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.