ESG Data

Nippon Paint Group ESG Data

Nippon Paint Group ESG Data (Updated on June 27, 2023)

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As of December 31, 2025

<Diversity & Inclusion>

Global

Number of employees (regular employee)

(Unit: people)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Group Total 25,970 27,318 30,247 33,763 34,393 38,562 38,481
Japan 3,373 3,510 3,294 3,612 3,433 3,412 3,343
Asia (Except Japan) 14,303 15,354 18,253 - - - -
Oceania 3,735 3,826 3,927 - - - -
NIPSEA - - - 19,819 20,444 24,300 23,218
DuluxGroup - - - 7,851 8,066 8,308 8,432
AOC - - - - - - 1,035
Americas 2,640 2,581 2,576 2,430 2,396 2,492 2,404
Other 1,919 2,047 1,793 - - - -
NPHD (non-consolidated)* - - 404 51 54 50 49

* The number of employees of NPHD, which was previously included in the Japan segment, has been separately presented as NPHD (non-consolidated) since 2021.

Ratio of female employees and managers

Japan Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total number of employees - - 3,484 3,328 2,934 2,863 2,786
Number of female employees - - 764 748 646 640 623
Ratio of female employees - 21.0% 21.9% 22.5% 22.0% 22.4% 22.3%
Total number of managers - - 649 647 604 610 595
Number of women in managerial positions - - 40 35 32 39 46
Ratio of women in managerial positions - 4.9% 6.2% 5.4% 5.3% 6.4% 7.7%
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total number of employees - 23,285 25,869 27,243 29,271 31,679 29,966
Number of female employees - - - 6,810 7,364 7,873 7,445
Ratio of female employees - 25.6% 24.9% 25.0% 25.2% 24.9% 24.8%
Total number of managers - 1,621 2,473 2,616 2,369 2,722 2,727
Number of women in managerial positions - - - 659 631 645 721
Ratio of women in managerial positions - 27.2% 25.1% 25.2% 26.6% 23.7% 26.4%
DuluxGroup 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total number of employees - 8,071 8,196 8,456 8,714 8,654 5,895
Number of female employees - - - - - - 2,895
Ratio of female employees - 32.4% 32.3% 32.7% 33.4% 33.6% 33.7%
Total number of managers - 1,278 1,266 1,061 2,093 1,674 1,736
Number of women in managerial positions - - - - - - 558
Ratio of women in managerial positions - 29.3% 29.5% 31.5% 30.5% 30.1% 32.1%
Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total number of employees - - 1,847 1,857 1,765 1,759 1,741
Number of female employees - - - - - - 513
Ratio of female employees - - 29.6% 30.0% 30.0% 29.4% 29.5%
Total number of managers - - 256 441 502 558 542
Number of women in managerial positions - - - - - - 192
Ratio of women in managerial positions - - 30.1% 34.5% 35.0% 35.3% 35.4%
Total 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total number of employees - 31,356 39,396 40,884 42,684 44,955 40,388
Number of female employees - - - - - - 11,476
Ratio of female employees - 24.0% 25.9% 26.6% 26.9% 26.6% 28.4%
Total number of managers - 2,899 4,644 4,765 5,568 5,564 5,600
Number of women in managerial positions - - - - - - 1,517
Ratio of women in managerial positions - 23.8% 23.0% 24.8% 26.5% 24.9% 27.1%

Ratio of employees taking childcare leave

Japan Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male 9.1% 15.8% 17.9% 51.4% 47.1% 64.5% 70.0%
Female 87.5% 86.7% 87.5% 83.3% 81.0% 121.0% 94.0%
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - 99.7% 99.2% 93.2% 95.5% 96.8% 90.8%
Female - 50.8% 99.6% 96.0% 99.3% 96.2% 97.5%
DuluxGroup*1 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - 82.6% 95.7% 95.7% - 31.0% 32.9%
Female - 100% 98.3% 96.6% - 64.0% 60.0%
Dunn-Edwards*2 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - 2.6% 2.7% 3.1% -
Female - - - 8.9% 9.4% 7.0% -

*1 Excluding Cromology
*2 Calculation method: Number of people taking childcare leave ÷ number of people eligible for taking childcare leave
However, all employees are eligible for childcare leave at Dunn-Edwards.

