ESG Data

SoftBank Corp. and major subsidiaries' data related to ESG (Environment, Social, Governance)
on our business activities are disclosed by items.

ESG Data Book 2026

Past ESG Data BookClose

Corporate Governance

Item [Unit] Bound-ary Cover-age FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Board Directors [Persons] Internal Board Directors Women ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Men 7 7 6 5 5
Total 7 7 6 5 5
External Board Directors*1 Women 3 (2) 3 (2) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4)
Men 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 2 (2)
Total 6 (5) 6 (5) 5 (5) 6 (6) 6 (6)
Grand Total 13 13 11 11 11
Executive Officers on the Board of Directors [Persons] ① - 4 4 4 3 3
% of Executive Officers on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 30.8 30.8 36.4 27.3 27.3
% of Independent External Directors on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 38.5 38.5 45.5 54.5 54.5
% of Women on the Board of Directors [%] ① - 23.1 23.1 18.2 27.3 36.4
Audit & Supervisory Board Members [Persons] Internal Audit & Supervisory Board Members Women ① - 1 1 1 1 1
Men 1 1 1 1 1
Total 2 2 2 2 2
Independent External Audit & Supervisory Board Members Women 0 1 1 1 1
Men 2 1 1 1 1
Total 2 2 2 2 2
Grand Total 4 4 4 4 4
Average Age of Board Directors [Age] ① - 60.6 61.6 64.2 62.3 61.8
Term Limit for Board Directors [Years] ① - 1 1 1 1 1
Average Term of Office of Board Directors [Years] ① - 8.3 9.3 11.5 10.0 11.9
Board Meetings Held*2 [Times] ① - 12 13 13 12 11
Board Directors Attending Less Than 75% of Board Meetings [Persons] ① - 0 1 1 0 0
Average Attendance Rate of Board Directors [%] ① - 97.4 94.7 92.5 97.0 96.7
Audit and Supervisory Board Meetings Held [Times] ① - 16 16 17 16 16
Board Members Attending Less Than 75% of Audit and Supervisory Board Meetings [Persons] ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Board Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members [Persons] Women ① - 4 5 4 5 6
Men 13 12 11 10 9
Total 17 17 15 15 15
% of Women in Board Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members [%] ① - 23.5 29.4 26.7 33.3 40.0
Nominating and Remuneration Committee Members [Persons] Internal Nominating and Remuneration Committee Members Women ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Men 1 1 1 1 1
Total 1 1 1 1 1
Independent External Nominating and Remuneration Committee Members Women 1 1 2 1 3
Men 3 3 3 3 1
Total 4 4 5 4 4
Grand Total 5 5 6 5 5
Nominating Committee Meetings Held [Times] ① - 3 2 4 2 3
Remuneration Committee Meetings Held*3 [Times] ① - 6 6 3 4 2
Nominating Committee Meeting Attendance Rate [%] ① - 93.3 100.0 96.0 90.0 100.0
Remuneration Committee Meeting Attendance Rate*3 [%] ① - 96.7 93.3 100.0 95.0 100.0
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Figures shown in parentheses indicate the number of independent external Board Directors.
  2. *2
    Excludes meetings of the Board of Directors conducted by written resolution
  3. *3
    Includes meetings held by written communication

