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.

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.

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.