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ESG Data-Sheet

Environmental

Domestic Group companies Unit Base year Results
Mar.2014 Mar.2020 Dec.2020 Dec.2021 Dec.2022 Dec.2023 Dec.2024
CO₂ Emissions Scope１ t-CO₂ 12,214 – – – 9,903 6,201 4,820
Scope２ 53,719 – – – 11,658 3,083 2,411
Total 65,933 55,322 48,180 47,359 21,561 9,284 7,231
CO₂ Reduction Rate % – ▲16.0 ▲26.9 ▲28.1 ▲67.2 ▲85.9 ▲89.0
Water Resource Usage thousand ㎥ 415.8 347.3 297.4 290.7 284.0 216.4 268.2
Water Resource Discharge Rate※1 % – ▲16.4 ▲28.4 ▲30.0 ▲31.6 ▲48.0 ▲35.5
Landfill Disposal Usage t 334 345 306 299 308 296 326
Waste Landfill Disposal Rate % – 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.5 3.0 3.0

※1 Scope:Process water used is the manufacture of valves,etc.

The fiscal year ended December 2020 in an irregular nine-month period due to the change in the fiscal year end.

Social

Unit Results
Mar.2020 Dec.2020 Dec.2021 Dec.2022 Dec.2023 Dec.2024
Number of Employees KITZ Group Male Persons 3,683 3,701 3,745 3,843 3,842 3,835
Female 1,365 1,389 1,408 1,509 1,540 1,580
Total 5,048 5,090 5,153 5,352 5,382 5,415
Domestic Group companies Male Persons – – – – – 1,965
Female – – – – – 577
Total – – – – – 2,542
KITZ Male Persons 1,038 1,088 1,093 1,110 1,122 1,117
Female 289 295 303 312 321 344
Total 1,327 1,383 1,396 1,422 1,443 1,461
Number of Newly Hired Employees Number of new
graduate hires for KITZ		 Male Persons 36 42 41 47 32 33
Female 16 12 10 13 9 10
Total 52 54 51 60 41 43
Number of mid-career
hires for KITZ		 Male Persons 25 20 15 35 45 44
Female 13 3 3 4 12 33
Total 38 23 18 39 57 77
Percentage of Famale Managers Domestic Group companies Female % – – – – – 5.3
KITZ Female 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.4 6.0 7.5
Percentage of Employees Taking Childcare Leave Domestic Group companies Male % – – – – – 69.8
Female – – – – – 100
Total – – – – – 77.5
KITZ Male % 7.7 10.7 29.0 35.3 61.0 70.6
Female 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total 26.5 32.4 46.3 50.0 68.0 76.7
Percentage of Employees with Disabilities KITZ % 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2
Total Working Hours KITZ hours 2,040 1,976 2,012 1,944 1,960 1,942

The fiscal year ended December 2020 is an irregular nine-month period due to the change in the fiscal year end.
The domestic group is compiled by KITZ, Toyo Valve, KITZ SGS, KITZ SCT, KITZ Engineering Service, KITZ Micro Filter, KITZ Metal Works, Hokutoh Giken Kogyo, and Hotel Beniya.

Domestic Group companies Unit Base year Results
Mar.2014 Mar.2020 Dec.2020 Dec.2021 Dec.2022 Dec.2023 Dec.2024
LTIF Rate※ – 0.5 0.65 0.28 0.40 0.93 0.35 0.33

※ LTIF Rate＝number of work occupational related accidents/total working hours×1million hours

The fiscal year ended December 2020 is an irregular nine-month period due to the change in the fiscal year end.

Governance

Unit Results※
Jun 30,2020 Mar 31,2021 Mar 31,2022 Mar 31,2023 Mar 31,2024 Mar 31,2025
Director Inside Male Person 4 4 3 3 3 3
Female 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 4 3 3 3 3
Outside Male 3 3 3 3 5 5
Female 1 1 1 1 2 2
Total 4 4 4 4 7 7
Grand total 8 8 7 7 10 10
Percentage of Outside Director % 50.0 50.0 57.1 57.1 70.0 70.0
Percentage of Female Director 12.5 12.5 14.3 14.3 20.0 20.0
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Inside Male Person 2 2 2 2 – –
Female 0 0 0 0 – –
Total 2 2 2 2 – –
Outside Male 2 2 2 2 – –
Female 1 1 1 1 – –
Total 3 3 3 3 – –
Grand total 5 5 5 5 – –
Percentage of Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member % 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 – –
Percentage of Female Audit & Supervisory Board Member 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 – –

※ We transitioned our corporate structure to that of a company with a nominating committee, etc in March 2024.

Composition and Attendance at Board of Directors’ meetings and each committee（FY 2024）

Position at the Company Name Composition and Attendance at Board of Directors’ meetings and each committee
Board of Directors’ meeting Nominating Committee member Audit Committee member Compensation Committee member Risk Committee member
Director Chairman of the Board Yasuyuki Hotta Chairman
18/18
meetings
(100%) 		Member
６/６
meetings
(100%) 		– Member
４/４
meetings
(100%) 		Member
３/３
meetings
(100%)
Director Representative Executive Officer
and President 		Makoto Kohno 18/18
meetings
(100%) 		– – – –
Director Toshiyuki Murasawa 18/18
meetings
(100%) 		– Standing member
14/14
meetings
(100%) 		– Member
３/３
meetings
(100%)
Outside Director
（Independent） 		Minoru Amoh 18/18
meetings
(100%) 		Committee
Chairperson
６/６
meetings
(100%) 		– – –
Outside Director
（Independent） 		Yutaka Fujiwara 18/18
meetings
(100%) 		– – Committee
Chairperson
４/４
meetings
(100%) 		–
Outside Director
（Independent） 		Yukino Kikuma 17/18
meetings
（94％） 		– – – Committee
Chairperson
３/３
meetings
(100%)
Outside Director
（Independent） 		Shuhei Sakuno 18/18
meetings
(100%) 		– Committee
Chairperson
14/14
meetings
(100%) 		– –
Outside Director
（Independent） 		Ayako Kobayashi 18/18
meetings
(100%) 		– Member
14/14
meetings
(100%) 		– Member
３/３
meetings
(100%)
Outside Director
（Independent） 		Toichi Maeda 14/14
meetings
(100%) 		Member
６/６
meetings
(100%) 		– – Member
３/３
meetings
(100%)
Outside Director
（Independent） 		Yasunobu Suzuki 14/14
meetings
(100%) 		– – Member
４/４
meetings
(100%) 		–

1 The Company transitioned from a company with an Audit & Supervisory Board to a company with a Nominating Committee, etc., effective March 28, 2024.

2.Attendance of directors at each committee meeting is recorded for the period after March 28, 2024. Attendance of Shuhei Sakuno and Ayako Kobayashi at the Board of Directors’ meetings includes the number of times they attended as Auditors prior to the change in the organizational design.

3.Attendance of Toichi Maeda and Yasunobu Suzuki at Board of Directors’ meetings are recorded from the time of their appointment as Directors on March 28, 2024.

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