ESG Data (Social) | ESG Data | KDDI CORPORATION

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) data for our business activities is available below.
ESG Data Book

Employees

Item			Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Number of employees [1]	Male		KDDI	-	Person	8,574	8,465	8,746	7,887	7,102
	Female					2,394	2,427	2,607	2,568	2,275
	Total					10,968	10,892	11,353	10,455	9,377
	Total		Group	100%		41,996	44,952	47,320	48,829	49,659
Non-regular Employees	Temporary staff		KDDI	-	Person	4,196	4,604	4,534	4,574	3,804
	Contract employees					2,216	1,964	1,877	1,844	848
	Total					6,412	6,568	6,411	6,418	4,652
Age Composition of Employees	Under 30	Male	KDDI	-	Person	930	963	1,015	956	872
		Female				466	473	541	528	512
		Total				1,396	1,436	1,556	1,484	1,384
	30～39	Male				1,825	1,744	1,877	1,869	1,698
		Female				629	579	617	621	571
		Total				2,454	2,323	2,494	2,490	2,269
	40～49	Male				3,222	3,015	2,901	2,468	2,096
		Female				971	985	996	931	739
		Total				4,193	4,000	3,897	3,399	2,835
	50 or over	Male				2,597	2,743	2,953	2,594	2,436
		Female				328	390	453	488	453
		Total				2,925	3,133	3,406	3,082	2,889
Average age	Male		KDDI	-	Age	43.4	43.6	43.7	43.3	43.4
	Female					39.4	39.7	39.8	40.0	39.7
	Total					42.5	42.8	42.8	42.5	42.5
Average working years	Male		KDDI	-	Years	18.2	18.4	18.3	17.7	18.0
	Female					15.7	15.9	15.5	15.6	15.6
	Total					17.7	17.8	17.6	17.2	17.4
Managers	Male Managers		KDDI	-	Person	4,184	4,202	4,226	3,930	2,726
	Department Managers or higher					472	513	558	570	601
	Section Managers					3,712	3,689	3,668	3,360	2,125
	Female Managers					321	342	370	344	235
	Department Managers or higher					23	23	24	27	30
	Section Managers					298	319	346	317	205
	Newly Appointed Managers					192	191	190	29	130
	Male					163	165	157	28	117
	Female					29	26	33	1	13
Status of Union Membership	Total number of union members [2]		KDDI	-	Person	10,442	10,113	10,400	10,545	10,587
Status of Union Membership	Union participation rate		KDDI	-	%	98.7	99	99	99	99

[1]

"Number of employees" is the number of regular KDDI employees, including employees temporarily transferred to KDDI. The number does not include employees who are transferred to other companies
[2]

Includes KDDI's currently serving regular and contract employees, as well as employees on loan from the company

The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Hiring

Item			Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Recent graduates	Male Total		KDDI	-	Person	181	202	188	178	168
	University graduate (Male)					181	202	188	178	168
	Female Total					106	91	90	90	86
	University graduate (Female)					106	91	90	90	86
	Junior/technical college graduate					0	0	0	0	0
	High school graduate, etc.					0	0	0	0	0
	Total					287	293	278	268	254
	Percentage of female				%	36.9	31.1	32.4	33.6	33.9
Three-year retention rate of Newly Hired Graduates [1]	Male		KDDI	-	%	97.7	96.7	97.8	92.1	92.0
Three-year retention rate of Newly Hired Graduates [1]	Female		KDDI	-	%	92.9	92.7	92.5	94.5	97.8
Mid-career hires	Male	University graduate	KDDI	-	Person	95	76	140	133	196
		Other				7	44	4	6	18
		Total				102	120	144	139	214
	Female	University graduate				9	12	19	27	31
		Other				0	3	2	1	0
		Total				9	15	21	28	31
	Total					111	135	165	167	245
Reemployment after retirement	Male		KDDI	-	Person	121	130	153	232	257
	Female					19	10	16	17	21
	Total					140	140	169	249	278
Non-regular employees who became regular employees			KDDI	-	Person	66	27	32	37	20
Internal Hiring Rate			KDDI	-	%	-	-	-	-	93.4
Internal Hiring Rate			Group	98%	%	-	-	-	-	50.0
Average Employment Cost			KDDI	-	Yen	-	-	-	-	2,847,853
Average Employment Cost			Group	93%	Yen	-	-	-	-	4,951,659

[1]

Ratio of newly graduated employees who have been working for the company for three years as of April 1 of each fiscal year.

