Furukawa Electric GroupCSR Report
2008Furukawa Elec tric Group Philosophy
CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY
Drawing on more than a century of expertise in the development and fabrication of advanced materials, wewill contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through continuous technological innovation.

MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY
With an eye to the future, we at the Furukawa Electric Group pledge to:. Live up to the expectations and trust invested in us by society, with fairness and integrity.
. Apply the sum total of our expertise to satisfy our customers and grow with them.
. Continuously strive to achieve world-class technological innovation, and transform ourselves in every areaof endeavor.
. Nurture human resources at every level, so that we can become a more diverse and creative organization.

The Furukawa Electric Group Credo
1. Maintain high ethical standards, and value honesty and integrity above all.
2. Continually improve, innovate, and lead, in every area of endeavor.
3. Take a hands-on approach that addresses the reality of every situation - in the office, at the factory, and onsite.
4. Be proactive - take the initiative and work with others, persevering until a solution is found.
5. Maintain open channels of communication between departments and divisions, so that we can share ideals
and help each other grow.

Editorial Policy
Scope of this Report
Organizations Covered
This Report covers The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and all members of the Furukawa Electric Group, including affiliated companies.

Scope of Themes Covered
1) The economy
Furukawa Electric and its consolidated subsidiaries (110 companies)
2) The environment and society
Furukawa Electric and all companies participating in the Liaison
Meeting for Consolidated Environmental Management** R efer to the List of Companies Participating in the Liaison
Meeting for Consolidated Environmental Management.

Period Covered
From April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008
Includes selected information on past initiatives and activities
during fiscal 2008.

1

Editorial Policy
Furukawa Electric first started to issue Environmental Reports
in fiscal 2000. Reflecting the growing need to also disclose information relating to social matters in recent years however, we
decided to change the name of our fiscal 2006 publication to
the Environmental and Social Report. Following organizational
reforms in February 2007, we established a CSR Division and havesince stepped up our CSR management activities. We consequently renamed this publication the “CSR Report” in 2007 andhave since included information covering a broader range of areas,
including both social and financial matters.
T his R e p o r t has b e e n co mp il e d w ith re f e re n ce to th e
Environmental Reporting Guidelines (Fiscal 2007 version) published by the Ministry of the Environment.

Contents
Message ...................................................... . . . . . . . 3

Management
The Furukawa Electric Group Basic CSR Policy .. . . . . . . 5

List of Companies Participating in the Liaison
Meeting for Consolidated Environmental
Management
Company Name

Environmental
Accounting

Access Cable Company○

Asahi Electric Works Co., Ltd.

○

Inoue Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

○NTEC Ltd.

○

F-CO Co., Ltd.

Corporate Governance . ................................. . . . . . . 6
CSR Management . ....................................... . . . . . . . 7
Compliance ................................................. . . . . . . . 8

Economic Performance
Furukawa Electric Group Overview and Financial Report .. . . 9

FCM Co., Ltd.
Okano Electric Wire Co., Ltd.

○

Okumura Metals Co., Ltd.

○

Kyowa Electric Wire Co., Ltd.
The Zaikoo Co., Ltd.

Relationship with our Customers . ................... . . . . . 11

Sunsunny Industry Co., Ltd.
Shodensha Co., Ltd.

○

Relations with our Shareholders and Investors .. . . . . 13
Relations with our Suppliers . .......................... . . . . 14

Seiwa Giken Inc.
Totoku Electric Co., Ltd.

Social Performance○

FITEC Corporation

Relations with our Employees ........................ . . . . . 15

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

○

Involvement with Society and Local Communities .. . . 19

Furukawa Circuit Foil Co., Ltd.

○Social Contribution Activities at Individual Works .. . . . 22

Furukawa Sangyo Kaisha Ltd.
Furukawa C&B Co., Ltd.
Furukawa Industrial Plastics Co., Ltd.

○

Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corporation○

Environmental Performance

Furukawa Engineering & Construction Inc.

○

Furukawa Electric Group Basic Environmental Policy . . . . 24

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.

○The Furukawa Electric Engineering Service Co., Ltd.

○

Environmental Management Targets and Performance .. . . 25

Furukawa Electric Industrial Cable Co., Ltd.

○The Furukawa Battery Co. Ltd.

○

Furukawa Precision Engineering Co., Ltd.

Environmental Management System .............. . . . . . 26
Environmental Risk Management .................... . . . . 27
Business Activities and their Environmental Impact . . . 28

Furukawa Logistics Corporation
Furukawa Life Service Inc.
Miharu Communications Inc.

○

Riken Electric Wire Co., Ltd.

○

Companies marked with a “○” in the Environmental Accounting column implement
environmental accounting*1) T.H. Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. became the Hachinohe Plant of the Access Cable
Company in April 2008.
*2) Furukawa Infonet Products Co. Ltd. changed its name to Furukawa C&B Co. Ltd. in
December 2007 and assumed control of business activities from Broad Wireless
Corporation in April 2008.

Environmental Accounting ............................. . . . . 29
Producing Environmentally Friendly Products . . . . . . 30
Efforts to Prevent Global Warming .................. . . . . 34
Zero Emission Activities . ............................... . . . . . 36
Chemical Substance Management ................. . . . . . 37
Environmental Preservation Data ................... . . . . . 38

Inquiries
Safety and Environment Promotion Department, CSR Division
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
TEL: +81-45-311-1334 FAX: +81-45-311-1931

Initiatives at Affiliated Companies . ................. . . . . . 39
Third-Party Opinion ....................................... . . . . 41
History of Furukawa Electric’s CSR Activities ..... . . . . 42

2

Message

Striving towards a sustainable society
through social contribution activities andenvironmentally friendly product development

