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Since FY2021, we have been publishing ESG DATABOOK, which contains relevant data related to “K” LINE Group’s environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) aspects. The book also has a function as a sustainability report, which systematically summarizes policies, systems, specific initiatives related to ESG.

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Introducing data related to "E (Environment)", "S (Society)" and "G (Governance)".

Environmental Data

Environmental Load Data

Third-Party Verification of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Data

Environmental Accounting

Social Data（※This Data applies to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and its employees.）

Workforce Breakdown

Item					Unit	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Number of employees	Men	Onshore	Persons	369	395	421
				Seafarer	Persons	201	206	203
				Total	Persons	570	601	624
		Women	Onshore	Persons	228	240	269
				Seafarer	Persons	6	6	7
				Total	Persons	234	246	276
		Total	Onshore	Persons	597	635	690
				Seafarer	Persons	207	212	210
				Total	Persons	804	847	900
		Percentage of Women	Onshore	％	38.19	37.8	38.99
				Seafarer	％	2.90	2.83	3.33
				Total	％	29.10	29.04	30.67
Employees in management positions	Men			Persons	126	124	125
		Women			Persons	10	9	10
		Percentage of Women			％	7.35	6.77	7.14
Employees in management positions (general managers or higher)	Men			Persons	27	26	30
		Women			Persons	0	0	1
		Percentage of Women			％	0.00	0.00	3.23
Directors (including officers)	Men			Persons	26	28	26
		Women			Persons	2	2	2
		Percentage of Women			％	7.14	6.67	7.14
Percentage of employees with disabilities (※１)					％	1.71	2.11	2.65
Average years employed（※2）	Men			Years	14.92	14.58	14.23
Average years employed（※2）		Women			Years	13.77	13.52	13.18
Labor union participation rate			Onshore	%	75.90	76.54	72.90
Labor union participation rate				Seafarer	%	74.90	74.16	74.10
Gender pay gap（※3）	All employees			%	57.7	59.0	63.7
		Full-time employees			%	58.9	60.7	65.4
		Part-time employees			%	44.5	41.0	48.7

These figures conform to the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities. According to the Act, a 90% exclusion rate applies to and is calculated for seafarers (excluding those on duty onshore).
The scope of reporting covers “K” LINE’s permanent employees
Calculation method: Average annual salary for women / Average annual salary for men

Situation of New Hires

item							unit	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Recruitment of new graduates	Men	Onshore			Persons	19	26	30
				Seafarer			Persons	13	18	23
				Total			Persons	32	44	53
		Women	Onshore			Persons	7	15	12
				Seafarer			Persons	3	1	1
				Total			Persons	10	16	13
		Total	Onshore			Persons	26	41	42
				Seafarer			Persons	16	19	24
				Total			Persons	42	60	66
		Percentage of Women	Onshore			％	26.92	36.59	26.19
				Seafarer			％	18.75	5.26	4.17
				Total			％	23.81	26.67	19.70
Mid-career hires	Men	Onshore			Persons	7	13	14
				Seafarer			Persons	1	1	0
				Total			Persons	8	14	14
		Women	Onshore			Persons	5	3	7
				Seafarer			Persons	0	0	0
				Total			Persons	5	3	7
		Total	Onshore			Persons	12	16	21
				Seafarer			Persons	1	1	0
				Total			Persons	13	17	21
		Percentage of Women	Onshore			％	41.67	18.75	33.33
				Seafarer			％	0.00	0.00	0.00
				Total			％	38.46	17.65	33.33
Total number of newly hired employees	Total					Persons	55	77	87
		Men	Onshore			Persons	26	39	44
				Seafarer			Persons	14	19	23
				Total			Persons	40	58	67
		Women	Onshore			Persons	12	18	19
				Seafarer			Persons	3	1	1
				Total			Persons	15	19	20
		Breakdown by age group	Onshore	Under 25 years old	Persons	22	40	23
						25-29 years old	Persons	8	10	26
						30-34 years old	Persons	6	5	7
						35-39 yesrs old	Persons	2	2	7
						40-44 years old	Persons	0	0	0
						45-49 years old	Persons	0	0	0
						50 years old and over	Persons	0	0	0
				Seafarer	Under 25 years old	Persons	16	18	20
						25-29 years old	Persons	1	1	4
						30-34 years old	Persons	0	1	0
						35-39 yesrs old	Persons	0	0	0
						40-44 years old	Persons	0	0	0
						45-49 years old	Persons	0	0	0
						50 years old and over	Persons	0	0	0
		Percentage of Women	Onshore			％	31.58	31.58	30.16
				Seafarer			％	17.65	5.00	4.17
				Total			％	27.27	24.68	22.99

