★548,321
Intensity MWh/
million yen		 1.73 1.62 1.44 1.33

※GHG emissions are calculated in accordance with the various standards of the GHG Protocol.
★is a third-party verification item (verified for the relevant fiscal year by the Japan Management Association (JMA), an external third-party).
※1 GHG emissions from the Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) sector.

Preservation of Water Resources

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Water Intake【Consolidated】 Total water intake ｔ 6,030,977 6,437,675 6,528,647 ★7,052,727
　Water intake ｔ 5,702,109 6,094,819 6,224,380 ★6,704,265
　Groundwater intake ｔ 328,869 342,857 304,267 ★348,462
Intensity ｔ/
million yen		 22.04 20.46 17.73 17.07
Water Discharge【Consolidated】 Total volume of water discharged ｔ 5,900,887 6,322,586 6,403,600 ★6,961,803
　Sewer discharge ｔ 5,368,011 5,768,507 5,814,579 ★6,335,726
　River discharge ｔ 532,876 554,079 589,022 ★626,077

★ is a third-party verification item (verified for the relevant fiscal year by the Japan Management Association (JMA), an external third-party).

Reduction of Food Loss/Waste

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Food Waste
【Domestic Group】		 Food waste generated t 27,736 29,833 28,885 32,905
Food waste recycled t 8,240 9,299 8,521 9,017
Heat recovery t 1,004 1,176 800 1,033
Food waste t 18,493 19,357 19,453 22,855
Per-unit food waste kg/
million yen		 69.90 57.39
 49.93 51.36
Percentage of food waste recycled ％ 39.4 43.9 50.3 50.2
Non-food Waste
【Domestic Group】		 Amount of non-food waste generated t 15,171 15,044 18,827 19,942
Amount of non-food waste recycled t 7,719 8,630 10,363 11,068
Amount of non-food waste t 7,451 6,413 8,464 8,874
　Amount of hazardous waste generated ※1 t 0.0 5.5 1.7 0.4
Total Amount of Waste
【Domestic Group】		 Amount of waste generated t 42,907 44,876 47,712 52,847
Total amount of waste recycled t 15,959 17,929 18,884 20,085
Heat recovery t 1,004 1,176 800 1,033
Total amount of waste disposed t 25,944 25,771 27,916 31,729

※1 Measure PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) generation 

Plastic Countermeasures

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Whole Disposable Plastic Petroleum-derived plastics weight ｔ 3,288 2,921 2,492 2,618
Packaging Material Usage Total packaging materials ※1 ｔ 4,497 4,128 3,087 3,093
  Paper fiber packaging materials ｔ 1,073 1,060 877 649
  Plastic packaging materials ｔ 1,971 1,738 1,186 1,046
   Recyclable plastic packaging ※2 % － 90.99 94.94 73.30
   Compostable plastic packaging ※3 % － 0.00 0.00 0.00
   Recycled content in plastic packaging ※4 % － 0.11 0.07 0.08
  Metal and glass packaging materials ｔ 0 0 0 0
　Environmentally friendly packaging materials※2 ｔ 1,453 1,330 1,024 1,398
  Weight intensity of plastic packaging materials used kg/
million yen		 7.20 5.53 3.22 2.53
Weight of recycled packaging materials ｔ 1,255 1,118 850 845

Biodiversity

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Percentage of Certified Products Used JGAP or similar certification for domestically grown vegetables ％ 5.0 5.0 16.0 20.0
RSPO certification for palm oil ％ 0 0 0 0
FSC/PEFC certified products in paper products ％ 0 28.0 36.0 44.0
Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations Environment-related fines and penalties yen 0 0 0 0

※1 Packaging material values are in accordance with the Container Recycling Law reporting.
※2 Packaging material that can be reprocessed by a manufacturing process into new products, parts, or recycled raw materials after use.
※3 100% compostable packaging that meets international standards.
※4 Packaging made from post-consumer recycled plastic.
※5 Environmentally friendly packaging materials are those that use talc, biomass, etc. as part of the material. 

