Environment
Environmental Management
Furukawa Electric Group Basic Environmental Policy
Basic Philosophy
   We, the employees of the Furukawa Electric Group, recognize that conservation of the global environment is aserious issue confronting the international community, and we pledge to contribute to a sustainable future for theworld through technological innovation that utilizes our strength in advanced materials.

Action Guidelines
1.	
We shall comply with environmental laws and regulations as well as the demands of our customers and others, setting
ever higher environmental targets as we continuously improve our global environmental conservation efforts.
2. W
 e shall strive to develop products that are friendly to the Earth, and create new environmental businesses.
3.	We shall strive to reduce environmental risk by incorporating anti-climate change and resource
conservation/recycling considerations, as well as a reduction in the use of environmental impact-causing
substances, across the entire product lifecycle.
4.	We shall evaluate the ecological impact of all of our businesses, and strive for the conservation of
biodiversity and sustainable use of resources.
5.	
We will seek harmony with the natural environment and local communities through dialogue with our stakeholders.

Environmental Management Organization
Furukawa Electric Group promotes environmental
activities based on the basic environmental philosophy. In

Environmental Education
Environmental Education System andEnvironmental Education Programs

April 2013, we underwent organizational restructuring,

Furukawa Electric Group is engaged in a variety oftransitioning to a strategic business unit system. We also

environmental education activities in order to raise

named our highest-level advisory body related to theenvironmental awareness among its employees and help

environmental management; the Furukawa Electric Groupthem to gain information necessary to conduct theEnvironment Committee and promoted the environmental

environmental activities of Furukawa Electric Group.

management. The “Council of Environmental Managers”

From fiscal 2016, we have been proceeding to train thewas set up under the Committee in order to promote theISO14001: 2015 version of the internal environmentalsmooth development of the decision making in theauditors, in fiscal 2017 37 employees attended theenvironmental management and a variety of specialclasses for the newly appointed ISO14001 internal

committees were consolidated and merged.

environmental auditors. Also, in order to notify thequalified staffs about the revised contents covering thePromotion Frameworkentire Furukawa Electric, a total of 98 inter nal

President

environmental auditors participated in training courses at
each site, including 35 at the Copper Foil Division, 32 at

Furukawa Electric Group
Environment Committee
Committee chair:
General Manager of the MONOZUKURI Innovation Division
Committee members: Management
Organizer: General Manager, Safety & Environment Promotion
Department, Production Technology Division
Technology & Engineering Division
Planning Department Manager

Committee for Development ofEnvironmentally Friendly Products

appointed section managers and middle-ranking
Monozukuri staff.

Environmental activity award system

Council of Environmental
Managers

48

Divisional Environment
Committees

Special Committee

Affiliated Group Companies
in Japan and Overseas

Environmental training is also implemented on an
ongoing basis as part of training for staff, such as newly-

Safety and Environmental
Promotion Department

Environment
Committee of Works

the Nikko Works and 31 at the Chiba Works.

Subcommittee
Meeting

FURUKAWA ELECTRIC GROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018

Since fiscal 2010, Furukawa Electric Group has beenpresenting environmental activities awards in the following
three fields with the aims of improving the environmental

Environment

awareness and raising the level of the environmentalof environmental conservation costs and effects.

activities, “the sales promotion activities for the environ

Collation is implemented in reference to the Ministry of thementally friendly products”, “the global warming prevention

Environment’s “Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005”

activities” and “Furukawa Electric Group environmental

and covers Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and 21 domestic

activities”. The award system was combined into a single

group companies.

category in fiscal 2014 under the “environmental

The costs of environmental conservation activities in fiscal

contribution awards”. In fiscal 2017, one Excellent Award

2017 were 2.70 billion yen in expenses and 1.40 billion yen

and two Effort Awards were awarded at the “MONOZKURIin investments. This represents a 0.18 billion yen fall inpresentation” in early July. The project chosen for the

expenses and a 0.40 billion yen increase in investments

Excellent Award was the Waste Reduction Activity which

against the previous fiscal year.

achieved a great resulting in the waste emission by the

Please see P.59 for details of the companies included

domestic group being reduced by about 20%.

in the scope of data collation. Please see below for thecollated results of environmental accounting.

