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Verification Report

Energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Item Breakdown Unit Fiscal year
ended
November 2018
(19th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2019
(20th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2020
(21st period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2021
(22nd period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2022
(23rd period)
Energy
consumption
(within the
organization)		 Non-renewable
energy consumption		 GJ 21,530.07 26,797.91 26,531.98 37,609.31 54,111.77
A type heavy oil kl 249.44 340.69 409.69 533.31 804.28
Kerosene kl 0.02 0.04 0.13 0.01 0.00
Diesel kl 1.29 0.26 0.57 110.30 137.15
Gasoline kl 2.43 0.49 1.08 20.09 9.64
City gas 1,000m3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.64
Electricity MWh 3,234.25 3,735.82 2,902.70 3,306.37 4,746.33
Heat MWh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cooling MWh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Steam MWh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Renewable energy
consumption		 GJ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,922.07
Electricity MWh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 533.91
Heat MWh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cooling MWh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Steam MWh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total energy consumption GJ 21,530.07 26,797.91 26,531.98 37,609.31 56,033.83
Energy consumption intensity
(per unit of operating profit)		 [GJ/million yen] 21.90 16.71 11.91 14.10 17.46
Energy consumption
(outside of the
organization) 		Total energy consumption
(crude oil equivalent)		 GJ 193,570.05 218,096.28 295,770.61 348,685.17 435,629.66
GHG emissions Scope1 ◆ [t-CO2] 804.45 1,090.96 1,113.08 1,776.85 2,559.87
CO2 [t-CO2] 804.45 1,090.96 1,113.08 1,776.85 2,559.87
CH4 [t-CO2] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
N2O [t-CO2] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
HFCs [t-CO2] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
PFCs [t-CO2] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
SF6 [t-CO2] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Scope 2 location-based ◆ [t-CO2] 1,617.22 1,823.18 1,274.59 1,497.79 2,302.01
Scope 2 market-based [t-CO2] - - - - 2,051.35
Scope 1, Scope 2 location-based [t-CO2] 2,421.67 2,914.14 2,387.67 3,274.63 4,861.88
Scope 1, Scope 2 market-based [t-CO2] - - - - 4,611.22
Scope 1, Scope 2 location-based
emissions intensity
(per unit of operating profit)		 [t-CO2/million yen] 2.46 1.82 1.07 1.23 1.51
Scope 1, Scope 2 location-based
emissions intensity
reduction rate (YoY)		 % - -26.25 -41.01 14.53 23.40
Scope3 [t-CO2eq] 13,272.45 14,954.13 20,280.00 23,908.18 29,869.67
Products and
services purchased ◆		 [t-CO2eq] 5,632.99 5,977.10 7,474.30 8,702.63 11,700.58
Capital goods ◆ [t-CO2eq] 3,777.95 5,147.05 7,651.19 8,953.58 11,330.14
Energy activities
other than
Scope 1 and 2 ◆		 [t-CO2eq] 346.05 419.99 380.25 513.61 773.21
Upstream transportation ◆ [t-CO2eq] 3,110.43 2,873.16 4,174.70 4,344.93 4,664.48
Wastes ◆ [t-CO2eq] 81.56 112.72 158.92 463.34 129.43
Business travel ◆ [t-CO2eq] 90.65 165.17 123.34 223.13 267.24
Commuting ◆ [t-CO2eq] 232.83 258.94 317.31 706.95 1,004.60
Upstream leased assets [t-CO2eq] Included in Scope 1 and 2 Included in Scope 1 and 2 Included in Scope 1 and 2 Included in Scope 1 and 2 Included in Scope 1 and 2
Downstream transportation [t-CO2eq] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Product processing [t-CO2eq] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Product use [t-CO2eq] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Product disposal [t-CO2eq] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Downstream leased assets [t-CO2eq] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Franchises [t-CO2eq] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Investment [t-CO2eq] Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Scope 1, Scope 2 location-based and Scope3 [t-CO2eq] 15,694.12 17,868.27 22,667.68 27,182.81 34,731.55
Net sales million yen 14,797 17,522 21,009 24,862 26,580
Operating profit million yen 983 1,604 2,228 2,668 3,210
Scope 1, Scope 2 location-based and Scope3
emissions intensity
(per unit of operating profit)		 t-CO2eq/million yen 15.97 11.14 10.17 10.19 10.82
Scope 1, Scope 2 location-based and Scope3
emissions intensity
reduction rate (YoY)		 % - -30.23 -8.67 0.14 6.20

