Ajinomoto : ▶Sustainability Data Book 2023 -Personnel and Labor-Related Data

Ajinomoto Group Sustainability Data Book 2023 Appendix 2 : Personnel and Labor-Related Data

• Directors statistics
• Employee statistics
• Work-lifebalance-related programs
• Frequency of serious accidents and accidents with absence
• Number of hotline (whistleblowing) reports
• Third-partyassurance

Scope of the personnel and labor-related data

The personnel and labor-related data of this section covers Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (28 in Japan, 84 overseas) as of March 31, 2023.

Definitions of terms

Employees	: Directly employed management, non-management and contract staff
Temporary staff : Directly employed contract and temporary staff, including part-time employees
Executive	: Directors, or executive officers
Management	: Employees in the position of section manager, a position equivalent to section manager, or a position
	higher than section manager (excluding executives)

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Personnel and Labor-Related Data

Director statistics	Employee statistics

Number of directors (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)																	(persons)
				as of June 30, 2021		as of June 30, 2022	as of June 30, 2023
				Total		Male	Female	Total		Male		Female	Total		Male		Female
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.		11		8			3		11		7		4	11		8			3
		Ratio		100%		73%		27%	100%		64%		36%	100%		73%			27%
Directors by age (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)																		(persons)
				as of June 30, 2021		as of June 30, 2022		as of June 30, 2023
			Total	age	age		age			age	age		age				age	age		age
			30-		Total	30-				Total		30-
			<30		50-	<30			50-			<31		51-
					<50				<50						<51
Ajinomoto Co.,	11	0	0		11		11		0	0		11		0		0	0	11
Inc.
	Ratio	100%	0%	0%	100%	100%		0%	0%	100%		0%		0%	0%	100%

1. Europe, the Middle East and Africa
2. Corrections have been made as a result of review of totals.

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Number of Ajinomoto Group employees							(persons)
					FY2020			FY2021			FY2022
				Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Ajinomoto Group total	42,542	-	-	41,696	-	-	42,431	-	-
		Employees	33,461	23,536	9,924	33,910	23,749	10,162	34,615	23,996	10,619
			Management	4,977	3,685	1,292	5,014	3,697	1,317	5,254	3,826	1,428
			Non-management	28,397	19,784	8,614	28,791	19,972	8,820	29,255	20,095	9,160
			Contract staff	86	67	19	105	80	25	106	75	31
		Temporary staff	9,081	-	-	7,785	-	-	7,816	-	-
	Japan	12,636	-	-	12,534	-	-	12,463	-	-
		Employees	7,709	5,570	2,140	7,768	5,585	2,183	7,814	5,585	2,229
			Management	1,952	1,746	206	1,989	1,767	222	2,043	1,804	239
			Non-management	5,671	3,757	1,914	5,674	3,738	1,936	5,665	3,706	1,959
			Contract staff	86	67	19	105	80	25	106	75	31
		Temporary staff	4,927	-	-	4,766	-	-	4,649	-	-
	Asia	17,130	-	-	16,484	-	-	16,641	-	-
		Employees	13,765	9,825	3,940	14,005	10,021	3,984	13,998	10,011	3,987
			Management	1,789	1,121	668	1,832	1,145	687	1,916	1,181	735
			Non-management	11,976	8,704	3,272	12,173	8,876	3,297	12,082	8,830	3,252
		Temporary staff	3,365	-	-	2,479	-	-	2,643	-	-
	EMEA[1]	3,974	-	-	3,503	-	-	3,561	-	-
		Employees	3,600	2,476	1,124	3,368	2,275	1,094	3,420	2,265	1,155
			Management	497	329	168	452	302	150	481	309	172
			Non-management	3,102	2,147	955	2,916	1,973	944	2,939	1,956	983
		Temporary staff	374	-	-	135	-	-	141	-	-
	The Americas	8,802	-	-	9,175	-	-	9,766	-	-
		Employees	8,387	5,666	2,721	8,769	5,868	2,901	9,383	6,135	3,248
			Management	738	490	249	741	483	258	814	532	282
			Non-management	7,648	5,176	2,472	8,028	5,385	2,643	8,569	5,603	2,966
		Temporary staff	415	-	-	406	-	-	383	-	-
	Ref.: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	3,404	2,286	1,118	3,476	2,334	1,142	3,559	2,377	1,182
		Employees	3,184	2,177	1,007	3,252	2,225	1,027	3,335	2,272	1,063
			Management	989	876[2]	113[2]	1,041	915	126	1,080	940	140
			Non-management	2,109	1,234[2]	875[2]	2,106	1,230	876	2,149	1,257	892
			Contract staff	86	67[2]	19[2]	105	80	25	106	75	31
		Temporary staff	220	109[2]	111[2]	224	109	115	224	105	119