Environmental Accounting
Furukawa Electric Group has introduced environmental

CSR

accounting and works hard to promote efficient and effective

http://www.furukawa.co.jp/en/csr/

environmental activities through the quantitative identification
Environmental education programs
Category of educational
training

New recruits

Content

Education for new recruits(once a year, mandatory)

General environmental conservation activities

EMS activities (asneeded, mandatory)

Environmental Policy and purpose, goals andgeneral knowledge pertaining to the environment

Generalemployees

Mid-career
employees

Newly appointed
Management
section managers

Training for new recruits

ISO14001-related education Requirements of ISO standards, environment(two-day course)(twice a
regulations, procedures for internal environment
year, voluntary)
audits, various drills
One-day brushup course(once a year, voluntary)
Environmental subjects(as needed, voluntary)

Trends in environmental regulations, various drills
to brush up auditing skills
Environmentally considerate design
Environmental regulations
Control of chemical substances contained in products

Consolidated environmental
Seminars by experts on priority issues
management seminars

Messagefrom

the General
Managers

We will actively use the renewable energy andpromote the environmentally friendly manufacturing
Tsutomu Fujinuma
General Manager, Safety & Environment Promotion Department,
MONOZUKURI Innovation Division

After the Paris Agreement which is considered theframework of the climate change measures, the activity on
the greenhouse gas reduction is accelerated globally, andthe significant reduction of the environmental burdens isurgently required. The Nikko Works operates a hydroelectric
power generation at Furukawa Nikko Power Generation
Inc. and the clean energy has been used for to manufacture
products including the copper products. We will continue topromote the active use of other renewable energies
including a photovoltaic power generation as well. Furthermore, in order to enhance the manufacturing capability, we

believe that the promotion of the manufacturing with lessenvironmental impact is also important based on thereconsideration of the energy balance and the materialbalance of the material and the waste. In fiscal 2017, wehave greatly reduced waste.
We will work with our colleagues around the world todevelop products that contribute to the environment andcreate environmentally friendly products.
We will continue our efforts to earn the trust of our
stakeholders.

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Material Flow
Environmental Impact of the Furukawa Electric Group in Fiscal 2017
We tallied data for Furukawa Electric, 34 Group companies in Japan, and 54 Group companies overseas—a total of
89 companies.
Siam Furukawa Co., an overseas group company, was added to the aggregation of fiscal 2017. The greenhouse gas
emissions and the energy consumption were retroactively adjusted to the base year.
Please refer to page 59 for a list of all applicable companies.

INPUT
Category

OUTPUT

Domestic Overseas

Unit

Category

Raw materials
CopperAluminum
Iron
Other metals
Glass
Plastic

EnergyElectricity(purchased electricity)
Electricity(hydroelectric electricity)
Electricity (solar electricity)
City gas
LPG
Heavy fuel oil A+ Kerosene + Light oil

Water
Industrial water
Groundwater
Tap water

Unit

Waste (note 3)
177.8
6.7
2.2
5.3
33.2

180.4
39.3
9.7
0.9
3.8
41.7

1000t
1000t
1000t
1000t
1000t
1000t

Furukawa Electric
7 works,
34 Group companies
in Japanand
54 Group companies
overseas

