Environmental Report 2005

Group Environmental Report 2005

Editorial policy

CONTENTSThis FDK Group Environmental Report oﬀers to disclose theContents ／ Editorial Policy

1

Message from the President

2

Corporate Proﬁle3

Business Operations and Environmental Burden

4

Highlights of FY 2004

5

To create this report that is easy to understand, we used many

6graphs, charts, and so on, referring to the "Environmental Report

Environmental Accounting

Basic Policy for Environment and Action Plan
7

Environmental Action Plan

8

including investors, customers, regional societies, local governments
and so on.

Guideline (FY 2003 edition)" by the Ministry of the Environment,This 2005 edition covers the extended environmental information
especially on overseas manufacturing subsidiaries and English
version is now available.
This report aims at promoting interactive communications between

Promotion of Environmental Management
9

the FDK group and you. It is scheduled to issue every year to makeour best eﬀort to explain you our environmental activities clearly.
We welcome your feedback. Please send us your comments by fax

Promotion of Green Procurement
Promotion of Establishing Environmental
Management System in Suppliers

environmental policies, activities and the like to various stakeholders

etc.

FDK Group Environmental Policy /Organizational Structure

Establishment of the Environmental Management
Systemenvironmental activities of the FDK group, aiming at informing its

10

Promotion of Enviromental Measures on Products
Oﬀering Super-green Products with
the Top Environmental Elements

11

Approach for the Elimination of
Poisonous Substances

14

Measures for Global Warming Prevention
Measures to Energy Conservation

15

CO2 Reduction Activities by Improvement ofDistribution, etc.

16

Promotion of Green Factories
Elimination of Designated Chemical Substances

17

Zero Waste Emission (Measures to Waste Reduction)

18

Environmental Preservation Measures to Plants

19

As a Global Citizen
Social Action Program

20

Global Eﬀort for Environmental Care in
All Manufacturing Bases

21

Business Activity of Fujidenka Researchand Analysis Center Co., Ltd.

28

Business Activity of FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.

29

History of Environmental Activities

30

or letter using an enclosed questionnaire.

Scope of the Report
Reporting period:
Fiscal year 2004(April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2005)
Please note, some descriptions in this report partiallycontained some past activities and some plan of ﬁscal year
2005.
Organizations covered:
All three plants in FDK CORPORATION and 14 major
subsidiaries.
FDK CORPORATION : Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant, andIwaki Plant ･･･ 3 Plants
M ajor subsidiaries : (Six subsidiaries in Japan)
FDK ENERGY CO., LTD.,
FDK MECHATRONICS CO., LTD.,FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,
FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION,
FUJIDENKA RESEARCH AND
ANALYSIS CENTER CO., LTD.,
and FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.
(Eight subsidiaries in Overseas)
FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.，PT FDK INDONESIA，
FDK LANKA (PVT) LTD.，FDK TATUNG (THAILAND) CO., LTD.，XIAMEN FDK CORPORATION，
SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATION，
SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.，
FDK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
Scope of collation:
The scope of the performance data including the global
warming prevention, waste reduction and chemical
substance elimination was from FDK CORPORATION and
its major domestic subsidiaries. The numerical data on
overseas manufacturing bases were partially described in "Global Eﬀort for Environmental Care in all Manufacturing
Bases".

01

Group Environmental Report 2005

Message from the President

Actions to realize the environmentally sustainable society are expanding in the world, today. The backgroundfor such actions is the idea shared among the countries that the protection of global environment is one of themost important issues for the survival of human beings.
After the enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol in February 2005 for the prevention of global warming,each country has started to make a step forward to the realization of such society by setting numerical targets
for greenhouse gas emission.
Having a high awareness for environmental issues since early days, the EU Directive on Restriction ofHazardous Substances (RoHS) was enforced in February 2003, and becomes applicable in July 2006.
For us, manufacturers, such restrictions and rules on environmental protection would pose a signiﬁcant
impact on our activities. However, we consider it extremely important to learn how much burden is being
imposed to the environment by global citizen including countries, regions, enterprises and individuals and to
take eﬀorts for reducing it.
We, at FDK Group, aim at realizing the sustainable society where business and environmental protection
activities amicably coexist, by deeply recognizing that realization of such aim deeply depends on the quality of
our corporate activities. Under such an understanding, we are thriving to reduce environmental burdens
generated by our activities as a whole, and each member in our group companies is contributing to theenvironmental preservation and solving various environmental issues through providing environmental
measurement/analysis, environmental consultations and various recycle projects. We have been decided tocontinue providing products with low environmental burdens through analyzing chemical composition ofmaterials we use, employing alternative materials of low environmental impacts, developing of green andSuper-Green products and other activities, through which the requirements of the RoHS are met andgeneration of hazardous substances are reduced at our companies. In addition, we will push forward theactivities of reducing environmental burdens at all of our production sites in and out of Japan.
The Environmental Report 2005 delineates how FDK Group thinks and plans its environmental
protection activities in order to realize the sustainable society. It is our utmost pleasure and privilege if you
could understand our thought, attitudes and activities for protecting the environment, and provide us yourcandid opinions for raising the quality of our environmental protection activities.

Toshiharu Sugimoto
President & CEO
FDK Corporation

02

Corporate ProﬁleCompany Name : FDK Corporation
Head Oﬃce: 5-36-11, Shimbashi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo

President & CEO : Toshiharu Sugimoto
Foundation: Feb. 1, 1950

Capital: 22,756 million yen (As of the end of April 2005)

Sales: 100,441 million yen (consolidated sales in ﬁscal 2004)
57,960 million yen (non-consolidated sales in ﬁscal 2004)
Electronics business: 76,367 million yen (76%)
Battery business: 24,073 million yen (24%)(Incl. overseas sales of 52,660 million yen or 52.4% of the total consolidated sales)
The number of consolidated subsidiaries: 17 (5 in Japan/12 in overseas)

Employees: Consolidated: 11,708

Major Products: Electronic materials and parts for electronics-related products, and batteries and their applied products

Non-consolidated: 1,368

Business

Major products

Hybrid modules

Hybrid module for LCDs and PDPs, and VCOs

Power systems

Switching power supplies, coil devices and converters

MotorsStepper motors for oﬃce automation equipment,
small diameter motors, and stepper motors for vehicles

Electronics

Components
Batteries

Batteries

Optical devices, toner and piezoceramic parts
Alkaline batteries, manganese batteries, lithium batteries,
high power lights and battery manufacturing facilities
Breakdown of Sales by Division in ﬁscal 2004

Consolidated sales
Million yen

140,000
120,000

120,036

100,000

Batteries
24%

102,668 100,441

100,613
86,25880,000Components
11%60,00040,00020,000
0

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

※ The above corporate proﬁle indicates the data as of the end of March 2005 except for capital.

03

Hybridmodules
47%

Motors6%
Power systems
12%

Group Environmental Report 2005

Business Operations and Environmental Burdens
We recognize that our business activities including R&D, design, production and sales generate environmental burdens by using resources
such as parts and materials and consuming scarce resources including energies and water. We, therefore, will continue decreasing ofsuch environmental burdens generated through the life cycle of products from using, transporting and disposing of them, by grasping how
much burdens we are imposing to the environment.

Used products are collectedback for eﬀective utilization of resources.

We are promoting development ofGreen products through the productenvironmental assessment including
compliance to laws, regulations andrelated standards on products, elimination of hazardous substances,
study for energy saving, resourcesaving and recyclable products.

Development/Design
Development/Design Stages
StagesCollection/Reuse/
Collection/Reuse/
Recycling
Recycling Stages
StagesIN

Materials are selected
for purchase after
examining if they areenvironmentally compatible or not. At thesame time, an eﬀort isbeing made to reduceenergy consumption
during transportationof materials.

Utility power 42,740 MWh
Heavy oil and309 ㎘
kerosene
LPG
282 ton
City gas
314 km3

Procurement
Procurement
Stage
Stage

Consumption 1,112,288 m3
volumeEnergyChemical substances
Handling volume4,527 ton

Water

Calculation methods:
・Energy : Electricity, gas, oil, etc,
consumed by plants/sites
・Chemical substances : Volume of PRTR Law
target chemicals handled by plants/sites
・Water : Volume used by plants/sites

Collection, reuse and recycling
Collection volume1,505 ton
Recycling ratio 95.3 ％Manufacturing
Manufacturing Stage
Stage
Zero emission is pursued by minimizing the use of resources formaterials, energy and water consumption (energy-saving activities)
and eliminating disposal of rubbishes by landﬁll and incineration.
An eﬀort is being made to reduce
emission of chemical substances tothe environment.

Use
Use Stage
Stage
Products manufactured
by FDK Corporation areenergy saving and have alonger life.

Distribution/
Distribution/
Sales
Sales Stages
StagesConsumption of energy fortransportation and deliveryof products is reduced tominimize discharging
exhaust gas to the environment.

Gases discharged CO2
SOx
NOx
Chemical substances Emission volume
Wastes21,070 ton
0.1 ton
1.2 ton
1.7 tonLandﬁll and simple incineration

OUT

696 tonCalculation methods :・Atmospheric release : Volume of carbon dioxide discharged is calculated by the volume of energy
consumed by plants/sites
Volume of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides is calculated by the concentrationof each substances discharged from the boiler outlets at the plants/sites
・Chemical substances : Volume of PRTR Law target chemicals handled by plants/sites04

Highlights of fiscal 2004
All the Production Sites of FDK Group Obtains ISO14001 Certiﬁcation＊1＊2

FDK Corporation has been promoting to obtain ISO14001 certiﬁcation to its environmental management system for not only
implementing its voluntary environmental protection activities at all the production sites in the group but also for horizontal development of environmental management in its entire organization. In 2002, all of our production sites in Japan became ISO14001 certiﬁcation holders. After obtaining the certiﬁcation to Suzhou FDK in China in ﬁscal 2004, all production sites of FDK Group companies inand out of Japan are now the holder of the certiﬁcation as planned. This has marked an establishment of foundation for environmental
management system in the FDK Group. (See page 9 for further information.)Start the development of Super Green Products which have top-level environmental characteristics
From the onset of product design, FDK Group develops environmentally compatible products incorporating energy- and resourcesaving, recyclable performances and eliminating use of hazardous substances. FDK Group has started developing super green
products since ﬁscal 2004. The super green products which have top-level environmental characteristics in terms of world s 1st,
world s smallest,

nation s 1st,

industry s 1st,

nation s smallest, and industry s smallest. (See page 11 for further information.)

Elimination of Hazardous Substances in Products＊3

There have been severer demands for controlling hazardous chemical substances included in products, namely, the EU s RoHS

Directive. In order to comply with such demands, FDK Group established the Committee for Controlling Products Containing
Hazardous Chemical Substances in October 2004. The aim of the committee lies on setting criteria for controlling hazardous chemical substances to comply with the standards demanded by relevant laws and the market, and establishing a control system to assure
quality of products through the entire process from purchasing and receiving of materials to production and shipment of products in
FDK Group companies in and out of Japan. (See page 14 for further information.)Won the Prize for the Excellent Energy Management Factory (electric section)from Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI.
Kosai Plant has been promoting various types of energy saving activities through introduction of a cogeneration system, improvementof its production system and employment of eﬃcient control methods from the perspective of measures against global warming andeﬃcient use of resources. Due to this, the plant won the Prize for the Excellent Energy Management Factory (electric section) inﬁscal 2004 from the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI.
Aiming at promoting rationalized use of energy and eﬀective use of fuel and resources, the Bureau recognizes factories and oﬃces
which energy saving eﬀorts are signiﬁcant and exemplary to others, in order to further promote energy saving activities. (See page
15 for further information)

Achievement of Zero Emission of Wastes＊4＊5

FDK Group has been addressing zero emission of wastes in addition to 3R activities. Following to Iwaki Plant in ﬁscal 2001, and FDK
Ecotec Co., Ltd. in ﬁscal 2003, zero emission of wastes was achieved in Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant, FDK Energy Co., Ltd., and FDK
Engineering Co., Ltd. at the end of ﬁscal 2004. These achievements completely fulﬁll our target of zero emission of wastes at all FDK
premises in Japan . In the future, we will establish an internal check system to ensure that zero emission is maintained throughout
its premises in Japan, and develop similar activities at its overseas sites as well. (See page 18 for further information.)＊1: ISO refers to International Organization for Standardization.
＊2: ISO 14001 is the international standard for management of environment requiring establishment of an environmental management system and continuous improvementof environmental activities.
＊3: RoHS stands for Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substance in electrical and electric equipment.
＊4: Zero emission of wastes means a continuous and persistent eﬀort to eliminate emission of industrial wastes and chemical substances to the environment.
＊5: 3R stands for Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

05Group Environmental Report 2005

Environmental Accounting
In order to grasp the cost and eﬀect of its environmental protection activities in a quantitative manner, FDK Group introduces an environmental accounting system and discloses the data to the public. We aim at associating the data to our environmental management
system and promoting more eﬃcient environmental activities.

Environmental Accounting Result in ﬁscal 2004
Unit: million yen

Items

Scope

ResultPollution
prevention costs

Costs incurred to prevent air pollution and water contamination (fees for water treatment facilities) and other activities

74

Environmental
protection costs

Costs of energy-saving measures, as well as costsof global warming reduction measures

52

Costs of resources
recycling

Costs incurred for waste reduction and disposal, as
well as for water conservation, rainwater usage andother measures aimed at eﬃcient resources usage

96

Upstream/downstream
costs

Costs of lowering the environmental burden imposed
upstream and downstream by manufacturing andservice activities (costs incurred for recycling/reuse ofwaste products and packaging, Green Procurement, etc.)

