Occupational safety and health aspects of corporate social responsibility reporting in Japan: comparison between 2012 and 2020

Table 3 Companies describing occupational safety and health activities in CSR-related 383 or integrated reports

	2012: CSR reports*		2020: CSR reports		2020: Integrated reports
	n(OSH)	%*1	n(OSH)	%*1	n(OSH)	%*2
Total	507	76.5%	391	88.7%	493	83.6%
Industry category
Fisheries, agriculture, and forestry	2	66.7%	2	100.0%	1	100.0%
Mining	3	100.0%	1	50.0%	2	100.0%
Construction	47	85.5%	35	94.6%	22	100.0%
Manufacturing	337	78.9%	258	91.5%	279	90.3%
Electricity and gas	12	85.7%	6	100.0%	14	100.0%
Transportation, information, and communication	37	86.0%	27	81.8%	43	82.7%
Commerece	42	63.6%	27	69.2%	49	73.1%
Finance and insurance	14	48.3%	13	86.7%	53	66.3%
Real estate	7	77.8%	9	90.0%	10	83.3%
Services	6	42.9%	13	86.7%	20	64.5%
Company size
–49	12	80.0%	7	58.3%	12	66.7%
50–299	40	78.4%	37	78.7%	46	82.1%
300–999	101	66.4%	109	89.3%	99	74.4%
1000–2999	182	75.5%	128	88.3%	156	84.8%
3000–4999	74	81.3%	39	90.7%	76	90.5%
5000–9999	42	84.0%	31	100.0%	53	94.6%
10000–	47	90.4%	31	96.9%	37	86.0%
uncertain	9	81.8%	9	100.0%	14	87.5%

n (OSH): number of companies describing OSH in reports, CSR corporate social responsibility, OSH occupational safety and health
^*Nagata et al. BMC Public Health (2017)
^*1: proportion of companies describing occupational safety and health activities among companies that published CSR-related reports
^*2: proportion of companies describing occupational safety and health activities among companies that published integrated reports

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