Total waste
generated (note 4)
Final waste disposal
Recycling amount

28.1

17.4

1000t

0.4
26.8

12.0
5.2

1000t
1000t

353
85
1
55
4

460
-

1000t-CO2
1000t-CO2
t
t
t

200
343

-

9,494

1,715

1000 m3

8,754
7,789
949
17
740

417
108
0
309
1,298

1000 m3
1000 m3
1000 m3
1000 m3
1000 m3

32
33
38

-

1,113

37,121

Atmospheric emissions

7,685

8,566

TJ

534.8

743.0

GWh

109.5

-

GWh

21.6
5,914
18.6
5,036

657.3
5,142
3.6
930

MWh
1000 m3
1000 tkl

Chemical substances

10,3622,651

1000 m3

Wastewater

7,016
2,677
670

69
322
2,250

1000 m3
1000 m3
1000 m3

Public waterways
Rivers
Sea
Other
Sewer

49.1

-

1000t

BOD
COD
SS

2.0

8.7

1000t

0.1

0.4

1000t

Volume of water
recycled and reused

Chemical substances
Volume handled (note 1)

Domestic Overseas

CO2
SF6
SOx
NOx
Soot

Volume emitted
Volume transferred

t
t

t
t
t

Packaging (note 2)
Cardboard+ Wood + Paper
Plastic(note 1) PRTR-listed substances(note 2) Cardboard, wood, paper, and plastic used in product shipping(note 3) Including valuable resources (Japan)(note 4) Emissions off-site

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m3

Environment

Targets and Performance of Environmental Conservation Activities
Achieved

Activity

Partially achieved

Not achieved

Furukawa Electric Group (Domestic and overseas)
Base year

Targets for fiscal 2017

Fiscal 2017 results

Evaluation

Target for fiscal 2018
Domestic : 5% or more

Reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions (Scope1&2) (note 1)

2013

Domestic : 4% or more

reduced 17.9%

2015

Overseas : 2% or more
(greenhouse gas emission per sales)

reduced 12.4%

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Scope3) (note 2)

Overseas : 3% or more
(greenhouse gas emission per sales)

We plan to set targets by fiscal 2018.

2013

Domestic : 8% or more
(production energy per sales)

reduced 16.4%

Domestic : 10% or more
(production energy per sales)

2015

overseas : 2% or more
(production energy per sales)

reduced 9.1%

overseas : 3% or more
(production energy per sales)

Reduce transportation energy

2015

Domestic : 2% or more
reduced 3.7%
(transportation energy per ton-kilometers)

Domestic : 3% or more(transportation energy per ton-kilometers)

Reduce office energy

2015

Domestic : 2% or more(energy per floor area in office)reduced 6.1%

This item was integrated into
production energy.

Reduce total waste

2015

Domestic : 2% or more(volume per sales)

reduced 25.6%

Domestic : 3% or more(volume per sales)

Reduce production energylll

Improve ratio of renewable energy for total
electric energy in Japan : 1% or more

Improvement of zero emission ratio

Domestic : 0.3% or less

0.03%

Domestic : 0.3% or less

Reduce water withdrawal

Domestic and overseas :2% or more (volume per sales)

Domestic : reduced 13.5%
Overseas : reduced 7.4%

Domestic and overseas :3% or more (volume per sales)

Improvement sales of environmentallyfriendly products

Sales ratio : 35% or more

32.4%

Sales ratio : 40% or more

Contribution of products to avoided
environmental impact

70,000 ton-CO2 or more

107,000 ton-CO2

80,000 ton-CO2 or more

Score B or more

Score C2015

CDP (note 3) SCORE UP (Climate Change)

lll Prevention of environmental accidents

Number of accidents : Zeroaccidents 2
Number of small accidents : 3 or less small accidents 2

Score B or more
Number of accidents : Zero
Number of small accidents : 3 or less(note 1, 2)

Scope 1: D
 irect emissions from business sites through the use of fossil fuels, etc.
Scope 2: Indirect emissions through the use of electricity, steam and heat supplied from outside of business sites
Scope 3: O ther emissions include indirect emissions such as purchased products and services, business trips, commuting, upstream transport.
(note 3)	CDP: C
 DP is an organization formed from institutional investors for the purpose of managing a project requiring companies to disclose their strategies forclimate change and the specific amount of greenhouse gases they generate.

