Furukawa Electric Group Human Rights Policy
Based on the “Furukawa Electric Group Philosophy”, Furukawa Electric Group (hereafter “the Group”)
understands the need to respect human rights of those affected by the Group’s businesses as the Group
expands globally. The Group respects human dignity and internationally recognized human rights.
1. Positioning of this Human Rights Policy
In accordance with the International Bill of Human Rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights andInternational Covenants on Civil and Political Rights), International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Fundamental
Rights at Work, and the United Nation’s Guiding Principles on Human and Business Rights, the Group has
created the Furukawa Electric Group Human Rights Policy (hereafter “the Policy”) and is promoting initiatives
to respect human rights. Furthermore, this Policy that promotes activities respecting human rights, is based on
the “Furukawa Electric Group Philosophy” and the “Furukawa Electric Group CSR Code of Conduct.”
2. Scope
This policy applies to all members of the Group (all employees including officers, employees, and contract
workers). Moreover, the Group requests that all our business partners related to its operations to support thispolicy and to adopt similar policies.
3. Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
Should any negative impacts on human rights be discovered or should the Group be made aware of such amatter during the course of its business activities, the Group will fulfill its responsibility to respect human rights
by taking appropriate measures to prevent, mitigate, and remedy any negative impacts on human rights. The
Group has assigned a person in charge of implementing this Policy, and this person will provide oversight toensure that business activities are in compliance with the Policy. Furthermore, if the Group’s business partner
causes a negative impact on human rights, the Group will urge the business partner to take appropriate
measures to rectify the matter.
4. Human Rights Due Diligence
To fulfill its responsibility as a company that respects human rights, the Group will build a process for humanrights due diligence and will regularly conduct due diligence. Human rights due diligence includes identification
and assessment of potential and actual negative impacts on human rights and implementation of measures toprevent and mitigate the materialization of those risks.
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5. Remedy
To respond to activities that might violate the “Furukawa Electric Group CSR Code of Conduct,” including
issues related to human rights, and to address their potential impact in the Group’s business operations, theGroup has built an internal reporting system for all of its employees and officers. The Group has also built acontact point that can be used by all other stakeholders to report compliance violations, such as those related
to human rights, and other issues. Based on the received information, the Group will take appropriate
measures to remedy any negative impact.
6. Training
The Group will implement suitable training for all officers and employees to ensure their sufficientunderstanding of this Policy and how to effectively integrate it into business activities.
7. Complying with Applicable Laws
The Group will observe the laws and regulations in each country and region where it conducts businessactivities. Furthermore, if internationally recognized human rights and the local country’s laws differ, the Groupwill pursue ways to respect internationally recognized human rights while considering local laws andregulations as much as possible.
8. Dialogue and Consultation
In accordance with this Policy, the Group will leverage independent external expertise on human rights, inaddition to all members of the Group and business partners of the Group to proactively carry out dialogue anddiscussion with all stakeholders.
9. Information Disclosure
Based on this Policy, the Group will disclose information on its efforts to respect human rights through its
website and reports.
January 27, 2020
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
President Keiichi Kobayashi
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