Furukawa Electric Group’s Sustainability

Relationship with Stakeholders

Relationship Between Stakeholders and Material Issues

Furukawa Electric Group aims to achieve sustainable growth of Furukawa Electric Group and medium- to long-term growth of corporate value through collaboration with various stakeholders. In addition, through appropriate information disclosure and proactive communication, we will maintain and improve sound and positive relationships with all stakeholders, and contribute to the sustainable development of society.

Stakeholder Relevant material issues
Revenue opportunities
◆Risks
Issues to be resolved through our business Main methods of communication
Customers

Creating businesses that solve social issues

Building partnerships with diverse stakeholders

  • Solving customers’ issues by leveraging the Group’s strengths
  • Realizing a circular economy
  • Dialogue in everyday business
  • Dialogue at technology and other exhibitions
  • Dissemination of information through the website and other means
  • CSR survey from customers
  • Customer factory audit
We contribute to solving customers’ issues by developing business activities that leverage the Group's strengths, let alone maintaining and improving the quality of products, operations and services we provide.
Partners (suppliers)

Building partnerships with diverse stakeholders

◆Building a governance system to strengthen
risk management/ supply chain management, human rights and labor practices

  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the supply chain
  • Respecting human rights in the supply chain
  • Pursuing responsible minerals sourcing
  • Realizing a circular economy
  • Dialogue in everyday business
  • Partners meeting
  • Dissemination of information through the website and other means
  • Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) based on the CSR Procurement Guidelines
  • Announcement of the Partnership Building Declaration
In addition to building a sound supply chain in compliance with laws and regulations, we promote businesses that realize the sustainability of the entire supply chain through co-creation with partners.
Shareholders and Investors

◆Building a governance system to strengthen
risk management/ corporate governance

  • Achieving sustainable growth and improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term
  • General meeting of shareholders
  • Investor briefings
  • One-on-one meetings
  • Dissemination of information through the shareholder correspondence, Annual Securites Report integrated report, website and others
We appropriately return profits to shareholders, disclose information to shareholders and investors, seek to achieve sustainable growth, and seek to increase corporate value over the medium to long term through our business.
Employees

Open, Agile, Innovative

◆Strengthening human capital and organizational execution abilities

  • Enhancing employee engagement
  • Developing human capital and ensuring fair evaluation and treatment
  • Pursing diversity & inclusion
  • Company newsletters, Intranet
  • Management briefing by labor and management; human rights due diligence dialogues
  • “Dialogue with the President” at each business site
  • “Furukawa E-survey” on human capital and organizational execution abilities
  • Activities to instill the Purpose
We endeavor to fulfill our social responsibilities, such as respect for human rights, occupational health and safety, and compliance, and through employee engagement, we endeavor to strengthen human capital and organizational execution abilities that lead to increased corporate value.
Central Government, Local Governments, and Local Communities

Creating businesses that solve social issues

Open, Agile, Innovative

Building partnerships with diverse stakeholders

  • Solving issues facing international and local communities by leveraging the Group’s strengths
  • Achieving carbon neutrality
  • Building a new social infrastructure in community
  • Realizing a circular economy
  • Dialogue through economic and industry organizations
  • Cooperation regarding surveys and questionnaires of the government and local governments
  • Participating in government-related projects
  • Partnership agreements with local governments
In addition to fulfilling our social responsibilities such as compliance with laws and regulations and tax obligations, we contribute to solving issues facing international and local communities by developing business activities that leverage the strengths of the Group.
Global Environment

Creating businesses that solve social issues/ creating environment-friendly businesses

◆Developing business activities that consider climate change

  • Mitigating and adapting to climate change
  • Achieving carbon neutrality
  • Realizing a circular economy
  • Environmental protection activities and climate change response throughout the value chain
  • Participation in activities such as environmental NGOs, NPOs, and initiatives
  • Cooperating with ESG activities, including the environment of our customers
  • Use of renewable energy
We are pledged to fulfill our social responsibilities such as environmental conservation and compliance with environmental laws and regulations. We also promote business activities that recognize environmental issues including climate change, as revenue opportunities, and contribute to a sustainable global environment.
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