Furukawa Electric has been involved the United Nations Global Compact since February 24, 2020. The Group believes that respecting and fulfilling the ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact will lead to the strengthening of the management base in order to continue sustainable growth as a global company.

“Furukawa Electric Group Vision 2030” was formulated to provide clarity for the group’s business domains based on the “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set in 2015 by the United Nations Summit and intended to be achieved by the year 2030, are a collection of 17 global goals and 169 targets.

Efforts for the SDGs

Furukawa Electric has agreed with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) on January, 2020. At the same time, Furukawa Electric has been involved the TCFD Consortium.

Furukawa Electric has endorsed the "GX (Green Transformation) League Basic Concept" announced by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan in April 2022.  GX refers to the transformation of the entire economic and social system to become carbon neutral as quickly as possible. The GX League was established as a forum where a group of companies actively engaged in GX, government, universities, public research institutions, financial institutions, and others can come together to discuss GX and put it into practice to create new markets. The "GX League Basic Concept" provides basic guidelines for discussing the detailed design of the implementation of the "GX League" and demonstrating the initiatives to be taken in FY2022. The Group has formulated "Furukawa Electric Group Environmental Vision 2050" and is promoting efforts to contribute to a decarbonized society.

Furukawa Electric has been a member of the Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance (CLOMA), which is a platform that helps a wide variety of cross-sectoral stakeholders to collaborate and accelerate innovation to overcome the marine plastic waste issue. The Group has engaged in the recycling of plastic waste to reduce resource use, to protect ecosystems by preventing environmental pollution, and to solve climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Furukawa Electric has participated as a partner company in WIPO GREEN, a platform for technology exchange on environmental conservation operated by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) of the United Nations. The plastic recycling technology that the Company has registered with WIPO GREEN will contribute to waste reduction. By promoting technology exchange through the use of intellectual property, the Company will contribute to the spread of environment-related technologies.

Furukawa Electric is a supporting member of the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan, which works in Japan and overseas primarily in the field of education.