Independent Leading Corporate Governance Research

Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

Need to Increase Human Capital Investment as Soon as Possible to Move to High Value-Added Businesses

Whether or Not to Promote Diversity in the Company Depends on Management Leadership

Companies with over 50% Independent Directors Have High Profitability and Stock Valuations

Companies that Adequately Disclose Human Capital Must Be Performing Well on Human Capital Investment

Human Capital Measures Should Not Be a Case Of "Plowing the Field and Forgetting the Seeds”

Japan's Governance: Board Director Training

Need to Think About How to Make the Market a Place Where Young and Mature Generations Want to Invest

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Few companies disclose human capital quantitatively, and most do so in text without numbers. Rarely do companies like Sysmex show how much added value their human capital investments have generated.</li>
<li>To ensure that information necessary to understand how much value investment in human capital creates is disclosed, investors should scrutinize annual securities reports to identify areas for improvement in disclosure.</li>
<li>Human capital and diversity disclosures are not available in a database. Allowing comparisons over time in the same company and comparative analysis with other companies will advance companies' efforts.</li>
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Few companies disclose human capital quantitatively, and most do so in text without numbers. Rarely do companies like Sysmex show how much added value their human capital investments have generated.
To ensure that information necessary to understand how much value investment in human capital creates is disclosed, investors should scrutinize annual securities reports to identify areas for improvement in disclosure.
Human capital and diversity disclosures are not available in a database. Allowing comparisons over time in the same company and comparative analysis with other companies will advance companies' efforts.


Investors Should Continue to Demand that Comparable and Necessary Human Capital Disclosures Are Made

Sysmex Corp

Investors Should Continue to Demand that Comparable and Necessary Human Capital Disclosures Are Made