ESG DATA BOOK

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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ESG DATA BOOK

 

 

 

 

2021

ESG DATA BOOK

“K” LINE SUSTAINABILITY BOOKLET

 

 

ESG DATA

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

Environmental Data

 

 

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

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
  1. 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).
  2. Calculation method: Number of employees who resigned  in each fiscal year / Total number of full-time employees at the end of each fiscal year
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. The scope of reporting covers “K” LINE’s permanent employees
  7. 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.

Unit

FY2022

FY2023

FY2024

Percentage of childcare leave

men *1

%

88.5

77.8

81.9

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

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 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)

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

2022

2023

2024

IR activities

Domestic IR and SR (shareholder relations) (*12）

Companies

(persons)

110（121）

130（143）

140（149）

Overseas IR and SR（*12）

Companies

(persons)

135（175）

175（209）

247（283）

Small meetings

Companies

(persons)

96（101）

64（66）

97（99）

Business briefings and site tours

Times

0

2

3

IR for private investors（*13）

Times

2

2

3

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

 

Number of Major Accidents （*14）

Year

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Cases

0

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.

Average Deficiencies per Port State Controls (PSCs)（*15）

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

 

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

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

61.2

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

99

100

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). 

 

Governance Data (As of June 21, 2024)

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