Environment

Environmental Management system, Environmental Education, Environmental Awards

Environmental Management System

Environmental Management System

Furukawa Electric Group promotes environmental activities based on the basic environmental philosophy. “Furukawa Electric Group Environmental Committee”, the supreme advisory body in charge of the environment, is promoting environmental management. General Manager of the Risk Management Division serves as the chairperson, and the committee consists of the General Managers from each business division and each corporate division responsible for management. The progress is reported quarterly to the Board of Directors.

In order to ensure that environmental management can be implemented smoothly, the environmental issues are examined cross-departmentally and specifically in the “Council of Environmental Managers”, which consists of the environmental manager of each business division and corporate division.

Promotion Framework

International Standard for Environmental Management (ISO14001)

The Group has been working on activities to achieve environmental targets while establishing an environmental management system at each site.
And, domestic and overseas production sites have acquired the international standard ISO14001 certification.

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Environmental Education

Environmental Education System and Environmental Education Programs

We conduct environmental education for all Furukawa Electric Group employees, from new employees to executive officers, based on the belief that it is necessary to raise employees’ awareness and promote their understanding. We aim to achieve "Furukawa Electric Group Environmental Vision 2050" and "Environmental Targets 2030" by understanding the Environmental Basic Philosophy and activating activities in line with the Action Guidelines.  

At the beginning of each fiscal year, new employee education, training for newly appointed managers, and training for mid-level manufacturing staff are trained by positions. Training in ISO14001 internal environmental auditor is held every year for newly appointed internal auditors. 

We implemented two environmental education programs for procurement departments under the themes of initiatives for climate change and resource recycling in FY2022, to promote environmental activities in the value chain. We deepened our understanding of recent social trends, the Group's initiatives, examples of other companies, and how specifically we are going to approach our suppliers.

During environment month in June FY2022, each employee watched environment-related videos and discussed the environment with people around at their home or workplace. Furthermore, We conducted activities raising environmental awareness including questionnaire surveys on the status of efforts in the workplace and in daily life for the environment, and on the level of awareness of the Environmental Vision 2050, etc. Yokohama Works is independently engaged in "Eco-friendly activities at home" and visualizes the amount of CO2 reduction in each household's eco-activities. The amount of reduction is increasing every year as the activities spread.

Environmental education programs

Environmental award

Environmental activity award system

In FY2010, the Group started the Environmental Activity Awards with the aim of motivational improvement of employees and organizations working on environmental activities. The award was renamed to the ESG Commendations "Environmental Contribution Award" from FY2018, for the purpose of expanding the scope of the award which was focused on global warming prevention measures to all environmental activities, and aimed to raise awareness of the environment and to improve the level of environmental activities. In FY2022, 2 Outstanding Performance Award, 2 Excellent Performance Awards, and 4 Honorable Mentions were selected. The first Outstanding Performance Award was given to Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. in recognition of the " Installation of solar power system " for a project that contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions during manufacturing by increasing new renewable energy sources through the installation of a self-consumption solar power generation facility on its premises. The second Outstanding Performance Award was given to Copper Foil Division, Furukawa Electric Co. in recognition of the "Reduction of CO2 emissions by the agreement for the Green Basic Plan with Non-fossil certificate" for a project that contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions produced when manufacturing electrolytic copper foil, which requires a large amount of electricity during manufacturing, by switching to substantial renewable energy for all electricity.

Outstanding Performance Award

  • Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Installation of solar power system
  • Copper Foil Division, Furukawa Electric Co.
    Reduction of CO2 emissions by the agreement for the Green Basic Plan with Non-fossil certificate

Excellent Performance Award

  • AT (Advanced Technology Tape) & Functional Plastics Division, Furukawa Electric Co. 
    Exhaust gas treatment equipment, energy-saving activities
  • Furukawa Electric LatAm S.A.
    Reuse of leftover pre-connectorized low friction drop cables Program

Honorable Mention

  • FITEL Products Division, Furukawa Electric Co. 
    Decarbonization through the use of biodegradable individual packaging materials
  • Copper & High Performance Material Products Division, Furukawa Electric Co.
    Reduction of CO2 emissions and tap water consumption by energy conversion in Slit Center
  • Polifoam Plastic Processing Co. Ltd.
    Energy saving Reduction of Electricity consumption
  • Furukawa Electric Autoparts(Philippines)Inc.
    Elimination of Injection Molding Machine Idle Power Consumption
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