Activities Targets and Performance in Fiscal 2017

From fiscal 2018, the improvement of the renewable

Furukawa Electric Group sets out environmental

energy ratio was added to our efforts. At Furukawa Nikko

conservation activities targets for each fiscal year inPower Generation Inc. possesses a hydroelectric power

accordance with the three-yearly mid-term environmental

generation and we will make efforts to maximize its usage.

targets. In fiscal 2017, we carried out initiatives to achieve
the targets in the middle year of the three-year plan.

Midium and Long Term Targets

As a climate change measurement, the integrating andFurukawa Electric Group has identified three items (thethe consolidating of the manufacturing sites of the various

greenhouse gas measures, the efficient use of the

products were implemented through the business structure

resources, and the biodiversity conservation), and willreformation, achieving 2.3% of reduction in CO2 emissions

design the medium to long-term targets by 2020.

for the domestic and overseas group compared to fiscal
2015.

Activity Targets in Fiscal 2018

The medium to long term target of the climate change
measures is aiming at 50% or more reduction ingreenhouse gas emissions by 2050, referring to theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Fifth

In fiscal 2018, which is the last year of the three-year

Assessment Report (IPCC AR5), and we are formulating

medium term environmental plan, we will thoroughly

the concrete medium to long term reduction plans to

implement initiatives on a Group-wide basis to achieve thereach this goal. Also, since fiscal 2017, We are discussing

targets. We will aim to improve our CDP climate change

the medium to long term scenario analysis, the concretescore as a form of the external evaluation and will takemeasures and the methodologies and we are compilingaction to reduce emissions of chlorofluorocarbon and otherplans in conscious of the Science Based Target (SBT) (note 4).

greenhouse gases through CO2 reduction measures as a(note 4) S BT: To formulate reduction targets consistent with
scientific knowledge.

part of the climate change measurement activities.

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Environmentally Friendly Products
Environmentally Friendly Products and thee-Friendly Accreditation System

Environmentally friendly products as a percentage of sales
Cumulative number of registered items (Furukawa Electric)
Cumulative number of registered items (Consolidated)
Percentage of sales on a single-year basis (Furukawa Electric)
Percentage of sales on a single-year basis (Consolidated)

Furukawa Electric Group certifies and registers asenvironmentally friendly products those products withimproved performance compared to existing products in(No. registered)（％）(104 tons-CO

120

60

100

the categories of materials and parts purchasing and100

manufacture, use, distribution and disposal.

80
60

48.3
42.6
91
24.5

40
20

The e-friendly mark0

We have created the “e-Friendly” environmental markto identify such environmentally friendly products. This
mark is placed on those products.

Categories of Environmentally Friendly Products
Furukawa Electric Group's environmentally friendly pro-

50

116

43.4 106

112

30.6

32.0

32.6

75

83

92

40

97
24.4

2013

2014

2015

2016

60

30
20

35

25

80

40

10

20

0

0

2017 (FY)(note

Efforts to Contribute to the Environmental
Impact Reduction by the Products
Furukawa Electric Group is working to visualize the
Furukawa Electric& Groupcompanies at
in Japan2 emission
the final stage ofreductionamountof CO(1,000 kℓ)(1,000 tons)

ducts belong to one of four categories described below.

the500usage after our components are installed in the80

Environmentally friendly product categories

customer's
products, based on the calculation result of400

Category

Content

Prevention of
global warming

Products with functions that help in the
reduction of emissions as well as theabsorption and stabilizing of greenhouse gases.

Zero emission

Products made from recycled materials,
products designed with easyto-recycle
components, products made from materials
or with design facilitating volume reduction
for lowering waste volume, products
designed to share common components
with other products or products designed ascommon components.

Elimination ofmaterials that havean impact on theenvironment

Products that do not lead to an increase in
the use of ozone-depletive substances during
the manufacturing process, do not containharmful substances above regulatory limits
and do not generate harmful substances
above these limits during use or disposal.

Resource savings

Products that result in overall energy savings
by such means as reducing the use of raw
materials and components as well as scarce
resources, featuring enhanced longevity,
allowing easier product and component
maintenance, and reducing the use forresources in packaging.