25

Management costs

Management-related environmental protection costs including
personnel expenses for environmental promotion activities andcosts associated with acquiring and maintaining ISO14001
certiﬁcation, measuring the environmental burden, greeniﬁcation
programs, environmental reporting and environmental publicity

65

Environmental protection costs for R&D activities andcosts of environmental solutions business activities (Green
Product/environmental technology design and development costs, environmental solutions business costs, others)

60

Costs

Costs inbusiness
operations

R&D and solutions
business costs
Social activities costs
Environmental restoration
costs

0
0

Total

372

Pollution
prevention eﬀects

Savings from avoidance of operating losses stemmingfrom failure to observe(*1),environmental laws andregulations as well as contribution by environmental
protection activities to value added in manufacturing（*2)

43Environmental
protection eﬀects

Cost savings from reductions in electricity, oil andgas consumption

101

Resource recycling eﬀects

Cost savings from reduction and eﬀective use of waste

73
19

Eﬀects on
business
operations

EﬀectsEnvironmental protection costs stemming from participation in social activities, such as participation in organizations concerned with environmental preservation
Costs of environmental restoration operations (eliminating soil andgroundwater contamination, environmental compensation, etc.)

Upstream/downstream eﬀects

Sales value of recycled and reused products
Eﬃciency enhancement through ISO14001 system
implementation, eﬀects of employee training, corporate
image enhancement from environment-related publicity

135

R&D/solutions businesseﬀectsContribution to sales made by Green Products, other Ecofriendly products and the environmental solutions business

35

Environmental restorationeﬀectsSavings of compensation payments to residents for groundwater and soil contamination（*3）

0Management eﬀects

406

Total

We indicated 0 for items whose value is less than 1 million yen.
*1 Value of avoidance of operating losses : (Added value)/(Days of operation)×(Estimated days lost)*2 Value contributed by environmental protection activities :(Added value)×(Ongoing operating costs of all environmental protection facilities)/(Total cost generated)*3 Value of avoidance of compensation payments to residents: Estimated savings assuming that risks were able tobe averted.

Cost

Unit: million yen

Depreciation

Eﬀects

Unit: million yen

Investment in ﬁscal 2004

2

Actual eﬀects

193

Past investment

88

Assumed eﬀects

213

282

Total cost

Actual eﬀects include proﬁts generated by saving public utility consumption and selling of recyclable wastes.
Assumed eﬀects mean proﬁts assumed as economically eﬀective under a certain deﬁnition. (Environmental
protection eﬀects against the added values obtained from our production activities)

Environmental protection eﬀects (Total burdens in ﬁscal 2003 − Total burdens in ﬁscal 2004)
CO2 emission

11,198 t −CO2

Total wastes generated

265 t

Total wastes in the PRTR list generated

2t

Shift of costs and eﬀects

Unit: million yen

Fiscal 2001

Fiscal 2002

Fiscal 2003

Fiscal 2004

Costs

650

506

486

372

Eﬀects

917

588

521

406

Characteristics of ﬁscal 2004
Environmental Accounting
Environmental costs
Reductions of environment-related costs in ﬁscal 2004 include
pollution prevention measures done in-house instead ofoutsourcing them and the depreciation cost was decreased
due to the environmental protection facility totally depreciated in the previous ﬁscal year.
Whereas, increases of the cost in this ﬁscal year include introduction of lead-free soldering equipment and R&D cost consisting of labor cost for developing eco-friendly products.

Economical eﬀects
Energy-saving eﬀects were signiﬁcantly reduced due to theclosure of economical eﬀect calculation period for facilities
invested in the past, and recycle eﬀects of materials for manufacturing ferrites reduced to zero due to the termination of
manufacturing the product domestically.
Operation of the ECO-DB, a unique database of FDK Groupon the environmental burden of chemical substances helped
reducing person-hours for tabulating total chemical substances
included in products. Estimated eﬀects showed an increase
due to the uplifted sales of eco-friendly products.

Basic Data for Environmental
Accounting in ﬁscal 2004
Accounting Period
April 1, 2004 ‒ March 31, 2005

Scope of Data Collation
Plants of FDK Corporation in Japan (incl. FDK Engineering
Co., Ltd. and FDK Energy Co., Ltd.)Calculation Standards for Environmental Protection Costs
・Method of depreciation cost collation
Calculated using the straight-line method for a use life of ﬁve years.
・ Rules for apportioning mixed costs
Only the portion related to environmental preservation is counted.
・ Labor cost
Labor costs incurred in the scope of data collation are
included in the environmental accounting.

Calculation Standards for Eﬀects ofEnvironmental Protection Measures
・Scope of economic eﬀect
It includes actual and estimated eﬀects on environmental
protection activities.
・Accounting period for calculating investment eﬀects
Accounting period of actual eﬀects is set to ﬁve years sameas the depreciation period.
As of ﬁscal 2004, FDK Group calculated its environmental accounting separatelyfrom that of Fujitsu Corporation. However, the calculation is made in accordancewith Fujitsu Group s Environmental Accounting Guideline 2003, in order to maintainthe data consistency.

06

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

In 2002, FDK Group revised its Environmental Charter into the FDK
Environmental Policy to strengthen its environmental protection activity, which is implemented in the entire FDK Group based on the FDK
Environmental Action Plan.

FDK Group Environmental Policy
Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

FDK Group considers it necessary to address environmental protection as a part of its corporate activities. This includes prevention of global
warming, reduction of wastes and thorough control over hazardous chemical substances, all of which should be implemented not only based onlaws and regulations of central and regional governments of Japan, but also based on the wider global perspectives. This must be a shared idea
among other companies toward the sublime proposition of realizing the sustainable society. In addition to its own activities, FDK Group isdecided to promote environmental protection in cooperation with Fujitsu Ltd. and adapt an environmental policy, a fundamental for environmental activities of Fujitsu Ltd. The FDK Environmental Policy is the essence of the group s environmental activities, aiming at promoting
robust environmental protection activities through a synergy eﬀect of voluntary reduction of environmental burdens and cooperative actions
with Fujitsu Ltd.

Promotion of Environmental
Management
Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Philosophy

Principles

The FDK Group recognizes that environmental protection is avitally important business issue. By utilizing our technologicalexpertise in the IT industry and our creative talents, we seek
to contribute to the promotion of sustainable development. In
addition, while observing all environmental regulations in ourbusiness operations, we are actively pursuing environmental
protection activities on our own initiative. Through our individual and collective actions, we will continuously strive tosafeguard a rich natural environment for future generations.

1 We strive to reduce the environmental impact of our products throughout the product life cycle.

2 We are committed to conserving energy and natural

resources, and practice a 3R approach (reduce, reuse,recycle) to create best-of-breed eco-friendly products.

3 We seek to reduce risks to human health and the environment from the use of harmful chemical substances or waste.

4 Through our IT products and solutions, we help customers
reduce the environmental impact of their activities andimprove environmental eﬃciency.

5 We disclose environment-related information on our busi-

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

ness activities, products and services, and we utilize theresulting feedback to critique ourselves in order to further
improve our environmental programs.

SloganFDK Group Loves Nature for the Future of theEarth

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Organizational Structure

Promotion ofGreen Factories
As a Global Citizen

The Environmental Committee discusses anddecides important issues such as the environmental
policy for the entire FDK Group. Decisions made atthe Environmental Committee are implemented
after obtaining an approval at the Management
Council consisting of top management members. Detailed action plans including policies and measures
are decided at the Environmental Management
Committee established at each group company.
The plans are implemented by repeating the cycle of
PDCA (Plan, Do, Check and Action) for continuous
improvement to achieve spiral up.
Hazardous chemical substances contained in products are managed at the Committee for ProductsContaining Hazardous Chemical Substances, a
newly established internal organization, to eliminate
use of hazardous substances and appropriate controlof them. (See page 14 for further information.)

6 We encourage our employees to work to improve the environment, bearing in mind the impact of their businessactivities and their civic responsibilities.

Environmental Target/
Objectives and Action Plan

Plan
Board ofDirectors
President& CEOManagement
Council

Action

l up
a
r
i
p
S

Improvement and Correction

Do
Check
Monitoring and Conﬁrmationof Actions and Results

Environmental Management Cycle
Environmental Committee

to important issues(Decision)
such as FDK policies

FDK Group Environmental
Management Committeeof the FDK policies,(Implementationplans and promotes measures )Group Company Environmental
Management Committee
Committee for Products Containing
Hazardous Chemical Substances
Environmental Organization

07

Environmental Protection
Activities

Secretariat(Environmental Technology Center)

Overall control on the Group s(environmental
protection activities)

Group Environmental Report 2005

Environmental Action Plan
FDK Group revises its Environmental Action Plan once in three years. In ﬁscal 2004, the ﬁrst year of the Third Environmental Action
Plan (ﬁscal 2004 − 2006), FDK Group was successfully achieved a signiﬁcant result in energy saving, reduction of wastes and hazardous
chemical substances and promotion of green procurement. FDK Group will continuously dedicate to further improve the environment.
Achievements of the Third Environmental Action Plan (ﬁscal 2004 − 2006)
Items

Action Plan

Achievement in ﬁscal 2004

Reinforcement ofenvironmental
management

To establish own frameworks of environmental management in all theGroup s aﬃliates and subsidiaries, which are based on the environmental management system (EMS), by the end of ﬁscal 2005
・ EMS to be introduced in the entire corporate structure of FDK in
Japan including its head oﬃce and sales oﬃces.

After examining various types of EMS, EcoStage was chosen as the most appropriate
system for FDK s head oﬃce and sales oﬃces.

Promotion of EMS to suppliers
・To encourage suppliers in Japan with no EMS to introduce it.
・The scope of EMS include those certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation
organization such as ISO14001, EMAS, Eco-Action 21, Eco-Stage,
local environmental management system equivalent to them, FujitsuGroup Environmental Management System (FJEMS), FDK Group
Environmental Management System (equivalent to FJEMS), andother EMS systems unique to each supplier approved by FDK.

FDKEMS was oﬀered to the suppliers in
two stages of diﬃculties so that it can be
introduced to them easily and swiftly.
Explanation meetings and guidance wereoﬀered to suppliers. As a result, 22 suppliers introduced the system.

Provision of Super-Green Products by the end of ﬁscal 2006
・ Super Green Products are the advanced form of green products
incorporating such properties as energy saving, 3R (Reduce,
Reuse and Recycle)-based design, and elimination of hazardous
chemical substances. They are forerunners having the world s
1st world s smallest nation s ﬁrst industry s ﬁrst nation s
smallest and industry s smallest characteristics, which areintended to be released by the end of ﬁscal 2006.

Investigations were done and prototypes
were manufactured for Super Green electronics materials and parts.

To eliminate use of hazardous substances designated by FujitsuGroup in manufacturing products by the end of ﬁscal 2005, except
for those designated by RoHS whose elimination target is the endof December 2004
・ Use of hazardous substances listed in 31 categories of FujitsuGroup s list will be totally eliminated by the end of ﬁscal 2005.
・ For products shipped to Europe and covered under the RoHS
Directive, use of mercury, hexavalent chromium compounds,
PBB and PBDE will be totally eliminated by the end of December
2004.

As for hazardous substances designated by FujitsuGroup, we are in the process of examining andswitching to alternative substances aiming at totalelimination of using them at the end of ﬁscal 2005.
Hazardous substances under the RoHS control
used for manufacturing new products were able to
be totally eliminated within the designated time
limit. However, there were some substances stillused in existing products as of the end of December 2004.
(See page 14 for further information.)

Energy consumption and emission of CO2 reduced at the end of ﬁscal
2006 by 15% of those in ﬁscal 2000
・ The scope of these reductions includes FDK s plants and oﬃces
in Japan.

Energy consumption and CO2 emission weresuccessfully reduced by 61% on those in ﬁscal
2000.（53,998 t in ﬁscal 2000 -> 21,070 t in ﬁscal
2004） (See page 15 for further information.)Contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission
・Reduction of CO2 emission is promoted through improvement oflogistics, recycled use of products and packaging materials, anddevelopment and purchase of energy-saving products.

We are promoting the curtailment of fuels
through the improvement of loading eﬃciency
on a truck and revision of distribution routes.
Also the returnable trays (TP trays) are
encouraged for recycled use of packaging
materials. (See page 16 for further information.)

Discharge of chemical substances under the Pollutant Release andTransfer Register (PRTR) reduced at the end of ﬁscal 2006 by 15% of
those discharged in ﬁscal 2001
・The scope of the reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.

The emission of chemical substances was able
to be curtailed by 68% of those emitted inﬁscal 2001. (5.5 t in ﬁscal 2001 -> 1.74 t in ﬁscal
2004) (See page 17 for further information.)

Generation of wastes reduced at the end of ﬁscal 2006 by 3% of
those generated in ﬁscal 2003
・The scope of reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.
・Zero emission of wastes will be achieved by the end of ﬁscal 2004
ahead of the target shown in the Second Environmental Action
Plan by 1 year.

Generation of wastes was successfully
curtailed by 13% of that in ﬁscal 2003.
(2,081t in ﬁscal 2003 -> 1,816t in ﬁscal 2004)
As of the end of ﬁscal 2004, zero emission ofwastes was achieved at all the production sites
in Japan. (See page 18 for further information.)Green
procurement

Environmentallycompatible
products

Measuresagainst global
warming

Promotion ofgreen factory(See page 9 for further information.)(See page 10 for further information.)(See page 11 for further information.)

Since ﬁscal 2004 is the middle of the Third Environmental Action Plan (ﬁscal 2004-2006), only the activity results are reported here.

08

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Recognizing the environment as a determining factor of a corporate
future, FDK Group promotes environmental management by proactively involving itself into environment-related businesses not limited
to observing environmental laws and regulations and eco-friendly approaches from the development to disposal of products.

