Sustainability targets | Investor Relations

IIJ has set the following sustainability targets.

Materiality	Measures		Sustainability targets
Materiality	Measures		Targets	FY2023 results	Reference
Lead network infrastructure advancement with technological innovations and contribute to solving various social issues	Our response to climate change	Usage of renewable energy(*1)	To increase the renewable energy usage rate of data centers (Scope 1 and 2(*2)) to 85% in FY2030	50％ (Matsue data center has continued to achieve 100% renewable energy utilization)	Information Disclosure based on the TCFD Recommendations
	Our response to climate change	Improvement of energy conservation	To keep the PUE (3) of the data center at or below the industry's highest level (4) until FY2030 through continuous technological innovation	Matsue data center: 1.33 Shiroi data center: 1.36 (Continued to achieve industry's highest level PUE of 1.4 or lower).	Information Disclosure based on the TCFD Recommendations
Provide an arena for people with diverse talents and values, where they can exercise their skills and actively and boldly take on challenges	Human Resource Development		The results of the annual employee awareness survey on "Challenge," "Self-Growth," and "Managers' Support" (*5) among young employees continue to remain in the upper three-point range or higher	Challenge 3.9 Self-Growth 4.0 Managers' Support 4.3	Policy for Human Resource Development
	Promoting diversity		FY2026 target of 8% or more (The target for FY2027 was brought forward by one year)	6.5％ (Achieved FY2024 target of 6% or more ahead of schedule）	Ratio of females in managerial positions
	Promotion of diverse workstyle and work-life balance		Maintaining a 10% or greater utilization rate of the childcare leave system for male and a 90% or greater utilization rate for female employees	Male 53.5％ Female 100.0％	Promotion of diverse workstyle and work-life balance

(*1)Renewable energy: Including substantial renewable energy through the use of non-fossil fuel certificates
(*2)Scope 1 and 2 (Greenhouse gas emissions by a company): Direct emissions from the use of fuels and industrial processes at the company and indirect emissions from the use of electricity and heat purchased by the company (as defined by the GHG Protocol)
(*3)PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness): Total data center facility energy usage divided by IT equipment energy usage
(*4)Industry's Highest Level PUE: PUE 1.4 or lower (As of March 31, 2024, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has set a benchmark index and target level of PUE as 1.4 or lower in the data center sector, and operators that achieve this are considered excellent energy conservation operators.)
(*5)The Employee Survey is an annual engagement survey (approximately 50 questions), and each item is rated on a five-point scale of 1 (disagree), 2 (somewhat disagree), 3 (neutral), 4 (somewhat agree), and 5 (agree). "Challenge," "Self-Growth," and "Managers' Support" are the results of questions that include the following elements.
- Challenge: Support for taking on new challenges, acceptance of new ideas and proposals, culture that encourages employees to take on re-challenges, etc.
- Self-Growth: Sense of growth in current job, growth support system, etc.
- Managers' support: Advice from managers and superiors, satisfaction with managers, etc.

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