Social

Policy

Quality Charter https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/basic_policy/quality_charter/
Human Rights Policy https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/governance/human_rights/
Procurement Policy https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/environment/supply/
Diversity Policy https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/social/employee/diversity.html
Voluntary Declaration of Customer Orientation https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/basic_policy/customer_oriented/
Health Management Declaration https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/basic_policy/health/

Employees

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total Number of Employees【Consolidated】 Female persons 61,403 61,038 65,661 72,960
　Female ratio ％ 61.1 62.5 61.5 63.0
Male persons 39,016 36,700 41,161 42,841
Total persons 100,419 97,738 106,822 115,801
【Domestic Group】 Female persons 60,088 59,581 64,091 70,970
　Female ratio ％ 61.3 62.6 61.6 63.2
Male persons 37,982 35,531 39,897 41,397
Total persons 98,070 95,112 103,988 112,367
Percentage of All Employees by Age【Consolidated】 Under 30 ％ 56.4 56.5 56.4 59.8
30-50 years old ％ 23.9 23.8 23.8 20.1
Over 50
 ％ 17.0 17.1 17.1 16.5
65 years old and over ％ 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.5
Average age years old 32.5 32.6 32.3 32.0
Percentage of All Employees by Race and Nationality【Consolidated】 Japan ％ 94.9 94.9 94.5 93.9
Taiwan ％ 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3
Vietnam ％ 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8
Nepal ％ 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6
China ％ 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6
Myanmar ％ 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
Sri Lanka ％ 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
Malaysia ％ 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other ％ 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.0
Employment of Non-Japanese【Domestic Group】 Number of non-Japanese employees in Japan persons 2,167 2,216 3,092 4,440
Percentage of non-Japanese employment in Japan ％ 2.2 2.3 2.9 3.6
Number of Full-time Employees【Consolidated】 Female persons 865 882 951 1,255
　Female ratio ％ 14.0 14.6 15.8 20.4
　The percentage of women in sales positions ％ 13.6 12.8 13.2 13.1
　The percentage of women in STEM fields ※1 ％ 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3
Male persons 5,310 5,160 5,054 4,895
Total persons 6,175 6,042 6,005 6,150
【Domestic Group】 Female persons 666 679 725 990
　Female ratio ％ 11.5 12.1 13.0 17.5
Male persons 5,132 4,949 4,835 4,657
Total persons 5,798 5,628 5,560 5,647
Number of Part-time Employees【Consolidated】 Female persons 60,538 60,156 64,710 71,705
　Female ratio ％ 64.2 65.6 64.2 65.4
Male persons 33,706 31,540 36,107 37,946
Total persons 94,244 91,696 100,817 109,651
Non-full-time employee ratio ％ 93.9 93.8 94.4 95.0
【Domestic Group】 Female persons 59,422 58,902 63,366 69,981
　Female ratio ％ 64.4 65.8 64.4 65.6
Male persons 32,850 30,582 35,062 36,739
Total persons 92,272 89,484 98,428 106,720
Non-full-time employee ratio ％ 94.1 94.1 94.7 95.3
Number of Directors and Corporate Auditors
【Consolidated】		 Female persons 2 3 2 2
　Female ratio ％ 20.0 30.0 25.0 25.0
Male persons 8 7 6 6
Total persons 10 10 8 8
Number of Senior Management Positions ※2
(Director Positions)
【Consolidated】		 Female persons 4 5 5 7
　Female ratio ％ 4.5 5.2 5.1 6.7
Male persons 84 92 93 98
Total persons 88 97 98 105
Number of Management Positions ※2
(Leadership Positions)
【Consolidated】		 Female persons 24 28 32 34
　Female ratio ％ 8.0 6.9 8.1 8.0
Male persons 273 383 366 383
Total persons 296 411 399 417
Number of Managers ※2
(Managerial Positions)
【Consolidated】		 Female persons 494 461 441 471
　Female ratio ％ 18.0 17.6 17.8 18.2
Male persons 2,748 2,617 2,470 2,594
Total persons 3,243 3,078 2,845 3,065
Number of Managers ※2
(Managers and Above)
【Consolidated)		 Female persons 522 494 478 512
　Female ratio ％ 14.4 13.8 14.3 14.3
　Female ratio of woman working in sales ％ 13.6 12.8 13.2 13.1
Male persons 3,105 3,092 2,929 3,075
Total persons 3,627 3,586 3,342 3,587
Employment of People with Disabilities【Domestic Group】 Number of employees persons 491 559 629 684
Employment rate ％ 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.1
Number of New Employees Female persons 52 93 115 93
　Female ratio ％ 41.3 38.4 53.0 38.8
Male persons 74 149 102 147
Total persons 126 242 217 240
　Number of mid-career hires persons 8 95 49 94
　Number of internal hires persons 62 121 71 94
Recruitment Costs Average cost yen/
persons		 680,280 387,108 342,488 440,833
Average Years of Service Female years 7.4 7.7 7.6 7.9
Male years 17.9 18.3 18.9 19.1
Total years 16.5 16.9 17.2 17.3
Average Wage ※2 Female yen 4,224,070 4,316,317 4,214,860 4,880,744
Male yen 5,550,838 5,656,873 5,775,620 6,418,693
Total yen 5,377,105 5,479,952 5,555,652 6,194,667
Gender Wage Gap　※3 Full-time employees ％ ー ー 78.4 79.3
　Median gap※4 ％ ー ー 78.5 79.8
　Bonus gap ※5 ％ ー ー 81.0 80.2
　Bonus median gap ％ ー ー 80.0 79.5
Part-time employees ％ ー ー 98.4 99.3
　Median gap ％ ー ー 97.7 97.3
Total ％ ー ー 73.8 71.1
Annual Training Total training time hours 117,486 201,952 297,214 354,922
　Training hours for managers and leaders hours 23,702 12,515 35,868 51,655
　Training hours for non-managerial staff hours 93,784 189,437 261,346 303,267
　Average training time hours/
persons		 26.4 46.1 62.9 72.5
Average number of training days days/
persons		 7.2 6.1 12.0 12.8
Percentage of training participants ％ 87.8 87.5 87.2 86.3
Total training and education costs yen 185,659,853 294,260,227 448,625,857 569,677,287
　Training costs for managers and leaders yen 55,093,572 32,916,085 80,278,810 119,741,958
　Training costs for non-managerial staff yen 130,566,281 261,344,142 368,347,047 449,935,329
　Average training/education costs yen/
persons		 41,787 67,637 98,801 122,972
Qualification Support ※6 Number of qualifications qualifi-
cations		 3 3 3 3
Target group persons 199 157 267 308
Employee Turnover Rate Female ％ 10.4 9.0 10.8 9.3
Male ％ 5.7 5.9 5.7 4.8
Turnover rate ％ 6.3 6.7 7.3 5.6
　Job turnover rate for personal reasons　※7 ％ 5.8 6.0 6.8 5.3
Employee Health Percentage of employees receiving health checkups ％ 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9
Rate of findings ％ 43.9 46.0 51.3 54.2
Further Examination Rate ％ 22.4 20.9 20.9 17.5
Health Guidance Continuation Rate ％ 24.4 24.1 21.2 16.5
Gynecological screening rate ％ 44.4 45.6 46.6 46.9
Number of employees eligible for stress check ※9 persons 2,185 2,260 2,251 16,340
Number of employees who took the stress check persons 2,142 2,209 2,191 6,818
Stress check participation rate ％ 98.0 97.7 97.3 41.7
Rate of employees with high stress ％ 14.0 16.2 16.3 20.8
Smoking rate ％ 29.8 25.0 20.9 19.4
Long-term leave usage rate ※10 ％ 98.0 97.2 97.0 97.5
Walking challenge participation rate ％ 4.9 9.2 11.7 13.3
Presenteeism performance indicator ※11 ％ ー ー 82.0 80.1
Absenteeism performance indicator ※12 days ー ー 3.8 3.7
Work engagement performance indicator ※13 points ー ー 3.2 3.4
Annual Working Hours Average prescribed working hours hours/
persons		 1,984 1,984 1,984 1,984
Average overtime hours worked hours/
persons		 247 348 357 384
Average monthly overtime hours hours/
persons		 20.0 29.0 29.7 32.0
Percentage of Taking Paid Leave Total ％ 63.0 62.0 64.0 63.0
Percentage of Taking Parental Leave Female ％ 96.2 97.6 98.9 98.6
Male ％ 5.3 8.3 22.4 18.8
Total ％ 53.0 56.4 62.1 61.6
Workers' Compensation Related Number of deaths persons ー 0 0 0
Number of industrial accidents times ー 1,007 964 1,089
Lost time injury frequency rate　※8 ％ 5.38 5.17 4.18 4.35
Employee Engagement Employee survey score point ー ー 5.6 5.3
Response rate ％ ー ー 81.9 81.5
Labor Union Membership
【Domestic Group】		 Number of participants persons 18,907 18,611 18,454 19,374
　Subscription ratio　※9 ％ 16.7 17.1 15.5 17.7
Number of Shareholding Association Members SKYLARK HOLDINGS CO., LTD. persons 210 199 198 225
　Subscription ratio　※10 ％ 35.7 34.1 34.6 37.8
Group companies persons 904 847 821 910
　Subscription ratio　※10 ％ 16.9 16.2 17.4 19.2
External Evaluation Obtained Kurumin certification　※11 ー 〇 〇 〇 〇
Obtained Tomonin Mark certification　※12 ー 〇 〇 〇 〇

