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Environmental Performance Data※1・2

(Year ended March)
  Unit 2023 2024 2025
CO2 emissions*3        
Scope1 tCO2  7,524 6,198 5,990
Scope2 tCO2  25,648 21,436 21,640
Scope1+Scope2 tCO2 33,171 27,634 27,630
Percent change of Scope 1 + Scope 2 % 111 92 92
Percent change of emission intensity Scope 1 + Scope 2*4 % 73 62 65
Waste emissions        
Total emissions t 7,127 6,256 6,143
Percent change of emission intensity*4 % 76 69 71
Water usage        
Total emissions 207,964 186,678 186,690
Percent change of emission intensity*4 % 83 75 76
VOC emissions*5        
Total emissions kg 59,771 48,950 44,548
Percent change of emission intensity*4 % 120 176 184

*1: Scope: Head Office, Inuyama Plant, Ise Plant, Kaga Factory, Muratec Mechatronics Co., Ltd. (Shiga and Oita)

*2: Increase/decrease ratio for each datum is referenced as a percentage against March FY2018 as the base.

*3: For CO₂ emissions, from March FY2024 onward, emission factors of each electric power company are applied.(Until March FY2023,emission factors based on substitute values from March FY2018 were used as the base.)

*4: Emission intensity: CO₂ emissions and waste emissions are based on production values (as per unit of total man-hours for the Head Office only), water usage is based on total production costs, and VOC emissions are based on production amounts.

*5: Scope for the VOC emissions: Inuyama Plant, Kaga Factory, and Muratec Mechatronics Co., Ltd. (Shiga Plant)

Workforce composition

(Year ended March)
  Unit 2023 2024 2025
Full-time employees People 3,818 3,670 3,508
Male 3,034 2,908 2,754
Female 784 762 754
Temporary & contract employees People 259 285 326
Male 235 257 294
Female 24 28 32
Part-time employees People 247 325 299
Male 150 206 200
Female 97 119 99
Average age Years 40.7 40.8 41.8
Male 41.6 41.6 42.6
Female 37.0 37.2 38.5
Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements* % 53.1 52.5 56.1

 

※*Method for calculating the percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements: (Number of union members as of March 31, 2025) / (Total number of employees as of March 31, 2025)

 

Age distribution ratio 29 and under 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69
No. of people 917 918 796 885 379

 

*Data calculation targets for “Workforce Organization,” “Employee Retention,” “Employment & Wages,” and “Work-Life Balance” are for Murata Machinery, Ltd. on a standalone basis.

 

Employee Retention

(Year ended March)
  Unit 2023 2024 2025
Average length of service  Year 15.4 15.5 15.5
Male 16.0 16.1 16.1
Female 12.7 12.8 13.0
Retention rate after three years of employment for new graduates % 91.5 91.5 88.2
Male 91.8 93.8 90.6
Female 90.5 81.8 80.0
Employee attrition rate due to personal reasons* % 2.5 2.2 3.1
Male 2.0 2.1 2.8
Female 4.5 2.8 4.2

*Method for calculating voluntary turnover rate: (Total number of employees who left between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025) / (Total number of employees as of April 1, 2025)

Employment & Wages

(Year ended March)
  Unit 2023 2024 2025
Number of new graduate hires People 153 134 105
Male 113 109 68
Female 40 25 37
Number of mid-career hires People 148 103 79
Male 114 79 61
Female 34 24 18
Number of persons with disabilities hired People 96 103 103
Employment rate for persons with disabilities % 2.36 2.39 2.34
Number of female titled employees*1 People 105 129 118
Number of male titled employees People 1,575 1,581 1,445
Proportion of female among all titled employees*1 % 6.25 7.05 7.55
Percentage of female managers % 3.29 4.11 4.41
Number of foreign employees*2 People 188 252 218
Difference in wages for men/women*3 %      
All employees 62.7 65.1 68.3
Full-time employees 65.4 67.3 69.7
Part-time and temporary employees 50.1 53.3 55.9