The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Item			Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2019		FY2020		FY2021		FY2022
Item			Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	Recent graduates	Mid-career hires	Recent graduates	Mid-career hires	Recent graduates	Mid-career hires	Recent graduates	Mid-career hires
Newly Hired Employees	Male	Under 30	KDDI	-	Person	202	33	188	42	178	36	168	44
		30～39				0	87	0	101	0	100	0	143
		40～49				0	0	0	1	0	3	0	28
		50 or over				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Total				322		332		317		383
	Female	Under 30				91	7	90	8	90	8	86	12
		30～39				0	8	0	13	0	18	0	16
		40～49				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
		50 or over				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Total				106		111		116		116
	Total	Under 30				293	40	278	50	268	44	254	56
		30～39				0	95	0	114	0	118	0	159
		40～49				0	0	0	1	0	3	0	30
		50 or over				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Total				428		443		433		499
	Male	Under 30	Group	94%		535	2,421	489	2,404	538	2,645	601	2,420
		30～39				4	1,605	3	1,475	4	1,574	0	1,626
		40～49				0	785	0	698	0	839	1	727
		50 or over				0	537	0	455	0	585	0	595
		Total				5,887		5,524		6,185		5,970
	Female	Under 30				344	3,810	379	4,365	491	4,307	402	3,397
		30～39				0	1,899	1	2,061	0	2,001	2	1,690
		40～49				0	1,679	0	1,658	0	1,684	1	1,422
		50 or over				0	2,047	0	1,570	0	1,936	0	1,990
		Total				9,779		10,034		10,419		8,904
	Total	Under 30				879	6,231	868	6,769	1,029	6,952	1,003	5,817
		30～39				4	3,504	4	3,536	4	3,575	2	3,316
		40～49				0	2,464	0	2,356	0	2,523	2	2,149
		50 or over				0	2,584	0	2,025	0	2,521	0	2,585
		Total				15,666		15,558		16,604		14,874

The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Turnover

Item			Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2019		FY2020		FY2021		FY2022
Item			Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	Voluntary Turnover Employees	Total Turnover Employees	Voluntary Turnover Employees	Total Turnover Employees	Voluntary Turnover Employees	Total Turnover Employees	Voluntary Turnover Employees	Total Turnover Employees
Turnover Employees	Male	Under 30	KDDI	-	Person	25	25	15	15	53	53	49	49
		30～39				61	61	53	53	97	97	105	105
		40～49				31	31	29	29	46	46	69	69
		50 or over				48	87	44	90	89	144	100	168
		Total				165	204	141	187	285	340	323	391
	Female	Under 30				15	15	16	16	20	20	15	15
		30～39				23	23	16	16	24	24	23	23
		40～49				18	18	6	6	20	20	29	29
		50 or over				3	4	6	9	12	19	23	35
		Total				59	60	44	47	76	83	90	102
	Total	Under 30				40	40	31	31	73	73	64	64
		30～39				84	84	69	69	121	121	128	128
		40～49				49	49	35	35	66	66	98	98
		50 or over				51	91	50	99	101	163	123	203
		Total				224	264	185	234	361	423	413	493
	Turnover rate (Total)				%	1.45	1.95	1.16	1.72	2.19	3.05	2.56	3.61
	Male	Under 30	Group	98%	Person	403	403	419	419	512	512	611	611
		30～39				555	555	493	493	699	699	789	789
		40～49				261	261	242	242	312	312	361	361
		50 or over				176	240	194	265	249	318	297	390
		Total				1,395	1,459	1,348	1,419	1,772	1,841	2,058	2,151
	Female	Under 30				482	482	594	594	844	844	925	925
		30～39				388	388	450	450	515	515	626	626
		40～49				146	146	159	159	207	207	264	264
		50 or over				53	59	109	117	119	128	156	176
		Total				1,069	1,075	1,312	1,320	1,685	1,694	1,971	1,991
	Total	Under 30				885	885	1,013	1,013	1,356	1,356	1,536	1,536
		30～39				943	943	943	943	1,214	1,214	1,415	1,415
		40～49				407	407	401	401	519	519	625	625
		50 or over				229	299	303	382	368	446	453	566
		Total				2,464	2,534	2,660	2,739	3,457	3,535	4,029	4,142
	Turnover rate (Total)				%	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.75	8.97