Group companies overseas

the CO2 emissions “visualization” of the main products by
205

300

http://www.furukawa.co.jp/csr/environment/

200 estimation, the new addition of the aluminum2017

harnesses
to the threemain
productsof the213
198copper foils,
100
193
188
192

the rectangular magnet wires and the semiconductor0

lasers, based
the number
products
2013 on 20142015 of the2016
2017sold(FY) mainlyin the domestic market, the estimated total reduction
amount was approximately 110,000 tons CO2/year.
Taking into account the strengthening of the vehicle
electrification regulation of the automotive field where thedemands of the climate change measures are strong in
the global market, Furukawa Electric Group will work on
expanding the sales of our products and to expand theenvironmentally friendly products and will challenge global
environmental issues through our products.
Contribution of products avoided CO2 emissions

Expanding Environmentally Friendly Products
We are working to increase our overall percentage ofenvironmentally friendly products. We set targets basedon percentage of sales, and confirm our progress andsuccess on this basis.

FURUKAWA ELECTRIC GROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018(104 tons-CO2e)

aluminum wire harnesses
Copper foil for electrode material of lithium-ion batteries
Rectangular wire for HV motors
Narrow-bandwidth-FBT (tunable wavelength laser)

12

0.7

10

0.6

8
6

6.9
4.8

4.2

4
2
0

60

221

223
220
213
utilizing the Life Cycle
Assessment(LCA). In the fiscal

Environmentally Friendly Products

52

51.1

50.0

0.8

1.1

1.2

1.8

2.0

1.8

2015

2016

2017

(FY)

40

20

0

(note

EnvironmentR eduction of CO2 emissions using copper foil
for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles.
Copper foils contribution
to electric cars

Lithium ion battery

Positive
electrode

Negative
electrodeterminal
Separator
Negative
electrodeplate
Separator

Electrodeposited
copper foil for
lithium-ion battery:“NC-WS”

Positive
electrodeplate

Climate change measures
Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Furukawa Electric Group's greenhouse gas emissions
are mainly CO2 by combustion.
CO2 emissions of Furukawa Electric domestic Group in
fiscal 2017 were 353,000 tons CO2/year, decreased by
1.2% in comparison with fiscal 2016. Although this was adecrease of 19.7% in comparison with fiscal 2000 (thesame level of CO2 emissions of Furukawa Electric Groupin fiscal 1990). CO 2 emissions of Furukawa ElectricR eduction of CO2 emissions by the narrow
beam linewidth and high power compact
Integrated Tunable Laser Assembly (ITLA).

overseas group were 460,000 tons CO2/year, a decreaseof 0.1% in comparison with fiscal 2016.
Mie Factory plans to change to LNG with less CO2
emissions than LPG from fiscal 2019.
Furukawa Electric Group plan to change energy withless CO2 emissions.
Greenhouse gas emissions(104 tons-CO2e)R eduction of CO2 emissions by the HV
rectangular wire for the drive motor inelectric vehicles.

100

CO2 (Furukawa Electric & Group companies in Japan)
CO2 (Group companies overseas)
SF6 (Furukawa Electric)

6.3

8.7

80
60

45.5

47.5

48.1

46.1

46.0

41.3

38.0

35.1

35.7

35.3

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017 (FY)40
Extruded resin layer
Enamel layer
Rectangular conductor

20
0(note) For the overseas CO2 emission coefficient, the coefficient for each country
according to the IEA (International Energy Agency) is used for purchased
electricity, while the Japanese emission coefficient is used otherwise.
Emissions of greenhouse gases other than CO2 are converted to CO2
equivalent emissions using Global Warming Potential (GWP).

R
 eduction of CO2 emissions by aluminum
harnesses for automobiles.

Furukawa Electric added SF6 emissions from October
2016. Because we added part of the business of
VISCAS Co., Ltd.