Masao Yoshida
President & Chief Operating Officer
Through tireless technological innovation revolving around ourcore material capabilities built up over more than a century, weat the Furukawa Electric Group have continued to work towards
our vision of becoming a highly profitable corporate group with astrong global presence whilst consistently basing our operations
on an underlying philosophy of contributing to the realization of agenuinely successful and sustainable society.
In the face of mounting global issues such as the environment and poverty, we recognize that our activities as a company
depend on the development of a sustainable, stable society.
We will therefore continue to contribute to society through thefurther advancement of Furukawa Electric’s technology and thedevelopment of products that will help preserve the environment
and enrich people’s lives.
As President, I have set out a five-pronged policy for the
Furukawa Electric Group for fiscal 2008; (1) reinforcing our business foundations, (2) improving product capabilities to ensurethat we are our customers’ first choice, (3) restructuring our business portfolio, (4) stepping up environmental initiatives and social
contribution activities and (5) raising awareness of the Group
Philosophy and reforming our corporate culture. The first of thesegoals, reinforcing our business foundations, will include emphasizing underlying safety and quality, stepping up internal control
activities and prioritizing compliance and reflects my intention to
focus on the fundamental aspects of our business.
I have earmarked the process of stepping up environmental
initiatives and social contribution activities as one of my top priorities for this year in particular. In terms of environmental initiatives, we will continue to work towards reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and achieving zero emissions based on the 3Rs, whilst
also developing environmentally friendly products and promoting green procurement. As 2008 marks the beginning of the firstcommitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, we intend to tackle
the global issue of reducing greenhouse gases, with renewed
determination. In addition to stepping up the pace of the various
measures that we have implemented to date, this year we are also3

aiming to focus extensively on the promotion of new concepts
and more effective initiatives. We will ensure that all of our initiatives, including contributing to the development of energy efficient environmentally friendly products and participating in Team
Minus 6%, are implemented on a groupwide basis at all of ourmanufacturing and non-manufacturing bases.
In terms of social contribution activities, in May we set out
the Furukawa Electric Group Basic Policy on Social Contribution
Activities and outlined our commitment to consistently and tirelessly undertake social activities, revolving primarily around three
categories; nurturing future generations, promoting sport andculture and living side by side with local communities. In addition
to contributing to society through our core business activities, we
also intend to harness the extensive human resources and facilities at the Furukawa Electric Group’s disposal in order to help create a sustainable society and strengthen the bonds that we havebuilt up with local communities over more than a century.
Having set out a medium-term business plan in the form ofInnovations 09, the Furukawa Electric Group will continue to makeevery effort to sustain R&D and capital investment, particularly
in our four priority fields (the auto industry, electronic components, photonics/network technology and the environment),
and improve asset efficiency through initiatives such as reducing
inventory assets and accounts receivable, with our sights set on
the target of consolidated sales of ¥1.25 trillion in fiscal 2009.
Based on the notion that corporate value depends on the balance that a company strikes between profitability, environmental
protection and social contribution (the so-called “triple bottomline”), we intend to focus on communication with our customers,
employees, shareholders, members of local communities and allof our other stakeholders in an effort to develop our business andachieve our targets in line with the needs and expectations ofsociety as a whole.
We look forward to receiving your honest feedback regarding
our initiatives.

Expanding CSR activities so as to respondquickly and effectively to society’s needs andenvironmental changes

Tetsuya Sato
Director, Member of the Board, Chief Social Responsibility Officer
In light of a spate of product-related and corporate scandals,
earthquakes and other natural disasters and the increasing globalization of corporate activities, companies are facing stricter
requirements to fulfill their social responsibilities than ever before.
In addition to reliably carrying out their core business operations,
including guaranteeing the safety and quality of products andservices and ensuring compliance, companies also have a responsibility to protect the environment and contribute to their local
communities and society as a whole.
Based on an underlying desire to ensure that the Furukawa
Electric Group as a whole contributes to the realization of agenuinely successful and sustainable society in accordance with
our new Group Philosophy and Basic CSR Policy, we continue topromote business activities geared towards striking a three-way
balance between profitability, environmental protection andsocial contribution. We have therefore established a CSR and Risk
Management Committee (run by the CSR Division) consisting of
the Chairman, President, Company Presidents and Chief Officers
under the supervision of the Board of Directors, the core of ourcorporate governance operations. This enables our management
staff to implement CSR and risk management activities based on agroupwide framework.
In addition to planning, implementing and providing support
for measures ranging from compliance, risk management andsafety through to environmental and social contribution activities, our CSR Division also monitors groupwide activities and takes
appropriate action as and when necessary to ensure that our CSR
activities run smoothly and effectively.
Our main initiatives at present include organizing training inareas such as legislation and corporate ethics, reinforcing compliance, assessing groupwide risks and formulating business contingency plans (BCP), ensuring quality control, managing key risks inareas such as information security, reducing energy consumption
and CO2 from production and shipping, contributing to life cycle
assessment (LCA) through initiatives such as the development oflightweight products, expanding our range of eco-products ona groupwide basis, putting the 3Rs into practice (e.g. reducing
waste), implementing groupwide soil pollution measures, promoting green supplier schemes and CSR procurement initiatives,
opening up our facilities for use by local communities, taking partin local events and actively promoting employment for people
with disabilities.
In addition to providing further details of these and other initiatives in this CSR Report, we make the most of every opportunity tomeet and discuss business activities with our stakeholders, including at events such as last year’s Furukawa Innovation Expo ’07 andvarious exhibitions and presentations. We also make every effort
to provide our overseas stakeholders with details of our activities
through the distribution of an English version of this CSR Report
via our overseas bases and other facilities. We hope you will all
continue to provide us with feedback and keep us informed of any
requests.
We will continue to improve communication with all of our
stakeholders, who represent the cornerstone of our CSR activities, and expand the Furukawa Electric Group’s CSR activities as awhole so as to respond quickly and effectively to society’s needs
and environmental changes in the future.

4

Management

The Furukawa Electric Group Basic CSR Policy

Each of the companies that make up the Furukawa Electric Group undertakes CSR activities in accordance with the following basic Group policy.

Basic Policy
We fully recognize the responsibilities of the Furukawa Electric Group to society and will strive to maintain and improveon solid, friendly relationships with all of our stakeholders and contribute to the sustainable development of society
through corporate, environmental and social activities.

We carry out all of our activities in line with the above policy, striking a balance between corporate, environmental andsocial contribution activities.
As a basic philosophy underpinning our CSR activities, we have also prepared a set of Furukawa Electric Group Action
Guidelines.