※In employee-related data, items for which no scope is stated cover regular employees of both Skylark Holdings Co., Ltd. and Figures are as of the end of December.
※1 STEM fields：The total number of full-time employees in the IT, Menu Development, Production Division, and Quality Control Group.
※2 Director positions: senior management up to two levels below the CEO; leader positions: middle management; manager positions: junior management
※3 Average salary: Excluding directors
※4 Gender wage gap: Ratio of women's wages to men's wages
※5 Bonus gap: the difference between the average bonus salary paid to male employees and the average bonus salary paid to female employees in March, July, and December (for subjects with three payments).
※6 Median gap: Percentage difference between the median salary or bonus paid to male employees and the median salary or bonus paid to female employees.
※7 Support for qualification acquisition: If you pass a qualification examination designated by the company, the company will pay the full amount of the examination fee.
※8 Turnover rate for personal reasons: Subjects are disciplinary dismissals, expiration of leaves of absence, and retirements at retirement age.
※9 Starting in 2024, stress checks will also be conducted at business sites with 50 or fewer employees.
※10 Long-term Leave Usage Rate：Usage rate for 5-to-7-day consecutive holidays
※11 Presenteeism：Uses the SPQ (University of Tokyo single-item version). It evaluates an individual's work performance over the past 4 weeks on a scale where 100% represents the performance achievable without any illness or injury.
※12 Absenteeism：Assessed via a survey method. It is evaluated based on the response to the question, "How many days of work did you miss in the past year due to your own illness?"
※13 Work Engagement：Uses the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (short version).
※14 Frequency rate of lost time injuries: The frequency of occupational accidents expressed in terms of the number of casualties due to lost time injuries (excluding commuting accidents) per million total actual working hours during the period.
※15 Labor union membership ratio: the number of labor union members divided by the total number of consolidated employees (including part-time employees)
※16 Shareholding association member ratio: the number of shareholding association members divided by the number of regular employees for each company.
※17 Kurumin: Certification by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare as a "company that supports child rearing" based on the Law for Measures to Support the Development of the Next Generation
※18 Tomonin mark: Certification by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to indicate that the company is committed to promoting a workplace environment that enables a balance between work and nursing care.  

