Non-financial Data (appendix)

Corporate governance

  June 2019 June 2020 June 2021 June 2022 June 2023
Directors Number of directors 14 13 13 12 14
Percentage of outside directors 43% 46% 46% 50% 57%
Percentage of director positions filled by women 14% 8% 8% 8% 14%
Average attendance rate for Board of Directors meetings* 100% 100% 100% 100% -

 

  Nominating Committee Compensation Committee Audit Committee
Percentage of outside directors (June 2023) 100% 100% 75%

* Fiscal year basis

Human capital

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Employees1 Total number of employees3 58,727 56,225 54,055 51,056 49,068
Employees in Japan 52,607 50,244 48,253 45,667 44,008
Employees hired outside Japan 4,867 4,917 4,728 4,449 4,207
Employees dispatched to our offices from other
organizations, and similar.		 1,253 1,064 1,074 940 853
Average employee age4 39 40 40 40 40
Average employee length of service4 14 14 15 15 16
Training Total number of participants5 / / / / 1,956,513
Training organized by Human Resources Group   48,868 158,448 227,101 354,846
Training hours / / / / 1,689,113
Training organized by Human Resources Group   480,125 513,447 506,486 652,048
Engagement Engagement score6 / / / / 51%
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion / Well-being Percentage of employees who are female1, 7 57% 57% 57% 57% 57%
Percentage of management positions filled by women8 General manager equivalent 5% 5% 6% 7% 9%
General manager and manager equivalent 14% 15% 16% 16% 19%
Percentage of eligible male employees who take childcare leave9 100% 93% 98% 97% 104%
Percentage of management positions outside Japan filled by employees hired outside Japan10 44% 64% 64% 66% 84%
Inclusion score6 / / / / 55%
Percentage of paid annual leave taken by employees11 75% 77% 70% 76% 78%
  1. As of March 31. Mizuho Financial Group (including employees seconded to Mizuho Securities), Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, and Mizuho Research & Technologies.2
  2. Data up to FY2020 reflects figures for the former Mizuho Information & Research Institute.
  3. Definition and breakdown have been updated. The figures have been recalculated retroactively based on the new definition.
  4. Figures are for employees in Japan only, excluding temporary and contract employees.
  5. In Japan (aggregate for Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, and Mizuho Research & Technologies). Up until FY2021, the scope for training was training organized by the Human Resources Group, but this has been changed as of FY2022 to training organized by all departments, the Human Resources Group included.
  6. Based on the positive response rate (selection of 4 or 5 on a scale from 1 to 5) for four Staff Survey questions related to engagement and inclusion.
  7. Figures are for employees in Japan only.
  8. From FY2022, target, scope, and base date have been changed in conjunction with revision of the medium-term business plan. As of March 31. In Japan, Mizuho Financial Group (including employees seconded to Mizuho Securities), Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, and Mizuho Research & Technologies.2 Figures for FY2021 and FY2022 are based on the new criteria.
  9. Due to revisions to relevant laws, FY2022 results have been calculated using legally defined rules (percentages of employees who take childcare leave), while FY2021 results have been calculated using Mizuho's own methods. In Japan, Mizuho Financial Group (including employees seconded to Mizuho Securities), Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, and Mizuho Research & Technologies.2
  10. Figures up to FY2018 are for Mizuho Bank only. Figures for FY2019 and later are the aggregates for Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, and Mizuho Securities. Criteria for management positions changed as of FY2022.
  11. Figures up to FY2021 are the total of Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, and Mizuho Securities. Mizuho Research & Technologies added as of FY2022.2

 

Environment

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Scope 1 and 21, 2 (tCO2e) 203,466 179,664 164,394 150,987 108,878
Scope 3 (emissions
from financing and
investment)		 Electric power sector (kgCO2e/MWh) / / 388 353 ー
Oil and gas sector Scope 1 and 2 (gCO2e/MJ) / 6.6 / 6.5 ー
Scope 3 (MtCO2e) (Rate of reduction compared to FY2019) / 60.6 / 43.2
(29%)		 ー
Thermal coal mining sector (MtCO2e) / / 5.1 1.7 ー
Scope 3 (business trips)5 (tCO2e) 5,480 5,396 1,375 831 2,076
Outstanding credit balance for coal-fired power plants based on our Environmental and Social Management Policy for Financing and Investment Activity (JPY billion) / 299.5 289.1 248.6 235.5
Exposure to high-risk areas in transition risk sectors (JPY trillion) / / 1.8 1.6 1.6
Total energy consumption (Megawatt hours)1, 2, 6 499,334 453,129 430,690 397,704 424,707
Paper usage (Year-on-year change)5 (9.0%) (16.7%) (21.9%) (10.3%) (7.3%)
Green procurement ratio for paper5 99.8% 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 100%
  1. These data items include all the facilities of seven group companies: Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, Mizuho Research & Technologies3, Asset Management One, and Mizuho Americas (data up to FY2021 are for eight group companies including the former Mizuho Private Wealth Management4. Our FY2022 performance, consolidated subsidiaries included, was 128 ktCO2e (provisional figure).
  2. The FY2022 figure is provisional.
  3. Data up to FY2020 combines figures for the former Mizuho Information & Research Institute and former Mizuho Research Institute.
  4. Company liquidated on March 23, 2022; functions taken over by Mizuho Bank.
  5. These data items include all the facilities of six group companies: Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, Mizuho Research & Technologies3, and Asset Management One (data up to FY2021 are for seven companies including the former Mizuho Private Wealth Management4).
  6. Direct and indirect energy consumption converted to megawatt hours.

Sustainable finance and environment and climate-related finance

   FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Sustainable finance (JPY trillion)
(of which, environment and climate-related finance)		 2.4
(1.1)		 4.7
(1.5)		 6.0
(2.0)		 8.1
(3.5)*

* Of which, Mizuho Bank accounts for JPY2.6 trillion and Mizuho Trust & Banking accounts for JPY26.1 billion.

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