Newly hired employees

(Unit: people)

Japan Group*1 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male 48 67 80 38 9 29 39
Female 24 17 30 25 1 3 18
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - - - - 3,581
Female - - - - - - 1,094
DuluxGroup*2 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - 373 527 688 807 713 756
Female - 247 300 418 486 398 409
Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - 373 327 353 -
Female - - - 191 125 115 -
Total*3 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - 1,099 1,143 1,095 4,376
Female - - - 634 612 516 1,521

*1 From 2019 to 2021, only new graduate hires. For 2022, includes the number of mid-career hires.
*2 Excluding Cromology

Average age

(Unit: age)

Japan Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male 44.9 44.1 42.8 43.9 44.9 45.8 46.0
Female 39.5 39.8 44.9 37.6 38.5 39.4 43.6
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - - 36.4 37.2 37.8
Female - - - - 33.9 34.9 35.7
DuluxGroup 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - - 43.8 44.8 45.7
Female - - - - 42.8 43.0 43.5
Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male 43.8 43.7 43.0 42.2 41.8 42.1 -
Female 40.6 40.1 39.2 38.8 38.7 38.4 -

Average number of years worked

(Unit: year)

Japan Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male 14.4 13.4 11.1 11.1 11.9 12.1 11.8
Female 14.9 13.4 12.4 5.4 9.2 9.8 9.3
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - - 6.6 6.6 7.3
Female - - - - 6.1 6.3 7.1
DuluxGroup 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - - 9.8 10.0 9.8
Female - - - - 8.8 8.5 8.07
Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male 11.7 11.5 10.7 9.9 8.9 8.9 -
Female 7.2 7.3 7.0 6.6 5.9 6.4 -

Turnover

(Unit: %)

Japan Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of full employees leaving the company at their own discretion 1.6% 1.5% 1.9% 2.9% 3.6% 3.2% 3.1%
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of full employees leaving the company at their own discretion - - - - - - 11.1%
DuluxGroup 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of full employees leaving the company at their own discretion - - - - 13.1% 9.8% 12.2%
Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of full employees leaving the company at their own discretion 18.2% 15.0% 25.3% 25.9% 22.0% 18.1% -

Non-regular employee

Japan Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male 9.7% 9.4% 10.4% 10.6% 9.5% 10.2% 10.8%
Female 23.9% 23.9% 23.0% 20.3% 18.6% 18.1% 18.3%
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - - - - -
Female - - - - - - -
DuluxGroup 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - - 2.4% 3.2% 3.9%
Female - - - - 6.8% 7.1% 5.7%
Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male - - - - - - -
Female - - - - - - -

Monthly average overtime working hours

((Unit: hour)

Japan Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Non-managerial employees (regular employees) 16.4 15.8 17.6 16.3 15.0 16.6 19.3
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Non-managerial employees (regular employees) - - - - - - -
DuluxGroup 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Non-managerial employees (regular employees) - - - - - - -
Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Non-managerial employees (regular employees) 3.3 3.9 3.8 4.2 4.2 5.7 -

Employee satisfaction levels

(Unit: %)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Japan Group - - 89% 81% 79% 78% 79%
NIPSEA Group - - - 75% - 76% -
DuluxGroup - - 80% - - - -
Dunn-Edwards - - - - - - -

Japan Group

Gender pay gap (Ratio of women's wages to men's wages)*1

*1 Women's wages relative to men's (indexed to100)

Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings*2 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total - - - 66.9% 66.1% 69.2% 68.5%
Full-time employees - - - 75.8% 74.5% 77.9% 76.5%
Temporaly or part-time employees - - - 67.3% 58.4% 56.6% 52.7%
Full-time manager - - - - - - -

*2 Since the proportion of men among relatively high-wage re-employed individuals is high, within temporarily or part-time employees.

Nippon Paint Industrial Coatings 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total - - - 77.8% 76.0% 77.5% 73.4%
Full-time employees - - - 79.8% 78.4% 78.3% 74.1%
Temporaly or part-time employees - - - 81.4% 88.3% 91.5% 79.3%
Full-time manager - - - - - - -
Nippon Paint 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total - - - 73.6% 76.2% 76.4% 77.1%
Full-time employees - - - 77.2% 76.7% 77.7% 80.2%
Temporaly or part-time employees - - - 76.3% 74.8% 74.8% 78.4%
Full-time manager - - - - - - -
Nippon Paint Corporate Solutions*3 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total - - - 77.4% 73.5% 81.2% 75.5%
Full-time employees - - - 79.6% 77.1% 84.9% 79.3%
Temporaly or part-time employees - - - 77.8% 67.4% 58.9% 45.2%
Full-time manager - - - 90.8% 87.9% - -

*3 Since the proportion of men in managerial positions is high.