Establishment of the Environmental Management System

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

EMS at Production Sites

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

At our production sites, an eﬀort was directed to obtain the
ISO14001 environmental management certiﬁcation. Afterobtaining the certiﬁcation to Suzhou FDK in China in ﬁscal 2004,
all production sites of FDK Group companies in and out of Japanare now the holder of the certiﬁcation as planned*. In the future,
based on the objectives of ISO14001 (2004 revision), a renewed
eﬀort will be made to further upgrade the performance of EMS(incl. environmental improvement and contributions).

<ISO Certiﬁcation at FDK Group Production Sites>
Kosai Plant

Japan

Promotion of Environmental
Management

To establish own frameworks of environmental management in all the Group s aﬃliates and subsidiaries, which are based on the environmental management system (EMS), by the end of ﬁscal 2005
・ EMS to be introduced in the entire corporate structure of FDK in Japan including its head oﬃce and sales oﬃces.

* Taichong Plant of Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd. (established in April 2005)
will apply for obtaining the certiﬁcation in the near future.

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

EMS at Non-Production Sites

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

During the ﬁscal 2004, FDK Group took eﬀorts for introduction of
EMS at all of its non-production sites in Japan. More precisely,
the eﬀorts included examination and investigation of environmental management system for small- and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) such as Eco Action 21 and Eco Stage (ISO14001 notincluded), and preliminary investigation for acquiring licenses forenvironmental management certiﬁcation examiners. As a result,it was decided that Eco Stage is most ﬁt for us. In the future, wewill make preparations for introducing the Eco Stage for starting
operation in ﬁscal 2005.

Integrated Certiﬁcation with Quality
Management System

Promotion ofGreen Factories
As a Global Citizen

FDK Indonesia has already been an integrated certiﬁcation
holder of ISO14001 and ISO9001, international quality
management system which has recently become a world trend.
As it is desirable to control products containing hazardous
chemical substances under the integrated management system of
quality and environment, FDK will promote obtaining the
integrated certiﬁcation in other sites as well.

Environmental Education and Training
In the production sites of FDK Group, general and special
education on environment are being held for all employees,
aiming at continuous improvement of its Environmental
Management System. Each site has its own education system onwaste separations and emergency measures.

Date of acquisition October, 1998
Date of renewal October, 2004
Scope of certiﬁcation FDK CORPORATION: Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant
FDK ENERGY CO., LTD., FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD., FDK MECHATRONICS CO., LTD., FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION, FUJIDENKA RESEARCH
AND ANALYSIS CENTER CO., LTD., and FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.
● Development and design of various electronic parts,
batteries, and machines, and environmental businesses

Iwaki Plant
Date of acquisition January, 1998
Date of renewal July, 2004
Scope of certiﬁcation FDK CORPORATION: Iwaki Plant, FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION: Iwaki
branch oﬃce
● Development, design and manufacturing of electronicparts relating to telecommunication equipment

Overseas (Consolidated subsidiary)

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

09

FDK Group is involved in introducing the Environmental Management System as a foundation for eco-friendly corporate management. So
far, the eﬀorts have been directed to the establishment and introduction of it to our production sites in and out of Japan to protect theenvironment and prevent environmental pollutions. In the future, the EMS will be expanded to the entire Group including non-production
sites.

Subsidiaries

Country

Date of Acquisition

XIAMEN FDK CORPORATION

China

January, 1999

FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

TaiwanFebruary, 2000

SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATION

China

December, 2000

FDK TATUNG (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

Thailand

May, 2002

FDK LANKA (PVT) LTD.

Sri Lanka

February, 2003

PT FDK INDONESIA

Indonesia

June, 2003

FDK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

Thailand

June, 2003

SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.

China

December, 2004

FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Lake Hamanako

FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.

Hamamatsu

Kosai Plant

Iwaki Plant

Sanyo Plant
SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.

FDK ENERGY CO., LTD.

SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATIONXIAMEN FDK CORPORATION

FDK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

FDK TATUNG (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

FDK LANKA (PVT) LTD.

PT FDK INDONESIA※Nanjing FDK Corporation was merged into Nanjing Jinning Shanhuan FDK Co., Ltd.,as of August 2004, for which equity method is applicable under FDK Group.
Thus, Nanjing FDK Corporation is not shown in this map.

In order to provide eco-friendly parts to our customers, FDK Group is
promoting green procurement or to purchase materials, parts andpackaging materials with low environmental burdens.

Group Environmental Report 2005

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Promotion of Establishing Environmental Management System in Suppliers

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Procedures and Actions

The Second Environmental Action Plan: Manufacturers
The Third Environmental Action Plan:
Manufacturers and distributors (trading companies)

Expansion of Requirement for EMS

Green Procurement

KES Step 2 and Michinoku EMS

Requirements under ISO14001 to be simpliﬁed.

Level Ⅲ (Mutual certiﬁcation with Eco-Action 21 not available)
Eco-Stage 1 and KES Step 1

Basic requirements of PDCA
Level Ⅱ under ISO14001

FJEMS and FDKEMS Step 2

Minimum requirement for basic PDCA

Level Ⅰ for environmental improvement
FDKEMS Step 1

EMS Requirement Level

EMS certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation organization

Requirements covered those required by ISO14001

certiﬁcation with Eco-Action 21 available)
Level Ⅳ (Mutual
ISO14001, Eco-Action 21, Eco-Stage 2,

Guidance for Establishing FDKEMS (left)
and Registration Certiﬁcate (right)

Green Procurement of Oﬃce Supplies
FDK Group has been promoting green procurement of oﬃce supplies with an Eco-Mark on them since ﬁscal 2003, which is not
mentioned in its Third Environmental Action Plan, though. The
Eco-Mark is given to an oﬃce supply whose saving of energy
and resources, recycle-orientation, elimination of hazardousness
and easiness for disposal are recognized.

As a Global Citizen

The Third Environmental Action Plan

Eco-Stage 3 to 5

Promotion ofGreen Factories

The Second Environmental Action Plan

Requirements exceeded those required by

Level Ⅴ ISO14001

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Requirement

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

In ﬁscal 2004, FDKEMS was introduced to 22 companies including distributors that were newly included in the scope of promoting EMS. In the future, we will promote establishment of environmental management system to more than 10 suppliers anddistributors a year.
As for hazardous chemical substances, we will strengthen ourcontrol over the chemical substances controlled by the RoHS
Directive. Purchasing of products free of hazardous chemical
substances will be promoted as explained in the Approach for
the Elimination of Poisonous Substances, in the latter section.
(See page 14 for further information.)

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

The scope of companies to extend support of establishing EMS has
been expanded in order to raise the awareness of distributors
toward the environment, as they are in the position to give proposals to manufacturers. By doing so, FDK Group intends to further
raise the quality of green procurement.
In extending the support, the types and levels of requirement forenvironmental management system are revised from 4 stages to 5
stages. For suppliers which have a diﬃculty in obtaining environmental management system certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation
organization, our own environmental management system (FDKEMS)
was proposed at the explanation meetings. The FDKEMS is in lieu
of Fujitsu Group Environmental Management System (FJEMS)
that we requested our suppliers to introduce up to ﬁscal 2003. The
FDK s environmental management system incorporates basic requirements of ISO14001. The suppliers which introduced FDKEMS areof course required to upgrade the system to an EMS certiﬁed by athird party certiﬁcation organization.

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Promotion of EMS to suppliers
・To encourage suppliers in Japan with no EMS to introduce it.
・The scope of EMS include those certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation organization such as ISO14001, EMAS, Eco-Action 21, EcoStage, local environmental management system equivalent to them, Fujitsu Group Environmental Management System (FJEMS),FDK Group Environmental Management System (equivalent to FJEMS), and other EMS systems unique to each supplierapproved by FDK.

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

As a part of its green procurement, FDK Group purchases materials and parts free hazardous chemical substances designated by FDKGroup from its suppliers having a ﬁrm Environmental Management System. The scope of services in helping establishment of environmental management system oﬀered by FDK Group has expanded to include distributors (or trading companies) in addition to manufacturers since ﬁscal 2004.

10

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

In order to provide eco-friendly products to customers, FDK Groupemphasizes on designing eco-friendly products and developing products
containing no hazardous chemical substances for reducing environmental burdens contained in products.

FDK Group is stressing on providing eco-friendly products that imposes little environmental burdens through theaddressing reduced volume of materials used, utilizing and applying materials with little environmental burdens,
use of recycled materials and reducing energy consumption in manufacturing process. The eﬀorts of providing
small-in-size products with superior energy eﬃciency have resulted in development of multi-layer chip inductors.

Hiroshi Rikukawa

Corporate Vice President in charge oftechnological R&D and environmental aﬀairs

Promotion of Environmental
ManagementOﬀering Super-Green Products with the Top Environmental Elements
In ﬁscal 2004, in addition to green products, FDK Group has been involved in development of Super-Green Products with Top Environmental Elements.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Provision of Super-Green Products by the end of ﬁscal 2006
・ Super Green Products are the advanced form of green products incorporating such properties as energy saving, 3R (Reduce,
Reuse and Recycle)-based design, and elimination of hazardous chemical substances. They are forerunners having the world s
1st world s smallest nation s ﬁrst industry s ﬁrst nation s smallest and industry s smallest characteristics, which areintended to be released by the end of ﬁscal 2006.

Development of Super-Green Products

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on ProductsSuper-Green Products refer to products with top environmental
elements clearing all the assessment criteria from Step 1 to 3
shown below. In ﬁscal 2004, a preliminary investigation was conducted on the Super-Green Products and 20 potential items wereidentiﬁed for development. FDK Group will further involve instudy and development of the products so that, by the end ofﬁscal 2006, Super-Green Products will be provided to customers
as many as possible from the 20 items identiﬁed.

Research and Development for
Improving the Global Environment
The activities of FDK Group are not limited to R&D on electronicparts, but include R&D on improving the global environment. So
far, the eﬀorts have resulted in application of a recycled block,Rictor Mat, for ﬂooring purposes. The Rictor Mat, made ofsludge, was originally developed aiming at combating with deterioration of the water quality of rivers and removing odors. FDKGroup also researches and develops environmental puriﬁcation
ﬁlters utilizing photocatalyst. FDK Group continues its eﬀorts forresearch and development to improve the global environment.

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Eco-Friendly Product Assessment
Category (Large Category)

Levels of Eco-Friendly Products andPositioning of Super-Green Products

Products
Eco-Friendliness
Level

Promotion ofGreen Factories
As a Global Citizen

Assessment Criteria

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

entire life cycle of products from development and design phases to disposal. For this purpose, FDK Group is

ＳＴＥＰ３Super-Green
Products

ＳＴＥＰ2
Green Products

ＳＴＥＰ1
Eco-Friendly Products(Product Assessment)

Super-Green Products
Products with top runner
eco-friendliness rating(

PassedPassed

High

)

Low

(including hazardous chemical substances)■ Resource-saving and recycle-oriented design■ Reusability as resources■ Easiness for decomposition■ Energy-saving

Green Products
Products with enhanced
environmental consideration(■ Hazardousness)■ Easiness for disposal by disassembly

Packaging Materials■ Resource-saving and recycle-oriented design■ Reusability

PassedEco-Friendly Products■ Using materials

Others■ Disclosure of information■ Eco -friendliness

11Group Environmental Report 2005

Multi-layer power inductor (MIPF2520D Series)
From the developer
In order to decrease the size while maintaining theperformance level, the internal structure of the conventional products was changed. Based on thedesign of the conventional ones, shortened development time was realized by selecting the optimum
internal pattern structure by fully utilizing computer simulation (CAE technology).

Application:

Eco-Friendliness

Power inductors used for
DC-DC converter circuitsof small electronic products such as mobile phone,
PDA and digital camera

Compared with the similar products of FDKGroup, the product is smaller in size by 40%. Application of this product to a converter circuit
reduces power consumption due to its high conversion eﬃciency. The product is free of leadand can be mounted using lead-free solder.

Makoto Kawaguchi
Multi-Layer Inductor Section
Ceramic Component Div.

Common-Mode Choke Coil

Removal of noise for highspeed diﬀerential interface①IEEE1394a interface②USB2.0 interface③HDMI/DVI interface

From the developer
Miniaturization and high-speed orientation of electronic devices such as a notebook PC requires asmall-in-size and high-speed noise removal part.
High EMI reduction requires high common mode
impedance. The challenge in developing this product is to prevent decrease of common mode impedance due to the downsized product and of ferrite
magnetic permeability due to the higher frequency.

* EMI refers to electromagnetic interference which prevents
normal operation of electronic equipment.

Eco-FriendlinessYuji Goto
Electronic Materials Research Section
Advanced Technology Lab.
Technology R&D Div.

Magneto-Optic Spatial Light Modulator

Eco-Friendliness
The combination of a magneto-optic garnet ﬁlm,
epoch-making cell formation method and driving
mechanism have realized a decrease in driving
current and energy saving. No hazardous chemical substances such as lead are used from theformation of the ﬁlm to mounting of a ﬂip chip.

Katsuhiro Iwasaki
Kazuma Takahashi

As a Global Citizen

Optical information processing equipment for the next
generation ultra high capacity optical disc system(hologram memory devices)

From the developer
In order to develop this product, a series of technology was developed including functional design using
a simulation method, comparison of the design andprototype experiments, manufacturing processdevelopment and assessment method. Startingfrom processing of substrate board to running theﬁnished device, there was a process of repeatedtrials and errors by fully using our research facilities. In the future, we will further challenge tomake the device moreenergy-saving and ecofriendly.

Promotion ofGreen Factories

Application:

Product characteristics
This is an ultra high speed special light modulator with the picture cell response time of several
tens of a nano second, which is developed jointlywith Professor Mitsuteru Inoue of Toyohashi University of Technology based on FDK s magnetooptic material technology. The product enables
to make a high speed data access to a large
capacity optical disc.

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

The small-in-size product reduces the volume ofmaterials used. Lead-free plating is employed toits outer electrode, and lead-free solder can beused for mounting it.