Furukawa Electric Group Action Guidelines
The officials and employees of the Furukawa Electric Group will perform their duties in accordance with the following action
guidelines.
We, the Company officials and employees of the Furukawa Electric Group, will:(1) Fully recognize the responsibilities of the Furukawa Group to society and strive to maintain and improve on solid, friendly relationships with all of our stakeholders and contribute to the sustainable development of society through corporate,environmental and social activities.
(2) Aim to create a company that is useful to society by developing products designed to aid the development of society
and by providing reliable products and services.
(3) Comply with domestic and international laws and regulations and act in accordance with internal regulations and otherrules such as social norms and ethics.
(4) Properly display and adequately disclose financial statements and other corporate information.
(5) Deal with antisocial groups in a resolute manner.
(6) Strive to act with consideration for the protection of the global environment.
(7) Respect human rights, cultures and traditions as a member of the international community.
(8) Create a company whose employees feel motivated, comfortable and fulfilled.
(9) Continuously strive to undertake social contribution activities based around the core aims of nurturing future generations, promoting sport and culture and living in harmony with local communities, as well as business-related activities, inorder to maintain and strengthen community ties built up over centuries and create a better tomorrow for future generations.

Our CSR Code of Conduct meanwhile acts as a set of standards for specific conduct.

CSR Code of Conduct(1) Compliance with legislation and restrictions(2) Reliable, safe and environmentally friendly products and services(3) Fair competition(4)	Compliance with overseas business and international trade legislation
and restrictions(5)	Information management and adequate disclosure(6)	Respect for health, safety, human rights and the rights of others(7)	Executive and employee duties

5

Corporate Governance

Board of Directors and Board of Corporate Auditors
The Board of Directors holds regularboard meetings each month and extraordinar y board meetings as and whennecessary to speed up decision making.
There is also a support structure in placeenabling outside directors and auditors toattend meetings provided that they have asufficiently in-depth understanding of theissues being discussed, with the opinionsof outside officials respected as part ofthe decision making process. It is throughmeasures such as these that we ensurethat the Board of Directors is able to suf-

ficiently function in an operational monitoring and supervisory capacity as thecore of our corporate governance operations. We have also set up a CSR and Risk
Management Committee under the supervision of the Board of Directors, consisting of the Chairman, President, Company
Presidents and Chief Officers. This acts asa framework for the promotion of CSR andrisk management activities from an overall
groupwide perspective.
We place great impor tance on thefunction performed by our Corporate

Auditors and Board of Corporate
Auditors, which are independent of theBoard of Directors, and have incorporated the establishment of a Board ofAuditors into the institutional designof the Company itself. Based on close
collaboration between our Corporate
Auditors, Accounting Auditors and theCSR Division, which acts as our auditing
department, including sharing information and exchanging opinions, we continue to make every effort to strengthen
our auditing capabilities.

are run by the Company Presidents andoperations relating to matters such asgroupwide strategies, resource allocation and administration are handled by
the relevant Chief Officer. Details of suchoperations are then reported back to theBoard of Directors on a quarterly basis.

Operational Performance
Our operational structure is based on
a company system and a chief officer
system. Under the supervision of the
President, who is responsible for overall
operational performance, operations
Corporate Governance Organization Chart
Shareholders’ Meeting
Monitoring and Supervision

Appoints

Appoints

Board of Directors

Audits accounts

Accounting
Auditors
Board ofCorporate Auditors Submit reports

12 Directors(including three outside directors)
Submits proposals and reports

CSR and Risk Management Committee
Chairman, President, Chief Officers, Company Presidents

Submits reports,
attends meetings Four Corporate Auditors
and audits(including two outside auditors)t4DSFFOSFQPSUTSFMBUJOHUPCVTJOFTTt&YBNJOFTTUBUVTPGPQFSBUJPOTBOEBTTFUTSpecial Committees$FOUSBM$PNNJUUFFGPS&OWJSPONFOUBM.BOBHFNFOU
Central Compliance Committee
etc.

Monitors

Business Operation

Appoints

Collaboration
between auditst%FDJTJPOPGDSJUJDBMNBUUFSSFMBUJOHUP
business operationt4VQFSWJTFTCVTJOFTTPQFSBUJPOt4DSFFOSFQPSUTSFMBUJOH
to accountingt&YBNJOFTUBUVTPG
operations and assets

Appoints

Chairman & CEO
President & COO
Advises

Submit reports

Direction

Internal Audits(CSR Division)

Chief Officers

Management Committee
Chairman, President, Chief Officers, Company Presidents
Provide support and guidanceBusiness
operations

Company Presidents

Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corporation

5FMFDPNNVOJDBUJPOT$PNQBOZ &OFSHZBOE*OEVTUSJBM1SPEVDUT$PNQBOZ .FUBMT$PNQBOZ &MFDUSPOJDTBOE"VUPNPUJWF4ZTUFNT$PNQBOZ

Light Metals Company

Affiliate Companies

Other Affiliate companies

6Management

CSR Management

CSR Promotion Framework
To strengthen and improve our CSR
activities, the Furukawa Electric Groupestablished a CSR Division, headed bya Chief Social Responsibilit y Of f icer
(CSRO). The CSR Division consists of an
Auditing Department, an Export Security
Administration Department, a Safety andEnvironment Promotion Department
and an Administration Department. In

addition to stepping up all-round monitoring of corporate activities from thestandpoint of CSR, encompassing areasfrom internal control, compliance and risk
management to safety, environmental
protection and social contribution, andundertaking CSR activities on a standardized basis, we now have the frameworkin place to be able to take any necessary

action should problems arise, for example investigating allegations and thecauses of problems, instituting remedialor preventive measures and releasingstatements, to deal with all eventualities
quickly and appropriately.

CSR Promotion Framework

Board of Directors

President

CSR and Risk Management Committee

CSRO

CSR Division

Compliance Committee
Central Committee for Environmental Management
Central Safety and Health Committee
Central Quality Control Committee

Basic CSR Policy

In-housecompanies

In addition to our CSR activities, theFurukawa Electric Group has also set up
a Quality Promotion Department under
the supervision of our Chief Production
Officer (CPO). We are undertaking quality
control activities for all of our products,
which represent the foundations of our

7

Domestic affiliatecompanies

International affiliatecompanies

social responsibilities as a manufacturer.
Elsewhere, we are putting in place thenecessary framework in response to theso-called Japanese SOX Act, revolving
primarily around an established projectteam, and are making every effort toenhance our corporate value throughthe establishment of a comprehensive
internal control system, including steps
such as striving to maintain and improve
the reliability of financial reporting on agroupwide basis.

