Sustainability
ESG Data
Corporate Governance Data (Zeon Corporation)
Composition of directors, Audit & Supervisory Board members,
and corporate officers *1
| Item | Unit | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composition of the Board of Directors | Inside directors | Men | persons | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Women | persons | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | persons | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Percentage of women | % | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | ||
| Outside directors | Men | persons | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Women | persons | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Total | persons | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Percentage of women | % | 40.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 | ||
| Total number of directors | Men | persons | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| Women | persons | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | persons | 11 | 11 | 10 | ||
| Percentage of women | % | 27.3 | 27.3 | 30.0 | ||
| Percentage of outside directors | % | 45.5 | 45.5 | 50.0 | ||
| Composition of the Audit & Supervisory Board | Inside Audit & Supervisory Board members | Men | persons | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Women | persons | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | persons | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Percentage of women | % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Outside Audit & Supervisory Board members | Men | persons | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Women | persons | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | persons | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Percentage of women | % | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | ||
| Total number of Audit & Supervisory Board members | Men | persons | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Women | persons | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | persons | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Percentage of women | % | 0.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | ||
| Percentage of outside Audit & Supervisory Board members | % | 60.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | ||
| Composition of corporate officers | Men | persons | 17 | 14 | 13 | |
| Women | persons | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | persons | 18 | 15 | 13 | ||
| Percentage of women | % | 5.6 | 6.7 | 0.0 | ||
- *1Information as of July each year, following the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Number of meetings of the Board of Directors and other bodies
| Item | Unit | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board of Directors | Number of meetings | times | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| Average attendance rate of directors | % | 98.6 | 99.5 | 99.5 | |
| Average attendance rate of Audit & Supervisory Board members | % | 95.7 | 97.2 | 95.1 | |
| Audit & Supervisory Board | Number of meetings | times | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Average attendance rate of Audit & Supervisory Board members | % | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.6 | |
| Director and Officer Nomination and Compensation Committee | Number of meetings | times | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Average attendance rate of committee members | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 | |
Attendance rates for meetings of the Board of Directors, the Audit & Supervisory Board, and other bodies for FY2024 *2
| Title | Name | Board of Directors | Audit & Supervisory Board | Director and Officer Nomination and Compensation Committee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Kimiaki Tanaka | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | 7/7 | 100% |
| President and CEO | Tetsuya Toyoshima | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | 7/7 | 100% |
| Director & Senior Corporate Officer | Kazuyoshi Matsuura | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | - | - |
| Director & Senior Corporate Officer | Yoshiyuki Sone | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | - | - |
| Director & Senior Corporate Officer | Yuichiro Konishi | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | - | - |
| Director & Corporate Officer | Erisa Watanabe | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | - | - |
| Outside Director (Independent) | Takao Kitabata | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | 6/7 | 86% |
| Outside Director (Independent) | Tadanobu Nagumo | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | 7/7 | 100% |
| Outside Director (Independent) | Fumiaki Ikeno | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | 7/7 | 100% |
| Outside Director (Independent) | Miki Akiyama | 18/18 | 100% | - | - | 7/7 | 100% |
| Outside Director (Independent) | Saeko Masumi | 17/18 | 94% | - | - | 7/7 | 100% |
| Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Toru Nishijima | 18/18 | 100% | 6/6 | 100% | - | - |
| Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Sachio Hayashi | 18/18 | 100% | 6/6 | 100% | - | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) (Independent) | Hiroki Kimura | 16/18 | 89% | 5/6 | 83% | - | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) (Independent) | Masayoshi Nakamura | 10/11 | 91% | 4/4 | 100% | - | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) (Independent) | Miyuki Tanabu | 11/11 | 100% | 4/4 | 100% | - | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) (Independent) | Akio Kohri *3 | 6/7 | 86% | 2/2 | 100% | - | - |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) (Independent) | Nobutake Nishijima *3 | 7/7 | 100% | 2/2 | 100% | - | - |
- *2Data from April 2024 to March 2025
- *3Mr. Akio Kohri and Mr. Nobutake Nishijima retired at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2024.
Director and officer compensation
| Item | Unit | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inside directors | Number of persons | persons | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Total compensation | million yen | 251 | 424 | 406 | |
| Inside Audit & Supervisory Board members | Number of persons | persons | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Total compensation | million yen | 53 | 47 | 53 | |
| Outside officers | Number of persons | persons | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Total compensation | million yen | 66 | 84 | 90 | |
| Total compensation for directors and officers *4 | Number of persons | persons | 15 | 17 | 18 |
| Total compensation | million yen | 370 | 555 | 549 | |
| CEO-to-average employee annual compensation ratio | times | 14.06 | 16.11 | 14.50 | |
- *4The figures above for the numbers and compensation of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members include compensation for officers who retired at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Compliance Data
Whistleblowing and Internal Audits
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of reports received through the whistleblowing system | Zeon Group companies in Japan | cases | 4 | 7 | 6 | |
| Internal audits | Number of departments/companies audited *5 | Zeon Corporation | departments | 16 | 15 | 13 |
| Zeon Group companies in Japan | companies | 10 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Zeon Group companies outside Japan | companies | 10 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Total | organizations | 36 | 33 | 25 | ||
- *5All Zeon Group companies, whether consolidated or non-consolidated (excluding certain affiliates)
Compliance Training
| Item | Unit | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related internal training | Legal compliance | Lectures on laws and regulations *6 | sessions | 34 | 35 | 35 |
| participants (total) | 6,999 | 2,403 | 6,329 | |||
| Information security | Internal test participation rate | ％ | 96.4 | 97.8 | 91.4 | |
| Sustainability (General) | Internal test participation rate | ％ | 97.3 | 98.2 | 96.8 | |
- *6Lectures on the Antimonopoly Act, trade secrets, personal information protection, contractual precautions, and other legal and regulatory topics
Political Contributions
| Item | Scope | Unit | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Contributions | Zeon Corporation | million yen | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.11 |