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

Application:

Product characteristics
This is a small-in-size and low serial current
resistance choke coil utilizing low temperature
ferrite sintering technology, high resolution
multi-layer printing technology and CAE. The
size is 1.20×1.00×0.50mm. It has a superior compatibility with various interfaces having diﬀerential impedance characteristics. Realization ofhigh common mode impedance has enabled suﬃcient level of reducing EMI*.

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Component Business Department

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Product characteristics
This is a power inductor applying the multi-layer
technology. Compared with the conventionalcoils, it is smaller in size with enhanced performance. It contributes to realize smaller and thinner electronic products such as mobile phones.

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Eco-Friendly Products Developed in ﬁscal 2004

Project S Dept.
Technology R&D Div.

12

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Stepper Motor (M4.3 Series)

Application:

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Auto focusing and zooming of a digital camera
and a built-in camera of amobile phone

Product characteristics

From the developer

Applying our unique coil design technology and magnetic
circuit design technology as well as magnet manufactured
consistently from powder molding, the world s smallest andhigh-output torque stepper motors are developed. The size
is as small as 0.074cc with the diameter of 4.3mm. The
torque is higher than conventional stepper motors. Thoughsmall in size, decrease in torque is contained to a minimum.
Use of this stepper motor enables to realize further miniaturization both in size and weight and saving power consumption for applicable equipments.

The basic structure of the product series basically
employs the same as that of our conventional product series in order to maintain its superior performances. The appearance, therefore, is quite similar
with the conventional products of its kind. However, within a small body, various element technologies and know-how is ﬁlled, such as molding of
small magnets, magnetization and magnet circuit
parts processing. This product is realized by integrating and arranging these technologies in awell-managed way.

Eco-FriendlinessNobuyuki Sueyoshi, Yuuji Murata,
Yosuke Takahashi, Mitsuo Kinoshita,
Hideki Takeuchi, Isao Kojima,
Shohei Sawada, Naoya Ova,
Hiroki Tatara, Kazuhiko Nakayama
and Kyoko Nishio

Compared with SM5 series products, the smallest of its
kind in FDK, the size and use of resources have been
reduced by approx. 30%. Lead-free solder is used for soldering of coil terminals where ultra ﬁne magnet wire is used,making the product in compliance with the RoHS Directive.

New Generation Alkaline Battery G Plus

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Application:

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on ProductsThis is a high power andhighly durable alkaline
battery. This is the mostﬁt for application to thedevices requiring highcurrent such as digital
cameras and PDAs, aswell as video games
and portable AV equipments.

Product characteristics

From the developer

A new conductive material is used to reduce signiﬁcantly
the internal resistance of cathode mix. At the same time,use of a new separator has improved its discharge
eﬃciency. All of this has enabled the battery to increase
the power by approx. 20%* compared to a conventional
AA and AAA batteries, making it the highest performances in alkaline batteries. This product is suitable todigital cameras, remote controllers of electric devices andany other electric products.

The key points in developing this battery are to
uplift the stable performance, to secure productsafety during the life of the product. Batteries
have recently been applied to digital cameras andother devices requiring high current. Therefore,
the aim of developing the new generation alkaline
batteries is placed on high performance andwidened application. At the same time, upgrading
customer satisfaction is also included in the development objectives, by the use of a special gasket
to prevent leakage of electrolyte, new type of
surface treated steel to reduce contact resistancewith the devices, andemployment of universal design.

* Compared to the conventional alkaline batteries of FDK(AA battery: 2,000mA, 0.5S/300mA 59.5S when used,
AAA battery: 600mA when used continually)

Eco-FriendlinessMeasures for Global
Warming Prevention

The uplifted durability of this product (by approx. 20%*)has enabled the cycle of replacing batteries longer, andresources can be used eﬃciently. The packaging materials (blister pack) is made of recycled PET bottles and theinner boxes and the label of multiple pack are printed
using soybean ink, thus the product considers ecofriendliness.

Yuji Tsuchida

1st technical section
Technology Div.
FDK Energy Co., Ltd.

Non ‒contact Magnetic Polishing System

Promotion ofGreen Factories
As a Global Citizen

Application:
Precision polishing andprocessing of precision
machines, electronic
and optical parts

Product characteristics

From the developer

Unlike conventional polishers, the non-contact magnetic
polishing system employs a polishing bite that does notcontact with the item for polishing. Therefore, no stressis imposed on the item (maximum distance from the biteand the item: 5mm). Due to this, items of irregularsurface can be polished such as thin ﬁlms and soft materials of irregular shape that has conventionally been
unable to be polished. These features have reduced thecost for mirror polishing of nano-level that was only done
by a large-sized and expensive polisher in the past.

The system currently uses magnetic polishing solvents,
but we are in the process of developing water solution
type magnetic polishing liquid using the FDK sferrite materials and recycled Mn-Zn sludge. The
polishing liquid of this type will greatly contributeto reduce environmental burdens from the view pointof working environment and eﬄuent treatment.

Eco-FriendlinessCompared with the conventional system, the power
consumption is signiﬁcantly reduced. The waste liquidcontaining magnetic body can be recycled for other applications as EMC* materials after removing water. This isa wet type polishing machine that polishes a vessel by
putting polishing liquid of a certain volume, no chips andparticles are scattered.
* EMC refers to electromagnetic compatibility, which is to reducethe impact by electromagnetic noise.

13

1st. Engineering Dept.
FDK Mechatronics Co., Ltd.

Keita Yamamoto
Rei Hanamura
Advanced Technology Lab.
Technology R&D Div.

Group Environmental Report 2005

Approach for Elimination of Poisonous Substances

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Hazardous Substances Designated by Fujitsu Group

Hazardous Substances Elimination
Activity and Result

Substances prohibited for use in products (27)●Substances banned for use in products (4)Cadmium and its compounds
Hexavalent chromium compounds

Lead and its compounds
Mercury and its compounds

●

●

●

●

How to Control Hazardous Chemical Substances

FDK Group Hazardous Chemical Substances Control Process
Process 2 (Control)

Process 3 (Assurance)

Obtains information on chemical substances containedin purchased products to use only the ones complying
to FDK Group s control criteria.

Prevents designated chemical substances frommixing and polluting into the manufacturing process
and maintains non-use of them.

Assures our customers that the
product does not contain any chemical substances.

Suppliers

Standards and regulations, etc.
Chemical Substances ControllingStandards,
Chemical Substances Controlling
Regulations, etc.

Receiving

Purchased Products
Requests to suppliers,
Investigation of chemical substances used,
Establishment of controlling chemical
substances, etc.

Inspection

Production
Process

Shipment

Inspection

Inspection

Assurance Letter, etc.

Products

Customers

As a Global Citizen

Information to be supplied form suppliers①Certiﬁcate of Non-Use of Hazardous
Chemical Substances②Investigation Sheet③Analysis Report④MSDS⑤Chemical Composition Report⑥Declaration (that the supplier certiﬁes
the correctness and accuracy of thedetails contained in②to⑤.)

Promotion ofGreen Factories

Process 1 (Collection of Information)

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

With the idea that any product containing hazardous substances isa defect, FDK Group determines to strengthen control of such substancesby incorporating it into the Group s quality assurance system.
More precisely, standards in relation to them will be improved andimplemented in a three-stage process of collection of information
control and assurance.

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

In ﬁscal 2004, an investigation was made to 1403 substances designated by FDK, including those designated by Fujitsu Group.
The results were accumulated in ECO-DB (the database systemof the FDK Group on the environmental burden of chemical substances) and an examination was made to change designated hazardous substances to alternative ones. The Committee for Products Containing Hazardous Chemical Substances discussed thepossibility of strengthening controls on hazardous chemical substances, and a rule for controlling and elimination of them as
FDK Group was examined.
As a result, the hazardous substances designated in the RoHS
Directive were totally eliminated in manufacturing newly developed products by the end of December 2004 as aimed by thecompany. However, some of them were not able to be eliminatedin manufacturing current products because of unconﬁrmed
reliability of alternative substances. For these materials, we will
gradually shift to use alternative ones by checking the quality ofthem. As for hazardous substances designated by Fujitsu Group,
we will examine and change to alternative materials aiming at
eliminating the use of hazardous substances by the end of ﬁscal
2005.

Promotion ofGreen Procurement●Speciﬁed amines
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)(Those which contact to skin directly and for a long time only)
Polychlorinated naphthalenes●Azo dyes and azo pigments that generate speciﬁed amines(with 3 or more chlorine atoms)●Asbestoses(Those which contact to skin directly and for a long time only)●CFCs●Chlordanes●Speciﬁed halons●DDT●Carbon tetrachloride●Aldrin
Ozone●1,1,1-Trichloroethane●Endrindepleting●Bromochloromethane
substances ●Dieldrin●Methyl bromide●Hexachlorobenzene●HBFCs
●N,N'-ditolyl-p-phenylenediamine,●Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
N-tolyl-N'-xylyl-p-phenylenediamine●Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
and N,N'-dixylyl-p-phenylenediamine●Short-chained chlorinated paraﬃns●2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol●Bis (tri-n-butyltin) oxide (TBTO)●Toxaphene●Tributyl tins (TBTs), Triphenyl tins (TPTs) ●Mirex●

Promotion of Environmental
Management

To eliminate use of hazardous substances designated by Fujitsu Group in manufacturing products by the end of ﬁscal 2005, except for
those designated by RoHS whose elimination target is the end of December 2004
・Use of hazardous substances listed in 31 categories of Fujitsu Group s list will be totally eliminated by the end of ﬁscal 2005.
・For products shipped to Europe and covered under the RoHS Directive, use of mercury, hexavalent chromium compounds, PBB
and PBDE will be totally eliminated by the end of December 2004.

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

FDK Group is taking an eﬀort to totally eliminate the use of hazardous substances in production. In order to respond to the requests ofcustomers for assurance of non-use and control of such materials as well as to comply with the requirement of the RoHS Directive, FDKGroup established the Committee for Products Containing Hazardous Chemical Substances in October 2004 to commence control ofproducts containing hazardous chemical substances in our premises in and out of Japan.

※Inspection means to check if the chemical substances
are appropriately controlled or not.

14

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

FDK Group is enthusiastically involved in various global warming prevention activities including energy saving in oﬃces, development ofenergy-saving products as well as improving logistics and promotion ofrecycle activities.

Measures to Energy Conservation
Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Any corporate activity requires consumption of a good deal of electricity and fuel at factory oﬃces and facilities. In order to conserve thelimited energy and prevent global warming, it is essential to reduce the volume of energy consumed in corporate activities. FDK Group
contributes to reduce energy consumption by introducing energy-saving facilities such as a cogeneration facility and improving operationof existing facilities.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Energy consumption and emission of CO2 reduced at the end of ﬁscal 2006 by 15% of those in ﬁscal 2000
・ The scope of these reductions includes FDK s plants and oﬃces in Japan.

Energy Saving Activities

Promotion ofGreen Procurement
Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

In ﬁscal 2004, FDK s energy saving activities included revising control
and operation method of its production facilities and eﬀective utilization of heat generated from them. In addition, the shift of production changed from the energy consuming ferrite production to assembly of modules contributed to reduce energy consumption by theGroup.
As a result, the volume of CO2 emission was reduced to 21,070 ton
in ﬁscal 2004 or 35% of that in the previous year. Against the target
set out in the Third Year Environmental Action Plan i.e. 15% reduction
on the volume of CO2 emission in ﬁscal 2000, the reduction ratio achieved
was 61%, which is a quite signiﬁcant contribution to reduce the emissionof the greenhouse gas.
All plants of FDK Group in Japan have already achieved the reduction target set out in the Kyoto Protocol. We determined to further
curtail CO2 emission by additional improvements and operation
control of our production facilities and reduction of air conditioning
expenses through the introduction of Cool Biz.
As CO2 is the single greenhouse gases emitted from FDK Group,
we will take a further eﬀort in reducing the gas emission.

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Won the Prize for the Excellent Energy Management
Factory (electric section) from Chubu Bureau of
Economy, Trade and Industry, METI.

Promotion ofGreen Factories

Kosai Plant won the prize for the excellent energy management
factory (electric section) from Chubu Bureau of Economy, Tradeand Industry, METI in ﬁscal 2004. Aiming at promoting rationaluse of energy and eﬀective use of fuel and resources, the Bureau
recognizes factories and oﬃces which energy saving eﬀorts are
signiﬁcant and exemplary to others, in order to further promoteenergy saving.

Transition of CO2 Emission
ＣＯ２
Emissionfactor120

ＣＯ２ Emission（ｔ−ＣＯ２）ＣＯ２Emission

ＣＯ２ Emission factor（ｔ−ＣＯ２／100 million yen）

80,000100

60,00080

40,00060
40

20,000
0

20
93

94

93

95
94

96
95

97
96

98
97

99

00

01

02

03

0
04 (Fiscal Year)

98

99

00

01

02

03

CO Emission 59,648 66,602 65,989 59,679 58,072 54,263 56,024 53,998 36,155 35,010 32,268 21,070※Due to a revision of CO2 emission coeﬃcient for calculating the emission
volume of CO2, the ﬁgures are modiﬁed from those published in the past.

Bunker A: 4%

City gas: 4%

Energy Type

LPG: 4%

Breakdown of CO2 Emission
Volume: 21,070 ton

Electricity: 88%

Main CO2 Emission Reduction Activities in ﬁscal 2004
■Electric power consumption reduced in Kosai Plant by installinga power monitoring system■ Heat energy loss reduced in Kosai Plant by heat insulation of

steam pipes■Electric power consumption reduced in Sanyo Plant by revising

the operation mode of air compressor at night■Electric power consumption reduced in Iwaki Plant by revising

the operation mode of air conditioner outdoor units

As a Global Citizen■ Electric power consumption reduced in FDK Engineering Co.,

Ltd. by optimized control of air conditioners
Compressor
constant monitoring
Energysaving control

Measured data

Outodoor units

Signal converter

Air conditioner control system (FDK Engineering Co., Ltd.)

