ESG Data
Social and governance data

Period: January 1 to December 31 of each year
FY2022 data items with ✩ are those for which assurance is provided, while FY2022 data items in bold are those reviewed through the verification processes.

The following data is available in Excel file for download.

ESG data (Excel) (37KB)

Employment status

Data items		Unit	FY2022	GRI
Number of employees (as of December 31, 2022)	Japan^*1	Persons	38,389	GRI 2-7
	Americas	Persons	50,198
	Europe, Russia, Middle East, India and Africa	Persons	21,591
	China, Asia Paciﬁc	Persons	19,084
	Total	Persons	129,262

Data items		Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	GRI
Number of Vice President and Senior Officers^23	Total	Persons	32	35	34	9	9	GRI 405-1
	(Men)	Persons	32	35	34	9	9
	(Women)	Persons	0	0	0	0	0
Number of managers^24	Total	Persons	1,324	1,380	1,438	1,446	1,309
	(Men)	Persons	1,288	1,339	1,394	1,399	1,253
	(Women)	Persons	36	41	44	47	56
Average age^*2	Total	Years	40.1	40.0	40.4	41	41.5
	(Men)	Years	40.0	39.9	40.3	41	41.4
	(Women)	Years	40.4	41.1	41.2	41.9	42.7
Average service period^*2	Total	Years	14.0	14.0	14.3	14.9	15.2
	(Men)	Years	14.0	14.1	14.4	14.9	15.2
	(Women)	Years	13.5	13.7	13.7	14.4	15.3

"Japan" includes "Japan," "Other" and "Company-wide (common)" segments in the Annual Securities Report.
Of Bridgestone Corporation.
Data for 2021 and 2022 are the number of Vice President and Senior Officers only, while data for 2018, 2019 and 2020 include other officers, too. The change is due to the elimination of Executive-Officer-System in 2020.
Managers of the Company refer to line managers (executive and management levels), specialists and coordinators.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I)

☆Female percentage^*1	Total	Top Management positions^*2	Managerial positions			Other staff and positions	GRI
☆Female percentage^*1	Total	Top Management positions^*2	Management positions^*3	Junior Management positions^*4	Total	Other staff and positions	GRI
Japan^*5	12.2%	6.1%	4.3%	6.4%	5.3%	13.6%	GRI 405-1
Americas	12.6%	25.5%	23.2%	10.4%	14.8%	12.3%
Europe, Russia, Middle East, India and Africa	12.6%	15.1%	14.6%	18.8%	17.6%	11.8%
China, Asia Paciﬁc	9.7%	12.6%	19.0%	23.6%	22.8%	8.7%
Total	12.0%	10.7%	11.6%	12.5%	12.1%	12.0%

Data items		Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	GRI
Global Executive Committee members	Total	Persons	9	14	11	11	12	GRI 405-1
	Number of foreign members	Persons	5	7	6	6	6
	Percentage of foreign members	%	55.6	50.0	54.5	54.5	50.0
Executive Ofﬁcers, Vice Presidents and Ofﬁcers^*6	Total	Persons	52	60	51	16	20
	Number of foreign members	Persons	10	11	9	5	7
	Percentage of foreign members	%	19.2	18.3	17.6	31.3	35.0
Number of employees who took childcare leave^*7	(Men)	Persons	20	25	30	42	86	GRI 401-3
	(Men who took child care leave after childbirth)	Persons	-	-	-	-	10
	(Women)	Persons	63	71	58	52	51
Rate of employees who took childcare leave^78	(Men)	%	3.0	3.5	4.4	12.2	15.6
Rate of employees who took childcare leave^78	(Women)	%	100.0	97.3	100.0	98.1	100.0
Wage disparities between male and female employees (Ratio of women's wages to men's wages)^*7		%	-	-	-	-	80.6	GRI 405-2