Note: Note: Scope of calculations and targets: For each of Scope 1, 2, and 3, the following eight companies (financial control standard) accounting for 99.8% or more of the scope of the Group's businesses: S-Pool, Inc. and consolidated companies S-Pool Human Solutions, Inc., S-Pool Plus, Inc., S-Pool Logistics, Inc., S-Pool Sales Support, Inc., S-Pool Link, Inc., blue dot green Inc., and S-Pool Glocal, Inc.
Note: Calculation methods are based on the Basic Guidelines on Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Throughout the Supply Chain (Ver. 2.4) established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment. Emissions intensities are calculated using the Database on Emissions Unit Values for Accounting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, etc., by Organizations Throughout the Supply Chain (Ver. 3.2).
Calculations of Scope 1 emissions assume the emissions coefficients based on the calculation, reporting, and publication system set forth by the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures.
Scope 2 location-based are calculated using the national average emission factor from "Emission Factors by Electric Utility (for calculation of greenhouse gas emissions by specific emitters) for submission in 2023".
For Scope 2 market-based, emission factors for the electricity menu provided by the contracted electric power company/building management company were used. If unknown, adjusted emission factors were used from "Emission Factors by Electric Utility (for calculation of greenhouse gas emissions by specific emitters) for submission in 2023".
Note: Since the S-Pool Group does not sell electricity, heat, cooling, steam, etc., consumption arising from sales activities is not indicated.
* Due to the difficulty of ascertaining actual energy use for energy consumption outside of the organization, the crude oil equivalent of heat is calculated using the CO2-converted value of the following figure from the List of Calculation Methods and Emissions Coefficients for the Calculation, Reporting, and Publication System, excluding Scope 3, on the assumption that all Scope 3 figures are petroleum-based emissions.
Crude oil (not including condensate (NGL)): 0.0187 tC/GJ

Social Data

Status of employees and human resource indicators

Item Breakdown Unit Fiscal year
ended
November 2018
(19th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2019
(20th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2020
(21st period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2021
(22nd period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2022
(23rd period)
Status of
employees		 Total number of employees Persons 640 725 849 945 1,060
Male Persons 308 370 416 437 481
Female Persons 332 355 433 508 579
Percentage
of females		 % 51.9 49 51 53.8 54.6
Age under 30 Persons - - - 414 454
Male Persons - - - 149 176
Female Persons - - - 265 278
Age 30–50 Persons - - - 482 542
Male Persons - - - 256 266
Female Persons - - - 226 276
Age 50 or older Persons - - - 49 64
Male Persons - - - 32 39
Female Persons - - - 17 25
Regular employees Persons 489 542 632 728 865
Male Persons 257 297 322 341 392
Female Persons 232 245 310 387 473
Percentage
of females		 % 47.4 45.2 49.0 53.2 54.7
Non-regular employees
(contracted employees)		 Persons - - - 217 195
Male Persons - - - 96 89
Female Persons - - - 121 106
Percentage
of females		 % - - - 55.8 54.4
Non-regular employees
(part time)		 Persons - - - 244 320
Male Persons - - - 109 130
Female Persons - - - 135 190
Percentage
of females		 % - - - 55.3 59.4
Full time *1 Persons - - - 1,092 1,264
Male Persons - - - 530 597
Female Persons - - - 562 667
Percentage
of females		 % - - - 51.5 52.8
Other than full time *1 Persons - - - 97 116
Male Persons - - - 16 14
Female Persons - - - 81 102
Percentage
of females		 % - - - 83.5 87.9
Percentage of
employees 65
or older *1 		% 2.6 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.68
Composition
of managers		 Number of managers Persons 99 114 138 154 185
Female Persons 17 16 22 29 38
Percentage
of females		 % 17.2 14.0 15.9 18.8 20.5
Wage Differentials between Men and Women *3 All employees % - - - - 70.6
Regular employees % - - - - 69.0
Non-regular employees % - - - - 78.4
Employment of
people with
disabilities		 Percentage of
employees with
disabilities *1, 2 		% 2.88 2.40 2.63 2.70 3.46
Number hired *1 Total Persons - - - 499 625
Male Persons - - - 188 228
Female Persons - - - 311 397
Percentage
of males		 % - - - 12.6 12.7
Percentage
of females		 % - - - 20.8 22.1
New graduate hires *2 Persons 19 53 54 63 62
Male Persons 10 32 27 20 26
Female Persons 9 21 27 43 36
Percentage
of females		 % 47.3 39.6 50.0 68.3 58.1
Midcareer hires Persons 391 328 333 435 563
Male Persons 136 145 146 169 202
Female Persons 255 183 187 266 361
Percentage
of females		 % 65.2 55.8 56.2 61.1 64.1
Age under 30 Persons - - - 270 310
Male Persons - - - 78 121
Female Persons - - - 192 189
Age 30–50 Persons - - - 178 227
Male Persons - - - 74 72
Female Persons - - - 104 155
Age 50 or older Persons - - - 51 88
Male Persons - - - 36 35
Female Persons - - - 15 53
Average years
of continual service
of regular employees		 Overall Year 2 years,
10 months		 3 years,
0 month		 3 years,
4 months		 3 years,
4 months		 3 years,
0 month
Male Year 3 years,
4 months		 3 years,
4 months		 3 years,
10 months		 3 years,
10 months		 3 years,
7 months
Female Year 2 years,
2 months		 2 years,
7 months		 2 years,
9 months		 2 years,
6 months		 2 years,
6 months
Number of
separated
employees *2		 Total Persons - - - 315 407
Voluntary Persons - - - 315 407
Involuntary Persons - - - 0 0
Male Persons - - - 133 158
Female Persons - - - 182 249
Percentage
of males		 % - - - 8.9 8.8
Percentage
of females		 % - - - 12.2 13.8
Age under 30
(overall)		 Persons - - - 140 185
Age under 30
(male)		 Persons - - - 50 65
Age under 30
(female)		 Persons - - - 90 120
Age 30–50
(overall)		 Persons - - - 153 153
Age 30–50
(male)		 Persons - - - 69 64
Age 30–50
(female)		 Persons - - - 84 89
Age 50 or older
(overall)		 Persons - - - 22 69
Age 50 or older
(male)		 Persons - - - 14 29
Age 50 or older
(female)		 Persons - - - 8 40
Turnover rate
of regular
employees *4		   % 14.2 17.7 12.6 14.9 16.7

