History of Environmental Activities (fiscal year)■ Establishment of the Environmental Protection Preservation Division■ Totally eliminates mercury from its manganese dry batteries

1993■ Begins providing environmental education to new employees■ Totally eliminates mercury from its laminated batteries■ Totally eliminates the use of speciﬁed chloroﬂuorocarbons (with the exception of Iwaki Electronics Co., Ltd.)1994■ Establishment of the Environmental Charter■ Begins providing environmental education to mid-career employees

1995■ Establishment of company-wide environmental protection regulations■ Establishment of the Environmental Action Plan
■ Establishment of the FDK Environmental Protection Committee■ Totally eliminates the use of speciﬁed chloroﬂuorocarbons at all plants■ Totally eliminates the use of trichloroethane

1996■ Establishment of the Environmental Protection Standard Committee■ Establishment of the Environmental Protection Standards

1997■ Commencement of activities for the acquisition of ISO 14001 certiﬁcation■ Publication of the ﬁrst issue of Environmental News
■ Holds a contest for FDK environmental slogan■ Creation of an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System

1998■ Acquisition of ISO 14001 certiﬁcation at ﬁve domestic plants■ The Environmental Protection Preservation Division is renamed the Environmental Management Division■ Xiamen FDK Corporation becomes the ﬁrst overseas plant to acquire ISO 14001 certiﬁcation

1999■ Three additional domestic and overseas plants acquire ISO 14001 certiﬁcation.
■ Disclosure of the soil contamination survey results■ Commencement of soil contamination measures

2000■ Establishment of the Second Environmental Action Plan
■ Receives The Fujitsu Group Environmental Contribution Prize■ Introduction of a cogeneration system at the Kosai plant■ Adopts work uniforms made with recycled PET bottle fabric

2001■ Publication of FDK Environmental Report 2001
■ Participation in JIFPRO (The Japan International Forestry Promotion and Cooperation Center)■ Commences operation of the PRTR chemical management system■ Organizes a ﬂea market for the reuse of in-house oﬃce supplies

2002■ Establishment of the FDK Environmental Policy■ Publication of FDK Environmental Report 2002
■ Acquisition of ISO 14001 certiﬁcation by one domestic and two overseas plants■ The Environmental Management Division is renamed the Quality and Environment Technology Center■ Fortiﬁes in-house ﬂea market to promote further reuse■ Conducts the following company-wide campaigns : Energy conservation campaign
Environmental awareness campaign
Copy paper reduction campaign
Ecological driving and no-idling campaign

2003■ Establishment of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■ Holds a contest for the FDK Group Environmental Awareness Poster■ Publication of FDK Environmental Report 2003
■ Introduction of the FDK Group environmentally harmful chemical database (ECO-DB)■ Receives The Fujitsu Group Environmental Contribution Prize

2004■ The Quality and Environment Technology Center is renamed the Environment Technology Center■ Establishment of the Contained Chemical Substances Management Committee■ Publication of FDK Environmental Report 2004
■ Receives the prize for Excellent Factory Energy Management (for the electrical industry) from the Director-General of the Chubu Bureau of Economy,
Trade and Industry, METI
■ All FDK Group production sites, both domestic and overseas, complete acquisition of ISO 14001 certiﬁcation.
■ All domestic plants achieve zero waste emissions

2005■ Acquisition of ISO 14001 certiﬁcation by Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd. at the Taichong plant, established in April 2005
■ Publication of FDK Environmental Report 2005
■ Small-size chip inductor MIPF2520D series becomes FDK s ﬁrst super green product2006■ Establishment of the Fourth Environmental Action Plan
■ Publication of FDK Social and Environmental Report 2006
■ Acquisition of ISO 17025 certiﬁcation by Fujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.

2007

■ Publication of FDK Social and Environmental Report 2007

Management andOrganizational Structure

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