Data (as of as of December 31, 2022) covers from 128,811 employees (99.4% of the Group).
“Top management positions” refers to employees with a reporting line no more than two levels below the CEO in each company.
“Management positions” includes all managerial positions, except for those in “Top management positions” and “Junior management positions.”
“Junior management positions” refers to first-line managers, who are responsible for supervising day-to-day performance target of the organization.
"Japan" includes "Japan," "Other" and "Company-wide (common)" segments in the Annual Securities Report.
Including officers of Bridgestone subsidiaries. Data for 2021 and 2022 are the number of Vice President and Senior Officers only, while data for 2018, 2019 and 2020 include other officers, too. The change is due to the elimination of Executive-Officer-System in 2020.
Of Bridgestone Corporation.
The rate of employees who took childcare leave is calculated by the formula: "Employees who started childcare leave/Employees (or their spouses) who gave birth × 100." The rate of male employees who took child care leave after childbirth is added to the rate of male employees who took child care leave.

Talent development

Data items		Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	GRI
Average hours of training and development per employee		Hours	-	16.9	10.3*	11.1*	15.3	GRI 404-1

* Training sessions were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19.

Occupational health and safety

Data items	Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	GRI
Sites with ISO 45001 certiﬁcation	%	32.1	33.0	38.5	42.0	45.5	GRI 403-1
☆Lost-time injury frequency rate*1 of employees and temporary staff	-	-	2.86	2.57	2.75	2.74	GRI 403-9
☆Lost-time injury frequency rate of contractors	-	-	1.86^*2	2.31	0.79	0.62
☆Serious injury rate^*3 of employees and temporary staff	-	-	0.09	0.04	0.08	0.08
☆Serious injury rate of contractors	-	-	0.29^*2	0.19	0.11	0.06
Severity rate^{4 5}	-	0.01	0.24	0.01	0.23	0.00
☆Occupational illness frequency rate (OIFR) of employees and temporary staff^*6	-	-	-	0.50^*7	1.33	0.68
Number of fatalities of employees	Persons	0	1	0	1	1
Number of fatalities of the contractors	Persons	1	0	2	0	0

Lost-time injury frequency rate = (number of lost-time injuries/total working hours) x 1,000,000.
Figures are for the six months from July to December 2019.
Serious injury rate = (number of serious injury/total working hours) x 1,000,000
Of Bridgestone Corporation.
Severity rate = (total number of working days lost/total number of working hours) x 1,000.
Occupational illness frequency rate = (number of occupational illness /total working hours) x 1,000,000.
Figures are for the six months from July to December 2020.

Product safety

Data items		Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	GRI
Sites with ISO 9001 certiﬁcation		%	99.3	99.4	100.0	99.2	100.0	GRI 416-1
Provision for product warranties	Balance at beginning of year	Million JPY	-	6,308	8,459	9,040	6,797
Provision for product warranties	Decrease (used)	Million JPY	-	4,186	11,371	6,030	5,469

Social contribution activities

Data items		Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	GRI
Social contributions	Monetary donation^*1	Million USD	9.4	9.8	10.0	9.2	12.8	GRI 201-1
Social contributions	Others^*2	Million USD	11.3	9.8	4.2	2.8	3.1	GRI 201-1
Volunteer^*3	-	Persons	-	-	-	-	17,282

2.8 million USD in 2018, 3.9 million USD in 2019, 3.4 million USD in 2020, 4.1 million USD in 2021 and 3.6 million USD in 2022 donated from our customers and partners for Boys and Girls Clubs of America through the Driving Great Futures program.
Including cost of implementing activities, in-kind donation and employee giving.
The number of volunteer is the total number, including estimates for some activities.

Political contributions

Data items		Unit	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	GRI
Political contributions^*		JPY	0	0	0	0	0	GRI 415-1

* Of Bridgestone Corporation.

Governance

Data items		Unit	FY2022	GRI
Number of directors in Bridgestone Corporation (as of March 28, 2023)	Total	Persons	12	GRI 102-22
	(Men)	Persons	9
	(Women)	Persons	3
	Independent external directors	Persons	8
	(Men)	Persons	5
	(Women)	Persons	3
Remuneration for Members of the Board and Executive Officers^*	Members of the Board (Internal)	Million JPY	107	GRI 102-35
	Members of the Board (Outside)	Million JPY	169
	Executive ofﬁcers	Million JPY	1,092