Situation of Employee Turnover

Item					Unit	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Employees retiring	Total			Persons	38	33	31
		Of which, reached retirement age	Onshore	Persons	11	4	6
				Seafarer	Persons	4	2	7
				Total	Persons	15	6	13
		Of which, voluntary retirement	Onshore	Persons	7	12	8
				Seafarer	Persons	9	5	4
				Total	Persons	16	17	12
		Of which, involuntary retirement	Onshore	Persons	6	7	2
				Seafarer	Persons	1	1	0
				Total	Persons	7	8	2
		Of which, others (including those who became officers)	Onshore	Persons	7	2	3
				Seafarer	Persons	1	0	1
				Total	Persons	8	2	4
Turn Over Rate	Turnover rate of "K" LINE（※1）			%	3.99	3.31	2.94
		Breakdown by age group	Under 25 years old	%	6.52	3.03	0.00
				25-29 years old	%	6.52	24.24	9.68
				30-34 years old	%	10.87	9.09	3.23
				35-39 yesrs old	%	8.70	3.03	12.90
				40-44 years old	%	2.17	6.06	6.45
				45-49 years old	%	2.17	0.00	9.68
				50 years old and over	%	63.04	54.55	58.06
		Breakdown by gender	men	%	86.96	81.82	77.42
		Breakdown by gender		women	%	13.04	18.18	22.58
		Ratio of voluntary resignations（※2）			%	1.68	1.71	1.14
		Breakdown by age group	Under 25 years old	%	18.75	5.88	0.00
				25-29 years old	%	18.75	47.06	25.00
				30-34 years old	%	31.25	17.65	8.33
				35-39 yesrs old	%	25.00	5.88	33.33
				40-44 years old	%	6.25	11.76	16.67
				45-49 years old	%	0.00	0.00	8.33
				50 years old and over	%	0.00	11.76	8.33
		Breakdown by gender	men	%	87.50	70.59	58.33
		Breakdown by gender		women	%	12.50	29.41	41.67
		Rate of turnover within three years after hire（New graduates）（※3）	Onshore	%	0.00	2.17	0.93
				Seafarer	%	6.52	1.89	0.00
				Total	%	2.36	2.07	0.60
		Rate of turnover within three years after hire （New graduates and mid-career hires）(※4)	Onshore	%	0.00	2.50	0.65
				Seafarer	%	6.38	1.82	0.00
				Total	%	2.13	2.29	0.46
		Turnover rate of employees aged 30 or younger			%	2.53	3.22	1.16

Calculation method: Number of employees who resigned in each fiscal year / Total number of full-time employees at the end of each fiscal year
Calculation method: Number of employees who resigned voluntarily in each fiscal year / Total number of full-time employees at the end of each fiscal year
Calculation method: Number of new graduates employees hired in the previous three fiscal years who resigned in each fiscal year / Number of new graduates employees hired in the previous three fiscal years
Calculation method: Number of new graduates and mid-career employees hired in the previous three fiscal years who resigned in each fiscal year / Number of new graduates and mid-career employees hired in the previous three fiscal years

Training

Item					Unit	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Training	Cost of training per employee	Onshore	Yen	97,092	171,454	208,861
	Cost of training per employee			Seafarer	Yen	263,880	393,407	410,222
		Total amount of time spent on employee development training	Onshore	Hours	15,066	13,621	14,590
		Total amount of time spent on employee development training		Seafarer	Hours	20,080	32,344	30,344
		Average training days per employee	Onshore	Days	3.4	3.0	3.0
		Average training days per employee		Seafarer	Days	12	20	18
		Average training hours per employee	Onshore	Hours	24.1	20.9	21.3
		Average training hours per employee		Seafarer	Hours	96	160	144

