Environment-related Information

Items Applicable companies FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
CO₂ emissions (t-CO₂)
(Scope 1,2)		 Takara Bio 8,585 9,833 10,418 11,107 10,663
Takara Biotechnology (Dalian) 4,058 4,126 4,619 2,555 2,505
Other offices 187 294 655 549 1,014
Waste emissions (t) Takara Bio 231 192 325 254 267
Takara Biotechnology (Dalian) 88 79 75 61 58
Volume of water used (m³) Takara Bio 84,190 84,657 83,689 95,557 110,027
Takara Biotechnology (Dalian) 19,963 21,251 19,936 19,111 17,850
Other offices 75 80 1,805 2,358 108

Human Resources-related Information

Employee information (Takara Bio Group)

Item Breakdown FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
No. of employees
by region		 Japan 570 669 769 802 762
Overseas U.S. 202 204 233 243 271
China 587 601 596 585 549
Europe 88 102 101 113 103
Other* 92 90 94 95 94

*Asia excluding Japan and China

Employee Information (Takara Bio)

Item

Breakdown

FY2022

FY2023

FY2024

FY2025

No. of employees

Male

377

411

423

405

Female

292

358

379

357

No. of new

graduate hires

Male

27

26

15

7

Female

24

41

20

6

Diversity

Employees with disabilities (%)

2.8

2.4

2.5

3.0

Women in managerial positions (%)

22.0

23.0

24..3

23.8

Status of

employees

Average years of service

10 years and 8 months

11 years and 1 months

11 years and 5 months

11 years and 8 months

Average age

39 years and 8 months

40 years and 8 months

41 years and 1 months

40 years and 4 months

Average annual remuneration (Tens of thousands of yen)

705

709

679

679

No. of women who have taken childcare leave

10

11

15

11

No. of men who have taken childcare leave

5

10

13

12

Return to work rate of employees after childcare leave (%)

100

100

100

100

Monthly average of overtime hours

24.3

24.7

24.0

21.8

Annual paid holidays taken (days)

10.9

13.4

14.1

15.1

Turnover* (%)

6.7

10.2

11.8

10.4

Average years of employment (male)

11.9

12.4

12.8

13.0

Average years of employment (female)

9.5

9.5

9.8

10.4

Industrial safety

and health

No. of work-related injuries (including minor injuries)

3

5

5

7

Frequency

0

0

0

0

Severity

0

0

0

0

*Turnover of newly-graduated employees who leave within three years of service

Governance-related information—Number of external directors and external Audit & Supervisory Board members

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Directors 9 9 9 9
Internal directors 6 6 6 6
External directors 3 3 3 3
Ratio of external directors (%) 33% 33% 33% 33%
Audit & Supervisory
Board members		 5 5 5 5
Internal Audit & Supervisory Board members 2 2 2 2
External Audit & Supervisory Board members 3 3 3 3