Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Human Rights
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Environmental Sustainability
• Economic Growth
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Paperless promotion (electronic)
• Reduced paper usage and recycling of waste paper
• Telework promotion

Social Achievements

• Launched initiatives to support diverse workforce (women, seniors, foreigners)
• Achieved 64.6% female employee ratio and aims to maintain at least 50%
• Implemented training programs for employees, focusing on practical skills and sustainability awareness
• Expanded BPO services to improve corporate productivity
• Launched home-help service to support working women

Governance Achievements

• Established a Board of Directors with a majority of independent outside directors
• Established a Nomination Committee and a Compensation Committee
• Implemented robust compliance measures and internal controls
• Maintained ROE above 20% and total return ratio above 50%

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Decreasing workforce due to Japan's aging population
• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on certain business segments
• Maintaining compliance in a rapidly changing regulatory environment

Mitigation Strategies

• Actively seeking to utilize potential workforce (e.g., housewives, seniors, foreigners)
• Developing new business models and expanding into new areas through M&A
• Implementing DX and Fintech to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Strengthening compliance measures and internal controls
• Setting ambitious targets for ROE, total return ratio, and D/E ratio

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: International Framework

Certifications: えるぼし認定

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 8
• SDG 9
• SDG 10

The company's activities contribute to these goals by providing employment opportunities, promoting technological innovation, and reducing inequality.

Awards & Recognition

• 第8回企業価値向上表彰

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Human rights
• Work styles
• Diversity
• Climate change
• Environmental impact
• Resource efficiency
• Corporate governance
• Information security

Environmental Achievements

• Reducing paper use and recycling used paper
• Encouraging casual business wear
• Promoting teleworking
• Promoting paperless operations (digitization)
• Exploring the utilization of low cost energy sources and services with a low environmental impact, such as switching sales vehicles at our sales offices to EVs

Social Achievements

• Providing various employment opportunities to job seekers in search of diverse work styles, such as women, young people, seniors, and foreign nationals
• Promoting diversity and inclusion along with diverse working styles, and particularly from the perspective of empowering women, developing a workplace that achieves work-life balance in terms of childcare and proactively supporting women’s career development
• Established Fullcast Senior Works Co., Ltd. and secured diverse employment opportunities for active seniors who want to be involved in society
• Expanded BPO business for payroll and labor management to improve productivity of companies
• Established Fullcast Global Co., Ltd. and Fullcast International Co., Ltd., creating a mechanism for attracting international talent to Japan
• Started Minimaid Service Co., Ltd. a subsidiary to launch the housekeeping business. Providing housekeeping support for households where husband and wife both work and contributing to women`s advancement in society

Governance Achievements

• Adopted an Audit & Supervisory Committee governance system
• Independent outside directors are nominated and appointed to more than one-third of directorships
• Established the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee, which comprise three independent outside directors and myself as members
• Established the “Basic Policy on Information Security”

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Climate-related risks (transition risks and physical risks)
• Reputational damage caused by delay in climate change related initiatives or violations of laws and regulations
• Changes in reputation among stakeholders (customers, employees, investors)
• Increasing severity of extreme weather
• System failure due to server flooding or damage
• Deteriorating labor environment due to rising average temperature
• Rising risk of infectious diseases

Mitigation Strategies

• Performing a scenario analysis of climate change-related risks and possibilities in accordance with the framework proposed by the TCFD
• Establishing a carbon neutrality target
• Disclosing climate change related initiatives appropriately
• Deepening reviews of initiatives for reducing our Group’s greenhouse gas emissions
• Establishing a business continuity plan (BCP) and reviewing it as necessary
• Implementing initiatives to reduce GHG emissions
• Continuously review BCP plan
• Enhance ability to manage human resources taking labor environment into account

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Increasing severity of extreme weather (typhoons, torrential rainfall, landslides, storm surge, etc.)
• System failure due to server flooding or damage
• Deteriorating labor environment due to rising average temperature
• Rising risk of infectious diseases

Transition Risks

• Introduction of carbon pricing systems including carbon taxes and carbon trading system, and soaring carbon tax
• Introduction of GHG emission control systems and obligatory reporting of GHG emissions
• Reputational damage caused by delay in climate change related initiatives or violations of laws and regulations
• Changes in reputation among stakeholders (customers, employees, investors)

Opportunities

• Provision of short-term staffing services and BPO services, etc. in environmental related domains
• Capturing staffing needs for achieving a low carbon society
• Use energy sources and services with low cost and low environmental impact

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: International Integrated Reporting Framework (IIRC), TCFD

Certifications: Eruboshi certification

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 5. Gender Equality
• 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 10. Reduced Inequalities

Awards & Recognition

• Selection in the 50 candidates for the 8th Corporate Value Improvement Award

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Human Rights
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Work-Life Balance
• Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Promoting paperless operations (digitization), reducing paper usage, recycling used paper, encouraging casual business wear, promoting teleworking, and switching sales vehicles at sales offices to EVs.

Social Achievements

• Maintained a 61.5% ratio of female employees (including permanent and temporary employees), exceeding the 50% target. Maintained a 50.42% ratio of female operating workers in Placement and Dispatching in the Short-Term Operational Support Business. Established an internal reporting system available to all officers and employees with an external contact point.

Governance Achievements

• Established a Nomination Committee and a Remuneration Committee, both consisting of three Independent Outside Directors and the CEO. Adopted the structure of a company with an Audit & Supervisory Committee, with at least 1/3 of the Board of Directors as Independent Outside Directors.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Greater-than-expected drop in special COVID-19-related demand. Increase in companies’ portion of social insurance premiums following the expansion of social insurance coverage. Intensifying competition in the spot work market due to entry of companies from other industries.
• Reputational risk related to reputational damage caused by delay in climate change-related initiatives or violations of laws and regulations, and changes in reputation among stakeholders such as client companies, employees and investors.

Mitigation Strategies

• Strategic investments worth 2 billion yen in fiscal year 2024 to strengthen sales, brand power and recognition, hiring, reinforce systems and strengthen operations. Establishing a carbon neutrality target for the Group, disclosing climate change-related initiatives appropriately, and deepening reviews of initiatives for reducing the Group’s greenhouse gas emissions.
• Establishing a business continuity plan (BCP) and reviewing it as necessary to ensure the continuity or early restoration of important business operations during a contingency.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Increasing severity of extreme weather, system failure due to server flooding or damage, deteriorating labor environment due to rising average temperature, rising risk of infectious diseases

Transition Risks

• Introduction of carbon pricing systems, introduction of GHG emission control systems, reputational damage caused by delay in climate change-related initiatives or violations of laws and regulations

Opportunities

• Provision of short-term staffing services and BPO services in environmental-related domains, capturing staffing needs for achieving a low-carbon society

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: TCFD

Certifications: Eruboshi certification

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 5. Gender Equality
• 10. Reduced Inequalities
• 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

The Group contributes to these SDGs through its core business of providing short-term employment opportunities and its commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Awards & Recognition

• IR continuance company premium (2023)