LITALICO Inc.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023-04 to 2023-12, 2023-10 to 2024-03, 2024-04 to 2024-09, 2024-07-01 to 2024-09-30, FY2023)
Reporting Period: 2023-04 to 2023-12
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Workforce Diversity
- Employee Wellbeing
- Community Investment
- Sustainable Business Practices
Environmental Achievements
- Not disclosed
Social Achievements
- Established a partnership system to support diverse family structures, with 389 employees utilizing the system.
- Implemented flexible work arrangements (32, 35, and 40 hours/week), with 104 employees utilizing the flexible options.
- Encouraged male employees to take parental leave, with 56% of eligible employees doing so.
- Abolished the retirement system to allow employees to work longer and focus on customers.
- Allowed employees on parental leave to take on additional work.
Governance Achievements
- Achieved an MSCI ESG rating of AA.
Climate Goals & Targets
- Not disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Not disclosed
Environmental Challenges
- Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
- Not disclosed
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Responsible Procurement
- Not disclosed
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Not disclosed
Transition Risks
- Not disclosed
Opportunities
- Not disclosed
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: Null
Certifications: Null
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Not disclosed
Awards & Recognition
- Not disclosed
Reporting Period: 2023-10 to 2024-03
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Not disclosed
Environmental Achievements
- Not disclosed
Social Achievements
- Not disclosed
Governance Achievements
- Not disclosed
Climate Goals & Targets
- Not disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Not disclosed
Environmental Challenges
- Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
- Not disclosed
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Responsible Procurement
- Not disclosed
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Not disclosed
Transition Risks
- Not disclosed
Opportunities
- Not disclosed
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: Null
Certifications: Null
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Not disclosed
Awards & Recognition
- Not disclosed
Reporting Period: 2024-04 to 2024-09
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Not disclosed
Environmental Achievements
- Not disclosed
Social Achievements
- Not disclosed
Governance Achievements
- Not disclosed
Climate Goals & Targets
- Not disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Not disclosed
Environmental Challenges
- Temporary decrease in operating rate in the Child Welfare segment.
- Revision of the support model in the Child Welfare segment leading to increased employee burden and decreased efficiency.
Mitigation Strategies
- Returning to the previous short-term individual support model in April 2025 for the Child Welfare segment.
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Responsible Procurement
- Not disclosed
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Not disclosed
Transition Risks
- Not disclosed
Opportunities
- Not disclosed
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: Null
Certifications: Null
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Not disclosed
Awards & Recognition
- Not disclosed
Reporting Period: 2024-07-01 to 2024-09-30
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Disability inclusion
- Employee well-being
- Community impact
Environmental Achievements
- Not disclosed
Social Achievements
- Launched LITALICO Residence Inogashira-koen, a group home for individuals with severe disabilities (scheduled to open April 2025)
- 716 job placements in Q1 in Vocational Welfare segment
- Expanded employee benefits to include shortened work weeks, multiple job allowances, and expanded family definitions.
Governance Achievements
- Not disclosed
Climate Goals & Targets
- Not disclosed
- Maintain pace of new site launches in Vocational Welfare and Child Welfare segments to meet societal demand (32 new Vocational Welfare sites and 36 new Child Welfare sites in four years).
- Launch 20 new LITALICO Works sites and 21 new LITALICO Junior sites in FY2024.
Environmental Challenges
- Temporary decline in operation rates in Child Welfare segment due to reimbursement revisions and user turnover.
- Loss of a major contract in the Platform segment due to a client bankruptcy.
Mitigation Strategies
- Implementing improvement initiatives in Child Welfare segment to gradually recover operation rates.
- Accelerating marketing efforts in the Platform segment to acquire new contracts.
- Fortifying experienced hires and adjusting professional placement in Child Welfare.
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Responsible Procurement
- Not disclosed
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Not disclosed
Transition Risks
- Not disclosed
Opportunities
- Not disclosed
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: Null
Certifications: Null
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 4 (Quality Education)
- SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)
- SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities)
- SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
LITALICO's services contribute to these goals by providing inclusive education and employment opportunities for people with disabilities and fostering community development.
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Not disclosed
Awards & Recognition
- Not disclosed
Reporting Period: FY2023
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Employee Well-being
- Social Impact
Social Achievements
- Increased employment of psychologically disabled individuals by 10x over the past 10 years.
- Launched LITALICO “Development Attribute Assessment”, an online assessment service for children with potential developmental disabilities.
- No.1 in number of vocational welfare job placements nationwide (2,109 in FY23)
- Over 10,000 LITALICO Junior service users
- Discontinuation of mandatory fixed age retirement system
- Addition of shortened 32- and 35-hour work week system
- Abolition of restrictions around maintaining multiple jobs
- Advocating maternity leave for male employees
- Expansion of partnership definitions to include more diverse family structures
Governance Achievements
- Received an MSCI ESG Rating of AA as of 2023.
Climate Goals & Targets
- Planning to maintain the pace of increase in new site launches for Vocational Welfare (32 new sites in four years)
- Planning to continue the increase in annual launches for Child Welfare (36 new sites in four years)
- Planning for 12 consecutive years of sales and profit increase
Environmental Challenges
- Reimbursement revisions impacting positively for LITALICO Works, negatively for LITALICO Junior
- LITALICO Junior expected to post negative profit growth due to revisions impact and related adjustment costs
Mitigation Strategies
- Majority of LITALICO Junior launches and related cost concentration expected in H1, same as last year
- Marketing fortification for the Platform business to accelerate pace of new contract acquisition
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- LITALICO “Development Attribute Assessment”