Furukawa Electric’s Progress in Environmental Management / Company Overview

1972

Company-Wide Rules for Pollution Prevention formulated

1974

Environmental Control Department established
Energy-Conservation Team started

1989Team for Reduction in Use of Specified CFCs started

1992

Renamed from Team for Reduction in Use of Specified CFCs
to Team for Reduction in Use of Ozone Layer Depletion Substances

1993“Basic Framework for Protecting the Global Environment”
formulated (Furukawa Electric’s voluntary plan of environmental preservation)

Sales Offices : Kansai Branch Office, Chubu Branch Office,1994

Committee for Company-Wide Promotion of Energy Conservation started

Research Laboratories : Y okohama R&D Laboratories, Metal Research Center,

1996

Specified CFCs and trichloroethane completely eliminatedfrom the company

1997

Team for Promotion of Reduction in Industrial Waste started

1998

Furukawa Electric Basic Environmental Policy formulated
Central Committee for Environmental Management started
Committee for the Development of Environmentally Friendly
Products started
Chiba Works acquired ISO14001 certification
Mie Works acquired ISO14001 certification
Company-Wide Regulations for Environmental Management
formulated revising the “Company-Wide Regulations for Pollution Prevention”

1999

Safety, Environment and Health Promotion Department started, incorporating the Environment Control Department andthe Safety Control Divisions

2000

Ecology and Energy Laboratory established
Liaison Meeting with Affiliated Companies established
Environmental Report began to be issued
Meeting of Environmental Personnel started
Hiratsuka Works acquired ISO14001 certification
Osaka Works acquired ISO14001 certification

2001

Medium-Term Plan for Environmental Preservation Activities
2002 formulated (for 2001-2002)
Environmental accounting disclosed

2002

Nikko Works acquired ISO14001 certification
Yokohama Laboratories* acquired ISO14001 certification(*current Yokohama Works)
Green Procurement Preparation Committee started

2003

Furukawa Electric Basic Environmental Policy revised
Medium-Term Plan for Environment Preservation Activities
2005 formulated (for 2003-2005)
Green Procurement Executive Committee started
Liaison Meeting of Consolidated Environmental Managementstarted
Seminar for managers of consolidated companies held

2004

Medium-Term Plan for Environment Preservation Activities
2005 revised
Renamed from Safety, Environment and Health Promotion
Department to Safety, Environment and Quality Promotion
Department

2005

Green Product Management Committee started

2006

Midium-Term Plan for Environment Preservation Activities
2009 formulated (for 2006-2009)

Head Office: 2-3, Marunouchi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JapanFounded : 1884
Changed firm name : 1920
Paid-in Capital : 69.3 billion yen
Number of employees : 4,350
Works : Chiba Works, Nikko Works, Hiratsuka Works, Mie Works, Osaka Works,
Yokohama Works
Kyushu Branch Office
Ecology & Energy Laboratory, FITEL Photonics Laboratory, Automotive Technology Center(As of March 31, 2006)

Performance
Total Sales (Consolidated)

Sales Composition Ration(Consolidated)(100 million yen))

Telecommunications

15％
Electronics andAutomotive Systems

21％

Metals14％
Light Metals

23％

Services and Others
Energy andIndustrial Products 4％

23％(Fiscal year)

Information Disclosure on Our Website
On our Website, we are disclosing how Furukawa Electric is promoting its environmental preservation initiatives, and we are presenting previously published environmental
reports, along with this one, in PDF format. Those can be obtained at the following
Furukawa Electric Website.

http://www.furukawa.co.jp/english/
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