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Santen Global

Social Data

The following performance indicators such as number of employees by group, average salary by gender, number of work-related fatalities (consolidated, Japan, China), occupational accident frequency rate (consolidated, Japan) are guaranteed by the third party to improve reliability. The independent third-party assurance report can be found on the end of the data book.

 
 

Basic Employee Data

Scope: Employees of our group (Contract employees are not included. Data on seconded employees is collected by the host company).
The offices covered by the data are based on the scope of each item.

Number of employees

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Consolidated TotalConsolidatedPersons4,2294,3154,1443,7443,849
Non-consolidated TotalNon-consolidated1,8721,8391,8071,6761,756
MaleNon-consolidated1,4101,3841,3481,2201,272
FemaleNon-consolidated462455459456484
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Number of employees by region(*)

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
JapanSanten Group in JapanPersons2,0041,9681,9301,7221,802
ChinaSanten Group outside of Japan790787725703714
AsiaSanten Group outside of Japan396403385386395
EMEASanten Group outside of Japan690748752737761
AmericasSanten Group outside of Japan349409352196177
TotalConsolidated4,2294,3154,1443,7443,849
  • Calculated based on the new global personnel database from FY2020

Number of employees by gender and rank

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Santen TotalTotalConsolidatedPersons4,2294,3154,1443,7443,849
MalePersons―2,4772,3702,0932,145
%―57.4%57.2%55.9%55.7%
FemalePersons―1,8381,7741,6511,704
%42.2%42.6%42.8%44.1%44.3%
Corporate OfficerTotalConsolidatedPersons―21211915
MalePersons―18151411
%―85.7%71.4%73.7%73.3%
FemalePersons―3654
%12.0%14.3%28.6%26.3%26.7%
DirectorTotalConsolidatedPersons―302295264297
MalePersons―210203181201
%―69.5%68.8%68.6%67.7%
FemalePersons―92928396
%―30.5%31.2%31.4%32.3%
ManagerTotalConsolidatedPersons―963886817832
MalePersons―581515461469
%―60.3%58.1%56.4%56.4%
FemalePersons―382371356363
%―39.7%41.9%43.6%43.6%
General employeeTotalConsolidatedPersons―3,0292,9422,6442,705
MalePersons―1,6681,6371,4371,464
%―55.1%55.6%54.3%54.1%
FemalePersons―1,3611,3051,2071,241
%―44.9%44.4%45.7%45.9%
Category

Boundary

Unit

FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
STEM-related positions(*1) ratio of female employeesConsolidated%---52.6%56.5%
Revenue generating functions(*2) ratio of female managersConsolidated%---39.9%39.9%
  1. Work utilizing skills related to science, technology, engineering, and mathmatics, defined as research and development positions in our company
  2. Departments other than headquarters functions are defined as all revenue departments
CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Santen TotalTotalSanten Group in JapanPersons---1,7221,802
MalePersons---1,2491,300
%---72.5%72.1%
FemalePersons---473502
%24.7%(*)24.7%(*)25.8%27.5%27.9%
Corporate OfficerTotalSanten Group in JapanPersons---1310
MalePersons---97
%---69.2%70.0%
FemalePersons---43
%---30.8%30.0%
DirectorTotalSanten Group in JapanPersons---7797
MalePersons---6782
%---87.0%84.5%
FemalePersons---1015
%---13.0%15.5%
ManagerTotalSanten Group in JapanPersons---300307
MalePersons---240244
%---80.0%79.5%
FemalePersons---6063
%---20.0%20.5%
General EmployeeTotalSanten Group in JapanPersons---1,3321,388
MalePersons---933967
%---70.0%69.7%
FemalePersons---399421
%---30.0%30.3%
  • The data is reported on a non-consolidated basis from FY2019 to FY2021

Females in managerial positions

Category

Scope

Unit

FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Females in managerial positionsConsolidated%38.4%37.1%39.0%40.4%40.5%
Females in managerial positionsSanten Group in Japan(*)%12.2%13.6%16.9%19.0%19.6%
  • Non-consolidated until FY2021

Average length of service

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
TotalConsolidatedYears10.510.410.510.710.7
Male12.512.312.512.712.7
Female7.77.87.98.18.2
Gender disparity in average length of service(*)%-38.4%-36.6%-36.8%-36.2%-35.4%
TotalNon-consolidatedYears16.316.817.216.816.4
Male16.817.417.817.517.1
Female14.515.115.314.914.5
Gender disparity in average length of service(*)%-13.7%-13.2%-14.0%-14.9%-15.2%
  • The gender disparity in average length of service is calculated using the following formula:
    [(average length of service of women - average length of service of men) ÷ average length of service of men]

