ESG Data Summery

Governance Data

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 As of March 2020

Directors

9 12 12 12 12 12
Outside directors
(independent outside directors)
3(3) 3(3) 4(4) 4(4) 4(4) 5(4)
Ratio of independent outside directors (%) 33.3 25.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3
Female directors 1 1
2 2 2 2
Ratio of female directors (%) 11.1 8.3 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.7
Board of Director meeting
attendance rate (%)
91.9 95.4 96.9 98.0 96.9 *
Attendance rate of independent outside
directors at
Board of Director meetings (%)
83.3 96.1 96.3 98.5 93.8 *
  • * Not calculated as 2020 is in progress.

Social Data

Number of Employees (Each year-end)

  December
2015
December
2016
December
2017
December
2018
December
2019

Consolidated employees

47,324 55,843 60,064 62,608 66,400

Employees and Managers *

As of December 2019

  Grand total Male Female Female Component

Employees

66,400 34,460 31,940 48.1%
  Dentsu Inc. 7,071 4,765 2,306 32.6%
  Dentsu Japan Network except for
Dentsu Inc.
12,771 8,248 4,523 35.4%
  Dentsu Aegis Network 46,558 21,447 25,111 53.9%
Managers 3,261 2,787 474 14.5%
  Dentsu Inc. 805 744 61 7.6%
  Dentsu Japan Network except for
Dentsu Inc.
1,929 1,684 245 12.7%
  Dentsu Aegis Network 527 359 168 31.9%
  • * Calculated as Managers within Dentsu and domestic Group companies and Officer class within DAN.

Community Activities

  Consolidated Dentsu Japan Network Dentsu Aegis Network

Donations (Yen)

808,054,171 664,412,477 143,641,694
Participants in volunteer activities 14,941 513 14,428
Hours spent participating in
volunteer activities
78,247 5,994 72,253

Environmental Performance Data

  2017 2018 2019

CO2 emissions (tons)

113,134 113,791 121,156
  Dentsu Inc. 28,991 27,624 37,071
  Dentsu Japan Network except for
Dentsu Inc.
16,443 16,223 19,584
  Dentsu Aegis Network 67,700 70,045 64,500

CO2 emission intensity (tons per FTE)

2.11 1.88 1.89

Scope 1 (tons)

5,611 4,981 4,888
  Dentsu Inc. 452 104 89
  Dentsu Japan Network except for
Dentsu Inc.
417 322 255
  Dentsu Aegis Network 4,742 4,555 4,544

Scope 2 (market-based, tons)

48,573 39,130 29,074
  Dentsu Inc. 20,287 18,868 16,821
  Dentsu Japan Network except for
Dentsu Inc.
8,258 7,645 7,381
  Dentsu Aegis Network 20,028 12,617 4,873

Scope 3 (tons)

58,949 69,679 87,194
  1. Purchased goods and services 2,396 2,087 1,481
  5. Waste generated in operations 1,110 1,627 1,246
  6. Business travel 52,603 62,253 79,417
  7. Employee commuting 2,841 3,713 5,049

Amount of waste (kg)

6,665,499 7,884,635 6,456,545
  Dentsu Inc. 2,884,696 2,196,440 1,751,954
  Dentsu Japan Network except for
Dentsu Inc.
1,444,553 1,550,789 1,494,591
  Dentsu Aegis Network 2,336,250 4,137,406 3,210,000

Water consumption (m³)

458,786 806,030 776,321
  Dentsu Inc. 133,048 125,331 128,459
  Dentsu Japan Network except for
Dentsu Inc.
143,299 148,063 187,349
  Dentsu Aegis Network 182,439 532,636 460,513

Scope and Method of Calculation

  • Excluding some Dentsu Group companies
  • Based on the calculation standards of WRI (World Resources Institute) GHG Protocol
  • For CO2 emissions, Categories 1, 5, 6, and 7 were calculated for Scope 3
  • The volume of waste generated (in kg) is the sum of general waste and industrial waste (including waste oil, waste plastic)
  • The volume of water resources used is the sum of municipal water and gray water at the Tokyo Head Office, and the municipal water used at the Kansai Branch Office and Chubu Branch Office
  • For improved accuracy, the values of the previous fiscal years have been revised

Third-Party Assurance

Third-Party Assurance
Third-Party Assurance

The rate of women in leadership, the amount of donations, the number of participants in volunteer activities, the hours spent participating in volunteer activities, and CO2 emissions (greenhouse gas emissions) from the Dentsu Group are verified , and certification is provided (left), by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd (LRQA).

Individual Data (Dentsu Inc.)