Data Related to Occupational Accidents

Item	Unit	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Number of occupational accidents (*1)	Cases	0	1	1	1
Number of fatal occupational accidents	Cases	0	0	0	0
Number of accidents requiring leave(*2)	Cases	0	0	0	1
Lost-Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) (*3)	-	0.00	0.60	0.57	0.55

1. Excludes accidents while commuting
2. Number of injuries/illnesses caused by occupational accidents and requiring one or more days of leave
3. (Number of lost-time injuries) / (Total hours worked in accounting period) x 1'000'000

Scope of coverage: onshore employees and seafarers of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Diversity Data

			Unit	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Percentage of childcare leave	men *1	%	88.5	77.8	81.9
Percentage of childcare leave		women	%	100.0	100.0	100.0
Percentage of employees returning to work after using the childcare leave system	men	%	100.0	100.0	100.0
		women	%	100.0	100.0	90.9
Retention rate after using the childcare leave system *2	men	%	100.0	100.0	100.0
Retention rate after using the childcare leave system *2		women	%	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number of women in managerial roles			Persons	10	9	10
Percentage of employees in management positions who are women			%	7.35	6.77	7.41
Number of employees in leadership positions who are women			Persons	20	21	24
Percentage of women in leadership roles			%	7.25	7.64	8.51
Percentage of employees with disabilities			%	1.71	2.11	2.65

*1 Including paternity leave. Mandatory disclosure from FY2022

*2 The percentage of employees who returned from childcare leave and remained with the company six months later

Percentage of employees by nationality

Percentage of employees by nationality			%
Jananese	Employees	98.7
Jananese		Employees in management positions	98.5
Others	Employees	1.3
Others		Employees in management positions	1.5

(As of March 31, 2025)

Percentage of Crew Members by Nationality

Percentage of crew members by nationality	%
Japan	2.8
Philippines	69.4
India	6.5
Bangladesh	3.8
China	1.7
Europe	13.8
Southeast Asia	2.1
Total	100

(As of March 31, 2025)

Data for Social Contribution

Field	Item	Unit	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Social contribution	Disaster relief donations	¥10,000	300	1000	400
	Social contribution	Lunchtime volunteers（*）	Persons	11	71	59
	Social contribution	Volunteer leave	Persons	0	0	0
	Social contribution	Free transportation	Times	0	0	1

* Includes officers and employees of Group companies

Expenditure on Trade Associations and Social Contributions

(millions of yen)

Field	Item	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Expenditure on Trade Associations and Social Contributions	Political associations	3.3	3.3	2.6
		Economic associations	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Other associations	7.5	8.0	8.3
		Social contributions（donations）	9.2（9.2）	14.8（14.8）	34.6（34.6）
		Total	20.0	26.1	45.5

Data for IR Activities

Field	Item	Unit	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
IR activities	Domestic IR and SR (shareholder relations) (*1）	Companies (persons)	110（121）	130（143）	140（149）
	IR activities	Overseas IR and SR（*1）	Companies (persons)	135（175）	175（209）	247（283）
	IR activities	Small meetings	Companies (persons)	96（101）	64（66）	97（99）
	IR activities	Business briefings and site tours	Times	0	2	3
	IR activities	IR for private investors（*2）	Times	2	2	3

1. Includes ESG Meetings since fiscal 2020
2. Includes an online session and a session for the persons in charge of sales in securities

Number of Major Accidents （*）

Year	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Cases	0	0	0	0	0

* The scope of this data is “K” LINE’s scope of consolidation, which corresponds to 100% of sales.

Average Deficiencies per Port State Controls (PSCs)（*）

Port State Control (PSC) is a safety inspection of foreign ships conducted by port states to verify that the condition of the ship complies with the requirements of international regulations.

The number of deficiencies with “K” LINE Group vessels per PSCs is well below the average number of deficiencies in the main regions.

* The scope of this data is "K" LINE's scope of consolidation, which corresponds to 100% sales.

* TOKYO MOU: PSC organization in Asia-Pacific region

* PARIS MOU: PSC organization in European and North Atlantic region

Number of passenger fatalities（*）

Year	2021	2022	2023	2024
Cases	0	0	0	0

* The scope of this data is “K” LINE’s scope of consolidation, which corresponds to 100% of sales.

Governance Data (This data applies to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.)

“K” LINE transitioned from a "Company with an Audit & Supervisory Board" to a "Company with a Nominating Committee, etc." on March 28, 2025.