The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Diversity

Item		Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Number of foreign employees	Male	KDDI	-	Person	-	56	59	50	50
	Female				-	53	50	54	58
	Total				114	109	109	104	108
	Total	Group	100%	Person	4,208	4,393	4,581	5,111	5,833
Ratio of Employees by Nationality or Region	Japan	KDDI	-	%	-	-	-	-	98.9
	China				-	-	-	-	0.6
	Korea				-	-	-	-	0.3
	Other Countries				-	-	-	-	0.1
	Japan	Group	94%	%	-	-	-	-	94.5
	China				-	-	-	-	1.2
	Korea				-	-	-	-	0.3
	Other Countries				-	-	-	-	4.0
Ratio of Managers by Nationality or Region	Japan	KDDI	-	%	-	-	-	-	99.7
	China				-	-	-	-	0.14
	Korea				-	-	-	-	0.14
	Other Countries				-	-	-	-	0.03
	Japan	Group	94%	%	-	-	-	-	91.3
	China				-	-	-	-	1.2
	Korea				-	-	-	-	0.3
	Other Countries				-	-	-	-	7.2
Percentage of foreigners in new employees		KDDI	-	%	2.10	2.05	1.44	2.26	1.97
Number of foreigners at the management level	Male	KDDI	-	Person	-	8	14	42	5
	Female				-	1	0	11	0
	Total				10	9	14	53	5
Percentage of Female Section Managers	Department Managers or higher	KDDI	-	%	-	-	-	-	5.3
	Section Managers				-	-	-	-	9.5
	Total [1]				-	-	-	-	8.6 ✔
	Department Managers or higher	Group	94%		-	-	-	-	13.9
	Section Managers				-	-	-	-	19,9
	Total				-	-	-	-	29.8
Percentage of female employees	Employee	KDDI	-	%	-	-	-	-	24.3
	STEM Sections [2]				-	-	-	-	10.9
	Sales				-	-	-	-	29.5
	Employee	Group	94%		-	-	-	-	44.4
	STEM Sections [2]				-	-	-	-	16.3
	Sales				-	-	-	-	28.0
Employees with disabilities	Number [3]	KDDI	-	Person	417	410	413	404	396
Employees with disabilities	Rate of employees with disabilities [4]	KDDI	-	%	2.54	2.53	2.50	2.58	2.54

Recent data with third-party guarantees ✔.
The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Usage of Childcare and Family Care Support System

Item		Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Maternity leave	Female	KDDI	-	Person	135	136	140	101	132
Paternity leave	Male	KDDI	-	Person	255	202	194	217	153
Paternity leave Acquisition rate	Male	KDDI	-	%	72.2	69.4	60.6	62.7	47.5
Rate of Paternity Leave Taken by Males	Male [5]	KDDI	-	%	-	9.8	18.6	30.9	71.8 ✔
Rate of Childcare Leave Taken by Females	Female	KDDI	-	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Reinstatement after parental leave of absence [6]	Male	KDDI	-	%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Reinstatement after parental leave of absence [6]	Female	KDDI	-	%	98.9	98.8	100.0	100.0	98.9
Retention after parental leave of absence [7]	Male	KDDI	-	%	92.9	97.9	100.0	100.0	-
Retention after parental leave of absence [7]	Female	KDDI	-	%	97.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	-
Shortened working hours for childcare	Male	KDDI	-	Person	6	3	3	3	3
Shortened working hours for childcare	Female	KDDI	-	Person	469	497	450	405	417
Sick/injured childcare leave	Male	KDDI	-	Person	471	439	275	308	379
Sick/injured childcare leave	Female	KDDI	-	Person	522	484	358	355	311
Home care absence	Male	KDDI	-	Person	12	7	5	1	4
Home care absence	Female	KDDI	-	Person	6	6	3	6	5
Family care leave	Male	KDDI	-	Person	180	175	134	118	182
Family care leave	Female	KDDI	-	Person	113	118	84	87	90
Shortened working hours for family care	Male	KDDI	-	Person	3	3	4	2	1
Shortened working hours for family care	Female	KDDI	-	Person	6	11	7	8	7

[1]

As of April 1, 2023. Calculated excluding incoming secondees but including current secondees. Calculated based on the 'Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace' (Act No. 64 of 2015).
[2]

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (Technology Sector).
[3]

The number is calculated by counting persons with severe disabilities as two people
[4]

The number includes persons with disabilities who are employed at KDDI, as well as at KDDI Challenged and KDDI Engineering
[5]

The data for fiscal years 2019-2021 only includes childcare leave and does not include the proportion of childcare purpose leave taken. The data for fiscal year 2022 is calculated excluding incoming secondees.
Calculated based on the 'Act on Welfare of Workers Who Take Care of Children or Other Family Members Including Child Care and Family Care Leave' (Law No. 76 of 1991) and the 'Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on the Welfare of Workers Who Take Care of Children or Other Family Members Including Child Care and Family Care Leave' (Ordinance of the Ministry of Labor No. 25 of October 15, 1991), Article 71-4, Paragraph 2, on the acquisition rate of child care leave and leave for child care purposes.
[6]