Employees with disabilities

Japan Group* 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of employees with disabilities 2.27% 2.04% 2.01% 1.92% 2.35% 2.33% 2.10%
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of employees with disabilities - - - - - - -
DuluxGroup 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of employees with disabilities - - - - - - -
Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ratio of employees with disabilities - - - - - - -

* Nippon Paint Corporate Solutions employees (including those seconded to PC)

<Occupational safety and health>

Global

Japan Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Process safety incidents (Tier 1 and 2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lost workday case rate (per 200,000 hours) 0.21 0.05 0.16 0.08 0.19 0.07 0.06
Recordable case rate (per 200,000 hours) 0.62 0.76 0.58 0.39 0.62 0.49 0.57
Number of work-related fatalities (employee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of work-related fatalities (contractor) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NIPSEA Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Process safety incidents (Tier 1 and 2) 0 0 0 3 3 4 1
Lost workday case rate (per 200,000 hours) 0.20 0.27 0.24 0.27 0.27 0.16 0.11
Recordable case rate (per 200,000 hours) 0.68 0.62 0.51 0.41 0.41 0.21 0.13
Number of work-related fatalities (employee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of work-related fatalities (contractor) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
DuluxGroup 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Process safety incidents (Tier 1 and 2) 0 0 1 0 1 1 2
Lost workday case rate (per 200,000 hours) 1.35 0.92 0.80 1.21 1.18 0.99 1.22
Recordable case rate (per 200,000 hours) 2.44 1.66 1.46 1.84 1.60 1.42 1.60
Number of work-related fatalities (employee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of work-related fatalities (contractor) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

* Including Cromology and JUB from 2022

Dunn-Edwards 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Process safety incidents (Tier 1 and 2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lost workday case rate (per 200,000 hours) 2.56 1.96 2.50 2.01 1.42 1.62 1.06
Recordable case rate (per 200,000 hours) 6.48 7.38 7.67 4.60 4.72 5.15 1.38
Number of work-related fatalities (employee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of work-related fatalities (contractor) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AOC 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Process safety incidents (Tier 1 and 2) - - - - - - 1
Lost workday case rate (per 200,000 hours) - - - - - - 0.22
Recordable case rate (per 200,000 hours) - - - - - - 0.39
Number of work-related fatalities (employee) - - - - - - 0
Number of work-related fatalities (contractor) - - - - - - 0
Total 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Process safety incidents (Tier 1 and 2) 0 0 1 3 4 5 5
Lost workday case rate (per 200,000 hours) 0.51 0.45 0.42 0.53 0.50 0.37 0.29
Recordable case rate (per 200,000 hours) 1.29 1.23 1.02 0.90 0.84 0.65 0.41
Number of work-related fatalities (employee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Number of work-related fatalities (contractor) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Japan Group

Safety and health education

(Unit: people)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Number of employee who get a safety and health education 280 1,373 1,045 46 -

Frequency rate of lost time injury accidents

(Per 1,000,000 hrs)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Nippon Paint Holdings 1.18 0.27 0.80 0.42 0.64 0.33 -
Manufacturing industry average 1.20 1.21 1.31 1.25 -
Chemical industry average 0.94 0.93 1.07 1.16 -
Japan Chemical Industry Association average 0.42 0.27 0.41 0.43 -

Number of workplace accidents

(Unit: number)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Serious accidents 1 0 1 0 0 0 -
Lost time injury accidents 7 2 5 3 4 2 -
Non-lost time injury accidents 13 26 16 11 12 12 -

Occupational accident frequency rate

(Per 1,000,000 hrs)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Occupational accident frequency rate 3.11 3.81 2.92 1.96 2.59 2.28 -

Number of accidents by employment type

(Unit: number)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Full-time employees 19 25 12 10 15 11 -
Others (contractors and temporary staff) 2 3 10 4 1 4 -

<Growth with Communities>

Global

Social contribution activities*1

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Funds used*2 (million USD) > 14.60 > 7.08 > 7.75 > 6.31
Monetary donation to beneficiaries (USD) > 950,000 > 1,580,000 > 690,273
Time spent (hour) > 170,000 > 61,000 > 125,000 > 180,000 > 175,000 134,001
Employees and volunteers who participated (people) > 9,800 > 2,100 > 33,000 > 9,300 > 14,000 4,037
Paint used (million liter) > 1.74 > 0.64 > 0.24 > 0.46 > 0.69 > 0.21
People impacted (million people) > 5.33 > 0.29 > 10.65 > 15.07 > 29.46 > 3.67

*1 The scope of coverage: Japan Group, NIPSEA Group, DuluxGroup (including Cromology and JUB beginning in 2022), Dunn-Edwards
*2 Expenses related to the operation of social contribution activities

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