Hydroelectric power of Furukawa Nikko Power
Generation Inc. (Hosoo Power Plant)

FURUKAWA ELECTRIC GROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 201853

kilometers which was increased by 14.2% in comparison

Use of the Renewable Energy

with fiscal 2015, and the CO2 emissions were increased

Furukawa Nikko Power Generation Inc. of Furukawa

by 12.6% which is 16,100 tons-CO2. The specific con-Electric Group possesses the four power plants and is

sumption showed a 1.1% of reduction in comparison

supplying the hydroelectric power. It covers 100% of thewith fiscal 2015. We will continue to promote modal shift,power used in Nikko Works and the copper strips are

increase loading ratios and encourage the joint shipping.

manufactured using the hydroelectric power.
Xin Furukawa Metal (Wuxi) in Furukawa Electric
overseas group, has been using photovoltaic power
generation since September 2017.

CO2 emissions and energy intensity related totransportation (Furukawa Electric)(1,000 tons-CO2e)

In fiscal 2017, the ratio of the renewable energy was

20

17.0% in Furukawa Electric domestic group. We will

15

promote the use of renewable energy from fiscal 2018.
Renewable energy ratio (Furukawa Electric domestic group)
(GWh)

800

Renewable energy (Hydroelectric power generation and others)
Electric power consumption
Ratio

20.0%

CO2 emissions

energy intensity

25(MJ/t·km)

2.00

1.64

1.71

1.66

1.67

1.69

1.60
1.20

10

15.3

14.8

5

14.3

14.9

2015

2016

15.9

0.80
0.40
0.00

0

2013

2014

2017 (FY)

600

15.0%

Measures to Disclose Environmental Information

400

10.0%

enquiries from CDP, which is representing our institutional

200

5.0%

0

0.0%
(FY)

Furukawa Electric Group has been answering toinvestors, on CDP climate change since fiscal 2008 andon CDP water since fiscal 2013. In fiscal 2017, our CDP
2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Efforts on Energy Saving in Factories

As a response to the customers utilizing the CDP
supply chain program, in order to maintain and improve

Furukawa Electric Group's energy usage rate wasabout 20% for fuel and about 80% for electricity.
In particular, we achieved energy saving in the
manufacturing process with high energy usage ratio.
We replaced conventional equipment with more efficient
production process and higher efficiency equipment.
We implemented measures such as heat insulation of
the high temperature section of equipment considering
energy balance.

the CDP scores, we will continue to expand theenvironmental information disclosure contents and makethe reliability higher. We also continue our participation in
the environmental information disclosure infrastructuredevelopment project of the Ministry of the Environmentand continue our collaboration with The JapaneseElectric Wire & Cable Makers’ Association and the Japan
Copper and Brass Association.
Greenhouse gas emissions of CDP disclosure (103 tons-CO2e /year)

Energy consumption(1,000 kℓ)

climate change score was C and CDP water score was B.

(1,000 tons-CO2e)

Furukawa Electric & Group companies in Japan
Group companies overseas

500

2,500

400

2,000

300

205

213

223

220

221

Scope1

Scope2

Scope3

3,000

1,500

1,649

1,584

676
155

671

665

209

235

2015

2016

2017

1,622

1,000
200
100
0

500

213
2013

193
2014

188
2015

192
2016

198
2017 (FY)

Initiatives in Logistics
The transportation amount in Furukawa Electric Groupwas 237million ton-kilometers during fiscal 2017. Among
this amount, the Company transported 140 million ton-

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FURUKAWA ELECTRIC GROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018

0

(FY)

In order to improve the reliability of environmental data,
Furukawa Electric Group conducted independent
verification by a third party.
In addition to Scope 1, Scope 2, the greenhouse gas
emissions targeted part of the category of Scope 3.