(Total number of regular employees who returned to work after parental leave of absence) ÷ (Total number of regular employees who planned to return to work after parental leave of absence) x 100
[7]

(Total number of regular employees who remain at KDDI 12 months after returning to work after parental leave of absence) ÷ (Total number of regular employees who returned to work after parental leave of absence) x 100

Recent data with third-party guarantees ✔.
The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Human Resource Development

Item		Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Training expenses per employee		KDDI	-	Yen/person	120,000	80,000	95,000	83,547	182,223
Training time per employee				Hour/person	6.0	5.0	7.5	10.4	75.7
Total training time				Hour	81,570	95,125	122,150	136,126	709,950
Training expenses per employee		Group	97%	Yen/person	-	-	-	-	11,714
Training time per employee				Hour/person	-	-	-	-	5.2
Total training time				Hour	-	-	-	-	1,536,578
Training expenses by Management level	Managerial position	KDDI	-	Yen	-	-	-	-	381,670,722
	Non-managerial position	KDDI	-		-	-	-	-	1,327,033,198
	Managerial position	Group	79%		-	-	-	-	547,536,809
	Non-managerial position	Group	79%		-	-	-	-	1,842,542,662
Training time by Management level	Managerial position	KDDI	-	Hour	-	-	-	-	158,580.6
	Non-managerial position	KDDI	-		-	-	-	-	551,369.7
	Managerial position	Group	79%		-	-	-	-	192,203.7
	Non-managerial position	Group	79%		-	-	-	-	863,501.7
Training expenses by Type of training	New employee training	KDDI	-	Yen	-	-	-	-	118,188,911
	Newly appointed line-manager training	KDDI	-		-	-	-	-	23,612,516
	New employee training	Group	79%		-	-	-	-	436,729,617
	Newly appointed line-manager training	Group	79%		-	-	-	-	35,592,618
Training time by Type of training	New employee training	KDDI	-	Hour	-	-	-	-	35,970.0
	Newly appointed line-manager training	KDDI	-		-	-	-	-	6,435.0
	New employee training	Group	79%		-	-	-	-	126,786.8
	Newly appointed line-manager training	Group	79%		-	-	-	-	8,727.3
Human Capital Return on Investment [1]		Group	100%	-	-	10.0	9.8	9.7	10.1

[1]

Calculated as (Total net sales - (Selling Expenses and General and Administrative Expenses - Personnel cost))/Personnel cost

Occupational Health & Safety, Health-Focused Management

Item		Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Number of workplace accidents		KDDI	-	Case	3	1	1	1	2
Fatal accidents				Case	0	0	0	0	0
Number of serious workplace accidents during construction				Case	0	0	0	0	0
Frequency rate [1]				-	0.12	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.10
Severity rate [1]				-	0.00518	0.00632	0.00508	0.00100	0.00064
Average overtime hours per month [2]				Hour	19.0	19.0	19.5	23.0	26.0
Average overtime allowance per month [2]				Yen	63,542	64,943	64,242	76,922	85,595
Total annual actual hours worked [2]				Hour	1,871.4	1,861.2	1,911.7	1,934.1	1992.1
Number of annual paid holidays granted				Days	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.7
Number of annual paid holidays taken				Days	14.2	13.2	14.5	14.5	14.5
Rate of annual paid holidays taken				%	71.9	66.9	73.9	73.8	73.5
Rate of smokers				%	26.4	24.3	22.3	21.8	19.7
Illness detection rate (legally mandated)				%	58.5	59.8	63.7	64.5	63.5
Productivity Losses	Number of employees absent from work due to Mental Instability [3]			Person	112	101	87	124	114
	Average number of days of leave for employees taking leave due to mental instability			Days	-	-	-	146	156
	Presenteeism [4]			pt	-	-	-	14.2	13.1

[1]

Calculated based on the formula specified in the Survey on Industrial Accidents of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. We had been calculating based on the number of applications for industrial accidents, but we have changed to calculate based on the number of cases with more than one day off work in compliance with the calculation method of the Survey on Industrial Accidents of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. (October 2023)
[2]

Applicable to KDDI employees in non-managerial positions
[3]

At the fiscal year end
[4]

