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Furukawa Electric Basic Environmental Policy

1. Basic Concept
Furukawa Electric recognizes that preservation of theglobal environment is a critical issue for society, andshall incorporate consideration of environmental

preservation issues into every phase of corporate activity,
to contribute forwards the sustainable development ofprosperous and bright society.

2. Activity Guidelines
1. All activity shall be based on an awareness of its effecton the global environment, and environmental
preservation activity shall be continued.
2. We shall observe national and local environmental
laws and regulations, and when necessary define ourown standards and environmental objectives andtargets.
3. Environmental issues shall be taken into considerationin every phase of our work from the R&D and design
stages, and we shall strive to supply environmentallyfriendly products.

4. In every phase of manufacturing, distribution andinstallation we shall work to reduce consumption ofresources and energy, promote recycling, and reduce
waste materials and environmental loading.
5. We shall create and maintain organizations as needed
to promote environmental preservation activities, suchas environmental management system.
6. We shall educate all employees regarding
environmental preservation issues.
Moreover we shall work to maintain and improveunderstanding of this policy and a better awareness ofenvironmental preservation issues.
(Established January 5, 1998)

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Environment Management System

1. Progress of Corporate Initiative
1972: "Company-Wide Regulations for Environmental Pollution
Prevention" formulated
1974: Environment Control Department established
Energy-Conservation Team started
1989: Team for Use Reduction of Specified CFCs started
Renamed as Team for Use Reduction of Ozone Layer
Depletion Substances in 1992
1993: "Basic Thinking on the Protection of the Global

1998: Committee for the Development of Environment-Friendly
Products established
The Chiba Works acquired ISO 14001 Certification
The Mie Works acquired ISO 14001 Certification"Company-Wide Regulations for Environment Control"
formulated revising "Company-Wide Regulations forEnvironmental Pollution Prevention"
1999: Safety, Environment and Health Promotion Department

Environment" formulated

started incorporating Environment Control Department and(Furukawa Electric's voluntary plan for environment

Safety Control Sections

preservation)
1994: Committee for Company-Wide Promotion of EnergyConservation established
1996: Specified CFCs and trichloroethane completely eliminatedfrom the company
1997: Promotion Team for the Reduction of Industrial Waste
started

2000: Environment and Energy Laboratory established
Liaison Meeting of Group Companies established to be held
twice a year
Environment Report 2000 publishedMeeting of Persons in Charge of the Environment
establishedThe Hiratsuka Works acquired ISO14001 certification

1998: "Furukawa Electric Basic Environmental Policy" formulated

The Kambara Works acquired ISO14001 certification

Central Committee for Environment Control established

The Osaka Works acquired ISO14001 certification
2001: Environment Report 2001 published4

Environment Management System

22. Organization and Structure
Central Committee for Environment Control
Chairman: Director in charge of environment, Senior Managing Director
Member: Managers of divisions
Managers of Works

Committee for the Development of Environment-Friendly Products

Safety, Environment and Health Promotion Department

Research and Development Division
DivisionsMarketing Promotion Department
Safety, Environment and Health Promotion Department

Meeting of Persons in Charge of the Environment
Committee for Company-Wide
Promotion of Energy-Conservation

Works persons in charge of environment
Divisional persons in charge of environment

Subsidiary Working Group
Liaison Meeting of Group Companies(about 40 companies)

Divisional Environment Committee

Environment Committee of WorksChairman: Manager of Works
Member: Environmental management representative
Managers of plants

Chairman: Manager of division
Managers of plants
Department managers

Environment Committee of Plant

Subsidiary Working Group
Energy-Conservation Working Group,
Industrial Waste Working Group, etc.

3. Acquisition of ISO14001 Certification
Recognizing early the importance of the environmental
management system (EMS), Furukawa Electric has been
constructing such a system of its proprietary design, andwhen an international standard for environmental
management system was established, the company
began to tackle acquisition of ISO14001 certification.
In 1998, the Chiba and Mie Works acquired thecertification. These Works are composite production
bases of large scale comprised of a variety of plants forsuch products as optical components, electric wires andcables, aluminum products, automobile components andcopper products. Based on this acquisition experience,
Furukawa planned to extend the acquisition program
across the company, in which three Works acquired thecertification in FY 2000 ending in March 2001, and threeYear
FY 1998
FY 2000

FY 2001

FY 2002

Works / Laboratories

AgencyCertificate No.

Chiba

DNV

EMCS-1208

MieJACOEC98J1097

Hiratsuka

DNVEMSC-1699Kambara

JSA

JSAE315

Osaka

DNV

EMSC-1114

Shinagawa

Construction of EMS under way

Nikko (Kiyotaki District)

ditto

Fukui

ditto

Nikko (Sheet Plant)

ditto

Shiga

ditto

Oyama

ditto

Yokohama

dittoWorks are due for acquisition by FY 2001, to be followedby the rest of the Works by FY 2002.

4. Company-Wide Environmental Monitoring
Within the framework of company-wide environmental
management system, environmental monitoring of all theWorks is carried out twice a year by the Safety,
Environment and Health Promotion Department. In thisprogram, achievements in the environment preservationactivity and the progress of addressing environmental
tasks at every Works are checked regularly, promoting
continuous improvement of the company-wide EMSinitiative.

5. Support for Environment Preservation
Activities of Group Companies
It is essential to promote environment preservation
activities on a group-company basis integrally. In
accordance with this thinking, the Liaison Meeting ofGroup Companies was founded in June of 2000 to be held
twice a year. In such meetings, environment-related
regulations newly came into force are studied,environmental activities among group companies arecomprehended, environmental tasks are sharedgenerally, and environmental technologies areintroduced. We intend to raise the level of environmental
activity of our group companies as a whole, including
addressing individual environmental tasks.

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