Remuneration

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Remuneration of Chief Executive Officer [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 120 120 120 120 120
Stock Options 52 55 36 19 11
Performance-based Bonus - - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration 475 399 1,125 515 437
Total 647 574 1,281 654 568
Remuneration of Board Directors (Excluding External Board Directors)*1 [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 444 444 441 381 351
Stock Options 273 251 156 85 33
Performance-based Bonus - - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration 1,606 1,331 3,595 1,222 1,014
Total 2,323 2,026 4,192 1,688 1,398
Remuneration of Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Excluding External Members) [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 18 18 23 24 25
Stock Options - - - - -
Performance-based Bonus - - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration - - - - -
Total 18 18 23 24 25
Remuneration of External Board Directors and External Audit & Supervisory Board Members [Million yen] Basic Remuneration ① - 104 114 113 119 138
Stock Options - - - - -
Performance-based Bonus - - - - -
Performance-based Remuneration - - - - -
Total 104 114 113 119 138
Remuneration of Non-executive Board Members [Million yen] ① - 38 23 10 - -
Ratio of CEO Shareholdings to Basic Remuneration [Times] ① - - 199 265 288 309
Average Ratio of Shareholdings to Basic Remuneration for Executive Directors with Shareholdings*2*3 [Times] ① - - 33 44 53 67
Average Annual Salary of Employees [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - 6,502 6,512 6,594 6,847 7,262
Men ★ 8,592 8,554 8,629 8,948 9,255
Total ★ 8,084 8,049 8,105 8,394 8,713
Women ② FY25:
99.8%		 6,329 6,598 6,583 7,050 7,256
Men 8,430 8,626 8,526 8,981 9,256
Total 7,808 8,007 7,932 8,382 8,603
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary Only)*4 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - - - -
Men ★ 52,769 52,134 52,338 53,739 54,598
Total ★ 52,769 52,134 52,338 53,739 54,598
Women ② FY25:
99.8%		 32,690 23,336 16,003 18,717 21,356
Men 26,717 28,947 24,102 27,897 28,905
Total 26,901 28,623 23,455 27,259 28,376
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary + Bonus)*4 [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - - - -
Men ★ 116,638 67,078 72,186 76,223 71,704
Total ★ 116,638 67,078 72,186 76,223 71,704
Women ② FY25:
99.8%		 45,596 31,919 20,252 22,503 23,981
Men 42,097 40,181 33,896 38,868 40,081
Total 42,215 39,704 32,806 37,732 38,953
Average Annual Pay for Executives (Basic Salary + Bonus + Share-based Payments)*4 [Thousand yen] Women ① - - - - - -
Men 168,946 171,029 159,007 304,361 185,322
Total 168,946 171,029 159,007 304,361 185,322
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Management Positions by Gender (Basic Salary Only) [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - 6,782 6,793 6,906 7,004 7,090
Men ★ 7,398 7,385 7,455 7,606 7,668
Total ★ 7,356 7,340 7,409 7,552 7,612
Women ② FY25:
99.8%		 7,083 7,375 7,568 8,305 8,771
Men 7,569 7,875 8,069 8,529 8,966
Total 7,499 7,805 7,995 8,495 8,934
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Management Positions (Basic Salary + Bonuses) [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - 10,677 10,695 10,650 11,007 11,248
Men ★ 11,669 11,651 11,522 11,886 12,104
Total ★ 11,601 11,579 11,449 11,807 12,020
Women ② FY25:
99.8%		 10,085 10,659 9,952 11,015 11,576
Men 11,357 11,716 11,276 11,946 12,592
Total 11,185 11,567 11,081 11,802 12,418
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Non-management Positions (Basic Salary Only) [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - - - - 4,553 4,734
Men ★ - - - 5,427 5,547
Total ★ - - - 5,141 5,273
Women ② FY25:
99.8%		 - - - 4,937 5,093
Men - - - 5,877 6,063
Total - - - 5,537 5,702
Average Annual Salary of Employees at Non-management Positions (Basic Salary + Bonuses) [Thousand yen] Women ★ ① - 6,203 6,179 6,228 6,444 6,832
Men ★ 7,241 7,163 7,229 7,566 7,823
Total ★ 6,933 6,865 6,912 7,199 7,490
Women ② FY25:
99.8%		 5,873 5,878 5,998 6,401 6,611
Men 7,081 7,105 7,164 7,606 7,876
Total 6,655 6,669 6,751 7,170 7,406
Average Annual Pay for Temporary and Part-time Employees (Basic Salary + Bonus) [Thousand yen] Women ① - - 3,450 3,513 3,750 4,050
Men - 4,083 4,228 4,488 4,805
Total - 3,883 4,004 4,259 4,578
Women ② FY25:
99.8%		 - 2,023 2,356 2,303 2,614
Men - 3,043 3,353 3,397 3,759
Total - 2,436 2,757 2,738 3,079
Bonuses for Employees (Median) [Thousand yen] ① - 2,295 2,298 2,137 2,282 2,500
Ratio of CEO's Remuneration to Average Annual Salary of Employees [Times] ① - 84 72 161 78 65
Ratio between CEO's Remuneration and Average Annual Pay for Employees (Median) [Times] ① - 282 250 599 287 227
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Under the SoftBank Corp. group's policy on the payment of executive remuneration, the remuneration of Board Director Masayoshi Son is to be excluded from the scope of actual payment since the remuneration of Directors who concurrently hold posts in SoftBank Corp. group companies is paid from the main company at which they serve, and thus excluded from the figures above accordingly.
  2. *2
    Excluding the CEO and non-executive Directors
  3. *3
    Due to a change in definition in FY25, the figures for FY22 to FY24 have been retroactively adjusted.
  4. *4
    Calculated for Executive Directors and Delegated Senior Vice Presidents