Compliance

Compliance
The Furukawa Electric Group definescompliance as “going beyond simply
abiding by laws and regulations by actingin accordance with the values and ethics
required of the Company and its employees as responsible members of society.”
Work ing to the Furuk awa Elec tric

Group Action Guidelines as our basic
philosophy on ethical and legal compliance, we continue to promote in-house
education, inspections to prevent any
infringements on the law and a range ofother compliance-related activities. We
have put together a Central Compliance

Committee, chaired by the Chief Social
Responsibility Officer (CSRO), to organize
the promotion of compliance activities,
with subordinate compliance committees also in place at individual works andbranches around the country.

Compliance Education
Having compiled a set of CSR Codeof Conduct and CSR Code of Conduct
Manual containing additional explanations, both based on our Furukawa
Electric Group Action Guidelines, we combined the publications with a message
from the President into a booklet called
the CSR Compliance Handbook, which we

distribute to all officials and employees aspart of our ongoing educational schemes
targeting compliance in the workplace.
We also organize compliance training for
newly appointed directors, management
staff and new recruits.

CSR Compliance Handbook

Internal Reporting System
To enable early detection of compliance violations and corrective action,
we operate a system whereby company
officials and employees can file anonymous reports directly with the Central
Compliance Commit tee (namely, aninternal reporting system). Using a proprietary system developed by Furukawa

Electric, the system includes features suchas the ability to receive reports whereby
the reporting party remains anonymous
whilst still exchanging emails between
the reporting party and the Company,
including feedback to the reporting partyon the Company's response to the matter.
We have also set up an external report-

ing system via an outside organization.
The findings of investigations into reported matters and details of the Company’s
response are reported to the Board of
Directors as appropriate.

and monitors progress accordingly in aneffort to minimize risks.
In fiscal 2007 we started to formulatea business contingency plan (BCP) to be
implemented in the event of a large-scale
natural disaster or similar event and put
in place an initial response framework,

including the introduction of a system toconfirm the safety of all employees. Overthe course of fiscal 2008, we will continue
to expand our large scale natural disaster BCP and start working on plans in
response to an outbreak of a new strain of
influenza.

Risk Management
The CSR and Risk Management
Committee runs risk assessments every
year to identify any potential risks. All
risks facing the Group are then assigned
an order of priority. The CSR and Risk
Management Committee devises
response plans for major groupwide risks

8Economic Performance

Furukawa Electric Group Overview and Financial Report
Furukawa Electric was established in 1884, at which time it dealt mainly in electric wire and wrought copper products. These days, Furukawa Electric operates on a global scale in five businesses: telecommunications, energy and industrial products, metals, electronics and automotive systems and light metals.
Corporate Profile

Domestic BasesName:

The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

President:
Founded:
Sales:

Masao Yoshida
1884

Head Office:2-3, Marunouchi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Works: 5(Nikko, Chiba, Hiratsuka, Mie and Osaka)
Branch Offices, Branches and Sales Offices: 10
Research Laboratories: 5
(Yokohama R&D Laboratories, Metal Research Center,
Ecology & Energy Laboratory, FITEL Photonics
Laboratory and Automotive Technology Center)

1,174.2 billion yen (fiscal 2007)

Number of employees: 37,669 (as of March 31, 2008)

Overseas Bases
67 bases in 18 countries
Asia: 49
North andSouth America: 13
Europe: 5

Results
Net Sales (Consolidated)

Net Income

Total Assets（100 million yen）

（100 million yen）

（100 million yen）

12,00011,047

10,000
8,000

8,725

2003
0
-1,401-300

12,000

158
2004

255
2005

298
2006

152
2007 （Fiscal
year）

10,000

6,000

4,000

-900

4,000

2,000

-1200

2,000

-1500

0

0

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007（Fiscal
year）

11,106
9,913

10,522

10,967

2005

2006

10,147

8,000

-600

6,000 7,399

9

7,759

11,742

300

2003

2004

2007 （Fiscal
year）

Main Business Segments
Main Business Segments

Services and others (3.6%)

Electronics and automotive systems (21.2%)

Light metals (20.4%)

Three Core Materials

Business Segments

Telecommunications (12.9%)

Energy and industrial products (24.9%)

Metals (16.9%)

Main Products

Main Customers

Telecommunications
Optical fibers and cables
LasersCommunications

Optical amplifiers

Communication equipment

Networking equipment

Energy and Industrial Products
Optics

Copper wire rods
Industrial power cables
Microcellular foam
Semiconductor processing tapes

Nonferrous
MetalsSynthesis
andProcessing

MetalsPower
Railways
Electrical machinery
Construction

Copper foil
Wrought copper products for electronics

Electronic equipment
and electrical machinery

Air conditioner copper piping

Construction

Superconducting wire

Electronics and Automotive Systems

Wire harnesses for automobile
Electronic components
Comp onent s for ele ctronic equipment

Plastics

Automobiles
Electronic equipment
and electrical machinery

Magnet wires
Light Metals (Furukawa-Sky)

Aluminum can stock
Aluminum tank materials Can manufacturingfor LNG vessels
Shipbuilding
Aluminum materials for Aircraft
semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Electrical machinery
Processed aluminum products10Social Performance

Relationship with our Customers

Qualit y Control Polic y
At every stage of our operations, from research and development to manufacturing, sales, customer
service and management, in all sections and all hierarchies, we always strive to adhere to a PDCA management cycle based on actual facts, maintain and improve our products, customer service and thequality of our operations and put our management policies into practice.
A Brief History of Quality Control Activities
Furukawa Electric established a Quality
Control Committee in 1949 and commenced educational activities to raise
employees' awareness of statistical methods and other aspects of quality control
at all our plants. This enabled us to significantly increase quality levels, as well as
increasing operational stability and effi-

ciency. Our quality control initiatives wererecognized in 1952 as Furukawa Electric
was awarded the Deming Application
Prize for achieving distinctive performance improvement through the application of TQM.
In an effort to maintain and improve
quality levels, we have obtained ISO 9001

The Organization for Improved
Quality Levels

Quality Improvement Activities

To guarantee quality at every levelt h r o u g h o u t t h e co m p a ny, w e h ave
established a Central Quality Control
Co mmi t te e w i th dire c t link s to th e
President to oversee the companywide
promotion of quality control activities.
We have also set up Divisional Quality
Control Committees with direct links
to the heads of each division and makeevery effort to maintain and improve
the quality of our products, services andoperations so as to offer continual quality
assurance.
Quality Control Organizational Structure
President
Central Quality Control Committee(Chair: CPO / Members: division heads)

