ESG Data

Environment / Society / Governance (ESG) data related to our business activitiyes is available.
For our materiality-related indicators, targets, and progress, please refer to the page “Targets, Achievements, and Progress” .

Environment

Resale Impact 2024

Avoided CO2 emissions

5,311,106 t

Avoided energy consumption

21,907,246 GJ

Avoided PM2.5 emissions

2,262,842 t

Avoided water consumption

267,125,247 m3

*Covers goods (watches, bags, jewelry, bullion, apparel, etc.) resold at ALLU, STAR BUYERS AUCTION, and wholesale (bullion) during Sep. 2023 to Aug. 2024

  Data Category FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24
Resale
Impact		 Avoided CO2 emissions (t) 4,315,484 5,849,251 4,828,417 5,311,106
Avoided water consumption (㎥) 221,266,400 297,032,752 243,472,577 267,125,247
Avoided energy consumption (GJ) 17,756,116 24,084,648 19,914,618 21,907,246
Avoided PM2.5 emissions (t) 1,835,900 2,489,485 2,056,954 2,262,842

*Changed the scope of calculation to ALLU, STAR BUYERS AUCTION, and wholesale (bullion) from FY23.

Clarifications on Resale Impact Calculations

  • Our Resale Impact calculations rely on the assumption that when customers purchase a product that the Valuence Group stocks and resells*1 instead of a corresponding non-reused product, the resource procurement, manufacturing, transportation and disposal process for the non-reused product is theoretically omitted; we calculate the environmental impact such as CO₂ emissions that the omitted process could have, and show the result as avoided emissions.
  • We calculate the environmental impact of products throughout their life cycles*2 with GaBi*3, a life cycle assessment (LCA) database, and by using ISO 14040/14044 as a reference. In addition, our Resale Impact figures are calculated by referring to the avoided emissions per product weight for each product category, estimated based on the average material composition of the products that we assume to represent the category. Therefore, the figures are not obtained by calculating and verifying the actual amount of environmental impact of a particular product.
  • Calculations of the environmental impact of products throughout their life cycles and the avoided emissions per product weight for each product category have been conducted under the supervision of Neural Inc. Using these estimated figures, we classify the category and weight of each product and calculate the avoided emissions shown as the Resale Impact. There may be differences in the calculation results between products of the same kind due to differences in the category and weight settings for each product.
  • The latest Resale Impact calculation results for each product and the figures indicated on the e-commerce websites, product tag, etc., may differ due to the review of calculation results.
  • Since we are not a product manufacturer, our Resale Impact calculations cover products the Valuence Group stocks and resells*1 (watches, bags, jewelry, bullion, apparel, and accessories).
  • *1 Resale includes consignment sales.
  • *2 Calculations of the environmental impact of products are based on the value chain in Japan.
  • *3 GaBi is a software program provided by Sphera Solutions GmbH to evaluate the sustainability of products through life cycle assessment.
Data Category FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25
Energy Consumption *1 Electricity (kWh) 2,479,974 2,523,173 2,720,361 3,029,679 3,583,416
Renewable energy ratio (electricity) - - - 1.3% 12.8%
Gasoline (kl) 12 20 28 26 14
Diesel fuel (kl) 65 28 13 17 22
GHG
Emissions *1		 Total GHG emissions (t-CO₂e) 64,034 74,753 84,119 96,416 89,420
Scope 1 265 121 101 219 269
Scope 2 (Market-based) 1,161 1,104 1,197 1,252 1,317
Scope 2 (Location-based) 1,406 1,431 1,566 1,382 1,567
Scope 3 62,609 73,527 82,821 94,945 87,835
Category 1: Purchased goods and services 59,403 70,168 70,094 88,339 82,445
Category 2: Capital goods 1,025 100 6,471 5 60
Category 3: Fuel- and energy-related activities 199 193 206 237 269
Category 4: Upstream transportation and distribution 1,365 1,992 3,070 2,313 2,232
Category 5: Waste generated in operations 82 73 90 103 116
Category 6: Business travel 182 503 658 414 438
Category 7: Employee commuting 239 269 313 362 343
Category 8: Upstream leased assets - - - 4 4
Category 9: Downstream transportation and distribution 25 97 146 61 65
Category 10: Processing of sold products - - - 168 146
Category 11: Use of sold products - - 1,401 2,318 921
Category 12: End of life treatment of sold products 89 132 133 113 124
Category 13: Downstream leased assets - - 1 2 -
Category 14: Franchises *2 - - 238 207 252
Category 15: Investments - - - 298 419
Water resource management Water use (㎥) - - - - 61,709
Waste management Ratio of recycled materials used in plastic packaging materials *3 - - - - 65%

※Totals may not equal the sum of the individual line items for GHG emissions figures, as amounts are rounded at the decimal point.

