● Progress in Environmental Management

1972

Company-Wide Regulations 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”

Head Office : 6-1, Marunouchi 2-Chome,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8322 JapanFounded : 1884
Changed firm name : 1920

1993

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

1994

Committee for Company-Wide Promotion of Energy Conservation
started

1996

Speciﬁed CFCs and trichloroethane completely eliminated from thecompany

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
startedChiba 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

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

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

Paid-in Capital : 69.2 billion yen
Number of employees : 4,922
Works : Chiba works, Nikko works, Hiratsuka
works, Mie works, Osaka works, Yokohama
R&D Laboratories
Sales Offices : Kansai Branch Office, Chubu
Branch Office, Kyushu Branch Office
Research Laboratories : Yokohama R&DLaboratories, Metal Research Center, Ecology &Energy Laboratory, FITEL Photonics Laboratory,
Automotive Technology Center(As of April 1, 2005)* The Shinagawa works in this report became the Head Officeof VISCAS in January 2005. The Kambara works closed inMarch 2005.

■ Total Sales (Consolidated)(Billion yen)
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20002000

2001

2002

2003

2004 (fiscal year)■ Sales Composition Ratio(Consolidated)

Medium-Term Plan for Environment Preservation Activities 2002
formulated (for 2001 - 2002)
Shinagawa works acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcationEnvironmental accounting started to be disclosed

20%

Electronics andAutomotive Systems

Telecommunications

15%

Energy andIndustrial Products

23%Light Metals

Nikko works acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation
Yokohama Laboratories acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation
Green Procurement Preparation Committee started

28%

Metals14%

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 Management started
Seminar for executives of consolidated companies held
Medium-Term Plan for Environment Preservation Activities 2005
revised (for 2003 - 2005)
Renamed from “Safety, Environment and Health Promotion
Department” to “Safety, Environment and Quality Promotion
Department”
Green Product Management Committee started

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Information Disclosure on Web site
On our Web site, we disclose how
Furukawa Electric is promoting its environmental preservation initiatives, andpresent past environmental reports in
PDF format.
Furukawa Electric’s Web site

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