Field	Item	Breakdown	Unit	Fiscal year			Fiscal year
Field	Item	Breakdown	Unit	Field	Item	Breakdown	Unit	2022	2023	2024
Governance	Board of Directors	Number of directors	Persons	9	9	10
		Governance	Board of Directors	Men	Persons	8	8	8
		Governance	Board of Directors	Women	Persons	1	1	2
		Governance	Board of Directors	Ratio of women	％	11	11	20
		Governance	Board of Directors	Number of outside directors	Persons	4	5	7
		Governance	Board of Directors	Ratio of outside directors	％	44	56	70
		Governance	Board of Directors	Average age of directors	Years	62.0	61.2	60.0
		Governance	Board of Directors	Age of youngest director	Years	45	43	44
		Governance	Board of Directors	Age of oldest director	Years	74	75	70
		Governance	Board of Directors	Number of meetings held	Times	19	19	19
		Governance	Board of Directors	Average attendance ratio	％	99	100	100
	Governance	Nominating Committee （The data for FY2022 and FY2023 are from the time of the Nomination Advisory Committee.)	Number of members	Persons	4	5	5
	Governance			Number of outside members	Persons	3	4	4
	Governance			Ratio of outside members	％	75	80	80
	Governance			Number of meetings held	Times	14	9	10(*1)
	Governance	Audit Committee （The data for FY2022 and FY2023 are from the time of the Company with an Audit & Supervisory Board.）	Number of members	Persons	4	4	5
	Governance			Number of outside members	Persons	2	2	4
	Governance			Ratio of outside members	％	50	50	80
	Governance			Number of meetings held	Times	15	14	15(*1)
	Governance	Compensation Committee （The data for FY2022 and FY2023 are from the time of the Remuneration Advisory Committee.）	Number of members	Persons	4	5	5
	Governance		Remuneration Advisory Committee	Number of outside members	Persons	3	4	4
	Governance		Remuneration Advisory Committee	Ratio of outside members	％	75	80	80
	Governance		Remuneration Advisory Committee	Number of meetings held	Times	9	3	7(*1)
	Governance	Remuneration	Total remuneration paid to directors (number of payees*2)	¥ million (persons)	906(10)	732(11)	634(11)
	Governance	Remuneration	Remuneration	Total remuneration paid to Audit & Supervisory Board members (number of payees*2)	¥ million (persons)	80(4)	80(5)	80(4)

*1 The number of meetings includes one meeting held after the transition to a Company with a Nominating Committee, etc.

*2 Total remuneration paid (number of payees) includes directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members who have resigned during the fiscal year (at the General Meeting of Shareholders).

Governance Data (As of June 20, 2025)

Title	Name	Gender	Independence	Tenure (years)	Board meeting attendance rate (FY2024)	Executive officer	Nominating Committee member	Audit Committee member	Remuneration Committee member	Important concurrent positions
Director, Chairperson of the Board	Yukikazu Myochin	Male	No	9	100%		○		○	Yes
Director, Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO	Takenori Igarashi	Male	No	0.25	100%	○
Director	Kunihiko Arai	Male	No	0.25	100%			○ (Standing Member)
Independent & Lead Outside Director	Keiji Yamada	Male	Yes	6	100%		○ （Chairperson）		○	Yes
Outside Director	Ryuhei Uchida	Male	No	6	100%		○		○	Yes
Independent & Outside Director	Koji Kotaka	Male	Yes	2	100%		○	○ （Chairperson）	○	Yes
Independent & Outside Director	Hiroyuki Maki	Male	Yes	2	100%			○		Yes
Independent & Outside Director	Takako Masai	Female	Yes	1	100%		○		○ （Chairperson）	Yes
Independent & Outside Director	Atsumi Harasawa	Female	Yes	0.25	100%			○		Yes
Independent & Outside Director	Shinsuke Kubo	Male	Yes	0.25	100%			○		Yes

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Workforce Breakdown

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Training

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Diversity Data

Percentage of employees by nationality

Percentage of Crew Members by Nationality

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Expenditure on Trade Associations and Social Contributions

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Number of Major Accidents （*）

Average Deficiencies per Port State Controls (PSCs)（*）

Number of passenger fatalities（*）

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