Note: The scope encompasses the following eight companies: S-Pool, Inc., S-Pool Human Solutions, Inc., S-Pool Plus, Inc., S-Pool Logistics, Inc., S-Pool Sales Support, Inc., S-Pool Link Inc., blue dot green Inc., and S-Pool Glocal Inc.
Note: Except as otherwise noted, the scope encompasses the employment forms of regular employees and non-regular employees (contracted employees).
*1 Scope: Regular employees, non-regular employees (contracted employees), non-regular employees (part time)
*2 Figures as of June 1 in each fiscal year
*3 The definition of calculation shall be as follows
Wages: Includes base salary, allowances for overtime work, bonuses, etc., but excludes commuting allowances.
Non-regular employees: Excludes temporary employees employed by S-Pool Human Solutions Inc., and part-time employees employed by S-Pool Logistics Inc., and S-Pool Sales Support Inc.
Number of employees: Any fraction of less than one person resulting from the calculation is rounded off to one decimal place.
Maternity, childcare leave, leave of absence, etc.: If the payment for the relevant month is zero, it is not counted as the number of employees for the relevant month.
*4 Resignation for personal reasons

Work-life balance

Item Breakdown Unit Fiscal year
ended
November 2018
(19th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2019
(20th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2020
(21st period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2021
(22nd period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2022
(23rd period)
Percentage
of annual paid
leave taken *1		 ― % 40.0 40.1 44.3 51.9 60.5
Average
working hours
per month		 Overall Hours - - - 161:06 165:49
Regular employees Hours - - - 172:23 174:43
Contracted employees Hours - - - 153:20 163:54
Internal part-time
employees		 Hours - - - 157:51 124:27
Average
overtime hours
per month *1		 ― Hours 21.3 19.8 17.4 17.2 20.2
Employees
taking childcare
leave *1		 Total Persons - - - 30 32
Male Persons - - - 4 1
Female Persons - - - 26 31
Employees returning
from childcare
leave *1		 Total Persons - - - 14 9
Male Persons - - - 3 2
Female Persons - - - 11 7
Current employees
who have returned
from childcare leave *1 		Total Persons - - - 24 38
Male Persons - - - 2 6
Female Persons - - - 22 32
Rate of return after
childcare leave *1, 2		 Total % - - - 100.0 100.0
Male % - - - 100.0 100.0
Female % - - - 100.0 100.0
Rate of retention
after childcare
leave *1, 3		 Total % - - - 100.0 100.0
Male % - - - 100.0 100.0
Female % - - - 100.0 100.0