Quality Control Management Meeting(Members: Quality Control Managers
from individual divisions)
Divisional heads

Affiliated companies

Quality Control Manager
Divisional Quality Control Committees

11

In accordance with our basic policy of
putting quality first and implementing
uniform companywide quality control, we
formulate a companywide quality control
policy each year. This then forms the basis
for divisional quality control policies ineach division.
For f iscal 20 0 8, we have set out acompany wide qualit y p olic y geared
towards eliminating all defects through“DAN-TOTSU” (unrivalled) quality activities. To put this policy into practice, we arepromoting quality improvement activities in each division, revolving primarily
around preventive activities and efforts to
cut costs resulting from in-house failings.
We are also implementing a range of
support initiatives, including FR proposal
and QC Circle activities.
Tak ing their name f rom the “ F” of
Furukawa Electric and the “R” of renewal,
reform and rationalization, FR proposal
activities involve employees submitting
ideas on how to improve operations.
Proposals are then implemented andimprovements made in an effort to fundamentally strengthen the company’sbusiness. Such activities continue to yield
substantial results each year.

quality management system certificationin each of our manufacturing divisions,and standardized operations. We continue to make efforts to improve efficiency
and other core aspects of our operations and promote activities designed to
improve levels of quality and customer
satisfaction.

QC Circle activities are small groupbased activities that involve all employees
and harness QC techniques in an effort tomake ongoing improvements in the workplace. Debriefing sessions are held at individual works and on a companywide basis
to report back on the results of activities.
Such sessions have grown substantially inscale in recent years due to the inclusion ofoverseas affiliated companies.
The Flow of Companywide Quality
Control Policy
Fiscal 2008 companywide
quality control policy
Eliminating all defects through “DANTOTSU (unrivalled) quality activities”•• Preventive activities•• Honest onsite implementation based onreal products and real situations

Preventive activities to eliminate defects
careless mistake prevention,
new product audits
Efforts to cut costs resulting
from in-house failings
Improvement activities
FR proposal activities, QC circle activities

Progress with Quality Improvement Activities
As part of the ongoing range of quality
improvement activities we are currently
undertaking, we have managed to significantly reduce customer complaints.
We have successfully reduced complaints
to 27% of levels in fiscal 2001 (as of fiscal
2007). In response to an array of increasingly sophisticated, diverse and complex
customer needs, Furukawa Electric com-bines a wide range of technology, products, services and expertise to help its
customers to generate value.
We have received glowing feedback
f ro m o ur cus to m er s an d have evenreceived awards from numerous clients,
including the special award for weight
reduction technology from Toyota Motor
Corporation.

Customer Complaints (fiscal 2001 = 100)
100

50

0

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007 （Fiscal
year）

Furukawa Innovation Expo ‘07
people visited the event over the twodays, with a great many also attending
the accompanying special seminars
and technical presentations. Despite

being the first such comprehensive
technology exhibition in the Group’s
123 year history, the event was a huge
success.

Reception for invited guests

Welcome lobby

Thematic theater

The Group network

The Advanced Zone: photonic and network technology

The Advanced Zone: electronics

The Future Zone

Special seminar venue

A comprehensive Furukawa ElectricGroup technology exhibition basedaround the theme “sowing the seeds ofvalue creation”, Furukawa Innovation
Expo ’07 was held on October 3 and 4,
2007 at Tokyo International Forum. The
event saw 34 Group companies andfour Furukawa Electric companies joining forces to extensively showcase thebreadth of the Group’s business, thedepth of the Group’s material technology capabilities and the strength of
the Group’s ability to drive technology
forward into the future. A total of 6,309

12

Social Performance

Relations with our Shareholders and Investors
Based on two-way communication with our shareholders and investors, we engage in IR (investor relations)activities in an effort to contribute to society and help enhance our value as a company. We set out specificobjectives for sustainable growth in March 2006 in the form of our 2006-2009 Medium-Term Business Plan,
Innovations 09, and are currently implementing a range of measures geared towards meeting the targets outlined therein, including consolidated sales of ¥1.25 trillion and operating profit of ¥70 billion in fiscal 2009.
Information Disclosure Policy and IR Framework
The Furukawa Electric Group Action
Guidelines state that we will “maintainand improve upon solid, friendly relationships with all of our stakeholders.”
Regulations on the Timely Disclosure of

Corporate Information meanwhile set out
a framework for the disclosure of appropriate information at the appropriatetime.
All IR activities are overseen by the

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and are managed by the Investor & Public Relations
Unit of the Corporate Strategy Planning
Department.

Relations with Institutional Investors and Securities Analysts
In addition to holding management briefings (covering interim and year-end results
and medium-term plans) for institutional
investors and securities analysts, both domestic and international, we actively organize
meetings all year round. Through results briefings, overseas roadshows and other activities,
we engaged in communication with a total of
899 institutional investors and securities analysts over the course of fiscal 2007 (an increaseof 100 compared to fiscal 2006). As of the endof March 2008, the percentage of company
shares held by overseas investors stood at
22.64%.

Main IR Activities in 2007
January
February Third quarter earnings announced
March Tours of overseas plants
April
Annual earnings announced; Roadshows in US
May
and Europe
June
General Shareholders Meeting
July
August First quarter earnings announced
September Roadshows in Asia; Conference in US and Europe
October Furukawa Innovation Expo ‘07
November Interim earnings announced; Roadshows in Asia
December Tours of overseas plants
End of year briefing session

Returning Profits to Shareholders

Relations with Individual Investors
In fiscal 2007, we substantially upgraded
the Furukawa Electric website (http://www.
furukawa.co.jp/zaimu). We improved theshareholder and investor information section of the website in particular by incorporating a Quick Guide to Furukawa Electricand a Frequently Asked Questions feature
to help people get to know the company alittle better and uploading a range of documents and the latest information for individual investors. Please feel free to take a look.
We have also put in place a system toenable the timely disclosure of important
information, including through a registration-based email IR newsletter service. In
recognition of our efforts, the Furukawa
Electric website was ranked number one in
the nonferrous metal category of the 2007
ranking of listed company websites published by Nikko Investor Relations. As of theend of March 2008, we had a total of 67,698
individual shareholders (an increase of 2,572

13

on the previous year), accounting for 28.7%
of company shares.