Environment

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 2017, the water
intake amount per sales unit of Furukawa Electric
domestic group was 2,100 m3/100 million yen, decreased
by 13.5% compared with fiscal 2015. The reason is that
we grasped the water intake at Nikko Works. For
Furukawa Electric overseas group, the water intake persales unit was reduced by 8.3% compared with fiscal
Verification Statementof Greenhouse Gas
Assertions

2015. Furukawa Electric Group will continue to makeefforts for water saving and recycling and for the
management of the water quality, the water intake, andthe wastewater volumes.
In order to release information on water resource

Reducing Waste

management for the CDP supply chain program, the risk
assessment including water has been implemented in

Initiatives in the Waste Reduction

every year in the major sites of Furukawa Electric Group,

In fiscal 1993 Furukawa Electric Group started theefforts to increase the waste recycling, and since fiscal

and improvement is progressing with incorporating it in
the Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

2001 the zero emissions activities have been promoted.
In fiscal 2014, the activities aiming at the total waste
Volume of water intake(water source)

output reduction, including the valuable resources werestarted. In fiscal 2017, we achieved the reduction of
25.6%, against 2% of the reduction in per sales unit

Inside Furukawa
Electric Group

compared to the domestic group target for fiscal 2015.
We will continue our efforts to the effective use and theVolume ofrainwater use

recycling of the resources including the raw materials
aiming at the sustainable resource flow.
Total amount of waste matter generated
Furukawa Electric & Group companies in Japan
Group companies overseas(1,000 tons)

Volume of recycled water

80

60

38
23

18

18

34

34

34

33

30

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017 (FY)

40

20

0

17

(note) Valuable resources are included in total waste generated for Japan only.

Volume of wastewater (drainage)

Water usage(1,000 m3)

Furukawa Electric & Group companies in Japan
Group companies overseas

20,000

Water Resources
Effective Utilization of Water
Since fiscal 2013, Furukawa Electric Group has
promoted effective water utilization as one of the activities
targets and making efforts to grasp the amounts of the

15,000

2,621

2,579

2,652

10,715

10,28910,362

2015

2016

2017

10,000

5,000

0

(FY)

FURUKAWA ELECTRIC GROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 201855

Chemical Substance Management

emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC), one
cause of photochemical smog. In fiscal 2017, theGreen Activities

emission amount of Furukawa Electric domestic group

Response to Customer Requests
Furukawa Electric Group has participated in JAMP

was increased by 9% compared with fiscal 2012. We will(note 1)

continue our efforts to reduce the usage amount of thesince 2009, and is implementing simultaneoustargeted substances along with the suppression of theenvironmental examinations based on the latest

emissions from the production processes and others.

information from the JAMP management target
substance list related to management of chemical
substances contained in products. We also monitor
trends in laws and regulations covering the chemical

Emissions of volatile organic compounds(Group Companies in Japan)(tons)

Furukawa ElectricGroup companies

400

substances contained in products and compile andupdate data as it becomes available, allowing us torespond promptly to customer requests.

Response to Overseas Regulations and Managementof Chemical Substances Contained in Products
Furukawa Electric Group establishes a management
system for chemical substances contained in products for
major operational bases and affiliated companies,

300

107

103

200

100

0

196

192

2012

2013

99

100

108

120

152

172

196

210

2014

2015

2016

2017 (FY)(note) Volatile organic compounds are the 118 substances specified by
The Japanese Electric Wire & Cable Makers’ Association(January 2012 edition).

strengthens the environmental product regulations andgrasps the environmental risk that should be lowered, andimplements measures depending on their importance.

Appropriate Management of Chemical Substances
At Furukawa Electric Group, we confirm the properties

Regarding the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization

and applicable laws and regulations regarding all chemical

and Restriction of CHemicals (REACH) compliance, which

substances we use during the manufacturing process on

is the environmental products regulation in EU, in fiscal

their Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and administrate them.

2017, the environmental inspection was implemented on

We also monitor the usage volume of chemical

181 substances up to 18th Substance of Very Highsubstances listed in the PRTR Law (note 2).

Concern (SVHC) REACH. In order to respond to the(note 1) JAMP: Joint Article Management Promotion-consortium(note 2) Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of SpecificChemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of
Improvements to the Management Thereof

customer's request, we will proceed to shift to theChemical information SHaring and Exchange under
Reporting Partnership in supply chain (chemSHERPA)
which is the information transmission scheme of chemical

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substances contained in products.