15

04

2

Group Environmental Report 2005

CO2 Reduction Activities by Improvement of Distribution, etc.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
Contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission
・Reduction of CO2 emission is promoted through improvement of logistics, recycled use of products and packaging materials, anddevelopment and purchase of energy-saving products.

As an important part of its production innovation activities, FDKGroup is involved in logistics innovation which includes improvement of product ﬂow from suppliers to FDK and FDK to customers. This will greatly contributes to improve production eﬃciency
in the group companies and is directly associated to reduce environmental burdens.

Route shipment ceremony

TP tray

Example of Enhancing
Load Eﬃciency
Packaging materials for
power supply unit for
inverters (CN264-00)
BeforeChange in Distribution Modes
Shuttle System

Capacity(liter)

Before（For 20pcs）530W×353D×321H

60

After（For 40pcs） 525W×348D×167H

31

Ratio of per product of space in a package: Improved by approx. 25%

Reduction of CO2 Emission throughRecycled and Energy-Saving Products

service) goes back and force between FDK to one supplier scattered around the plant.

Route Delivery System

A consolidated truck
carries products from
more than one supplier.

service covering more than one supplier, eﬃciency of distribution
will be enhanced.

Development of Dielectric Material Paste (Energy-Saving Type)FDK Group has developed a new type of dielectric material paste forits multi-layer inductors, multi-layer baluns and other high frequency
chip inductors. Use of the paste has enabled
drying and sintering at low temperatureand for a shortened time. Moreover, the heatfor sintering has been decreased by 20 to
30% of that required for conventional
products. Currently the paste is used at
FDK Kosai Plant.

As a Global Citizen

Proposals : Using a regular consolidated truck of a ﬁxed route

FDK Group determined to increase the ratio of using recycled
products and promotes energy-saving product design in the
future and will numerically monitor them to grasp the volume
CO2 emission reduced through these activities.

Promotion ofGreen Factories

Current Status : A shuttle truck (owned by FDK and charter

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Each truck goes andback from FDK to eachsupplier separately.

Size(mm)

After

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

The mode of distributing products from suppliers to FDK has
been changed from conventional shuttle system to a route distribution system whereby a truck picks up products from morethan one supplier by making rounds.
FDK Group expects that this will
help not only decreasing delivery
lead time and work-in-process items,
but also shortening total traveling
distance of a truck by which total
CO2 emission volume is decreased.

Packaging materials used by FDK Group is designed highly
resource and space saving. Decreasing the size of a package will
increase the number of packages
that can be loaded onto a truck,
which helps decreasing CO 2 emission. The TP trays aiming at reuseof packaging materials are appropriately sized to increase the loadeﬃciency.

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Reduction of CO2 Emission through Revision of Logistics Modes

Improvement of Load Eﬃciency and Reuse of Packaging Materials

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Reduction of CO2 Emission through Improving Logistics

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Besides the eﬀorts for reducing CO2 emission from its production activities, FDK Group is enthusiastically addressing to reduce CO 2 emission in the entire corporate activities from procurement of parts and materials to transportation, use, disposal and recycling of products.

16

Promotion of Green Factories

FDK Group promotes green factory which is an eco-factory incorporating such environmental measures as energy and resource saving, reduction of discharging chemical substances, prevention of air, waterand soil pollutions, and noise and vibration.

Elimination of Designated Chemical Substances
Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan
Promotion of Environmental
Management
Promotion ofGreen Procurement
Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products
Measures for Global
Warming Prevention
Promotion ofGreen Factories
As a Global Citizen

17

In order to reduce discharge of chemical substances from its oﬃces and factories and to alleviate environmental burden, FDK Group set
out and operate Chemical Substances Handling Regulations which requires all its oﬃces and factories to handle them appropriately.
For those used in production processes, each oﬃce/factory grasps the volume used and discharged to the environment, as well as those
moved out of the premises as eﬄuents. In addition to the continuous activities to achieve its environmental targets, FDK Group is
involved in raising accuracy of such data and promoting use of alternative substances.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan＊

Discharge of chemical substances under the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) reduced at the end of ﬁscal 2006 by
15% of those discharged in ﬁscal 2001
・The scope of the reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.

PRTR-targeted Substances Emissions
Reduction

PRTR Chemical Substances Conditions
in ﬁscal 2004

FDK Group is addressing reduction of PRTR-targeted chemical
substances (354 Class I designated chemical substances). In ﬁscal
2004, the chemical substances discharged from FDK oﬃces inJapan was 1.74 ton of toluene only which was reduced by 51%
over the previous year. This means the target of the Third Environmental Action Plan was achieved by a signiﬁcant reduction of
68% over the level in ﬁscal 2001 in the ﬁrst year.
In FDK Group, toluene is used as a washing agent of products,
jigs and facilities, and a large volume of vaporized toluene isdischarged into the air. In order to reduce the volume of toluene
used, FDK Group has been examining the quality and performance of alternative washing agent for a gradual change over toit.
PRTR Law requires reporting to public oﬃces if a target chemical substance is used more than 1 ton annually. In FDK Group,
those used 0.1 ton or more annually are compiled in a data.

As a result of count in ﬁscal 2004, in accordance with shifting
ferrite production to overseas sites, nickel and its compounds
and cobalt and its compounds were no more used in the FDKGroup facilities in Japan, and the handling volume of manganeseand its compounds were reduced.
In addition, thanks to the promotion of lead-free campaign, thevolume of lead handled during the year came to 7.57 ton which isa decrease by 11% over the previous year.

Lead-free soldering dip machine (Kosai Plant)

Total Chemical Substances Handled in FDK Group Plants in Japan (100kg or more)
Discharged

Volume of transfer

Unit: ton/year

Handling
volumeTo the air4505.30

0.00

0.00

30.80

0.00

4474.50

0.00

Toluene

4.21

1.74

0.00

2.47

0.00

0.00

0.00

Lead and its compounds

7.57

0.00

0.00

1.93

0.00

4.92

0.72

Bisphenol A epoxy resin

6.38

0.00

0.00

0.05

0.00

6.33

0.00

Boron and its compounds

1.14

0.00

0.00

0.001

0.00

1.14

0.00

Di-n-butyl phthalate

1.26

0.00

0.00

0.004

0.00

1.26

0.00

Silver and its compounds

0.61

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.39

0.22

Antimony and its compounds

0.40

0.00

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.36

0.00

Chemical substances
Manganese and its compounds

ＰＲＴＲ＊

To theDischarged towatershedsewerageContained
in wastes

Consumption
volumeRecycled

PRTR refers to Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. Under the Law concerning Reporting, etc. of Releases to the Environment of Speciﬁc Chemical
Substances and Promoting Improvements in Their Management enforced in March 2003, companies are required to report the volume of chemical
substances emitted and/or transferred as wastes to the relevant authorities and to publish the data in order to alleviate the risks of pollutions to theenvironment by chemical substances and endocrines discharged from corporate activities.

Group Environmental Report 2005

Zero Waste Emission (Measures to Waste reduction)

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Waste Reduction Activities

5,000

100

4,000

80

3,000

60

2,000

40

1,000

20

0

'93

'94

'95

'96

'97

'98

'99

Wastes by Type

'00

'01

'02

0
'03 '04(Fiscal Year)

Others 3%
Slag

Plastic

11%

15%
71%

Wastes disposed by landﬁll: 696 ton

SludgeActions for Maintaining Zero Emission of Wastes

Deﬁnition: Zero emission is deﬁned as utilizing all wastes generated
in the group eﬀectively to eliminate disposal of themby incineration and landﬁll.
Wastes:Sludge, waste acids, waste alkali, waste plastics, wasteoil, metal slag, glass, ceramics, dusts, waste wood chips,
waste paper, waste textile, animal and plant residues(food wastes) and sludge in septic tanks

As a Global Citizen

Zero Emission of Wastes in FDK Group

Promotion ofGreen Factories

In the future, FDK Group will continue eﬀorts in further decreasing the total volume of wastes and establish a system to checkinternally whether each oﬃces well manages its own zero emission activities in preparation for emergence of new types ofwastes.

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

In ﬁscal 2004, all wastes generated in FDK plants were identiﬁed
and examined for recycle and reuse. This was resulted in formation of FDK Group Zero Emission Guideline.
Along with the guideline, eﬀorts were made to reuse sludge into
the subbase course soil and cement materials, and to totally eliminate generation of sludge in septic tank using biotechnology.
Waste plastics were recycled after separating them into ﬁnely
segmented categories in cooperation with FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd. ,whereas waste papers were shredded for reuse as packaging
materials. Other wastes were recycled as a material of paper.
Thanks to these eﬀorts, a recycle system was established in ourcompany group by the end of ﬁscal 2004, and thus, all types ofwaste are now able to be recycled, including those were not possible to do so before. Now, our target of zero emission of wastes
at all oﬃces and plants of FDK Group in Japan was achieved. In
ﬁscal 2005, it is likely that zero emission is achieved throughout
the year.

Recycling ratio（％）

Recycling ratio

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

Achievement of Zero Emission

Amount of waste
Incineration and landﬁll Recycle(ton/year)

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

In ﬁscal 2004, the eﬀorts of FDK Group was directed to reduce
the total volume of wastes generated for disposal, and to achieve
zero emission of wastes by the end of ﬁscal 2004 ahead of schedule by 1 year. More precisely, in stead of packaging products,
returnable boxes were used, wastes were reused as a resource inthe process, and waste plastic vessels were reused for other inhouse applications.
Due to these activities, the total volume of wastes generated anddisposed during ﬁscal 2004 was reduced to 1,816 ton or 13%
reduction over the previous year.

Transition in waste emissions volume

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Generation of wastes reduced at the end of ﬁscal 2006 by 3% of those generated in ﬁscal 2003
・The scope of reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.
・Zero emission of wastes will be achieved by the end of ﬁscal 2004 ahead of the target shown in the Second Environmental Action
Plan by 1 year.

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

FDK Group is addressing 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) activities in order to eﬀectively use the limited resources and to reduce environmental burdens to the global environment by waste. The 3R activities include to reduce generation of wastes and to separate wastes
by category for reuse. In view of forming the recycling society, FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd., a group company, collects information equipment
such as personal computers and separate waste plastics, glass, metal and other resources from them for reuse to other applications. (Referto page 29)

18

Environmental Preservation Measures to Plants
Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

FDK Group promotes environmental preservation by preventing air, soil and underground water pollutions, which is mainly done by cooperating with its subsidiary, Fujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd. The subsidiary mainly handles environmental investigationand prevention of pollutions. In doing so, severer than public environmental limit for each pollutant is set as voluntary standards, andregularly report the measured data to the public oﬃces. In ﬁscal 2004, there were no cases of violating environmental laws and regulations and accidents relating to the environment occurred in FDK Group.

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Prevention of Soil and Underground
Water Pollutions

Promotion ofGreen Procurement
Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

Since October 1999, FDK Group has proactively disclosed thedata on pollution of soil and underground water and has promoted puriﬁcation measures of soil and underground water pollution at its four plants, which are Washizu, Hosoe, Osuga andSanyo. In 2002, soil and underground water pollutions at Hosoe
Plant were totally removed.
In ﬁscal 2004, in order to conﬁrm the healthiness of soils in Osuga
Plant, another series of pollution investigation was held in accordance with the Soil Contamination Measures Law. As a result, it
was turned out that the level of pollution was within the limit set
by the authorities, and the healthiness of soils in the plant was
conﬁrmed. For other plants,
we will continue puriﬁcation of soils and monitoring
investigation.

Emergency Drills
As it is said that a massive earthquake may happen at any timearound the Tokai Region, an earthquake and ﬁre drills is held
annually at Kosai Plant in Shizuoka Prefecture. This includes
evacuation drills, rescue drills and ﬁre control drills. The drills
are also practiced assuming that environmental pollutants areleaked out of the plantpremises. In ﬁscal 2004, anemergency training washeld assuming that hazardous chemical substances
are leaked from their storage warehouse.

Training for leakage prevention ofchemical substances (Kosai Plant)

Storage and Control of PCB

Soil Boring Investigation at Osuga Plant

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Eﬄuent Analysis Report (Kosai Plant)

Following to the special law on treatment of PCB, FDK Groupsubmitted a report on the volume of PCBs at hand. PCBs are
numerically controlled using a PCB ledger and are appropriately
controlled. In the future, PCBs will be appropriately disposed
after establishing a proper treatment method on the substances.

Promotion ofGreen Factories

Chemical substances

Unit

PH (Hydrogen- ion concentration)−

Control limit (Japan)

Voluntary limit (FDK)

Actual value (max.)

5.8〜8.6

6.0〜8.4

7.6〜8.0

COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand)

mg/ℓ

160

15

6.6

BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)

mg/ℓ

160

15

5.6

SS (Suspended Solids)

mg/ℓ

200

20

10

N-hexane extract

mg/ℓ

5

3

＜0.5

Copper

mg/ℓ

3

0.5

＜0.05

As a Global Citizen

Zinc

mg/ℓ

5

0.5

0.2

Soluble iron

mg/ℓ

10

3

＜0.3

Soluble manganese

mg/ℓ

10

3

＜0.1

Nitrogen

mg/ℓ

120

40

18

Phosphorus

mg/ℓ

16

5

2.2

Nickel

mg/ℓ

−

0.5

＜0.05

Lead

mg/ℓ

0.1

0.05

＜0.01

Dichloromethane

mg/ℓ

0.2

0.1

＜0.02

The following substances were found as signiﬁcantly below the voluntary standards and oﬃcial detection limits: benzene, ﬂuorine, arsenic, trichloroethylene,
tetrachloroethylene, 1-1-1-trichloroethane, total mercury, carbon tetrachloride and cadmium.