The shareholder and investor information (IR) section of the website

Trends in Shareholder Distribution
100%

Securities firms, etc.
Overseas companies

80%

Domestic companies
Financial institutions

60%

Individuals

40%
20%
0%

January 1, 2007

January 1, 2008

（Fiscal year）

In addition to operating a stable dividend policy, we also aim to pay out dividends in line with the medium- to longterm growth strategy set out under our
2006-2009 Medium-Term Business Plan:
Innovation 09.
During fiscal 2007, we paid out interim
and end of year dividends of 3.5 yen per
share apiece, making a total of 7.0 yen per
share, representing a year-on-year dividend increase of 0.5 yen per share.

Relations with our Suppliers

Striving to ensure optimum purchasing on a steady, ongoing basis
Our purchasing policy here at
Furukawa Electric is to “establish strategic
relationships with suppliers to ensure
optimum purchasing on a steady, ongoing basis.” Although we have always
placed a great deal of importance oncooperative relationships with our suppliers, we believe that supplier relations
are becoming even more important interms of making sustainable development a reality. We therefore introduced asupplier evaluation scheme and started

to hold Supplier Meetings in fiscal 2006
in an effort to select suppliers based on
more strategic, transparent criteria.

Supplier Meetings and Supplier Evaluation Scheme
Following on from the first meeting infiscal 2006, we held our second Supplier
Meeting in October 2007. We used theevent, which was attended by approximately 400 of our major suppliers, toprovide an overview of the company andoutline our purchasing policy, as wellas giving a presentation on the historyof technical development at Furukawa
Electric in an effort to help our suppliers
develop a better understanding of ourunique technology. We also explained

details of our supplier evaluation scheme.
Our supplier evaluation scheme covers areas such as quality, price, speed ofdelivery and the reliability of individual
suppliers. In fiscal 2007 we were able tostrengthen mutual understanding andestablish a clearer picture of the current
situation by providing each supplierwith feedback based on their evaluation
results and exchanging opinions. We plan
to continue to hold Supplier Meetingsand evaluate our suppliers in order tostrengthen cooperation with individual
suppliers and establish relationshipsthat are conducive to mutual sustainable
development.

Furukawa Electric Purchasing Policy (outline)● We will establish strategic relationships with suppliers to ensure optimum purchasing● We will guarantee the reliability and safety of materials and supplies and theirsteady procurement● We will employ purchasing methods closely linked to production methods● We will implement global procurement● We will engage in green procurement and enforce complianceThis year’s Supplier Meeting

Promoting CSR Activities in Relation to Procurement
Furukawa Electric promotes compliance initiatives as part of the procurement of materials and supplies in accordance with the Furukawa Electric Group
Action Guidelines. We have also added
a new section to the supplier screen on
our purchasing system to encourage indi-vidual suppliers to provide details of theirlatest CSR initiatives. We intend to promote CSR-oriented procurement whilst
maintaining cooperative relationships
with individual suppliers in the future.

14

Social Performance

Relations with our Employees

Relations with our Employees
Personnel Management Policy
Our basic personnel management
policy is geared towards creating humanresources who are capable of putting fiveprinciples set out in the Furukawa ElectricGroup Credo into practice.
If individual employees abide by applicable laws and rules, act in accordancewith their social and moral responsibilities and interact with others fairly andhonestly, we will be able to establish safe,
healthy working environments and work-

places that are free from irrational discrimination and harassment. We believethat this is crucial in order to get the mostout of the abilities that our employees
have to offer. Based on these foundations,
we are aiming to bring out employees’
creativity by devising a personnel systemthat will harness employees’ various abilities and individual personalities, throughinitiatives such as equal treatment irrespective of age or gender and support

schemes to enable employees to achievea work-life balance.
By combining all of our employees’
individual abilities, creating jobs suited tocurrent needs and providing safe products, we are striving to contribute to asustainable society and create a company
that both motivates its employees andfills them with pride.

Outline of Furukawa Electric’s Personnel System● OJT● OFF-JT

Skill development

Global Business Leader training
Graded training
Education in specialist expertise
External training schemes● Self-development	Support for distance learning andEnglish conversation classes

Remuneration
Recruitment and assignment● New graduates, mid-year

recruitment● Job rotation● Career advancement interview system

Impartial evaluation● Evaluation of performance,

Monetary remuneration

attitude and contribution● Management-by-objective

systemNon-monetary
remuneration● Award schemes

Benefits and welfare

Diverse work patterns and work-life balance support schemes● Pension scheme● Company housing andaccommodation● Savings
and property support● S hareholders association, etc.

Health, safety, fairness and compliance15

Diverse Work Patterns and Work-Life Balance Support Initiatives
In addition to operating a number ofschemes in support of employees’ diverse
working patterns, we also continue toreview areas such as labor management
and personnel systems to enable themto reflect a similar approach in light ofJapan’s dwindling birth rate and aging
society. As well as striving to enhance our
employees’ working lives, we also work
together with our employees to actively
support their personal lifestyles and help
them stay in good health through educational and other initiatives.
In recognition of measures implemented as part of our first phase plan (fiscal
2005-06) in accordance with the Law for
Measures to Support the Developmentof the Next Generation, in fiscal 2007
we were accredited as a company that
actively supports the development of thenext generation. As part of our second
phase action plan (fiscal 2007 onwards)
meanwhile, we have significantly relaxed
requirements to make it easier for male
employees to take paternity leave. We
have also established a system for theprovision of financial support whereby

employees will be able to use carriedover leave in place of maternity/paternity
leave of for the purposes of looking after

Diverse Work Pattern and Work-Life Balance Support Schemes
Scheme/educational
initiative

Purpose and details

Flexible workinghours

We provide lifestyle support to enable employees to work efficiently in line with business demandand strike a work-life balance.

Annual paid leave

We provide employees with up to 25 days annual paid leave (e.g. if an employee has been with thecompany for 11 years or longer)

Consecutive leave

We allow all employees to take three days consecutive leave every year providing that it does notexceed their annual paid leave entitlement. Employees can obtain an additional two days every five
years (up to a maximum of five consecutive days).

