Climate Change Data

Broadmedia Corporation

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021-04 to 2022-03, 2023, 2023-04 to 2023-12)

Reporting Period: 2021-04 to 2022-03

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Sustainable and ethical businesses
  • Human resource development
  • Governance
  • Shareholder return

Social Achievements

  • Resumption of dividend payments after a nine-year hiatus.
  • Introduction of a restricted stock compensation plan for Directors (excluding Outside Directors) to incentivize sustainable value increase and promote value sharing with shareholders.
  • Expansion of Renaissance High School Group to Hakata and Namba, further expanding eSports course curriculum, including Roblox programming and VALORANT courses.

Governance Achievements

  • Introduction of a restricted stock compensation plan for Directors (excluding Outside Directors).

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Significant growth in Education and Technology segments, considering M&A for areas not currently handled.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Become a leading eSports business operator.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Capital

Social Achievements

  • Percentage of eligible employees taking childcare leave: Female employees: 100%, Male employees: 85.7%
  • Percentage of female managers: 20.3%

Governance Achievements

  • Transition to a company with audit & supervisory committee system

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve a consolidated operating margin of 10%
  • Achieve an ROE of 30%

Environmental Challenges

  • Slump in all segments except Education and Technology
  • Acquisition of div Inc. and divx Inc. resulted in decreased income
  • Lower income taxes - deferred (deferred tax assets) than in the previous fiscal year
  • Recording of extraordinary losses (an impairment loss due to the withdrawal from a business, etc.)
  • Decreased sponsorship revenues and subscription fee revenue in Broadcast segment
  • Losses from cloud solution services increased due to closure of a partner’s service
  • Rapid growth in Education segment leading to challenges in securing teachers and increasing enrollment limits
Mitigation Strategies
  • Efforts to improve profitability of div Inc. and divx Inc.
  • Cost control measures in digital media services
  • Strategic consideration of options for underperforming segments
  • Measures to address ongoing issues attributable to rapid growth such as the securing of teachers, increase of enrollment limits, etc.
  • Initiatives to grow "Fishing Vision Club (VOD)"
  • Expansion of services to existing customers in CDN services
  • Initiatives to improve ROE (Improvement of performance, repurchase or cancellation of treasury stock, increase of dividends, strategic selection of businesses, etc.)

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2023-04 to 2023-12

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Capital

Social Achievements

  • 100% of eligible female employees and 60% of eligible male employees took childcare leave in FY2022.
  • 16% of managers were female in FY2022 (target: 20% by FY2026).

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • 20% female managers by FY2026

Environmental Challenges

  • Rapid growth in the Education segment leading to challenges in securing teachers and increasing enrollment limits.
  • Lower revenue in the Studio & Production segment due to the Hollywood writers' and actors' strike.
  • Declining sponsorship and subscription revenue in the Broadcast segment.
  • Increased losses from cloud solution services in the Technology segment due to a partner's service closure.
  • Losses in the professional eSports promotion business (Others segment).
Mitigation Strategies
  • Measures taken to address challenges in the Education segment (securing teachers, increasing enrollment limits).
  • Efforts to facilitate the opening of an audio describer training course and collaboration with Hello Movie in Studio & Production.
  • Development of Fishing Vision Club (VOD+α) to offset declining revenue in Broadcast.
  • Initiatives to expand CDN services and existing customer services in Technology.
  • Efforts to improve profitability and expand business foundations in div Inc. and divx Inc.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities