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ESG DATA BOOK
ESG DATA BOOK
“K” LINE SUSTAINABILITY BOOKLET
Introducing data related to "E (Environment)", "S (Society)" and "G (Governance)".
Item |
Unit |
Fiscal year |
||||
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
||||
Number of employees |
Men |
Onshore |
Persons |
372 |
369 |
395 |
Seafarer |
Persons |
204 |
201 |
206 |
||
Total |
Persons |
576 |
570 |
601 |
||
Women |
Onshore |
Persons |
213 |
228 |
240 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
5 |
6 |
6 |
||
Total |
Persons |
218 |
234 |
246 |
||
Total |
Onshore |
Persons |
585 |
597 |
635 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
209 |
207 |
212 |
||
Total |
Persons |
794 |
804 |
847 |
||
Percentage of Women |
Onshore |
% |
36.41 |
38.19 |
37.80 |
|
Seafarer |
% |
2.39 |
2.90 |
2.83 |
||
Total |
% |
27.46 |
29.10 |
29.04 |
||
Employees in management positions |
Men |
Persons |
128 |
126 |
124 |
|
Women |
Persons |
8 |
10 |
9 |
||
Percentage of Women |
% |
5.88 |
7.35 |
6.77 |
||
Employees in management positions (general managers or higher) |
Men |
Persons |
31 |
27 |
26 |
|
Women |
Persons |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
Percentage of Women |
% |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||
Directors (including officers) |
Men |
Persons |
25 |
26 |
28 |
|
Women |
Persons |
2 |
2 |
2 |
||
Percentage of Women |
% |
7.41 |
7.14 |
6.67 |
||
Recruitment of new graduates |
Men |
Onshore |
Persons |
17 |
19 |
26 |
Seafarer |
Persons |
17 |
13 |
18 |
||
Total |
Persons |
34 |
32 |
44 |
||
Women |
Onshore |
Persons |
8 |
7 |
15 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
1 |
3 |
1 |
||
Total |
Persons |
9 |
10 |
16 |
||
Total |
Onshore |
Persons |
25 |
26 |
41 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
18 |
16 |
19 |
||
Total |
Persons |
43 |
42 |
60 |
||
Percentage of Women |
Onshore |
% |
32.00 |
26.92 |
36.59 |
|
Seafarer |
% |
5.56 |
18.75 |
5.26 |
||
Total |
% |
20.93 |
23.81 |
26.67 |
||
Mid-career hires |
Men |
Onshore |
Persons |
0 |
7 |
13 |
Seafarer |
Persons |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
Total |
Persons |
0 |
8 |
14 |
||
Women |
Onshore |
Persons |
0 |
5 |
3 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
Total |
Persons |
0 |
5 |
3 |
||
Total |
Onshore |
Persons |
0 |
12 |
16 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
Total |
Persons |
0 |
13 |
17 |
||
Percentage of Women |
Onshore |
% |
0.00 |
41.67 |
18.75 |
|
Seafarer |
% |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||
Total |
% |
0.00 |
38.46 |
17.65 |
||
Total number of newly hired employees |
Men |
Onshore |
Persons |
17 |
26 |
39 |
Seafarer |
Persons |
17 |
14 |
19 |
||
Total |
Persons |
34 |
40 |
58 |
||
Women |
Onshore |
Persons |
8 |
12 |
18 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
1 |
3 |
1 |
||
Total |
Persons |
9 |
15 |
19 |
||
Total |
Onshore |
Persons |
25 |
38 |
57 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
18 |
17 |
20 |
||
Total |
Persons |
43 |
55 |
77 |
||
Percentage of Women |
Onshore |
% |
32.00 |
31.58 |
31.58 |
|
Seafarer |
% |
5.56 |
17.65 |
5.00 |
||
Total |
% |
20.93 |
27.27 |
24.68 |
||
Percentage of employees with disabilities (*1) |
% |
2.09 |
1.71 |
2.11 |
||
Training |
Cost of training per employee |
Onshore |
Yen |
107,000 |
97,092 |
171,454 |
Seafarer |
Yen |
154,664 |
263,880 |
393,407 |
||
Total amount of time spent on employee development training |
Onshore |
Hours |
8,083 |
15,066 |
13,621 |
|
Seafarer |
Hours |
13,512 |
20,080 |
32,344 |
||
Average training days per employee |
Onshore |
Days |
0.5 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
|
Seafarer |
Days |
8 |
12 |
20 |
||
Average training hours per employee |
Onshore |
Hours |
13 |
24.1 |
20.9 |
|
Seafarer |
Hours |
64 |
96 |
160 |
||
Employees retiring |
Reached retirement age |
Onshore |
Persons |
9 |
11 |
4 |
Seafarer |
Persons |
3 |
4 |
2 |
||
Total |
Persons |
12 |
15 |
6 |
||
Voluntary retirement |
Onshore |
Persons |
12 |
7 |
12 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
10 |
9 |
5 |
||
Total |
Persons |
22 |
16 |
17 |
||
Involuntary retirement |
Onshore |
Persons |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
3 |
1 |
1 |
||
Total |
Persons |
8 |
7 |
8 |
||
Others (including those who became officers) |
Onshore |
Persons |
2 |
7 |
2 |
|
Seafarer |
Persons |
0 |
1 |
0 |
||
Total |
Persons |
2 |
8 |
2 |
||
Turn Over Rate |
Turnover rate of "K" LINE(*2) |
- |
% |
4.58 |
4.75 |
3.28 |
Ratio of voluntary resignations (*3) |
- |
% |
2.40 |
1.65 |
1.69 |
|
Rate of turnover within three years after hire(New graduates)(*4) |
Onshore |
% |
1.39 |
0.00 |
2.17 |
|
Seafarer |
% |
7.14 |
6.52 |
1.89 |
||
Total |
% |
3.51 |
2.36 |
2.07 |
||
Rate of turnover within three years after hire(New graduates and mid-career hires) (*5) |
Onshore |
% |
2.44 |
0.00 |
2.50 |
|
Seafarer |
% |
7.14 |
6.38 |
1.82 |
||
Total |
% |
4.03 |
2.13 |
2.29 |
||
Turnover rate of employees aged 30 or younger |
% |
5.08 |
2.53 |
3.22 |
||
Average years employed (*6) |
Men |
Years |
15.21 |
14.92 |
14.58 |
|
Women |
Years |
14.17 |
13.77 |
13.52 |
||
Labor union participation rate |
Onshore |
% |
76.20 |
75.90 |
76.54 |
|
Seafarer |
% |
75.80 |
74.90 |
74.16 |
||
Gender pay gap (*7) |
All employees |
% |
- |
57.7 |
59.0 |
|
Full-time employees |
% |
- |
58.9 |
60.7 |
||
Part-time employees |
% |
- |
44.5 |
41.0 |
- 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).
- Calculation method: Number of employees who resigned in each fiscal year / Total number of long-term employees at the end of each fiscal year
- Calculation method: Number of employees who resigned voluntarily in each fiscal year / Total number of long-term 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
- The scope of reporting covers “K” LINE’s permanent employees
- Calculation method: Average annual salary for women / Average annual salary for men
Item |
Unit |
Fiscal year |
||
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
||
Number of occupational accidents (*7) |
Cases |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Number of fatal occupational accidents |
Cases |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Number of accidents requiring leave(*8) |
Cases |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Lost-Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) (*9) |
- |
0.00 |
0.60 |
0.57 |
7. Excludes accidents while commuting
8. Number of injuries/illnesses caused by occupational accidents and requiring one or more days of leave
9. (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.
Item |
Unit |
Fiscal year |
||
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
||
Percentage of childcare leave for women |
% |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Percentage of childcare leave for men * |
% |
- |
88.5 |
77.8 |
Percentage of employees returning to work after using the childcare leave system |
% |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Retention rate after using the childcare leave system |
% |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Number of women in managerial roles |
Persons |
8 |
10 |
9 |
Percentage of employees in management positions who are women |
% |
5.88 |
7.35 |
6.77 |
Percentage of employees in leadership positions who are women |
Persons |
25 |
20 |
21 |
Percentage of women in leadership roles |
% |
7.60 |
7.25 |
7.64 |
Percentage of employees with disabilities |
% |
2.09 |
1.71 |
2.11 |
* Including paternity leave. Mandatory disclosure from FY2022
Percentage of crew members by nationality |
% |
Japan |
2.6 |
Philippines |
71.1 |
India |
6.6 |
Bangladesh |
3.9 |
China |
1.6 |
Europe |
12.3 |
Southeast Asia |
1.9 |
Total |
100 |
(As of March 31, 2024)
Field |
Item |
Unit |
Fiscal year |
||
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|||
Social contribution |
Disaster relief donations |
¥10,000 |
200 |
300 |
1000 |
Lunchtime volunteers(*10) |
Persons |
(*11) |
11 |
71 |
|
Volunteer leave |
Persons |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Free transportation |
Times |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10. Includes officers and employees of Group companies
11. Postponed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic
(millions of yen)
Field |
Item |
Fiscal year |
||
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
||
Expenditure on Trade Associations and Social Contributions |
Political associations |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
Economic associations |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Other associations |
7.4 |
7.5 |
8.0 |
|
Social contributions(donations) |
6.5(6.5) |
9.2(9.2) |
14.8(14.8) |
|
Total |
17.0 |
20.0 |
26.1 |
Field |
Item |
Unit |
Fiscal year |
||
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|||
IR activities |
Domestic IR and SR (shareholder relations) (*12) |
Companies (persons) |
145(223) |
110(121) |
130(143) |
Overseas IR and SR(*12) |
Companies (persons) |
27(38) |
135(175) |
175(209) |
|
Small meetings |
Companies (persons) |
90(103) |
96(101) |
64(66) |
|
Business briefings and site tours |
Times |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
IR for private investors(*13) |
Times |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12. Includes ESG Meeting as of FY2020
13. Includes an online session and a session for the person in charge of sales in securities
Year |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Cases |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14. Safety in navigation and cargo operations is an immutable mission in running a shipping business. There has been one oil spill incident in the last five years, but appropriate measures were taken to minimize the damage.