Half-day paid leave

Paid leave may be taken in half-day units to enable employees to take care of minor personal errands
on week days.

Congratulatory or
condolence leave

We operate a congratulatory and condolence leave scheme whereby, for example, an employee cantake five days paid leave if their wife gives birth to a child.

Carried-over leave

Up to ten days of annual paid leave can be carried over, for up to five years, and can be used if an employee is ill, providing nursing care, on maternity/paternity leave or looking after their children.

Maternity/paternity
leave (and reduced
working hours)

We provide support over and above legal requirements to enable employees to strike a work-life balance, including partial pay during maternity/paternity leave and the option for employees to work
reduced hours thereafter until their child reaches elementary school age.

We provide support over and above legal requirements to enable employees to strike a work-life
Nursing care leave(and reduced working balance, including enabling employees to take nursing care leave (or the option of working reduced
hours) for up to a year at partial pay.
hours)
Reemployment after
retirement

We operate a reemployment scheme for any employees aged 60 or over who are in good health andwish to remain in work. The duration of reemployment is being increased in phases, with employees
ultimately entitled to be reemployed up to the age of 65 (in response to revised legislation in 2006).

Retirement seminars

We, labor and management, jointly organize seminars every year to provide support to help middleaged and older union members (those aged 50 or older as a rule) to make the most of their time inwork and plan for their life after retirement.

We, labor and management, jointly organize seminars every year to provide individual support to
Middle-age seminars help middle-aged employees (those aged 40 or older as a rule) to stay fit and healthy, including measures to prevent illness.

Recruitment
The table on the right shows figures forthe number of employees recruited overthe last five years. As we continue to expand
our business in line with society’s needs,
we intend to continue to secure person-

their children. As it stands, we are now
entering the implementation stages ofour second phase action plan.

Recruitment Figures
nel to act as the driving force enabling us
to sustain and develop our business in the
future, particularly fair-minded, enthusiastic
personnel with high ethical standards who
are willing to take on new challenges.

(People)Fiscal year
New graduates

2004
34

2005
32

2006
53

2007
71

2008
85

(Female newgraduates)

3

2

6

8

10

Mid-year recruits
Clerical staff
Professional staff

0
1
0

1
2
0

10
0
47

14
10
50

Unknown
Unknown
29* Figures for fiscal 2008 refer to numbers of new

Employment for People with Disabilities
Although we currently exceed the 1.8%
statutory target rate of employment for people with disabilities (1.84% as of March 2008),
we continue to actively promote employment

A group of Furukawa New Leaf workmates share a smile(Chiba Works)

for people with disabilities. Furukawa New
Leaf, a special subsidiary established in 2004,
handles cleaning operations at our Hiratsuka
Work s on a subcontract basis and has aworkforce that includes ten employees withdisabilities. Operations were expanded evenfurther in fiscal 2007, with eight people withdisabilities now employed at our Chiba Works
as well.
We plan to continue to expand employment for people with disabilities via special
subsidiaries and at Furukawa Electric in the
future, with an eye to substantially exceeding
statutory targets.

Number of Employees with Disabilities(as of June 1 each year)
（%）

2.0

1.5

1.0

1.80
1.49
1.32

1.26

2003

2004

2005

1.54

2006

2007 （Fiscal year）

* In April 2004, the exclusion rate set out when the rate of
employment was calculated was lowered, reducing therate of employment.
* Average rate of employment for people with disabilities on
the first of each month from April to the following March.

16

Social Performance

Relations with our Employees

Employee Assignment,
Evaluation and Treatment
We make every effort to assign employees and place them in specific positions
based on their individual motivation andabilities based on the concept of equal
opportunities. As part of such efforts, weoperate a range of consultation schemes
and give employees opportunities toreflect on their career goals.
In terms of employee evaluation andtreatment, we have introduced a personnel incentive scheme to enable employees
to be evaluated and treated fairly depending on the abilities that they display andtheir performance. We are also training
managers in performance evaluation andare working on ways for improving theway in which the system is run.

Education and Training
We believe that our strength as a company stems from the synergy of the abilities of each and every one of our employees and that their abilities improve on apractical level through their day to day
work duties.
In addition to giving individuals the
chance to grow and develop throughtheir work, we also encourage enthusiastic employees to independently develop
their skills by providing opportunities
such as training, distance learning andsupport to help them obtain qualifications.
In fiscal 2006, we launched the Global
Business Leader training program to aid
the development of personnel to carryour business forward into the future.

It is through these training opportunities that we are trying to establish awider awareness of the Furukawa ElectricGroup Philosophy formulated in fiscal
2007. We also focus on training designed
to improve manufac turing capabilities, compliance-related education andhuman rights education aimed at raisingawareness of the importance of respecting human rights and run a number ofother training schemes, including training
for new recruits and employees being
promoted to management positions.

Following on from courses for management staf f in f iscal 2002 and regular
employees in fiscal 2003, a managementled course aimed at sharing expertisewith regular employees in fiscal 2004 andadvanced practical courses for management staff in fiscal 2005 and 2006, in fiscal
2007 we organized a stress management
course for employees aged between 30
and 35.

Health Initiatives
Mental Health Education
Based on the Guidelines for Promoting
Mental Health Care in the Workplaceissued by the Ministry of Health, Laborand Welfare, measures revolve primarily
around annual mental health courses.

Responding to Asbestos-Related Health Issues
During the period from fiscal 2005 to
2006, we once again investigated workplaces that have previously been used tohandle asbestos products and organizedspecial medical examinations for all relevant employees. We also sent out notices
urging retired employees who worked
at the relevant sites to undergo special

medical examinations. Symptoms weredetected in one current employee andeight retired employees (for health card
applications). Also a retired employee
who had worked laying undergroundcables died from mesothelioma, and in
2006, this was confirmed to be an industrial accident. We have notified retired

Healthcare for Employees
Working Long Hours

Promoting Separate Smoking Areas

I n l i n e w i t h t h e L a b o r St a n d a r d s
Bureau’s guidelines, “Measures to be
Taken by Employers to Prevent Health
Impairment Due to Overwork,” we arefocusing on efforts to ensure that any of
our employees working long hours stayin good health, through measures such as(1) enforcing strict work restrictions basedon the results of medical examinationsand (2) operating a consultation system
whereby employees working long hours
are seen by a medical officer.
17

employees who worked at the relevantsite regarding changes to the requirements for issuing health cards in the wakeof revisions to Occupational Health and
Safety Regulations in October 2007 andwill continue to monitor the situation.