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Personnel and Labor-Related Data
Ajinomoto Group employee ratio	Numbers in parentheses indicate male and female percentages.
					FY2020			FY2021			FY2022
				Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Ajinomoto Group total	100%	-	-	100%	-	-	100%	-	-
		Employees	79%	(70%)	(30%)	81%	(70%)	(30%)	82%	(69%)	(31%)
			Management	12%	(74%)	(26%)	12%	(74%)	(26%)	12%	(73%)	(27%)
			Non-management	67%	(70%)	(30%)	69%	(69%)	(31%)	69%	(69%)	(31%)
			Contract staff	0%	(78%)	(22%)	0%	(76%)	(24%)	0%	(71%)	(29%)
		Temporary staff	21%	-	-	19%	-	-	18%	-	-
	Japan	100%	-	-	100%	-	-	100%	-	-
		Employees	61%	(72%)	(28%)	62%	(72%)	(28%)	63%	(71%)	(29%)
			Management	15%	(89%)	(11%)	16%	(89%)	(11%)	16%	(88%)	(12%)
			Non-management	45%	(66%)	(34%)	45%	(66%)	(34%)	45%	(65%)	(35%)
			Contract staff	1%	(78%)	(22%)	1%	(76%)	(24%)	1%	(71%)	(29%)
		Temporary staff	39%	-	-	38%	-	-	37%	-	-
	Asia	100%	-	-	100%	-	-	100%	-	-
		Employees	80%	(71%)	(29%)	85%	(72%)	(28%)	84%	(72%)	(28%)
			Management	10%	(63%)	(37%)	11%	(63%)	(38%)	12%	(62%)	(38%)
			Non-management	70%	(73%)	(27%)	74%	(73%)	(27%)	73%	(73%)	(27%)
		Temporary staff	20%	-	-	15%	-	-	16%	-	-
	EMEA	100%	-	-	100%	-	-	100%	-	-
		Employees	91%	(69%)	(31%)	96%	(68%)	(32%)	96%	(66%)	(34%)
			Management	13%	(66%)	(34%)	13%	(67%)	(33%)	14%	(64%)	(36%)
			Non-management	78%	(69%)	(31%)	83%	(68%)	(32%)	83%	(67%)	(33%)
		Temporary staff	9%	-	-	4%	-	-	4%	-	-
	The Americas	100%	-	-	100%	-	-	100%	-	-
		Employees	95%	(68%)	(32%)	96%	(67%)	(33%)	96%	(65%)	(35%)
			Management	8%	(66%)	(34%)	8%	(65%)	(35%)	8%	(65%)	(35%)
			Non-management	87%	(68%)	(32%)	87%	(67%)	(33%)	88%	(65%)	(35%)
		Temporary staff	5%	-	-	4%	-	-	4%	-	-
	Ref.: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	100%	(67%)	(33%)	100%	(67%)[1]	(33%)[1]	100%	(67%)	(33%)
		Employees	94%	(68%)	(32%)	94%	(68%)[1]	(32%)[1]	94%	(68%)	(32%)
			Management	29%	(89%)	(11%)	30%[1]	(88%)	(12%)	30%	(87%)	(13%)
			Non-management	62%	(59%)	(41%)	61%[1]	(58%)[1]	(42%)[1]	60%	(58%)	(42%)
			Contract staff	3%	(78%)	(22%)	3%	(76%)[1]	(24%)[1]	3%	(71%)	(29%)
		Temporary staff	6%	(50%)	(50%)	6%	(49%)	(51%)	6%	(47%)	(53%)
[1] Corrections have been made as a result of review of totals.
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Group employees by region
The	Japan	The
Americas	30%	Americas
21%		22%
EMEA	FY2020	EMEA
9%
	8%
	Asia
	40%
The	Japan
Americas	29%
23%
EMEA	FY2022
8%
	Asia

39%

[2] Corrections have been made as a result of review of totals.

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Japan

30%

FY2021[2]

Asia

40%

Personnel and Labor-Related Data

Ratio of locally hired overseas executives			(persons)
		FY2020		FY2021	FY2022
Total overseas executives		163	159	162
	Local executives		63	63	63
	Local executive ratio		39%	40%	39%

Score of Engagement Survey

Ref.: Expenditures for education & training per employee and education & training hours per employee (Major 14 companies in global)

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Total Expenditures for education & training per employee (thousand yen)	57	63	83
	Expenditures for HRIS and Engagement survey (thousand yen)	19	23	20
	Expenditures for DE&I (thousand yen)	3	3	3
	Others (thousand yen)	35	36	61
[1]

		Result
	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
"ASV as one's own initiative" [1]	-	64%	61%	62%
"ASV Realization Process" [2]	-	-	-	75%
Percentage of employees feeling highly	80%	86%	86%	86%
engaged in their work [3]

Target

FY2025	FY2030
-	-
80%	85%+

Education & Training hours (hours)	-	29	27
[1] Education & Training hour is calculated from 2021.