Average age of employees 

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
TotalConsolidatedYears old41.842.242.742.442.7
Male42.943.243.843.343.6
Female40.340.841.341.141.5
TotalNon-consolidatedYears old43.544.044.343.843.9
Male44.044.544.844.344.4
Female41.742.342.842.342.5

Number of newly hired employees/Hiring cost

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
TotalConsolidatedPersons580702375385478
Japan981066781169
China198249105109109
Asia5974626962
EMEA109144117113129
America11612924139
Rate of open positions filled by internal candidates(*)Consolidated%―9.5%10.0%12.7%8.4%
Average hiring costConsolidatedThousand yen―652664577947
  • Percentage of open slots filled from within the company

Employee turnover/Employee turnover rate

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
(*2)		FY2024
JapanNumber of turnover (*1)Santen Group in JapanPersons8912612828990
Turnover rate%4.4%6.4%6.6%16.8%5.0%
ChinaNumber of turnover (*1)Outside of JapanPersons185255171158123
Turnover rate%23.5%32.4%23.6%22.5%17.2%
AsiaNumber of turnover (*1)Outside of JapanPersons7271796969
Turnover rate%18.5%17.6%20.5%17.9%17.5%
EMEANumber of turnover (*1)Outside of JapanPersons90117124138104
Turnover rate%13.2%15.6%16.5%18.7%13.7%
AmericaNumber of turnover (*1)Outside of JapanPersons58737816928
Turnover rate%17.1%17.8%22.2%86.2%15.8%
TotalNumber of turnover (*1)ConsolidatedPersons494642580823414
Turnover rate%12.0%14.9%14.0%22.0%10.8%
 
  1. The number of employees who retired between April and March of each year (including contract employees)
  2. Implemented structural reforms in FY2023 (early retirement special support program in Japan and streamlining of the pharmaceutical sales business in the Americas)
CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023(*)FY2024
TotalNumber of turnoverNon-consolidatedPersons558511425390
Turnover rate%2.9%4.6%6.3%15.1%5.1%
Number of voluntary turnoverPersons4975888573
Turnover rate%2.6%4.1%4.9%5.1%4.2%
MaleNumber of turnoverPersons42637920064
Turnover rate%3.0%4.6%5.9%16.4%5.0%
Number of voluntary turnoverPersons3957646451
Turnover rate%2.8%4.1%4.7%5.3%4.0%
FemaleNumber of turnoverPersons1322355326
Turnover rate%2.8%4.8%7.6%11.6%5.4%
Number of voluntary turnoverPersons1018242122
Turnover rate%2.2%4.0%5.2%4.6%4.5%
 
  • Implemented early retirement special program in FY2023

Average remuneration

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Mean Employee CompensationConsolidatedThousand yen---10,45911,201
Median Employee Compensation---7,9268,431
 

Average annual salary by gender and rank(*)

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
TotalTotalConsolidatedThousand yen　---10,45911,201
Male--10,40810,64211,340
Female--9,6069,71410,591
ManagerMale-15,68617,95118,53019,713
Female-14,91617,94617,96519,731
General EmployeeMale-6,6477,1007,1187,508
Female-6,0526,6476,7117,210
TotalMaleSanten Group in JapanThousand yen--9,3809,0829,624
Female--7,4197,3247,813
ManagerMale--13,94513,73914,843
Female--13,06313,02513,740
General EmployeeMale--7,9047,5057,827
Female--6,5266,2676,672
  • Executive compensation and stock options are excluded

Wage Gender Differences(*)

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
TotalConsolidated%--92.3%91.3%93.4%
Manager--100.0%97.0%100.1%
General employee--93.6%94.3%96.0%
TotalSanten Group in Japan%--79.1%80.6%81.2%
Manager--93.7%94.8%92.6%
General employee--82.6%83.5%85.2%
  • The ratio of women's wages to men's wages is calculated using the following formula: [(women's wages ÷ men's wages)]
    The wage disparity between men and women is primarily due to differences in the ratio of managerial positions and employment types between genders.
    The wage system is the same for both genders, with no differences based on gender

Human resource development

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
The aggregate length of training sessions(*)ConsolidatedHours―48,61293,38458,613146,293
Average hours per FTE of training and development(*)Hours―――15.738.0
Investment in trainingConsolidatedMillions of yen―277213230394
Average amount spent per FTE on training and developmentThousand yen―――61102
 
