Third-Party Opinion
Hiroji Tanaka
Director and Chief Researcher at the Business Ethics Research Center
Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo College of Transport Studies
Following a career at the Bank of Japan and other organization, held professorships at Rikkyo
University Graduate School from 2002 to 2006, President and professor of Tokyo College ofTransport Studies from 2006 to 2013.
A former member of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Japanese National
Committee for ISO on Social Responsibility and other committees.
Has authored numerous books such as “Compliance Management”.

Furukawa Electric Group has published in this report a simple summary of the activities it is involved in aroundthe world as part of its efforts to contribute to its shareholders and overcome the challenges needed to achievesustainability under the slogan - “Delivering Sustained Profitable Growth”.

Outstanding features of the report

Environment provide a clear and simple summaryFirst, in the Top Message, the three policies ofof how Furukawa Electric Group is contributing tothe 2020 Mid-term Management Plan set out forg l o b a l s o c i e t y t h ro u g h t h e t e c h n o l o g i c a lpeople both at and outside the company a path tocapabilities it has accumulated and through the“Delivering Sustained Profitable Growth” based on

pursuit of environmental initiatives. The result is athe corporate philosophy of “Contributing to themultifaceted and outstanding sustainability report.

Realization of a Sustainable Society”.
Second, Furukawa Electric Group uses diagrams

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and photographs of specific workplaces andFurukawa Electric Group has contributed topeople, etc. in the report to provide more detailed

society at a global level. One suggestion would be

explanations of the environmental, social andto arrange its CSR activities into seven core

governance (ESG) issues that are an essential partsubjects of social responsibility based onof creating sustainable growth. In this way,international standard ISO26000. I believe that theFurukawa Electric meets its responsibilities tomotivation of employees towards CSR activities

diverse stakeholders.

could be improved even further by presenting

Third, the management report, which provides aawards such as a CSR Grand Prize or CSR

platform for a company, gives thoroughOutstanding Prize based on the results of these

explanations of Furukawa Electric’s basicefforts.

philosophy, systems and specific activities in

What’s more, the concept of Furukawa Electricrespect to corporate gover nance, CSRGroup’s 2020 Mid-term Management Plan ismanagement, relationships with stakeholders, risk

“Taking the Group to New Heights". As Furukawa

management and compliance. This is likely to result

Electric Group works on implementing these threein more autonomous and appropriate behavior andpolicies, it is my sincere hope that it makes theattitudes among the employees and an increase inmost of its strengths, meets its responsibilities tothe trust placed in the company by society.

diverse stakeholders, and that all of its employees

Fourth, the two special features, the Financial

make a large contribution to the creation of aand Non-financial Highlights, the Business Report,sustainable society in accordance with theInitiatives for Society and the Initiatives for

sentiments of the Top Message.

FURUKAWA ELECTRIC GROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016