19

In order to be one of the good global citizen at each country and region,
as well as in order to amicably exist with the local and international communities, FDK Group promotes environmental management for realization of the recycling society by eﬃcient use and protection of natural
resources and prevention of global warming.

Group Environmental Report 2005

As a Global Citizen

Social Action Program

The 11th Forestation Volunteer Activity
Children s Forest Program

Resources Collection Activity

Forestation activity in Sri Lanka

At Kosai City Council of Social Welfare

The 2nd Well Drilling Voluntary
Activity in Cambodia

Cleaning at Usuiso Beach in Iwaki City

Kawasaki Frontale is a Kawasakibased professional football team,which became a member of J-league
in 1999 and is committed to operate
professional football business and contributes to nourish young people anddevelop sport and culture in theregion.

As a Global Citizen

This is an annual event of 10 Furukawa Group companies in
Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. The cleaning campaign washeld on July 3, 2004 and many
people including 15 members from FDK cleaned theUsuiso Beach in Iwaki City.

Support to Kawasaki Frontale

Promotion ofGreen Factories

Furukawa-Kai Beach Cleaning Campaign

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

People installing a well (Cambodia)

Organized by Rengo Yamaguchi Asa Regional Council, a cleaning
campaign was held on September 5, 2004 at a special elderly
nursing home in Sanyo Onoda City in Yamaguchi Prefecture. 11
workers were participatedin the campaign from FDK
and cleaned the home by
cutting grass in the courtyard and peripheral area ofthe home. In Kosai Region,
15 workers from FDK,
together with the membersof local division of the labor
union participated in thecleaning of the Kosai area.
Cleaning at a special elderly nursing home

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on ProductsThis is organized by Shizuoka Regional Committee of JapaneseElectrical Electronic & Information Union. The activity was heldfrom Feb.9 to 15, 2005. In
Cambodia, many babies
and children lose their lives
because they are lacking
clean water to take medicine.
One person was sent to Cambodia from FDK to take partin the well drilling activity.

Japanese Archipelago Cleaning Campaign

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Workers in Kosai Plant (Shizuoka), Iwaki Plant (Fukushima) andSanyo Plant (Yamaguchi) and sales oﬃces in Japan are committed
to collect aluminum pull-tubs, used postal stamps, used prepaid
cards, foreign coins and donate them regularly to Council of Social
Welfare at each region. In
Kosai region, 28kg of aluminum pull-tubs and some used
postal stamps were donated to
Kosai City Council of Social
Welfare on June 29, 2004.

Promotion of Environmental
Management

As a part of activities of Japanese Electrical Electronic & Information Union Chikyu-Ai no Kikin (Earth and Charity Foundation),the 11th forestation volunteer program was held in Sri Lanka from
July 31 to Aug. 7, 2004. Thisis a program organized byChildren s Forest Program.
Two people took part in theactivity from FDK Group.

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Aiming at handing over the beautiful global environment to our next generations forever, FDK Group dedicates to social action programs continuously through amicable coexistence with the local communities and eﬀective utilization of the limited natural resources with
the integrate eﬀorts of labor and management.

C KAWASAKI FRONTALE

20Global Effort for Environmental Care in All Manufacturing Bases
Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

This chapter shows the outline and environmental protection activities of manufacturing plants of FDK Group.

Kosai Plant
Started operation in June 1963
AddressTel053‑576‑2151

Production item Switching power supplies, actuator units, microwave components, power inductors, HF multi-layer chips and toners

Promotion of Environmental
Management
Promotion ofGreen Procurement
Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

Located at the western edge of Shizuoka Prefecture and facing to Lake Hamanako, famous at eel,
Kosai Plant is the center of research and development as well as manufacturing of FDK Group.
In ﬁscal 2004, the plant took a central role in theenvironmental activities of FDK Group including
planning, guiding and leading other plants in termsof various environmental rules and regulations forthe entire group. The activities of Kosai Plant
during ﬁscal 2004 include the following items.
1. 13 development items were selected as Super-Green
Products having top environmental elements mainlyby the plant s research and development function(eco-friendly product development). All therequirements by customers for complying with
the RoHS Directive were responded and met.
2. Due to an increase in production volume, CO 2
emission was slightly increased. However, theenergy consumption per unit of production was
reduced due to a through control by compiling
electricity control standards. The eﬀorts wererecognized from the Japanese Government as an

excellent factory of energy control.
3. All wastes generated by the plant were recycled.
For example, waste plastics which had long been aconcern of the plant for management were separated
by increased separation category. Thus, zero emissionof wastes was achieved in the plant.
In the future, the plant will commit itself in eﬃcientuse of materials and reducing the volume of waste
generated in the plant i.e. using waste paper as
resources.

Osamu Akama, Plant Manager
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

359

235

65

Energy Consumption
Utility Power City Gas Kerosene CO2 eq.
(MWh)
(Km3)
(㎘)
（t-CO2)

17,711314

CO2emission(t-CO2)28,469

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

10,000
8,000

1.0

4,000

0.5

2,000
0

2.0
1.5

6,000

Kosai Plant is involved in the environmental
preservation activity of Lake Hamanako.

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

2002

2003

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission

Sanyo Plant
Started operation in January 1970
Address
Tel

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention
Promotion ofGreen Factories
As a Global Citizen

21

2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431‑0495

5‑Ku, Honmachi, Sanyo-Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 757‑8585
0836‑72‑1311

Production item Hybrid modules and piezoceramic parts

Located at Asa in northern Sanyo-Onoda City
on the west coast of Seto Inland Sea in Yamaguchi Prefecture and facing to Suonada, Sanyo
Plant is blessed with natural beauty.
Sanyo Plant is now in the process of shifting
ferrite production to mass production of FPD(ﬂat panel display) and other electronic partsand piezoceramic applied products. The changeof production mode will incur signiﬁcant impact
on the plant s energy conditions. In this process,the following items are particularly emphasized.
1. Prevention of global warming: to reduceenergy consumption
2. Promotion of a green factory①Reduction of toluene emission in theatmosphere②Reduction of waste generated③Achieving zero emission of wastes

In particular, eﬃcient utilization of waste plastics
and waste solvents contributed the plant toachieve zero emission at the end of ﬁscal 2004.
In the future, the plant is determined to promote
environmental protection activities and to makeutmost eﬀorts in reducing environmental burdens
with the entire eﬀorts of the staﬀ in the plant.

Kenji Yamada, Plant Manager
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

658

138

Utility Power
(MWh)

LPG
(ton)

4,928
CO2
emission(t-CO2)20,000CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

252

2,890

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor2.0

15,000

1.5

10,000

1.0

5,000

0.5

0
Cherry blossoms plantedin the factory premises in full bloom

21

Energy Consumption

2002

2003

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission※Note: The CO2 emission factors in the above graphs are calculated based on the achievement of ﬁscal 2002 as 1.

Group Environmental Report 2005

Started operation in April 2002 (by merging former Iwaki Electronics which was established in December 1966.)
Address
Tel

1, Kamanomae, Joban-kamiyunagaya-machi, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture 972‑8322
0246‑43‑4161

Production item Hybrid modules

Tadashi Onizuka, Plant Manager
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

209

209

100

Energy Consumption
Utility Power Bunker A
(MWh)
(㎘)

9,780
CO2
emission(t-CO2)

10,000LPG(ton)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

30

4,923

198

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

8,000

2.0
1.5

6,000

1.0

4,000

0.5

2,000
2002

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

2003

ＣＯ２ emission

Azaleas planted along the main gate

FDK Engineering Co., Ltd.
Established in September 1990 (by separation of machinery business function of FDK; Former Hosoe Plant started operation in November 1963)
AddressTel281, Hirooka, Hosoe‑Cho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431‑1302
053‑522‑5280

achieving the above three targets in ﬁscal 2004
was 95% to 100%.
The company is actively engaged in keeping goodfriendship with the local community by participating in cleaning campaigns around the company
and waterways in the community. Once a year,
the cleaning of the local community is held
together with the local residents. Voluntary cleaning activity is also held once a year by theemployees of the company. These activities help
raising awareness of the employees for contributing to the local community and improvement of
the natural environment.

Kazuhiko Hironaka, President
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

11

10

89

Energy Consumption
Utility Power(MWh)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)547

300

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

2.0
1.5

200

1.0
100
0
Cleaning activity around the plant premises

0.5
2002

2003

As a Global Citizen

CO2
emission(t-CO2)239

Promotion ofGreen Factories

Located at the northeast end of Lake Hamanako
and blessed with abundant nature, FDK Engineering is engaged in production of manufacturing facilities. The beautiful climate aroundthe area stimulates the company to be highly
environmental conscious in order to keep the
local and global environment in good condition.
The main environmental preservation activitiesof the company include; (1) use of production
facility with eco-friendly design that aims at
prohibiting hazardous chemical substances andmaterials for the machine and equipment andminitualizing the facilities to reduce the total
amount of hazardous substances and materials,(2) reduction of greenhouse gas emission by
reducing total energy consumed by its production facilities and (3) zero emission to reduce
disposal of waste materials and packaging
materials to a minimum and reuse them asmaterials. After obtaining the ISO14001 certiﬁcation together with FDK Corporation, various
environmental preservation activities havebeen settled in the company. The ratio of

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Business lines Design, manufacture and sales of various manufacturing facilities

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

0

ＣＯ２Emission
FactorPromotion ofGreen Procurement

Environmental Activity Topics in ﬁscal 2004
1. Compliance to the RoHS Directives was
progressed in the development of eco-friendly
products. Especially, all the VCOs (voltage
controlled oscillator) produced in this plant
became RoHS compliant.
2. Reduction of toluene, the PRTR targeted
substance was addressed for appropriate
control of hazardous chemical substances.
Alternative washing agents of jigs were
examined and selected. The total volume
of toluene consumed in the plant was
decreased by 44% over that in the previous

year, coupled with the employment of an alternative washing agent for SMT (surface mounttechnology) in the previous year.
3. Use of returnable containers was started fortransporting parts between customers andIwaki Plant. This is a part of the plant s production innovation to reduce generation of wastes.
The activity is expected to reduce the volumeof using cardboard boxes in the future.

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Products manufactured in Iwaki Plant wherea mass production plant of FDK Group include
FPD (ﬂat panel display) modules and parts formobile communication equipment. Blessed withthe abundant nature, cherry blossoms andazaleas are in full bloom in spring.

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Iwaki Plant

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission

22

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

FDK Energy Co., Ltd.
Established in August 2002 (by separating battery function of FDK. The former Washizu Plant started its operation in February 1950.)
AddressTel053‑576‑2111

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of alkaline batteries and lithium batteries

Promotion of Environmental
Management
Promotion ofGreen Procurement
Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

Located in the blessed nature of Kosai City
on the western coast of Lake Hamanako, FDK
Energy is a hub of manufacturing and technical development of alkaline batteries andlithium batteries. In ﬁscal 2004, its environmental activities were centered on reductionof energy consumption and zero emission ofwastes under the condition of increased production volumes year by year.
The reduction of energy consumption included
introduction of a smaller-sized thermal contraction furnace used in the manufacturing process.
To reduce the generation of wastes, segmented
separation of waste plastics were thoroughly
done and plastics disposed previously by
landﬁll were recycled. Due to such eﬀorts, zero
emission was achieved in March 2005. In
addition to this, we encourage our suppliers
to revise the practice of using boxes to deliverproducts to us. This has reduced the volume

of waste box disposal to a quarter.
The company s eﬀort for eco-friendly products
included promotion of controlling products containing hazardous chemical substances. Use of solder
containing lead to soldering connecters and othercomponents was totally eliminated. Besides this,use of packaging materials made of recycled
PET materials and intermediate boxes printed
by soybean ink are also promoted in the company
by which eco-friendly company management ispracticed from the design phase of products.

Akira Nagata, President
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

578

529

91

Energy Consumption
Utility Power(MWh)

Bunker A
(㎘)

9,673

103

CO2
emission(t-CO2)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)4,506
ＣＯ２Emission
FactorＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

2.0

6,000
5,000

1.5

4,000

1.0

3,000
2,000

0.5

1,000
0

2002

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

2003

ＣＯ２ emission

Planting along the main gate

Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd. 〈Taiwan〉
Established in January 1981
Address
Tel

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention
Promotion ofGreen Factories
As a Global Citizen

23614, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431‑0431

No. 355, Section 2, Nankan Road, Rutsu Shan, Tao Yuan, Taiwan+886‑3‑322‑2124

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of hybrid modules

Fuchi Electronics, as a Taiwan-based company,
contributes to preserve the global environment
and making its working environment comfortable
and safe to work to respond to the requirement ofour customers for providing green products. At
the same time, we will pursue realization ofsustainable recycling society by applying environmental management to the design and productionof FPD (ﬂat panel display) related electric parts
manufacturing.
Fuchi Electronics is promoting the following activities.
1. Promotion of environmental management system
based on ISO14001
2. Continuous improvement of environmental preservation eﬀorts by realizing the eﬀect of its products
and services on the environment and by continu
ously implementing such management technology
as upstream control, PDCA cycle (incl. environmental
policy making, planning, operation, check, correction
and revision).
3. Among the environmental impacts caused byproducts and services of Fuchi Electronics, thefollowing environmental burdens are chosen as

main theme of reducing environmental burdens.
①Provision of green products (green procurements
and promotion of lead-free),②Risk minimization (curtailment of using hazardous
chemical substances),③Prevention of global warming (energy saving),④Reduction of wastes (recycling and reuse of resources),⑤Active participation to environmental preservation
activities initiated by the communities in Taiwan
In ﬁscal 2004, the use of energy increased in thiscompany due to an increased production volume.
However, we are further placing particular emphasis
on provision of green products and risk minimization
activities.

