Since fiscal 2013, Furukawa Electric Group has promoted effective water utilization as one of the activities argets and making efforts to grasp the amounts of the water intake and wastewater for each site. Since fiscal 2015, we have taken action for the reduction of the water intake amount per sales unit. In fiscal 2019, the water intake amount per sales unit of Furukawa Electric domestic group was 2,110 m3/100 million yen, increased by 2.6% compared with fiscal 2017. For Furukawa Electric overseas group, the water intake per sales unit was increased by 1.9% compared with fiscal 2017.

Though, Furukawa Electric Group will continue to use water resources necessary for the production processes, Furukawa Electric Group will continue to make efforts to save water and recycle usage, and manage the water quality and the waste water volume.

In the information disclosure regarding the water resource management of CDP Water, ut i l izing AQUEDUCT of World Resource Institute (WRI) to identify water risks at major sites in Furukawa Electric Group and 5 sites were selected.

In every year, the risk assessments including water resources have been conducted, and their improvement is progressing with incorporating them into the BCM plan.