Environmental Risk Management

Green Procurement Activities

Preventing Soil and Groundwater Pollution

Items that will be used in our products are purchased

Furukawa Electric Group conducts regular inspections

adequately based on the Green Procurement Guidelines

of facilities and equipment that handle specific toxic

of our operational division, by evaluating the suppliers’

substances to prevent the pollution of soil andsystem on the management of chemical substances

groundwater. We reduce the risk of pollution throughcontained in products and its management status as wellmeasures to prevent leaks of specific toxic substances

as by confirming the data of chemical substances

and underground seepage, as well as through ongoing

contained in products.

efforts to switch to substitute substances.

Chemical Substance Management Activities

PCB Management

Furukawa Electric Group undertakes voluntary initiatives

Furukawa Electric Group identifies the volume of high-to reduce emissions of harmful chemical substances. In

concentration PCB-containing equipment at Furukawa

particular, we make every effort to actively reduce

Electric Co., Ltd.’s works and at the bases of our group

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companies, and carries out appropriate storage andmanagement. We have been gradually disposing of thisequipment in accordance with a plan set out by the

Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity Conservation Initiatives

Japan Environmental Storage & Safety Corporation. We

Furukawa Electric Group has included biodiversity

are conducting the analysis and the surveys of theconservation measures in our Basic Environment Policy.

equipment that have the potential to contain a low

We have formulated and are applying Furukawa Electric

concentration PCB, and those found to be the low

Group comprehensive guidelines in relation to initiatives

concentration PCB contained equipment shall be

aimed at protecting biodiversity.

properly kept, managed and disposed of while making

While registering with the JBIB (Japan Businessconsideration for storage-related risks. Furthermore, we

Initiative for Biodiversity) and gaining a better under-

will proceed the disposal at an early stage according tostanding, our Group company Furukawa Research, Inc.

the equipment updating schedule.

started the cultivation activity of Pulsatilla cernua

Compliance with Environmental Laws and Other
Regulations
Furukawa Electric Group regularly confirms
environmental laws and other regulations to determine
items requiring compliance. We ensure compliance in a
number of ways, such as by conducting on-site patrols
to check the state of compliance. We follow official

designated as an Endangered Species ll (note 1), on apremise of Yokohama Works. In fiscal 2016, the plant
was provided to Hirastuka Works and Chiba Works andthe cultivation activities are also implemented.
(note 1) E ndangered Species II is a category of species for which
the danger of extinction is becoming more serious.

Cultivation activity of Pulsatilla cernua

journals and other sources of information to stay updated
on revisions to environmental legislation and ensure that
our response is thorough.
We maintain voluntary control limits and manage
operations appropriately to ensure compliance with the Air
Pollution Control Law and the Water Pollution Control Law.
In fiscal 2017, in order to prevent environmental
accidents, we conducted the self-diagnosis by the“Environmental accident management level check”, in

Hiratsuka Works

Chiba Works

addition to recognizing the past environmental accidents
and abnormalities. We will continue to appropriately
manage the hazardous chemical substances.
We also conduct annual checks for conceivable, clear
environmental impact to prevent environmental accidents
or prevent widespread impact in the event of an accident.

Yokohama
Works

According to our survey on the status of our regulatorycompliance, we were not in material violation of any
regulations.
Please see the URL below for our response to theasbestos problem, and a list of PRTR compatible materials.

CSR
http://www.furukawa.co.jp/en/csr/risk/

Furukawa Electric Group Biodiversity
Conservation Guidelines
1.	Evaluate the effects that our business activities
have on the ecosystem, and minimize the harmful
effects while maximizing the beneficial ones
2.	To sustainably use resources and conserve
biodiversity, consider more than ever the need tocarry out measures against climate change,
conserve resources, recycle and reduce
environmentally hazardous substances
3.	Carry out activities in collaboration with local
communities to conserve biodiversity
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