Employee-related Data

Number of Employees (Each year-end)

  December
2015
December
2016
December
2017
December
2018
December
2019

Dentsu Employees

7,261 6,799 6,927 6,921 7,071

New Graduates Hired

  April 2016 April 2017 April 2018 April 2019 April 2020

Total

144 145 145 141 123
 Male 88 82 84 73 67
 Female 56 63 61 68 56
Female Component (%) 38.9 43.4 42.0 48.2 45.5

Number of New Graduates and Mid-career Personnel Hired

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Total

152 176 244 240 68
 Male 108 115 158 158 50
 Female 44 61 86 82 18
Female Component (%) 28.9 34.7 35.2 34.2 26.5

Average Age of Employees

As of December 2019

Total 40.9

Male

42.8
Female 37.0

Average Number of Consecutive Years Served

As of December 2019

Total 13.8

Male

16.1
Female 9.1

Number of Employees by Generation *

As of December 2019

Under 30 years of age 1,141
30-39 years of age 2,309
40-49 years of age 1,897
50-59 years of age 1,437
Over 60 years of age 287
Total 7,071
  • * Includes employees on temporary assignment but does not include accepted temporary assignees.

Employee Composition *1

  As of December 2019 As of March 2020
  Male Female Total Male Female Total

Executive officers, others *2

45 4 49 30 2 32
Managers 1,587 166 1,753 1,608 168 1,776
Non-managers 2,391 1,079 3,470 2,292 1,049 3,341
Contract employees 313 368 681 310 376 686
Clerical staff 0 490 490 0 482 482
Partners / senior staff 174 44 218 170 43 213
Part-timers, others *3 51 34 85 51 35 86
Seconded from other entities 204 121 325 196 116 312
Total 4,765 2,306 7,071 4,657 2,271 6,928
  • *1 Employees on temporary assignments are excluded.
  • *2 Includes senior corporate advisors, special advisors, and executive officers (excluding Director and Corporate Auditor).
  • *3 Indicates permanent part-timers, nonpermanent part-timers, and employees of overseas branches.

Employee Engagement Survey

Survey of the Company and Work (%)

  January 2016 January 2017 January 2018 January 2019

Q. Have you gained experience and
knowledge made
possible only by
working at Dentsu?

94.4 93.2 92.3 92.9
Q. Are you proud to work at Dentsu? 86.8 80.2 78.4 80.0
Q. Going forward, do you want to
continue working at Dentsu?
75.6 73.5 72.1 72.6

Health and Safety

Health Checkup Rate

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Total

76.1 95.5 96.6 95.4 97.2

Note: Period of data collection: Nine months spanning April–December 2015

Work–Life Balance

Average Number of Paid Vacation Days Taken

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Total

8.4 11.2 12.8 13.2 12.6
 Male 7.5 10.2 12.1 12.9 12.2
 Female 10.6 13.9 14.5 14.0 13.4
Leave Taken (%) 42.0 56.0 64.0 66.0 62.8

Note: Period of data collection: Nine months spanning April–December 2015

Employees Taking Childcare Leave, Reinstatement Ratio

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Total

81 81 106 155 232
 Male 15 31 47 102 164
 Female 66 50 59 53 68
Reinstatement ratio (%) 100 100 100 100 100

Total Hours Worked per Year (Per Non-manager Employees)*1

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Total

2,187 2,166 2,031*2 1,952 1,903
  • *1 Following the change in management of working hours, the number of actual working hours was revised in FY2017.
  • *2 Including management positions from FY2017.

Leveraging Diverse Human Resources

Employment Rate of People with Disabilities (%)*

  June 2016 June 2017 June 2018 June 2019 June 2020

Total

2.04 2.07 2.14 2.35 2.38

* As of June of each year, total of four companies under the special subsidiary system (Dentsu Group, Dentsu Solari, Dentsu, Dentsu Works), until 2019, three companies combined (Dentsu, Dentsu Solari, Dentsu Works)

Number of Post-retirement Rehires

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Total

53 46 51 58 67
 Male 44 35 41 53 55
 Female 9 11 10 5 12

Compliance

Compliance Line Reports (cases)*

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Dentsu Total

15 7 9 24 17

* Total from Dentsu and Group companies in Japan.

Individual Data (Dentsu Aegis Network)

Average Age of Employees

As of December 2019

Total 34.0

Average Number of
Consecutive Years Served

As of December 2019

Total 4.0

Employees by Age (%)*

As of December 2019

Under 30 years of age 35.8
30-39 years of age 38.2
40-49 years of age 16.7
50-59 years of age 5.9
Over 60 years of age 1.0
  • Excludes certain employees.