Remuneration for Comptrollers

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Remuneration for Independent Auditors [Million yen] Audit Fee ② FY25:
100.0%		 2,053 3,407 4,709 4,029 4,841
Non-audit Fee 382 115 83 147 589
Total 2,435 3,522 4,792 4,176 5,430
Remuneration for Those Who Belong to the Same Network as Auditors, Certified Public Accountants, and Others (excluding the above) [Million yen] Audit Fee ② FY25:
100.0%		 103 130 142 137 277
Non-audit Fee 618 303 112 75 68
Total 721 433 254 212 345

Shareholders' Rights

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Anti-takeover Measures [-] ① - None None

Compliance

Item [Unit] Bound-ary Cover-age FY
2021		 FY
2022		 FY
2023		 FY
2024		 FY
2025
Consultations/
Reports about Compliance Violations [Reports]		 Breakdown of Consultations/
Reports		 Labor Affairs ① - 71 67 80 87 83
Other 157 200 146 168 195
Total 228 267 226 255 278
Code of Conduct or Ethics Breaches [Breaches] Details of Violation Improper Sales ① - 11 12 4 10 14
Violation of Security Rules 6 16 3 5 2
Neglect of Duty 1 2 1 0 1
Corruption and Bribery - - - 0 0
Other 9 12 16 10 11
Total 27 42 24 25 28
Details of Punishment Punitive Dismissal ① - 0 3 5 3 4
Retirement under Instruction 6 8 2 4 2
Demotion 5 4 5 2 5
Suspension of Work 3 8 3 10 5
Pay Cut 8 9 6 5 11
Reprimand 5 10 3 1 1
Total 27 42 24 25 28
Violations, Including Human Rights Infringements and Harassment [Breaches] Details of Punishment Punitive Dismissal ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Retirement under Instruction 2 0 1 1 2
Demotion 3 0 1 3 2
Suspension of Work 2 4 0 2 1
Pay Cut 4 0 4 3 4
Reprimand 2 1 0 1 1
Total 13 5 6 10 10
Trainings on Human Rights [Times] ① - 11 12 11 11 11
Ratio of Employees Who Have Taken a Compliance Test [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Cases of Leakage of Personal Information, Theft or Loss of Data*1 [Cases] ① - 0 0 0 0 2*2
Total Contributions & Expenditures for Political Influence [Yen] Political Contributions ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Lobbying 0 0 0 0 0
Expenses for Trade Associations 0 0 0 0 0
Other Expenses 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Anticompetitive Violation [Cases] ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Convictions Related to Corruption and Bribery [Cases] ① - - - - 0 0
Penalty Amounts Related to Corruption and Bribery [Yen] ① - - - - 0 0
Insider Trading [Cases] ① - - 0 0 0 0
Money Laundering [Cases] ① - - 0 0 0 0
Conflicts of Interest [Cases] ① - - 0 0 0 0
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Disclosed based on guidance from regulatory authorities and in violations of laws and regulations
  2. *2
    No verified incidents of unauthorized use of information (one incident of improper removal of data at a subcontractor and one incorrect display of information due to system issues)

Information Security

Item [Unit] Boundary Coverage FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Major Information Security Incidents*1 [Incidents] ① - 0 0 0 0 0
Information Security Training Attendance Rate [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ISO 9001 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - 38 38 39 40 40
ISO 9001 Certification Rate*2 [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ISO 27001 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - 28 29 29 28 29
ISO 27001 Certification Rate*3 [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ISO 20000-1 Certified Sites [Sites] ① - 25 24 25 24 24
ISO 20000-1 Certification Rate*4 [%] ① - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
[Notes]
  1. *1
    Disclosed in accordance with SoftBank Corp.’s information security policy (name of item changed in FY25, definition remains unchanged)
  2. *2
    The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (40 sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 9001 certification)
  3. *3
    The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (29 sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 27001 certification)
  4. *4
    The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (24 sites where SoftBank Corp. has sought ISO 20000-1 certification)