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.
15. 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
Field |
Item |
Breakdown |
Unit |
Fiscal year |
||
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
||||
Governance |
Board of Directors |
Number of directors |
Persons |
10 |
9 |
9 |
Men |
Persons |
9 |
8 |
8 |
||
Women |
Persons |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Ratio of women |
% |
10 |
11 |
11 |
||
Number of outside directors |
Persons |
4 |
4 |
5 |
||
Ratio of outside directors |
% |
40 |
44 |
56 |
||
Average age of directors |
Years |
62.3 |
62.0 |
61 |
||
Age of youngest director |
Years |
44 |
45 |
43 |
||
Age of oldest director |
Years |
73 |
74 |
75 |
||
Number of meetings held |
Times |
18 |
19 |
19 |
||
Average attendance ratio |
% |
100.0 |
99.0 |
100.0 |
||
Audit & Supervisory Board |
Number of members |
Persons |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Men |
Persons |
3 |
3 |
3 |
||
Women |
Persons |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Ratio of women |
% |
25 |
25 |
25 |
||
Number of outside members |
Persons |
2 |
2 |
2 |
||
Ratio of outside members |
% |
50 |
50 |
50 |
||
Number of meetings held |
Times |
16 |
15 |
14 |
||
Nomination Advisory Committee |
Number of members |
Persons |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
Number of outside members |
Persons |
3 |
3 |
4 |
||
Ratio of outside members |
% |
75 |
75 |
80 |
||
Number of meetings held |
Times |
8 |
14 |
9 |
||
Remuneration Advisory Committee |
Number of members |
Persons |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
Number of outside members |
Persons |
3 |
3 |
4 |
||
Ratio of outside members |
% |
75 |
75 |
80 |
||
Number of meetings held |
Times |
6 |
9 |
3 |
||
Remuneration |
Total remuneration paid to directors (number of payees)* |
¥ million (persons) |
340(10) |
906(10) |
732(11) |
|
Total remuneration paid to Audit & Supervisory Board members (number of payees)* |
¥ million (persons) |
81(5) |
80(4) |
80(5) |
* 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).
Title |
Name |
Gender |
Independence |
Tenure (years) |
Board meeting attendance rate (FY2023) |
Executive officer |
Nomination Advisory Committee member |
Remuneration Advisory Committee member |
Important concurrent positions |
Board of Directors |
|||||||||
Representative Director, President & CEO |
Yukikazu Myochin |
Male |
No |
8 |
100% |
○ |
○ |
○ |
Yes |
Representative Director |
Kazuhiko Harigai |
Male |
No |
5 |
100% |
○ |
|||
Director |
Noriaki Yamaga |
Male |
No |
ー |
ー |
○ |
|||
Outside Director |
Keiji Yamada |
Male |
Yes |
5 |
100% |
○ |
○ |
Yes |
|
Outside Director |
Ryuhei Uchida |
Male |
No |
5 |
100% |
Yes |
|||
Outside Director |
Koji Kotaka |
Male |
Yes |
1 |
100% |
○ |
○ |
Yes |
|
Outside Director |
Hiroyuki Maki |
Male |
Yes |
1 |
100% |
○ |
○ |
Yes |
|
Outside Director |
Takako Masai |
Female |
Yes |
ー |
ー |
○ |
○ |
Yes |
|
Audit & Supervisory Board |
|||||||||
Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
Kunihiko Arai |
Male |
No |
5 |
100% |
||||
Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
Makoto Arai |
Male |
No |
1 |
100% |
||||
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
Atsumi Harasawa |
Female |
Yes |
5 |
100% |
Yes |
|||
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
Shinsuke Kubo |
Male |
Yes |
4 |
95% |
Yes |