Takashi Aramaki, President
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

318

184

58

Energy Consumption
Utility Power(MWh)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)4,944
CO2emission(t-CO2)3,411

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

2.0

4,000

1.5

3,000

1.0

2,000

0.5

1,000
0
EU Directives
A poster for raising awareness(WEEE, RoHS and EuP) seminar and education of green products

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

2002

2003

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission

Group Environmental Report 2005

Established in August 1989
Address
Tel

Kawasan Industri MM2100, Blok MM‑1 Jatiwangi Cikarang Barat, Bekasi 17520 Jawa Barat , Indonesia+62‑21‑89982111

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of alkaline batteries and lithium batteries

Hideo Yamamoto, President
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

323

※

※

Energy Consumption
Utility Power Bunker A Kerosene Light oil CO2 eq.
(MWh)
(㎘)
(㎘)
(㎘) （t-CO2)

8,574

42

17

69 4,082※Recycling of resources outsourced to resource recycling companies
is not included as the relevant data was not available.
CO2 emission was calculated using the coeﬃcient used in Japan.
CO2emission(t-CO2)5,000

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

4,000

1.0

2,000

0.5

1,000
2002

2003

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission

Internal audit education

FDK Lanka (PVT) Ltd. 〈Sri Lanka〉
Established in November 1990
Address
Tel

Ring Road 3, Phase II E.P.Z. Katunayake, Sri Lanka+94‑11‑225‑3492

Katsuhiko Kono, President
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

395

139

35

Energy Consumption
Utility Power(MWh)

10,599CO2emission(t-CO2)

Light oil(㎘)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

139

2,470

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

3,000

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

2.0
1.5

2,000

1.0
1,000
0
Waste separation boxes

Promotion of green campaign(trees planted along the wall of the factory complex)

0.5
2002

2003

As a Global Citizen

substances, the company achieved 27% reduction inusing them. As for the energy saving, improvementof facilities made to temperature control of cooling
towers for Air Conditioner and the use of powereﬃcient ﬂuorescent lights. In addition, working shift
which was made to 1 shift system and consolidation
and redesigning of facility layouts helped the per
product energy consumption decreased by 48%. The
ratio of greenery area in the plant was uplifted by
1.1%.
With the slogan of FDK Group Loves Nature for the
Future of the Earth FDK Lanka will thrive itself forenvironmental protection activities to protect the
beautiful environment of Sri Lanka.

Promotion ofGreen Factories

FDK Lanka (PVT) Ltd. was started in 1990 as acompany producing magnet heads for FDDs. In
2001, it started its environmental management
activities and obtained ISO14001 certiﬁcation in
2003. The following items were placed as targets
and promoted from ﬁscal 2002 to ﬁscal 2004 withthe objectives of protecting the global environment.
1. 20% reductions in waste generation
2. Appropriate control of eﬄuents
3. Appropriate use and control of hazardous
chemical substances
4. 40% reductions in energy consumption (perproduction)
5. 1% improvement in the ratio of greenery areain the plantThanks to the separation of wastes generated in
the plant as well as recycling activities, the volume
of wastes was reduced by 46%. In the future, ouractivities will be directed centered on reduction of
the volume of materials input.
After a revision of using hazardous chemical

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of optical devices, magnet heads for FDD and rotary transformers

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on ProductsPlanting in the plant premises

2.0
1.5

3,000

0

ＣＯ２
Emission
FactorPromotion ofGreen Procurement

eﬄuent control, reduction of using utility power andplanting around the plant premises.
Special eﬀort is placed on recycling of materials used,especially, in the battery manufacturing process fromthe view point of reducing wastes.
In ﬁscal 2004, use of utility power increased due tothe commencement of lithium coin battery production.
PT FDK Indonesia will pursue environmentallyeﬃcient businesses and sustainable company management not limited to the compliance with environmentrelated regulations and rules as well as other requirements.
<FDK Indonesia s Environmental Action>
Established the policy on Environmental ISO (2002)
Obtained ISO14001 certiﬁcation (2003)

Promotion of Environmental
Management

It was in February 2002 when PT FDK Indonesia
started its environmental management activities
based on ISO14001. Under the recognition thatenvironmental preservation activities are now apart of the social corporate responsibilities, PT
FDK Indonesia developed a series of enthusiastic
environmental protection activities and succeededin obtaining the ISO14001 certiﬁcation in June 2003
together with the quality management certiﬁcation. The company aims at eﬀective and eﬃcientcompany management through integrating quality
and labor health and safety into one management
system.
Believing that the success of realizing such company management system depends on the eﬀorts
of its employees, PT FDK Indonesia provides management system, environmental preservation
educations and OJTs to newly recruited employees to upgrade the knowledge and skill of all thepeople working in it. More precisely, the educationand training include eﬃcient utilization of global
resources, reduction of wastes, control and reduction of using hazardous chemical substances, plant

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

PT FDK Indonesia 〈Indonesia〉

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission

24Basic Policy for Environment
and Action PlanFDK TATUNG (THAILAND) CO., LTD.（FTT） 〈Thailand〉
Established in July 1991
AddressTel+66‑38‑213‑169

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of ferrite cores

Promotion of Environmental
Management

FTT produces and sells various ferrite corements, integrating its corporate management organi-electronic parts made of particles as the main

zation in the quality and environmental management

materials.

system and enhance eﬃciency of the PDCA cycle

In order to make a growth, FTT believes it essen-(plan-do-check-action).

tial to obtain enhanced customer satisfaction by

Main activities of FTT in ﬁscal 2004 included :providing high quality products and services, and

1. enhancement of wastes recycling ratio,

to realize environmental performances meeting the

2. promotion of green purchasing,expectation of the society.

3. environmental educations

In this sense, FTT pursues customer satisfactions

4. continuous improvement of pollution preventive

and ceaseless improvement of environmental

measures on the environment.

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

performances in addition to prevention of environ-

FTT is determined to continue its activities in ordermental pollutions and compliance to various laws

to protect the global environment.

and regulations.

Kazuo Hasegawa, President
Activity Data

Volume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

1,163
LPG
(ton)

13,2022,446

CO2emission(t-CO2)ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

Light oil CO2 eq.
(㎘)（t-CO2)

15

17,482a check list which is sent back to the company

8,000

after ﬁlling them by customers.

4,000

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

0
Planting in the plantpremises

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor2.0

20,00012,000

Environment andsafety education

47

Utility Power(MWh)conducts questionnaire to its customers by sending

certiﬁcation of quality and environmental manage-

542

Energy Consumption

For obtaining highest customer satisfactions, FTT

In ﬁscal 2005, FTT aims at obtaining an integrated

Fiscal 2004

Wastes

16,000

1.5
1.0
0.5
2002

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

2003

ＣＯ２ emission

Xiamen FDK Corporation 〈China〉
Established in March 1994
Address
Tel

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention
Promotion ofGreen Factories
As a Global Citizen

25

700/49 M.1 Amatanakorn Industrial Estate Bangna-Trad Rd.,Km.57 TambolBan-Kao Amphur Phan Thong, Chonburi 20160,Thailand

No. 16, Malong Road, Huli District, Xiamen, Fujian, China+86‑592‑603‑0576

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of switching power supplies, transformers, hybrid modules, stepper motors and VCOs

Being the ﬁrst production site established by FDK
in the mainland China, Xiamen FDK obtained theISO14001 certiﬁcation on January 5, 1999. Since
then, with the environmental policy of reducing
environmental burdens and improve the environment continuously by observing laws and regulations and pursuing clean production, the company
has been actively involved in energy saving, reduction of wastes, control of hazardous chemical
substances, environmental education and social
contributions.
1. Energy saving: The utility power consumed perunit of production in ﬁscal 2004 was decreased
by approx. 21% over that in ﬁscal 2002.
2. Recycling of wastes: The volume of wastes
recycled is growing year by year through theintroduction of plastic cartons and palettes.
3. Lead-free: Starting from the experiment phase inﬁscal 2002, the company has achieved the leadfree ratio of 83% in ﬁscal 2004.
4. Environmental education: Various educations
and trainings are implemented in the company
based on its annual environmental education
plan. In addition to classroom style educations,a company environmental circular is regularly
issued, and in April, annual environmental
activity reinforcement month, an environmental promotion event is held every year.

5. Social contributions: Volunteers from the company
take part in environmental cleaning campaigns
more than once a year to collect garbage at
beaches and parks, and plant trees.
6. Recognition system: Since ﬁscal 2001, the company
has been recognized as a Company of Beautiful
Garden, by the city of Xiamen every year. In
ﬁscal 2003, the company was recognized as theenvironmentally advanced company by the environmental protection bureau of the city. Followed
to this is the recognition of the advanced company of saving and total recycling of resources in
Xiamen by the Government of Xiamen City in
April 2005. Xiamen FDK will continue environmental improvement activities based on its environmental policy.

Tadao Ishida, President
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

302

261

86

Energy Consumption
Utility Power(MWh)Light oil
(㎘)

8,436
CO2
emission(t-CO2)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)8

7,913

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

12,00010,000

1.0

6,000
4,000

0.5

2,000
Volunteers of Xiamen FDK
employees taking part in thecommunity cleaning campaign

0

2.0
1.5

8,000

The garden recognized as
Beautiful Garden
by the city of Xiamen

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

2002

2003

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission

Group Environmental Report 2005

Established in August 1995
AddressTel

499 Dong Qu Road, Songjiang Industrial Zone,Shanghai, China+86‑21‑5774‑2028

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of hybrid modules and coil devices

Isamu Sasaki, President
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

212

※

※

Energy Consumption
Utility Power Natural Gas
(MWh)
（Ｋ㎥)

8,936

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

91

8,895※Recycling of resources outsourced to resource recycling
companies are not included as the relevant data was not available.
CO2
emission(t-CO2)ＣＯ２Emission
FactorＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

2.0

12,000

1.5

9,000

1.0

6,000

0.5

3,000
Lead-free coil device
production line

2002

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

2003

ＣＯ２ emission

Suzhou FDK Co., Ltd. 〈China〉
Established in June 2001
AddressTel

43 Building Fengqiao Industrial Park 158‑88 Huashan Road,Suzhou New District Jiangsu, China+86‑512‑66619392

Sumio Watanabe, President
Activity Data

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

154

71

46

Energy Consumption
Utility Power(MWh)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)4,780
CO2emission(t-CO2)

6,000

4,484

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

2.0
1.5

4,000

1.0
2,000
0
Education for environmental
preservation

A display of referencematerials on water saving

0.5
2002

2003

As a Global Citizen

5. Reduction of using water, electric power andpaper
6. Reduction of noises emitted from the factory
7. Improved control over the safety and ﬁre prevention
Due to the increased production volume, the energy
consumption tends to increase. Thus, a reduction
target (electricity consumption per unit of production)is set for using electricity.
As a course of raising awareness of all employees tothe environment, some reference documents areprepared and displayed to educate them the importance of water, scarcity of water resources and how
to save using water. Due to such educations, all thetargets for ﬁscal 2004 were successfully achieved.

Promotion ofGreen Factories

After a continued eﬀorts of environmental management activities based on ISO14001 since April
2004, Suzhou FDK successfully obtained the certiﬁcation on December 31, 2004. Even before April
2004, the company was involved in environmental
protection activities. After obtaining the international environmental standard of ISO14001 certiﬁcation, the internal environmental management
system is now ﬁrmly established as a wellorganized way.
After the introduction of EMS, the company has
enthusiastically committed itself to various environmental management activities such as eﬀect
assessment of environmental, examination of environmental laws and regulations, and setting voluntary limits. More precisely, the activities include
the following items.
1. Raising awareness of all employees to theenvironment
2. Control and reduction of wastes
3. Improved control over hazardous items
4. Reduction of using hazardous chemical substances

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of hybrid modules

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

0
Planting in the factory
premises

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

standards against electronic apparatus in the world,such as the EU Directive of RoHS, it is necessary to
grasp which hazardous chemical substances are used
in a product and to reduce them. Under the cooperation of FDK in Japan, the company investigated materials used in various products and switched productswith hazardous chemical substances to those notcontaining them in a gradual manner. As a result,Shanghai FDK has become a cadmium-free company.
The next step is to eliminate using lead.
All the employees in Shainghai FDK will thrive themselves in contributing to the protection of the global
environment by promoting persistent control on
hazardous chemical substances and strengthening
compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Shanghai FDK Corporation manufactureselectronic parts in Shanghai Songjiang Industrial
Zone. Since its establishment in 1996, Shanghai
FDK has been improving its working environmentby planting more than 1,000 trees of various types
and beautiful ﬂowers to more than 30% of the total
area of the company.
Shanghai FDK sets its management philosophy ofcontributing to the society (Shanghai, China)
through the development of the company andaction policy of manufacturing under amicablecoexistence with the nature.
In order to raise awareness of its employees
toward protection of the environment, the company has been enthusiastically involved in various
activities including distribution of an environmental protection handbook to all employees and placing a board showing the company s environmental
policy at each entrance to draw attention of
employees. In 2000, the company installed asewage treatment tank with advanced antipollution system, which was highly recognized by
Songjiang Environmental Protection Bureau.
In order to comply with severe environmental

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Shanghai FDK Corporation 〈China〉

0.02004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission

26

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

FDK (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 〈Thailand〉
Established in December 2001
Address
Tel

60/118 Navanakorn Industrial Estate Zone 3]Moo 19, Phaholyothin Road, Tambon Klongnung, Amphur Klongluang,Pathumthani 12120, Thailand+66‑2529‑4930

Business lines Manufacturing and sales of stepper motors

Promotion of Environmental
Management
Promotion ofGreen Procurement
Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

Established in December 2001 at Navanakorn
Industrial Estate Zone in Pathumthani Prefecture,
the Kingdom of Thailand, FDK (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
manufactures and sells stepper motors for oﬃce
automation equipment and automobiles. When
including the operation period of the former
Fujitsu (Thailand), the company has been in operation in Thailand for 15 years.
The environmental policy of the FDK Thailand is
described as follows.
1. Comply with relevant environmental legislation and regulation including with otherrequirements to which we subscribes.
2. Continually improve environmental performance and prevent any pollution caused by
our activity，product and service including
reduce impacts on the environment as; water,
land and atmosphere with waste management
activity.
3. Utilize of natural resources to the mostbeneﬁt and promote energy saving activity.
4. Enhance environmental preservative awareness to our employees.
FDK Thailand obtained ISO14001 certiﬁcation inJune 2003 and is involved in improving the environment of the Kingdom of Thailand.
More precisely, the activities include ① reductionof using utility power, ② reduction of wastes (separationand collection of wastes and legal disposal of them)and promotion of recycled use of them, ③ green
purchasing and using green products, ④ appropriate
treatment of eﬄuents, and ⑤ environmental investigation to our suppliers. For ① and ②, the company
implements timely measures by reporting the condition of activities at the in-house sub-committees andexamines the corrective measures for the issues ofconcerns. Environmental education to the employees
is held as necessary in the company. All employees
are required to carry a pocket size environmental
policy card distributed to them.
FDK Thailand will continue integrating the eﬀorts ofall the employees to continuously improve the environmental situation and pursue coexistence with theenvironment to make a leap forward to a growth.