Number of new hires, retention rate		(persons)
		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
	Total	Male Female Total	Male Female Total	Male Female

1. The percentage of employees who talk about how they implement ASV through their own work with their family, friends, and business partners is measured using the engagement survey for the Group employee.
2. Visualize the process from understanding and agreeing to ASV to produce results as an organization, and the average percentage of employees in each process is measured using the engagement survey for the Group employees.
3. The percentage of employees who support the company's goals and targets and who feel a sense of job satisfaction and are working toward the sustainable growth of the company is measured using the engagement survey for the Group employees,

Expenditures for education & training per employee and education & training hours per employee (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Total Expenditures for education & training per employee (thousand yen)	222	249	236
	Expenditures for HRIS and Engagement survey (thousand yen)	79	105	58
	Expenditures for DE&I (thousand yen)	16	18	16
	Others (thousand yen)	126	126	162
Education & Training hours [1] (hours)	-	40	76

Total number of new hires
(new graduates + mid-ca-	3,999	-	-	5,436	-	-	6,337	-	-
reer)
	Japan	208	-	-	293	-	-	195	-	-
	Asia	835	-	-	1,344	-	-	2,233	-	-
	EMEA	334	-	-	417	-	-	494	-	-
	The Americas	2,622	-	-	3,382	-	-	3,415	-	-
	Ref.: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	73	50	23	91	55	36	153	102	51
		New graduates	47	29	18	59	35	24	90	51	39
		Mid-career	26	21	5	32	20	12	59	47	12
			Management	4	4	0	5	3	2	8	7	1
			Non-management	22	17	5	27	17	10	51	40	11
		Ratio of mid-carrer	35.6%	42.0%	21.7%	35.2%	36.4%	33.3%	38.6%	46.1%	23.5%
		recruitment
Retention rate (3 years) for new graduates
	Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	85.9%	90.5%	77.3%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	93.1%	91.8%	94.7%

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Diversity of new hires (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)						(persons)
			FY2020			FY2021			FY2022
		Total	Male		Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Total		26	21		5	32	20	12	59	47	12
	age <30	4	3		1	4	2	2	9	8	1
	age 30-39	18	14		4	21	15	6	38	32	6
Non-
age 40-49	0	0		0	2	0	2	4	0	4
management
age 50-59	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age 60-	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age <30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age 30-39	1	1		0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Management
age 40-49	0	0		0	3	1	2	3	2	1
(junior)
age 50-59	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age 60-	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age <30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age 30-39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management
age 40-49	2	2		0	2	2	0	3	3	0
(middle)
age 50-59	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age 60-	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age <30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age 30-39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management
age 40-49	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
(senior)
age 50-59	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	age 60-	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Number of retirees, turnover, reemployment							(persons)
					FY2020			FY2021			FY2022
				Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Total number of retirees	4,113	-	-	5,029	-	-	6,828	-	-
	Japan	410	308	102	221	170	51	220	159	61
			Retired	109	86	23	94	81	13	67	49	18
			Resigned for personal reasons	301	222	79	127	89	38	153	110	43
	Overseas (Resigned for personal	3,703	-	-	4,808	-	-	6,608	-	-
	reasons, etc.)
	Ref.: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	237	195	42	78	60	18	81	61	20
			Retired	52	40	12	20	13	7	17	14	3
			Resigned for personal reasons	185[1]	155	30	58	47	11	64	47	17
Turnover[2]
	Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	4.8%	5.6%	2.7%	1.5%	1.8%	1.0%	1.9%	2.1%	1.6%
Reemployed after retirement	85[3]	69[3]	16[3]	109	81	28	154	120	34
(Japan only)
	Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	29[3]	24[3]	5[3]	28	15	13	30	15	15
		Under reemployment program	0[3]	0	0[3]	5	0	5	5	0	5
		Seniors (after retirement)	29	24	5	23	15	8	25	15	10
	Group companies in Japan	-	-	-	81	66	15	124	105	19
		Under reemployment program	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Seniors (after retirement)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ref.: Number of employees registered in reemployment program (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)
	Employees registered	44[3]	3[3]	41[3]	40[3]	3[3]	37[3]	39	3	36
		Newly registered	5[3]	0[3]	5	3	0	3	9	1	8

1. Including 144 retirees applied for special career program.
2. Only includes employees resign for personal reasons.
3. Corrections have been made as a result of review of totals.

Number of personnel with disabilities (Japan only)		(persons)
		As of June 1, 2021	As of June 1, 2022	As of June 1, 2023
Employees	280	275	294
	Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	85.0	74.0	78.0
	Group companies[4]	195	201	216
Percentage of workforce rate	2.26%	2.22%	2.35%
	Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	2.01%	1.80%	1.87%
	Group companies[4]	2.39%	2.42%	2.60%

1. Numbers refer to 18 consolidated subsidiaries with 45.5 or more regular workers, and a special-purpose subsidiary Ajinomoto Mirai Co., Ltd.

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