*1: Titled employees: assistant managers or higher positions

*2: Number of non-Japanese employees, including technical interns

*3: Women’s wages as a percentage of men’s wages

Work-Life Balance

(Year ended March)
  Unit 2023 2024 2025
Yearly average of annual leave days taken Days 11.6 12.0 12.2
Percentage of employees taking annual leave % 63.3 66.0 71.1
Number of employees taking annual leave People 75 116 83
Rate of childcare leave taken*1 %      
Male 53.1 78.6 68.3
Female 78.1 134.6 96.4
Employees taking childcare leave Total people 75 116 83
Male People 50 81 56
Female People 25 35 27
Employees entitled to take childcare leave Total people 128 129 110
Male people 96 103 82
Female People 32 26 28
Percentage of employees returning to work after childcare leave % 100 100 100
Male 100 100 100
Female 100 100 100
Number of employees working reduced hours for childcare*2 People 98 104 110
Male 2 2 3
Female 96 102 107
Number of employees taking family care leave*3 People 0 3 4
Male 0 1 4
Female 0 2 0
Number of employees working reduced hours for family nursing care*4 People 1 2 3
Male 0 0 0
Female 1 2 3

*1: Calculated using the method based on Act on Childcare Leave,Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers.Number of employees taking first childcare leave in FY2024 / Number of employees who had a baby in FY2024 x 100 Figures may exceed 100% due to differences in the employee-counts used for the numerator and denominator values.

*2: Number of employees using the relevant reduced work-hour program as of March 31, 2025

*3: Full-time employees only

*4: Number of employees who started a leave period in the fiscal year

Workplace Accidents

(Year ended March) (No. of incidences)
  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Accidents with lost work time
(1 day or more of lost work time)
1 2 4 3 5
Accident with no lost work time
(less than 1 day of lost work time)
13 14 15 12 10

Scope: Head Office, Inuyama Plant, Ise Plant, Kaga Factory,and Muratec Mechatronics Co., Ltd. (Shiga and Oita), including temporary employees but excluding employees of contractors

Frequency Rate of Work-Related Accidents※1・3

(Year ended March) (No. of incidences)

Work-Related Accident Severity Rate※2・3

(Year ended March) (No. of incidences)

*1: Number of work-related fatalities and injuries per million total working hours, indicating the frequency of accidents

*2: Number of lost workdays per 1,000 total actual working hours, indicating the severity of accidents

*3: The domestic manufacturing industry average is cited from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s Survey on Industrial Accident Trends.

Employee Health

(Year ended March)
Area Metrics 2023 2024 2025 Targets
(by 2027)
Eating Habits Percentage of employees with a BMI between 18.5 and 25 64.7% 63.2% 62.4% 70% or more
Percentage of employees who skip breakfast 3 or more times a week 22.9% 22.5% 23.8% 15% or less
Exercise Percentage of employees who exercise 2 or more days a week 22.3% 22.8% 25.0% 25% or more
Percentage of employees who walk or engage in an equivalent physical activity for at least 1 hour daily 38.3% 38.4% 44.8% 40% or more
Sleep Percentage of employees who are well-rested from getting enough sleep 64.6% 63.6% 63.2% 70% or more
Smoking Percentage of employees who smoke 20.3% 19.5% 20.0% 18% or less
Mental Health Percentage of employees who underwent stress checks 93.5% 92.8% 94.4% 100%
Percentage of employees identified as high-stress individuals in stress checks 12.1% 12.0% 11.5% 10% or less
Health Checkups Percentage of employees who underwent regular health checkups 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100%
Percentage of employees with health concerns who submitted a medical examination report 89.0% 90.8% 91.6% 92% or more

Scope: Murata Machinery, Ltd., Muratec Mechatronics Co., Ltd.,Muratec Frontier, Ltd., Murata Parts Sales Co., Ltd., Murata System Co., Ltd., Muratec C.C.S, Ltd., Murata Tool, Ltd., Techno Advance Co., Ltd., Murata Engineering Co., Ltd., Murata Kosan Co., Ltd., and Murata Machinery Health Insurance Association.

Board of Directors Structure

(Year ended March) (People)
  2023 2024 2025
Number of directors 10 10 10
Outside director 0 0 0
Female director 0 0 0
Number of auditors 1 1 1

 

 

Number of Reports & Consultations

(Year ended March) (No. of incidences)
  2023 2024 2025
Compliance Reporting Hotline 5 7 15
Whistleblower Hotline (Corporate Ethics 119) 9 14 11
Harassment Help Desk 31 25 24