EMS education scene

Fiscal 2004

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

382

352

92

Energy Consumption
Utility Power
(MWh)

LPG
(ton)

4,399
CO2
emission(t-CO2)6,000

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)94,414

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

3.0

5,000

2.5

4,000

2.0

3,000

1.5

2,000

1.0

1,000

0.5

0

EMS教育風景
Heat insulation of ceiling

2002

2003

0.0
2004 (Fiscal year)

ＣＯ２ emission

FDK Overseas Production Site Topics

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention
Promotion ofGreen Factories

Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd.

Xiamen FDK Corporation

Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd. was recognized of its Green Partner Activities and achievements in reducing and controlling
hazardous chemical substances and was awarded the Sustainable Enterprise Award of Taiwan Sustainable Development Award from the Executive Yuan. This was coveredby the "Economic Daily News," "Safety, Health and Environment Today," etc.

Xiamen FDK Corporation was recognized as an advanced
company of resource saving and recycled use in ﬁscal 2004
from the Xiamen City Government. Its eﬀorts in energy
saving, recycling and reuse of wastes as resources, introduction of a large-sized and eco-friendly generator andinformative webpage are highly evaluated.

As a Global Citizen

The plaque awarded

At the award ceremony

27

Yasunobu Nakagiri, President
Activity Data

Large-sized andeco-friendly generator

Group Environmental Report 2005

Business Activity of Fuji Denka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.

Total Pollution Investigation of Soils
and Underground Water

Phase 1

Phase 2and Detailed(Conditions)
Investigation

Phase 3(Puriﬁcation)

Condition of pollutionof the land is investigated.

Based on the investigations
in Phase 1 and 2, contaminants are removed from thesoil and underground waterin the best suitable way.

・Investigation of theland usage in the past
①Old maps and aerial
photos②Acquisition of theland register③Interviews
・Investigation of theperipheral area
①Condition of underground water contamination②Geographical investigation, etc.

・Soil gas investigation
・Surface investigation
for heavy metals, etc.
・Surface investigation
for agricultural agent,etc.
・Boring investigation
・Underground water
investigation
・Simulation analysis

・Soil Vapor Extraction(SVE)・Groundwater pumping and aeration
・Lime mixing method
・Reactive water retaining wall・Removal of soil by
digging, etc.

Investigation of Hazardous Chemical
Substances for Green Procurement
In order to manufacture an eco-friendly product, it is essential tomeasure the content of hazardous chemical substances containedin the parts and materials.
Based on the EU Directives of WEEE and RoHS, Fuji Denka provides analysis of hazardous chemical substances contained in anelectric and electronic apparatus and compliance to ELV.
Subject hazardous substances
・Cadmium ・Mercury ・Lead ・Hexavalent chromium
・PBB
・PBDE

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Possibility of pollutionof the land is investigated by examining
how it has been used.

Subject substances
・VOC (volatile organic compounds) ・Formaldehyde ・Toluene
・Xylene ・Styrene ・Others

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

Outline(Investigation by Data)

Investigation and puriﬁcation methods

Item

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Investigation and Countermeasures against Soiland Underground Water Contaminations

Many buildings recently built such as houses and school buildings
are highly air-tight and heat-insulated to enhance living comfort
and energy-saving performances. However, this is partly a causeof sick house syndrome, which allegedly occur due to a certain
chemical substances emitted from building materials, interiormaterials and furniture.
Fuji Denka has long provided measurement of sick house inducing substances in rooms of newly built houses, flats and offices.
In order to respond to the needs of measuring those substances
emitted from office equipment and materials, Fuji Denka introduced in June 2005 a chamber-type VOC emission measuring andanalyzing equipment. This equipment has a chamber of 20ℓ and
1,000ℓ that can be applied to the size of the subject for measurement and VOCs emitted from IT equipment such as a personal
computer and home electrical appliances to furniture and officeautomation equipment can be measured using the measuring
equipment.

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Fuji Denka was appointed as a designated research and investigation institute from the Minister of Environment in February 2003,
based on the Soil Contamination Measures Law under the license
number 2003-1-184. It provides an integrated research and investigation service from investigating the quality of soil and underground water including the concentration of volatile organic
compounds, heavy metals and agricultural agents to advisingassessments and measures against them, based on its abundant
experiences in this field. The assessment items covered include
Phase 1 to Phase 3 as shown in the table below.

Measurement of VOC Evaporation from Products

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Fuji Denka Research and Analysis Center is a total environmental research and analysis company established 30 years ago. Fully utilizing
the analyzing and environmental investigation technology, the company is actively involved in protection of local and corporate environment.
It serves customers by providing pollution prevention on soils and underground water, investigation and proposal on eco-friendly products,
and investigation for sick-house inducing agents.

Promotion ofGreen Factories

ICP analyzing machine

Business lines:

Environmental analysis and measurement, Environmental assessment(Analysis of air, water, noise, vibration, odor and soil contamination level, and measurement of work environment)
Investigation and removal of soil and underground water contaminants
Material analysis and reliability tests, calibration of measuring devices
Measurement of sick house causing substances and VOC emission measurement

Fuji Denka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.
Established on January 24, 1976

As a Global Citizen

Gas chromatography mass spectrometer VOC emission measurement chamber (1,000 L)(VOC-10) Made by Espec Corporation

Head Office: 2281, Wasizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Tel.+81-53--576-0841 Fax.+81-53-576-5258

28

Business Activity of FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
located in Chubu Region under the Fujitsu recycling system, it collects and recycles used personal computers and other IT equipmentfrom 13 prefectures in Tokai, Hokuriku and Kinki Region to contribute to the realization of the recycling society. In ﬁscal 2003, itachieved zero emission of wastes in handling used oﬃce automation equipment.

Fujitsu Recycling System

Major Activities in ﬁscal 2004

Promotion of Environmental
Management

In ﬁscal 2004, FDK Ecotec introduced a ﬂuorescent and a plastic
destruction machine in order to expand its lines of business. In
order to meet the requirement of protecting data from leakage,
FDK Ecotec provides data deletion services by increasing typesof media applicable.

IT equipments
Excel Japan, Ltd.

a nationwide transportation network providing
low cost transportation services

Fujitsu Recycle Center

Fujitsu Recycle Center deals with disassemblyand dismantling of the following devices andproducts under a strict control of leakage andillegal use of data contained in them.

IC for printed
circuit board

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

Waste metals

Waste parts

Collection of
precious metals

Collection of ferrous
and non-ferrous
metalsRecycled into
precious metals

Recycled intobare metals

CRT fordisplays

Waste plastics

Manuals

Crushing
High-temperature
melting treatment
Metal collection system

CRT recycling
systemRecycling systemfor blast furnace

Paper recycling
systemRecycled intobare metals

Recycled
into CRT

Reused as
an alternate fuelfor blast furnace

Reused as
paper andcardboard sheet

Fluorescent light destroying machine

Data Deletion Service
In order to serve our corporate customers to protect their data fromleakage and as a measure to respond to the Act concerning Protectionof Personal Information, FDK Ecotec provides data deletion service.
・Hard disk drives
・Floppy discs

No disposal for landﬁll

・ID cards and IC cards
・Optical discs (CDs, DVDs, and MOs)

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Transition of collection and recycling ratio

・Magnetic tapes(MTs, DLTs and DATs)

Recycling ratio (%)

Collection volume (ton)

100

3000
2500

90

2000

Promotion ofGreen Factories

1500
80

1000
500
0

'97

'98

'99

'00

'01

'02

'03

'04

Media applicable to data deletion

・Others (conﬁdential documents, vouchers and audio visual medium)70

As a Global Citizen

Licenses
・Collection and transportation of industrial wastes:
License No. 2100053003 (Gifu Prefecture)
・The range of collection and transportation:
All areas of the following prefectures: Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shizuoka and Shiga・Intermediate treatment of industrial wastes:
License No. 2120053003 (Gifu Prefecture)・Types of industrial wastes authorized to treat:
Waste plastics, metal chips, waste glass and ceramics, concrete chips(excluding those generated by new construction or refurbishment of buildings)

29

Recycled items

Applicable media:

Collection volume (ton)Promotion ofGreen Procurement

disassembly and dismantling by hand/reuse of parts

Recycling ratio (%)

Basic Policy for Environment
and Action Plan

Established in 1997, FDK Ecotec is mainly engaged in recycling of IT equipment such as a personal computer. As a recycle center

Please contact us for any speciﬁc requirements.

Lines of Business
Recycling of the following equipments■ Computers and their peripheral equipments■ Word processors, fax machines and copying machines■ Telecommunication equipments■ Automated teller machines (ATM)■ Telephone sets, mobile phones, switchboards and POS terminals■ Magnetic tapes, cassette tapes, ﬂoppy discs and conﬁdential documents■ OA discs and racks (excl. wooden racks)■ Fluorescent lights and waste plastics
FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Gifu Office478, Tsuchikura, Hirata-Cho, Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture, 503-0322
Tel.+81-584-66-4781 Fax.+81-584-66-4791

Environmental Report 2005

History of Environmental Activities (ﬁscal year)
1992 ■ Established the environmental protection preservation division.
■ Introduced mercury-free manganese dry batteries.
1993 ■ Promoted Environmental Education for new employees.
■ Eliminated to use mercury in all layer-built batteries.
■ Eliminated to use designated chloroﬂuorocarbons(Excluded Iwaki Electronics Co., Ltd. ).
1994 ■ Established "Environmental Charter".
■ Promoted Environmental Education for mid-careers.
1995 ■ Established environmental protection regulations for the FDK group.
■ Developed Environmental Action Plan.
■ Established FDK Environmental Protection Committee.
■ Fully eliminated to use designated CFCs in all plants.
■ Fully eliminated to use of trichloroethane.
1996 ■ Established the Environmental Protection Standard Committee.
■ Established the Environmental Protection Standard.
1997 ■ Launched activities to acquire ISO14001 certiﬁcation.
■ Issued the ﬁrst issue of environmental news.
■ Recruited and selected on the FDK environmental slogan.
■ Established the environmental protection system for ISO14001.

The uniforms have changed to thereproduction of PET bottles.

1998 ■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcations at ﬁve domestic plants.
■ Renamed the environmental protection preservation division as the environmental management division.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in Xiamen FDK Corporation as a ﬁrst plant in overseas.
1999 ■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcations at additional three plants.
■ Announced the result of soil contamination state investigation.
■ Executed countermeasures on soil contamination.
2000 ■ Established the Environmental Action Plan for the second term.
■ Joined "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Received Fujitsu Environmental Contribution Prize.
■ Introduced a cogeneration system at Kosai plant.
■ Changed uniforms to reproductions using recycled fabrics from PET bottles.
2001 ■ Issued the Environmental Report 2001.
■ Ranked 115th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Participated in the environmental activities organized by JIFPRO(Japan International Forestry Promotion and Corporation Center).
■ Started operation of PRTR chemical management system.
■ Established in-house reuse systems of OA equipment.
2002 ■ Established the "FDK Environmental Policy".
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2002.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in two overseas plants and one domestic plant.
■ Renamed the environmental management division as the quality and environment technology center.
■ Ranked 208th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Expanded in-house reuse systems of OA equipment.
■ Promoted various company-wide campaigns.
Energy conservation campaign
Environmental enlightenment campaign
Reduction campaign for copy numbers
Eco driving and idling stop campaign
2003 ■ Established the Environmental Action Plan for the third term.
■ Posted environmental educational posters of the FDK group drawn by corporate members and their families.
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2003.
■ Ranked 141st in "Environmental Management Survey " conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Introduced the database system(ECO-DB) of the FDK group on the environmental burden of chemical substances.
■ Received Fujitsu Environmental Contribution Prize.
2004 ■ Renamed the quality and environment technology center as the environment technology center.
■ Established the Contained Chemical Substances Management Committee.
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2004.
■ Ranked 124th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Awarded the prize for the excellent energy management factory (electric section) in FY2004 by the Chubu Bureau
of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in all FDK Group plants.
■ Achieved zero waste emissions in all domestic plants.
30

FDK CORPORATION

Date of Issue : September 2005
Issuer : Kuniyoshi Nishida,
Senior Manager of Environment Technology Center
Editor : Hideharu Doi, Environment Technology Center
FDK Group loves Nature for the Future of the Earth

Inquiries : 2281 Washizu, Kosai-Shi, Shizuoka 431-0495, Japan
TEL : 053-575-2506
FAX : 053-575-2560

Made with 100% recycled paper.

This booklet was made of 100% recycled paper and usedenvironment-friendly ink made of botanical soybean oil.

URL : http://fdk.co.jp
E-mail : emc@fdk.co.jp
DTP Preparation and Print : F3 Design