Onward Group ESG Data Book

ESG Data Summary
ESG data

ESG Data Summary

Environment

Climate change

GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions during FY02/24 were 83.4% of those during FY02/20 (down 40,491 t-CO2).
Reduction in Scope 1 and 2 (48.8% of FY02/20, down 7,025 t-CO2) was primarily due to the consolidation of functions in each area, an effort continued from the previous year, and the relocation and consolidation of the offices of the Group companies and each area.
Further, the head office building of Onward Corporate Design Co., Ltd. (formerly Onward Trading Co., Ltd.) was fully transitioned to renewable energy.
For Scope 3, emissions in CAT 1 (products and consumables) were 108.2% compared with the previous year due to an expansion in sales as the COVID-19 pandemic came to an end; however, they were 85.5% of FY02/20, or down 33,466 t-CO2. We will continue working to expand our made-to-order production market share and develop OMO stores to more precisely maintain inventories at an appropriate level.

Water and Waste

The amount of water usage (waste water) in FY02/24 was reduced to 45.4% of that in FY02/20, due to the consolidation of logistics functions in each area and the relocation and consolidation of the offices of the Group companies and each area, as above. We will keep working to make effective use of water resources by using groundwater at a golf course (Lakeland CC) operated by the Onward Group and continuing to have telecommuting through Work Style Design.
We will improve the rate of reducing and recycling waste by further enhancing the precision in waste sorting at each office. Further, we started doing horizontal recycling (using used products as raw materials to create new identical products) of plastics (such as hanger covers) in 2023.

Social

Employees

The ratio of female managers was 24.8% in FY02/24. The percentage of women taking parental leave was 100%, continuing on from the previous year. The percentage of men taking parental leave increased to 66.7% (up 6.7% from the previous year).
We will continue to operate and improve various systems.
The ratio of employees with disabilities was 2.58% in FY02/24, exceeding the standard set by the government as in the previous year.
We will continue to promote D&I and achieve work-life synergy based on the Work Style Design Project promoted by the Onward Group.

Governance

Compliance

There continued to be no fines/penalties for corruption, non-compliance incidents, or political contributions in the current fiscal year. To put in practice fair management with integrity, we will continue to make a concerted effort to enhance the effectiveness of corporate governance and establish a sound management foundation.

ESG data

Environment

Climate change		Scope	Unit	FY 02/20	FY 02/21	FY 02/22	FY 02/23	FY 02/24
Greenhouse gas emissions	GHG Scope1	Domestic consolidated	t-CO2	2,187	1,182	1,553	1,233	1,187
	GHG Scope2			11,547	9,841	8,895	6,352	5,522
	GHG Scope3			230,687	171,920	177,123	181,250	197,221
	TOTAL			244,421	182,943	187,571	188,835	203,930

Scope3 By category	cat1	Domestic consolidated	t-CO2	189,333	150,781	157,232	164,139	177,656
	cat2			26,878	9,007	7,604	4,308	4,900
	cat4			8,745	8,132	8,514	9,062	9,172
	cat5			190	282	252	173	171
	cat6			1,072	340	396	393	618
	cat7			2,431	1,801	1,611	1,510	1,451
	cat12			2,038	1,577	1,514	1,665	1,015

Water and Waste	Scope	Unit	FY 02/20	FY 02/21	FY 02/22	FY 02/23	FY 02/24
Total water used	Domestic consolidated	Thousands of m³	205	138	147	127	93
Total wastewater emitted	Domestic consolidated	Thousands of m³	200	135	143	127	91

Total waste	Domestic consolidated	t	1,033	1,221	1,004	1,648	1,688
Waste recycled		t	416	564	395	1,139	1,216
Ratio of recycled material used		％	40.3	46.2	39.3	69.1	72.0

Waste emissions are recorded from the FY02/23, as it is now possible to measure waste emissions at the distribution warehouse of the group company Yamato and at the distribution warehouse in Narashino.

Compliance	Scope	Unit	FY 02/20	FY 02/21	FY 02/22	FY 02/23	FY 02/24
Environmental fines and panalties	Domestic consolidated	Violations	0	0	0	0	0
Total cost of environmental fines and penalties	Domestic consolidated	Yen	0	0	0	0	0

Formulated in October 2024

Participation in Industry group

Japan apparel-fashion industry council　http://www.jafic.org/members/

Social

Employees in FY02/24(ONWARD Holdings&ONWARD Kashiyama) 3,385 people
Regular employees 2,998 people Fixed-term employees 387 people

Employees	Scope	Unit	FY 02/20	FY 02/21	FY 02/22	FY 02/23	FY 02/24
Ratio of female employees	ONWARD^*１in-house employees	％	54.5	52.0	53.4	55.2	55.7
Ratio of female managers	ONWARD^*１in-house employees	％	21.2	21.3	21.2	22.9	24.8
Ratio of employees with disabilities	ONWARD Kashiyama	％	2.36	2.25	2.71	2.66	2.58
Ratio of employees taking parental leave(Women)	ONWARD^*１in-house employees	％	100.0	97.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ratio of employees taking parental leave(Men)		％	10.5	20.0	27.3	60.0	66.7
Ratio of employees taking parental leave(Total)		％	65.3	79.1	75.0	86.2	88.9
Ratio of employees who received health examinations	ONWARD Health insurance union menber	％	40.6	46.9	79.7	82.1	87.0
Ratio of employees who responded the stress check	ONWARD Health insurance union menber	％	30.4	27.1	56.4	52.5	57.2

Formulated in October 2024

*１ONWARD HD+ONWARD Kashiyama+ONWARD Digital Lab

Governance

Compliance	Scope	Unit
Fines and penalties for corruption	Domestic consolidated	Incidents
Total cost of fines and penalties for corruption		Yen
Non-compliance incidents		Incidents
Total cost of non-compliance incidents		Yen
Political contributions		Yen

Formulated in October 2024