  • Scope 1: Greenhouse gas emissions from business-use vehicles and air conditioning used for buying offices, administrative offices, and warehouses
  • Scope 2: Greenhouse gas emissions from electricity used in buying offices, administrative offices, and warehouses
  • Scope 3: Greenhouse gas emissions generated indirectly in the value chain
  • Figures beginning with the fiscal year ended August 2024 have been recalculated to obtain Science Based Targets (SBT) certification.
  • Scope 1 and 2 emissions from overseas partner offices
  • At least 90% recycled content in all plastic packaging materials for B2C and B2B in Japan

【Scope of calculation】
Energy Consumption・GHG Emission：Valuence Holdings Inc. and its domestic subsidiaries until FY22, consolidated group including overseas subsidiaries from FY23
Water resource：Valuence Holdings Inc. and Valuence Japan Inc.

Social

Data Category FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25
Number of employees Total 707 812 924 942 1003
Men 441 486 511 502 524
Women 266 326 413 440 479
Female ratio 37.6% 40.1% 44.7% 46.7% 47.8%
Number of employees
in management positions*1 *2		 Total 56 66 77 81 82
Men 47 56 70 70 70
Women 9 10 7 11 12
Female ratio 16.1% 15.2% 9.1% 13.6% 14.6%
Turnover rate 13.6% 20.5% 16.4% 16.1% 15.4%
Average years of service Total average 2years 6months 2years 9months 3 years 3years 5months 3years 8months
Men 2years 7months 2years 11months 3years 4months 3years 9months 4years
Women 2years 6months 2years 7months 2years 6months 3years 3years 3months
Average age of employees Total average 30.9 31.6 31.1 31.2 31.5
Men 31.8 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.9
Women 29.4 30.1 29.4 29.7 30.0
Average age of employees
in management positions 		Total average 37.9 37.6 37.2 38.4 38.6
Men 39.1 38.4 38.3 38.8 39.9
Women 36.7 36.8 36.0 37.9 37.3
Average annual salary
of employees (JPY) *2 *3		 Total average 4,473,749 4,345,714 4,259,619 4,488,221 4,478,540
Men 5,268,588 4,858,891 4,898,310 5,116,760 5,089,250
Women 3,441,250 3,554,005 3,417,389 3,753,429 3,818,709
Average annual salary
of employees
in management positions
(JPY) *2 *3 *4		 Total average 11,161,904 8,509,616 8,706,080 8,930,870 8,527,207
Men 10,932,328 8,861,457 9,010,733 9,063,658 8,607,662
Women 12,453,267 6,609,680 6,543,038 7,988,080 8,037,773
Average annual salary
of employees
in non-management
positions
(JPY) *2 *3 *4 		Total average 4,249,712 3,969,847 3,772,750 4,054,661 4,083,888
Men 4,711,622 4,338,075 4,164,056 4,449,546 4,483,486
Women 3,575,917 3,450,070 3,319,716 3,650,145 3,705,698
Gender pay gap *1 *5 Total 65.0% 69.3% 67.9% 70.9% 72.8%
Regular employees 70.8% 73.1% 69.8% 73.4% 75.0%
Non-regular employees 80.8% 91.2% 94.8% 98.2% 89.7%
Childcare leave Ratio of childcare leave taken
Men 4.3% 4.0% 32.0% 76.9% 100%
Women 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Ratio of employees returning to work after childcare leave
Men 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Women 90.0% 81.8% 100% 100% 100%
Employees
with disabilities		 Number of employees
with disabilities		 10 15 18 25 24
Ratio of employees
with disabilities		 2.08% 2.25% 2.43% 2.79% 2.55%
Annual days off Number of annual days off 128 128 128 128 128
Paid leave Average number of
paid leave granted		 12.7 13.7 13.4 13.9 14.2
Average number of
paid leave taken		 7.0 10.1 8.8 10.0 12.2
Average ratio of
paid leave taken		 54.7% 73.8% 75.5% 80.7% 82.4%
Working hours Total annual working hours
(average per person)		 1876:38 1870:25 1921:38 1909:51 1877:39
Monthly hours of overtime work
(average per person) 		11:37 14:49 18:02 16:57 15:53
Ratio of over
time work exceeding
the upper limit
(more than 45 hours per month)		 2.0% 2.9% 4.0% 3.3% 2.5%
Health Ratio of employees
covered by social insurance		 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Participation rate of
periodic health check up		 100% 100% 100% 99.7% 99.6%
Participation rate of
stress checkup		 85% 84% 84% 89% 85%
Absenteeism (days) *6 - - 2.5 2.8 2.5
Presenteeism *7 - - 74% 76% 78%
Smoking rate - - - 22.7% 20.3%
Average difference
between employees' health age
and actual age *8 		- - - 0.6 0.6
Occupational safety and health Number of
occupational accidents
in the entire group		 2 3 5 3 6
Number of work-related
deaths in the entire group		 0 0 0 0 0
Average hours of training per employee - 56 hours 71 hours 74 hours 63 hours
Engagement "My Mission" setting ratio *9 - - - 86% 92%
eNPS - - - -63 -62
Employee engagement score *10 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.7
  • Scope of calculations: For items without notes, full-time and contract employees of Valuence Holdings Inc. (including employees seconded to subsidiaries)
  • *1 Calculated based on "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life" (Act No. 64 of September 4, 2015）
  • *2 Starting with the fiscal year ended August 2025, figures from previous years have been restated due to revised definitions of management positions.
  • *3 Valuence changed to a calculation method that divides total taxable compensation (including bonuses and other payments) for full-time employees (including those on leave) by the annual average number of full-time employees on record at month-end. Accordingly, dara for prior years has been restated, starting with the fiscal year ended August 2025.
  • *4 Average annual salary for FY21 includes stock-based compensation due to the lifting of restrictions on transfer-restricted shares
  • *5 Data for prior years has been restated due to a change in the calculation basis from the number of monthly pay recipients to the number of employees on record at month-end, starting with the fiscal year ended August 2025.
  • *6 Average days of sick leave, illness-related absences, and menstrual leave taken
  • *7 Average score of employee survey using SPQ (Single-Item Presenteeism Question, University of Tokyo, 1-item version)
  • *8 Average difference between health age and actual age based on health examination results
  • *9 Percentage of employees who have set their own "My Mission" goals (free goals that combine work and private life) in the personnel evaluation system
  • *10 Average scores (on a scale of 1 to 5) for "company satisfaction," "job satisfaction," "supervisor satisfaction," and "workplace satisfaction" in an external engagement survey conducted on consolidated Group employees