Customers

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Product Recall Number of recalls of retail sales and EC products times 0 0 0 0
Contributing to a Healthy Diet Number of products contributing to a healthy diet　※1 items/
brand		 2.0 2.0 4.0 3.3
Overall Customer Satisfaction Satisfaction based on customer surveys　※2 ％ 73 81 85 87

Suppliers

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Supplier Monitoring and Auditing Total number of suppliers suppliers 734 741 743 722
Number of primary suppliers suppliers 294 277 280 283
Number of major primary suppliers　※3 suppliers 16 17 28 27
Number of suppliers implemented suppliers 0 0 119 274
　Rate of implementation ％ 0.0 0.0 16.0 38.0

※1　Figures for four major brands (Gusto, Bamiyan, Jonathan, and Yumean) for products that contribute to healthy eating habits.
※2　Overall customer satisfaction: Performance of service quality and product quality as measured by customer surveys.
※3　Number of primary suppliers: Number of suppliers identified as having ESG impacts or high business relevance and risk.

Governance

Policy

Anti-Bribery Policy https://corp.skylark.co.jp/en/sustainability/governance/anti-bribery/

Corporate Governance

Category Item Unit FY2021 FY2022
 FY2023 FY2024
Social Contribution Activities Amount of money raised yen 13,880,475 40,726,184 30,719,405 42,057,899
　Cash fund-raising yen 6,437,124 33,869,184 22,915,405 36,212,899
　In-kind donations ※1 yen (converted to monetary value) 4,525,000 6,857,000 6,044,000 5,845,000
Cash donations  yen ー ー 2,022,531 20,903,671
Time spent by employees participating in social contribution activities during working hours yen (converted to monetary value) 863,656 872,944 910,654 889,477
Administrative costs of social contribution activities yen 81,810 103,474 128,225 413,001
Whistleblower Number of reports times 228 251 292 360
Number of consultations times 100 86 122 94
Total times 328 337 414 454
Number of Violations of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards
(Number of Disciplinary Actions) ※2		 Corruption/Bribery times 0 0 0 0
Discrimination/ Harassment times 0 1 0 0
Customer privacy data times 0 0 0 0
Conflict of interest times 0 0 0 0
Money laundering/Insider trading times 0 0 0 0
Number of Meetings Held Number of Board Meetings held times 26 23 22 23
Number of management meetings "former Executive Officers' Meeting" held times 48 48 49 48
Number of audit committee "former the Board of Corporate Auditors" held times 13 13 13 13
Number of Risk Compliance Committee held times 9 13 16 11
Number of Sustainability Committee held times 4 8 8 10
Number of Nominated Committee held times 7 6 6 7
Number of Remuneration Committee held times 6 6 4 3

※1 In-kind donations: Amount of playground equipment donated to children's homes through the Children's Playground Support Fund
※2 Number of violations of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards: Number of disciplinary actions taken and publicized outside the company

ESG Assessment and External Ratings