Presenteeism: "Percentage of productivity loss of high-stress individuals" - "Percentage of productivity loss of non-high-stress individuals"

Employee Engagement

Item	Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Response Rate of Employee Engagement Survey	KDDI	-	%	-	92.9	94.0	96.7	97.3
Ratio of Employees with High Engagement	KDDI	-	%	-	43.2	53.2	55.0	58.8
Response Rate of Employee Engagement Survey	Group	66%	%	-	92.0	92.8	94.6	93.9
Ratio of Employees with High Engagement	Group	66%	%	-	42.7	51.9	52.4	56.6

The engagement survey includes measures of job satisfaction, purpose, happiness, and stress.
The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Remuneration

Item			Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Average annual salary [1]			KDDI	-	Yen	9,528,103	9,300,662	9,484,602	9,454,416	9,432,871
Average annual remuneration of excectives	Male	Basic salary	KDDI	-	Million yen	-	-	-	-	23.4
	Male	Basic salary + Incentives				-	-	-	-	33.0
	Female	Basic salary				-	-	-	-	26.1
	Female	Basic salary + Incentives				-	-	-	-	34.9
	Male	Basic salary	Group	93%		-	-	-	-	18.0
	Male	Basic salary + Incentives				-	-	-	-	23.6
	Female	Basic salary				-	-	-	-	9.7
	Female	Basic salary + Incentives				-	-	-	-	12.8
Average annual remuneration of managers	Male	Basic salary	KDDI	-	Million yen	-	-	-	-	9.2
	Male	Basic salary + Incentives				-	-	-	-	13.6
	Female	Basic salary				-	-	-	-	8.5
	Female	Basic salary + Incentives				-	-	-	-	12.7
	Male	Basic salary	Group	93%		-	-	-	-	7.7
	Male	Basic salary + Incentives				-	-	-	-	10.5
	Female	Basic salary				-	-	-	-	5.1
	Female	Basic salary + Incentives				-	-	-	-	6.8
Annual remuneration for non- managerial employees	Male	Basic salary	KDDI	-	Million yen	-	-	-	-	6.2
	Female	Basic salary	KDDI	-		-	-	-	-	4.8
	Male	Basic salary	Group	93%		-	-	-	-	4.4
	Female	Basic salary	Group	93%		-	-	-	-	2.9
Gender pay gap [2]	All employees		KDDI	-	%	-	-	-	-	77.0
	Full-time employees [3]					-	-	-	-	78.0 ✔
	Part-time and fixed-term employees					-	-	-	-	84.2

[1]

Average annual salary includes bonuses and extra wages.
[2]

Average female wage/Average male wage
[3]

Calculated based on the 'Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace' (Act No.64 of 2015).

Recent data with third-party guarantees ✔.
The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Community Involvement and Development (Social Contribution)

Item	Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Social Contribution Expenditures [1] [2]	KDDI	-	Billion Yen	8.4	10.1	9.7	22.8	34.1
"The Plus Alpha Project Program" [3]: Total Donations of each year	KDDI	-	Yen	9,979,576	8,679,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000
"The Plus Alpha Project Program": Number of Donor Organizations			Organizations	59	49	58	61	66
"The Plus Alpha Project Program": Total Amount of Donations			Yen	-	-	-	-	112,481,520
Volunteer leave	KDDI	-	Person	29	17	0	3	0

[1]

Advertising expenses and membership fees are excluded even if they have the goal of social contribution. Political contributions are not included in total social contribution expenditures.
[2]

In-store fundraising and employee donations are not included in total social contribution expen ditures.
[3]

KDDI donates the amount of money corresponding to the points to charitable organizations on behalf of its employees.

Information Moral Courses

Item	Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
KDDI Smartphone and Mobile Phone Safety Classes
For Elders: Number of times held	KDDI	-	Times	224	189	93	123	151
For Elders: Participants			Person	3,899	3,045	1,282	1,633	1,895
For Youth: Number of times held			Times	4,469	4,332	2,608	3,217	3,304
For Youth: Participants			Person	Approx. 820,000	Approx. 790,000	Approx. 330,000	Approx. 490,000	Approx. 740,000
Workshop-style classes for high school students: Raise DRR Literacy with Your Smartphone
Schools	KDDI	-	Schools	15	19	3	9	16
Participants	KDDI	-	Person	651	937	115	489	478

Cyber Security and Privacy Protection

Item	Boundary	Coverage (FY2022)	Unit
Suspension of telecommunications services due to cyber attacks from outside	KDDI	-	Case
Leakage of personal data due to cyber attacks from outside
Divulgation of personal data