Value Creation Process and Materiality
Last updated: 10/17/2023
* 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（0.98MB）
Group employees
28,385
(as of March 31, 2023)
Total hours spent on capacity building training:700,000hours
Total number of users in Japan Over300million（cumulative*）
Cumulative total of patents
4,732
(as of March 31, 2023)
Number of services provided in Japan
Over 200
subsidiaries
129
affiliated companies
36
Foundations for Business Activities
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."
Materiality and Mission
The LY Corporation Group established "Six materialities" in order to realize its mission: "Create an amazing life platform that brings WOW! to our users."
By addressing these issues, the Group will build a future with its stakeholders in which everyone can use the power of the Internet with peace of mind.
Key issues (materiality) that we need to address to realize sustainable growth