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FY2023 data items with ✩ are those for which assurance is provided, while FY2023 data items in bold are those reviewed through the verification processes.

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Employment status

Data items		Unit	FY2023	GRI
Number of employees (as of December 31, 2023)	Japan^*1	Persons	37,754	GRI 2-7
	China, Asia Paciﬁc	Persons	17,513
	Americas	Persons	49,513
	Europe, Russia, Middle East, India and Africa	Persons	20,419
	Total	Persons	125,199

Data items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	GRI
Number of Vice President and Senior Officers^23	Total	Persons	35	34	9	9	11	GRI 405-1
	(Men)	Persons	35	34	9	9	11
	(Women)	Persons	0	0	0	0	0
Number of managers^24	Total	Persons	1,380	1,438	1,446	1,309	1,319
	(Men)	Persons	1,339	1,394	1,399	1,253	1,251
	(Women)	Persons	41	44	47	56	68
Average age^*2	Total	Years	40	40.4	41	41.5	41.6
	(Men)	Years	39.9	40.3	41	41.4	41.5
	(Women)	Years	41.1	41.2	41.9	42.7	42.5
Average service period^*2	Total	Years	14	14.3	14.9	15.2	15.2
	(Men)	Years	14.1	14.4	14.9	15.2	15.2
	(Women)	Years	13.7	13.7	14.4	15.3	14.9

"Japan" includes "Japan," "Other" and "Company-wide (common)" segments in the Annual Securities Report.
Of Bridgestone Corporation.
Data for 2021 and beyond are the number of Vice President and Senior Officers only, while data for 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	Leader positions^*2				Other staff and positions	GRI
☆Female percentage^*1	Total	Top Management positions	Management positions	Junior Management positions	Total	Other staff and positions	GRI
Japan^*3	12.2%	2.2%	7.6%	5.7%	6.2%	13.4%	GRI 405-1
China, Asia Paciﬁc	10.1%	9.9%	20.8%	10.6%	14.3%	9.5%
Americas	12.6%	26.5%	26.6%	21.5%	22.3%	10.1%
Europe, Russia, Middle East, India and Africa	12.8%	3.0%	22.9%	15.1%	17.5%	11.9%
Total	12.2%	7.8%	17.9%	15.7%	16.1%	11.3%

Data items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	GRI
Global Executive Committee members	Total	Persons	14	11	11	12	12	GRI 405-1
	Number of foreign members	Persons	7	6	6	6	6
	Percentage of foreign members	%	50	54.5	54.5	50	50
Executive Ofﬁcers, Vice Presidents and Ofﬁcers^*4	Total	Persons	60	51	16	20	19
	Number of foreign members	Persons	11	9	5	7	5
	Percentage of foreign members	%	18.3	17.6	31.3	35	26.3
Number of employees who took childcare leave^*5	(Men)	Persons	25	30	42	86	75	GRI 401-3
	(Men who took child care leave after childbirth)	Persons	-	-	-	10	72
	(Women)	Persons	71	58	52	51	48
Rate of employees who took childcare leave^56	(Men)	%	3.5	4.4	12.2	15.6	27.9
Rate of employees who took childcare leave^56	(Women)	%	97.3	100.0	98.1	100.0	90.6
Wage disparities between male and female employees (Ratio of women's wages to men's wages)^*5		%	-	-	-	80.6	82.4	GRI 405-2

Data (as of December 31, 2023) covers from 125,116 employees (99.7% of the Group).
Top managerial positions: Officer-equivalent (Executives & VPs)
Managerial positions: Persons in charge of the management of an organization (Line Managers)
Junior managerial positions: Persons who contribute to the organization with their individual knowledge and experience, or are in a position to guide the organization’s day-to-day management objectives, which include leaders who manage and oversee teams in manufacturing sites and other sites (Genba)
"Japan" includes "Japan," "Other" and "Company-wide (common)" segments in the Annual Securities Report.
Annual Securities Report - 105th Fiscal Period
Including officers of Bridgestone subsidiaries. Data for 2021 and beyond are the number of Vice President and Senior Officers only, while data for 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 in the culcurated year/Employees (or their spouses) who gave birth in the calcurated year*100." The percentage could exceed 100 as employees might start the leave in the following year of their children's birth. 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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	GRI
Average hours of training and development per employee		Hours	16.9	10.3*	11.1*	16.8	19.6	GRI 404-1

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

Occupational health and safety

Data items	Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	GRI
Sites with ISO 45001 certiﬁcation	%	33.0	38.5	42	45.5	47.2	GRI 403-1
☆Lost-time injury frequency rate*1 of employees and temporary staff	-	2.86	2.57	2.75	2.74	2.76	GRI 403-9
☆Lost-time injury frequency rate of contractors	-	1.86^*2	2.31	0.79	0.62	0.12
☆Serious injury rate^*3 of employees and temporary staff	-	0.09	0.04	0.08	0.08	0.06
☆Serious injury rate of contractors	-	0.29^*2	0.19	0.11	0.06	0.01
Severity rate^{4 5}	-	0.24	0.01	0.23	0.00	0.0037
☆Occupational illness frequency rate (OIFR) of employees and temporary staff^*6	-	-	0.50^*7	1.33	0.68	0.19
Number of fatalities of employees	Persons	1	0	1	1	2
Number of fatalities of the contractors	Persons	0	2	0	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	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	GRI
Sites with ISO 9001 certiﬁcation		%	99.4	100	99.2	100	100	GRI 416-1
Provision for product warranties	Balance at beginning of year	Million JPY	6,308	8,459	9,040	6,797	22,528
Provision for product warranties	Decrease (used)	Million JPY	4,186	11,371	6,030	5,469	8,930
Number of recall^*		Number	1	2	3	6	0

* The number of recalls carried out by Bridgestone Group itself (excluding those carried out by other companies) and recall details can be found on each region's website, authorities' website, etc.

Social contribution activities

Data items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	GRI
Social contributions	Monetary donation^*1	Million USD	9.8	10.0	9.2	12.8	8.3	GRI 201-1
Social contributions	Others^*2	Million USD	9.8	4.2	2.8	3.1	6.1	GRI 201-1
Volunteer^*3		Persons	-	-	-	17,282	32,102

3.9 million USD in 2019, 3.4 million USD in 2020, 4.1 million USD in 2021, 3.6 million USD in 2022 and 3.0 million USD in 2023 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 volunteers is the total number, including estimates for some activities.

Political contributions

Data items		Unit	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	GRI
Political contributions^*		JPY	0	0	0	0	0	GRI 415-1

* Of Bridgestone Corporation.

Governance

Data items		Unit	FY2023	GRI
Number of directors in Bridgestone Corporation (as of March 26, 2024)	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^12	Members of the Board (Internal)	Million JPY	110	GRI 102-35
	Members of the Board (Outside)	Million JPY	179
	Executive ofﬁcers	Million JPY	800

Of Bridgestone Corporation
The total amount of remuneration paid during FY2023

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