Note: The scope encompasses the following eight companies: S-Pool, Inc., S-Pool Human Solutions, Inc., S-Pool Plus, Inc., S-Pool Logistics, Inc., S-Pool Sales Support, Inc., S-Pool Link Inc., blue dot green Inc., and S-Pool Glocal Inc.
Note: Except as otherwise noted, the scope encompasses the employment forms of regular employees and non-regular employees (contracted employees).
*1 Scope: Regular employees, non-regular employees (contracted employees), non-regular employees (part time)
*2 Total number of employees who returned from childcare leave ÷ Total number of employees who planned to return from childcare leave
*3 Total number of employees who returned from childcare leave during the previous reporting period and are still employed 12 months later ÷ Total number of employees who returned from childcare leave during the previous reporting period

Employee education

Item Breakdown Unit Fiscal year
ended
November 2018
(19th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2019
(20th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2020
(21st period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2021
(22nd period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2022
(23rd period)
Skills development
training *1		 Total hours of
skills development
training		 Hours 710 1,390 1,410 1,600 1,723
Hours of training
per employee		 Hours 1.1 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.3
Days of training
per employee		 Days 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Training costs
per employee		 Yen 24,166 36,382 42,713 34,826 57,700
Percentage ofemployees
undergoing career
development reviews
(periodic interviews) *2 		Total % - - - 90.8 97.2
Regular employees % - - - 100.0 100.0
Contracted employees % - - - 81.5 94.4

Note: The scope encompasses the following seven companies: S-Pool, Inc., S-Pool Human Solutions, Inc., S-Pool Plus, Inc., S-Pool Logistics, Inc., S-Pool Sales Support, Inc., S-Pool Link, Inc., and blue dot green Inc.
*1 Training on skills development organized by the Human Resource Division. Total training hours provided within the third year after hiring of new graduates and for managers.
*2 Excludes internal part-time employees. Among contracted employees, reviews are not conducted for those hired under the free-agent program.

Governance Data

Corporate governance structure

Item Breakdown Unit Fiscal year
ended
November 2018
(19th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2019
(20th period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2020
(21st period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2021
(22nd period)		 Fiscal year
ended
November 2022
(23rd period)
Composition
of Board
of Directors		 Number of directors *1 Persons 6 6 6 6 6
Male Persons 5 5 5 5 5
Female Persons 1 1 1 1 1
Percentage
of females		 % 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6
Age under 30
(overall)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age under 30
(male)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age under 30
(female)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age 30–50 (overall) Persons 3 3 2 2 2
Age 30–50
(male)		 Persons 2 2 1 1 1
Age 30–50
(female)		 Persons 1 1 1 1 1
Age 50 or older (overall) Persons 3 3 4 4 4
Age 50 or older
(male)		 Persons 3 3 4 4 4
Age 50 or older
(female)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Number of external directors Persons 3 3 3 3 3
Percentage of
external directors		 % 50 50 50 50 50
Number of Board
of Directors
Meetings / attendance		 Number of Board of Directors
Meetings held *2		 Times 21 20 17 17 17
Attendance rate of
all directors *3		 % 100.0 98.2 99.0 100.0 100.0
Attendance rate of
external directors *3 		% 100.0 96.2 98.0 100.0 100.0
Composition of
Board of
Statutory Auditors		 Number of
statutory auditors *1		 Persons 3 3 3 3 3
Male Persons 2 2 2 2 2
Female Persons 1 1 1 1 1
Percentage
of females		 % 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3
Age under 30
(overall)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age under 30
(male)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age under 30
(female)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age 30–50
(overall)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age 30–50
(male)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age 30–50
(female)		 Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Age 50 or older
(overall)		 Persons 3 3 3 3 3
Age 50 or older
(male)		 Persons 2 2 2 2 2
Age 50 or older
(female)		 Persons 1 1 1 1 1
Number of external
statutory auditors		 Persons 3 3 3 3 3
Percentage of external
statutory auditors		 % 100 100 100 100 100
Number of Board
of Statutory Auditors
Meetings / attendance		 Number of Board of
Directors Meetings held *2		 Times 16 15 14 15 15
Attendance rate
of external
directors *3 		% 97.9 100.0 97.6 100.0 97.8
Composition of
executive officers		 Number of executive officers *1 Persons 18 20 21 24 27
Male Persons 18 20 21 22 25
Female Persons 0 0 0 2 2
Percentage
of females		 % 0 0 0 8.3 7.4

*1 Figures as of the end of each fiscal year
*2 Held December–November of each fiscal year
*3 Attendance rate during term of office

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