Governance

Data Category FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25
Corporate
Governance		 Number of directors 9 10 11 12 11
Men 9 9 10 10 9
Women 0 1 1 2 2
Female ratio 0% 10.0% 9.1% 16.7% 18.2%
Number of outside directors 5 6 6 7 6
Number of independent directors 5 5 5 6 5
Ratio of attendance
at the Board of Directors meetings		 100% 100% 100% 98% 100%
Number of the Audit and
Supervisory Committee members
(of which outside directors)		 4 (3) 4 (3) 4 (3) 4 (3) 4 (3)
Number of the Nomination
and Compensation Committee members
(of which outside directors) 		5 (4) 4 (3) 4 (3) 4 (3) 3 (2)
Total amount of
executive compensation
(million yen)		 305 219 279 235 289
Compensation of directors
(excluding the Audit and
Supervisory Committee
and outside directors) 		253 172 225 172 230
Compensation of Audit
and Supervisory Committee members
(excluding outside directors) 		20 10 12 13 14
Compensation of
outside directors		 32 37 41 50 45
Political donations none none none none none
Ratio of participation
in information security training *1 		- - - 95% 95%
Number of human errors related
to information security		 - - - 5 5
Total number of disciplinary actions *2 10 9 3 15 6
Legal violations
(Secondhand Articles Dealer Act,
Licenses and Permits,
Act against Unjustifiable Premiums
and Misleading Representations, etc.)		 0 1 0 1 1
Embezzlement 2 0 0 0 1
Harassment 3 2 1 1 1
Misconduct and assault 0 0 0 0 0
Violations related to personal information protection 0 1 0 4 0
Bribery 0 0 0 0 0
Conflict of interest transactions 0 0 0 0 0
Money laundering and insider trading 0 0 0 0 0
Other violations (workplace rules) 5 5 2 9 3
  • *1 Including permanent and contract employees of the Valuence Group, as well as outsourcers and others who have been granted Valuence Group accounts.
  • *2 Number of cases in which the Executive Committee took disciplinary actions based on reports received through internal and external whistleblower hotlines or as a result of investigations by Valuence that revealed regulatory violations of regulations, inappropriate administrative procedures, or other issues