Value Creation Process and Materiality

* Total number of registered users of LY Corporation’s main consolidated services, including Yahoo! JAPAN annual login IDs, LINE monthly users, and PayPay registered users.

Value Creation Process （438KB）

Sources for Value Creation(Inputs)

Human capital

Group employees （1.90MB） 28,196
(as of March 31, 2024)

Total hours spent on capacity building training: Over 920,000hours

Financial capital

AA-(JCR) A+(R&I)

Financial Statement Historical Data

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

Consolidated Statements of Income

User base

Cumulative no. of users of the Group^* Over 320million

Intellectual capital

Cumulative total of patents 4,586
(as of March 31, 2024)

Technology base, global development capabilities

Diverse Business Portfolio

Number of services provided in Japan
Over 200

subsidiaries
115

affiliated companies
39

Business Portfolio

Natural capital

Total energy consumption6,149,426 GJ（FY2023）

Water consumption666,818 m³（FY2023）

ESG Data

Key Issues for Management(Materiality)

Materiality

Business Activities/Outputs

Business

Foundations for Business Activities

• Corporate Governance
• Privacy and Security
• Human Capital
• Risk Management
• Compliance
• Internal Control

Value to Be Created(Outcomes)

Creation of social value

• Provision of convenient and inspiring user experiences
• Provision of safe and secure IT services
• Disaster prevention/mitigation, pandemic responses
• DX for municipalities and medical services, online education
• Realization of a recycling-oriented society through reuse initiatives
• Using the power of IT to realize a low-carbon society
• Environmentally friendly service operations
• Achievement of carbon neutrality (Scope 1 & 2) by 2030

Enhancement of corporate value

• Developing and reinforcing human capital that creates diverse value
• Improvement of employee well-being

Realizing the Group’s Mission by Creating Solutions That Balance Profit Generation with Solving Social Issues

We strive to monitor conditions in our business environment accurately, analyze the risks and opportunities that these present, and then identify the key issues that we need to address to realize sustainable growth.
These key issues are considered as we leverage the Group’s strengths—including our diverse business portfolio and one of the largest user bases in Japan—to create new data solutions that not only generate further profits, but also contribute to solving social issues. We think that this will enable us to realize the Group’s mission: "Create an amazing life platform that brings WOW! to our users."