  • Only the cases that can be determined as training for human resource development are included in the calculation

People with disabilities

CategoryBoundaryUnitAs of June, 2021As of June, 2022As of June, 2023As of June, 2024As of June, 2025
People with disabilities(*)Santen Group in JapanPersons5959545251
Visually impaired people (actual number)-5544
Rate of people with disabilities(*)%2.88%2.93%2.80%2.97%2.72%
 
  • Follows Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare standards
CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
ItalyPeople with disabilitiesOutside of JapanPersons―――44
Rate of people with disabilities%―――5.00%5.00%
GermanyPeople with disabilitiesPersons―――22
Rate of people with disabilities%―――2.80%3.33%
FrancePeople with disabilitiesPersons―――33
Rate of people with disabilities%―――5.62%5.45%
 

Number of fixed-term employees

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Consolidated TotalConsolidatedPersons990971897820800
Total (Santen Group in Japan)Santen Group in Japan(*)1221061065849
 
  • Including the number of seconded employees to outside of group companies

Contract Employee

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
TotalSanten Group in JapanPersons181182193205228
 

Number of users of childcare and nursing care systems

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Special Leave (paid)Number of Maternity Leave(*1)Santen Group in JapanPersons2418201417
Nursing care leave for a preschool child(*1)Persons66425
Nursing care leave for
an elderly or disabled family(*1)		Persons33110
Childcare leave system(*2)Number of childcare leave(*1)MaleSanten Group in JapanPersons7737352533
FemalePersons4315181112
Childcare leave acquisition rate(*3)Male%135.1%63.8%87.5%80.6%62.3%
Female%-93.8%120.0%110.0%80.0%
Return to work rate%100%100%98.1%97.9%100%
Annual paid leave reserve system(*4)Nursing care leave for a family member(*1)Santen Group in JapanPersons37707949101
Incl. Nursing care leave
for a child(*1,*5)		Persons12303637ー(※5)
Number of Childcare leave(*1,*5)Persons3757496091
Short working hours for nursing care(*1)Santen Group in JapanPersons2921222725
Number of nursing care leave(*1)Persons11000
Short working hours for nursing care(*1)Persons00000
 
  1. Cumulative number of people
  2. A system that allows employees to take leave until the end of month in which their child reaches 18 months of age
    (the first 7 consecutive calendar days from the start of the initial leave are paid) From FY2021, the calculation criteria for childcare leave have been changed
  3. The childcare leave acquistion rate is calculated using the following formula: [number of employees who started childcare leave during the period ÷ number of employees
    whose spouse or themseleves gave birth during the period]
  4. In FY2024, the annual paid leave accumulation system was revised, and the acquistion requirements were expanded, resulting in partial changes to the aggregation categories
  5. Scope before FY2023: elementary school students and younger; scope from FY2024 onwards: junior high school students and younger

Family-related leave(*)

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Rate of employees entitled to take family-related leavesEMEA％---100%100%
Rate of employees that took family-related leaves(total）---5.2%11.6%
Rate of male that took family-related leaves---2.1%4.4%
Rate of female that took family-related leaves---3.1%7.3%
  • Family-related leave is in accordance with CSRD standards

Annual paid leave 

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Days grantedSanten Group in JapanDays18.019.819.819.219.4
Days taken11.711.813.212.912.7
Perctange of days taken%65.4%59.3%66.7%68.4%65.6%

Average overtime work per month

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Overtime per personSanten Group in JapanHours/month9.210.510.710.813.4

Occupational Safety and Health

Number of work-related fatalities

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
All Operational Sites (Japan)(*)Santen Group in JapanPersons00000
Suzhou Plant (China)Outside of Japan00000
TotalConsolidated00000
 
  • Since 2021: Only Santen Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd (excluding subcontractors), from 2022 onwards: Santen Eye Care Co, Ltd and Clair Co, Ltd are added to the scope

Occupational accidents in each region

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
All Operational Sites (Japan)Number of accidents(*1)Non-consolidatedCases25421
Frequency rate(*2)ー0.541.380.560.590.31
Severity rate(*3)ー0.0010.0250.0830.0100.001
Suzhou Plant (China)Number of accidents(*1)Outside of JapanCases01010
Frequency rate(*2)ー0.000.400.000.400.00
Severity rate(*3)ー0.0000.0780.0000.0630.000
ConsolidatedNumber of accidents(*1)ConsolidatedCases--842
Frequency rate(*2,*4)ー--0.770.560.27
Severity rate(*3)ー--0.0380.0170.001
 
CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Contractors (Japan)Number of accidents(*1)JapanCases--001
Frequency rate(*2)ー--0.000.0018.04
Contractors (China)Number of accidents(*1)ChinaCases--000
Frequency rate(*2)ー--0.000.000.00
 
  1. Number of accidents: In Japan and China denotes the number of accidents resulting in employees being absent from work for any length of time
    Commuting disasters are not included.
    Scope: All employees, including part-time employees and rehired employees, and employees seconded to domestic group companies
    From FY2022, seconded employees and domestic group companies Claire Inc. and Santen Eye Care Co are included. Contract employees are not included
    Employees seconded overseas are not included from FY2022 as they are not covered by workers' compensation insurance in Japan
  2. Frequency rate: Number of casualties causing industrial accidents per million aggregate actual working hours; it denotes the frequency of accidents
  3. Severity rate: Number of lost working days per 1,000 aggregate actual working hours; it denotes the level of severity of accidents
  4. Santen Italy S.r.l. and Sweden (FI Oy) are not included because the aggregation system is still being developed

Health and Productivity Management

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Presenteeism
(*1,*2)		Activation RateSanten Group in Japan%―83.0%84.0%85.0%85.0%
The Brief Job Stress Questionnaire
(*3)		Examination rateSanten Group in Japan91.9%88.1%90.1%88.5%94.3%
High stress rate7.9%10.3%10.3%10.0%8.1%
Employee EngagementEngagement score(*4)Consolidated――64%64%72%
Response rate――73%93%93%
 
  1. Activity (productivity) indices related to "work performance, quality, and quantity" derived from the database of Humanage, Inc.,
    the company that commissioned the stress check survey table
  2. Including employees seconded to overseas branches
  3. Since we highly focus on employee’s mental health, we put not only the industrial physician, required by law, but also the public health nurse at each sites as well as the EAP service so that employees have easier access to health advice/services
  4. Employee Engagement survey under globally uniform standards since FY2023

Product Development and Stable Supply

Research and development

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
R&D expensesConsolidatedMillions of yen24,11226,37728,29725,41924,103
Ratio of R&D expenses to net sales%9.7%9.9%10.1%8.4%8.0%
 

Product recall

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
ClassⅠ(*1)ConsolidatedCases00000
ClassⅡ(*2)ConsolidatedCases01101
  1. ClassⅠ: Situations where the use of the product can cause serious health damage or death
  2. ClassⅡ: Situations where the use of the product may cause temporary or medically curable health hazards, or the risk of serious health hazards is unlikely

Supply chain

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Supplier assessment rateConsolidated％--93.5%95.8%-
Supplier training rateConsolidated％--87.1%96.0%-
ESG education rate for procurement department staffConsolidated％--100%100%-

Stakeholder Engagement

Freedom of association

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Number of union membersNon-consolidatedPersons-1,2771,2631,1801,227
Rate of union members in the total employees％-69.4%69.9%70.4%69.9%
Number of collective bargaining rights holdersPersons--1,2631,1801,227
Percentage of employees with collective bargaining rights％--100%100%100%
Rate of employees covered by collective bargaining agreementsFranceOutside of Japan％---100%100%
Finland％---100%100%
Italy％---100%100%

Donation

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Amount of donationsConsolidatedMillions of yen-810878796524
Ratio to consolidated core operating profits%-1.7%2.0%1.3%0.9%

Distribution of added value to stakeholders

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
ShareholdersConsolidatedMillions of yen-11,99812,61111,88112,112
Employees (*)-50,76339,02637,99037,960
Creditors (financial institutions)-2494768311,083
Business partners (*)-143,407170,181176,795178,984
Government agencies (national and local)-8,4279,1843,17111,628
Local communities-810870796524
Environment-392371281ー
  • The aggregation method has been revised and the figures have been retroactively adjusted for FY2022

Visitors to plant tours 

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Shiga Product Supply CenterJapanPersons-0068175
Noto Plant-2470120240
Claire Co., Ltd.-4627114243
Suzhou PlantChina-16066104106
 

Number of disabled trainees accepted

CategoryBoundaryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Claire Co., Ltd.JapanPersons-30142638
 

Dialogue with investors and analysts

CategoryUnitFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Number of meetings (approx.)Times--260280350
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