Climate Change Data

Sansan, Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (FY2023 (June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024))

Reporting Period: FY2023 (June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024)

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:22,508 tCO2e/year (Scope 1, 2, and 3 market-based)
Scope 1 Emissions:0 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:999 tCO2e/year (market-based)
Scope 3 Emissions:21,509 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:1,719 MWh/year (Electricity)
Water Consumption:6,722 m3/year (Total water withdrawn)
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:69.3 tCO2/hundred million yen (FY2023)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Conserving the Environment Through Business
  • Establishing a Firm Management Structure to Support Rapid Business Growth
  • Transforming Work Through Innovative Digital Transformation Services
  • Balancing Security and Convenience
  • Respecting Employee Diversity and Producing Innovation

Environmental Achievements

  • Planted 17,606 trees (as of August 2024) through the "Scan for Trees" initiative.
  • Achieved 10 million paperless transactions on solutions (44.0% YoY increase).

Social Achievements

  • Increased female employee ratio to 36.7% (+1.8 pts YoY).
  • Increased female manager ratio to 17.8%.
  • Achieved highest ever employee engagement score.
  • Improved eNPSSM to around zero.

Governance Achievements

  • Increased ratio of independent Outside Directors to internal directors to 5:5.
  • Established the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee.
  • Introduced performance-linked bonuses for Directors.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Become business infrastructure.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve net sales CAGR of 22–27% through FY2026.
  • Achieve adjusted operating profit margin of 18–23% in FY2026.
  • Achieve 30%+ female managers and 45%+ female employees by FY2029.
  • Achieve 35% recruitment through referrals by FY2029.
  • Achieve 80% Unipos posting rate by FY2029.
  • Achieve carbon neutrality for Scope 1+2 emissions by FY2029.
  • Achieve 120 million paperless transactions by FY2029.
Short-term Goals:
  • Increase net sales by 27.0–30.0% YoY in FY2024.

Environmental Challenges

  • Maintaining productivity per employee amid rapid workforce expansion.
  • Ensuring sufficient funding for rapid growth and potential M&A.
  • Maintaining brand power and recognition in a competitive market.
  • Addressing security risks and strengthening technological abilities.
  • Achieving carbon neutrality for Scope 1+2 emissions and 120 million paperless transactions by FY2029.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Comprehensive training for new hires to maintain mission-driven culture.
  • Maintaining appropriate communication with capital markets.
  • Continuous strengthening of advertising and brand building.
  • Investment in human capital and technological capabilities.
  • Aggressive business expansion and initiatives to reduce GHG emissions.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Natural disasters (torrential rains, floods) causing service disruptions and damage.
Transition Risks
  • Increased energy prices and regulatory changes on GHG emissions.
  • Decreased demand for services that digitize paper documents.
Opportunities
  • Increased demand for DX solutions that reduce paper use.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: International Integrated Reporting Framework (IIRF), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Recommendations, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards, SDG Compass

Certifications: Privacy Mark, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Sansan (Virtual Cards)
  • Eight (Virtual Card Exchange)
  • Bill One (paperless invoicing)

Awards & Recognition

  • Silver Award in Traditional Annual Report Category (MerComm, Inc. International ARC Awards)
  • Most-Improved Integrated Report (GPIF)
  • Best Site in the Overall Category (Nikko Investor Relations Co., Ltd.'s All Japanese Listed Companies' Website Ranking)
  • Excellence Award (Daiwa Investor Relations Internet IR Awards 2023)