In accordance with a 2003 notification “Concerning the
Guidelines for Measures on Smoking in the Workplace,”
issued by the Director-General of the Labor Standards
Bureau, we designated more than 70 smoking rooms in fiscal 2004 in an effort to isolate smoking areas. As a result,the percentage of smokers amongst male employees on acompanywide basis fell from 53.3% in fiscal 2002 to 42.9%
by fiscal 2007. We intend to continue to make every effort toprevent passive smoking in the future, as well as actively promoting nonsmoking.

Smoking Rate (Male Employees)
（%）

60
50

53.3 52.7

48.3

45.7 44.5 42.9

40
30
20
10
0

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007（Fiscal
year）Safet y Ef for ts
We operate according to a set of Companywide Health and Safety Management Guidelines at each of our
premises and companies and continue to implement a wide range of safety activities in an effort to eliminate occupational accidents and illnesses.
Furukawa Electric Group Safety Activities
We established the Safety Management
Liaison Meeting in July to oversee safetyissues at Furukawa Electric Group manufacturing companies and have since started to
implement groupwide accident prevention
activities. In addition to holding two meetings, during fiscal 2007 we also organizeda tour of the Furukawa Electric Mie Works
to assist with the lateral implementation ofsafety measures. We are aiming to improveoverall safety levels through a combinationof preventive measures, such as sharing
details of accidents and safety measuresand lateral implementation, safety education and full inspections of our works.

A tour of our Mie Works

Furukawa Electric Safety Activities●C ompanywide Priority Safety
Activities
We have formulated a number of standardized companywide priority safety targets and are working to prevent industrial accidents in an effort to improve safetylevels at all Furukawa Electric works.
●C ompanywide Priority Safety Targets
for fiscal 2007
・R eduction of accidents due to unsafe
practices
・Promotion of operational standardization
・Comprehensive health and safety education for transferred personnel andtemporary workers● Companywide Health and Safety Group Presentation
Meeting
We under take health andsafety improvement activities
at each of our manufacturing
sites and individual workplaces. 11 groups selected byindividual works then attend
a meeting at our Osaka Works
to present the results of their Companywide Health and Safety
activities.
Group Presentation Meeting

Frequency of accidents resulting in thesuspension of operations
All sectors

Manufacturing

Electric cable manufacturing

Nonferrous metal rolling
Furukawa Electric

2.0
Frequency Rate

● Health and Safety
Management System
Furukawa Electric has a Central
Health and Safety Committee
chaired by the company’s Chief
Social Responsibility Officer(CSRO), the officer in charge ofsafety, and promotes healthand safety activities on a companywide basis. We also haveindividual Health and Safety
Commit tees at each work s,
chaired by the head of the relevant works, and implement
both standardized companywide activities and independent works activities.

1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0

0.27
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007（Fiscal

year）

Frequency of accidents resulting in the suspension ofoperations = (number of deaths or injuries/total working
hours) × 1,000,000● Forklift Truck Safety Skills Competition
We hold companywide competitions aimed at promoting and improving safe andsteady forklift truck driving
skills. A total of 18 drivers fromindividual works and affiliatedcompanies competed in thisForklift Truck Safety Skills Competition
year’s competition.

18

Social Performance

Involvement with Society and Local Communities
Formulating a Basic Policy on Social Contribution Activities
In May 2008 we set out the Furukawa
Electric Group Basic Policy on Social
Contribution Activities.
Although the Furukawa Electric Group
has long since been involved in a rangeof community-based social contribution
activities, we intend to step up activities

Support and Assistanceeven further and fulfill our responsibilities as a member of society in the future,
focusing primarily on three newly determined targets; nurturing future generations, promoting sport and culture andliving side by side with local communities.

Furukawa Elec tric Group Basic Polic y
on Social Contribution Ac tivities
The Furukawa Electric Group will uphold and strengthen the bonds built up with local
communities over more than a century and consistently and tirelessly undertake social
contribution activities, focusing on nurturing future generations, promoting sport andculture and living side by side with local communities as well as contributing to society
through its core operations, to help create a better world for future generations.

We provide support and assistance forvictims of natural disasters and throughenvironmental foundations and othersuch organizations.
Description

Details of support/
assistance

Donations in support of the Sichuan¥20 million
earthquake
Donations in support of the Niigataken¥3 million
Chuetsu-oki earthquake
Chiba Environmental Restoration Fund
¥336,000*We are also involved in and provide support for soil pollution funds and various other environmental organizations.

In other areas, we are engaged in activities such as providing support for welfare
facilities and to enable people with disabilities to be a part of and reintegratethemselves into society.
We organize a charity golf tournament for employees at our Chiba Worksevery year and donate the proceeds tocauses such as the Ichihara Social Welfare
Council and earthquake victims.

Awards from Outside Sources
Honda Award for the Development ofRecycling Technology
At the 2007 National Convention of theInstitute of Electrical Engineers of Japan,
we received the 12th Honda Award for theDevelopment of Recycling Technology fromthe Clean Japan Center for the development of recycled insulated OC wire madefrom cross-linked polyethylene, announced
as part of a three-way joint venture with
Tokyo Electric Power Company and VISCAS
Corporation. The award is open to domestic
researchers and engineers who have published outstanding results relating to thedevelopment of 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle)
technology and came in recognition of ourachievement in becoming the first company
in the world to recycle cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) into wire sheathing material.

Special Award for Weight Reduction
Technology at the Toyota Global
Supplier Meeting
At the Toyota Global Supplier Meetingat the Nagoya Congress Center in
February 2008, Toyota Motor Corporation
outlined its 2008 global procurement
policy to 441 assembled suppliers andheld an award ceremony for suppliers
receiving awards during fiscal 2007. We
received the special award for weight
reduction technology, which were presented to President Hiroshi Ishihara by
Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe.

President Ishihara
is presented witha shield by Toyota
President Katsuaki
Watanabe

Kanagawa Prefectural Government
Community-Oriented Factory Award
The award ceremony forthe 12th Honda Awardfor the Development ofRecycling Technology

19

I n D e ce m b e r 20 07, o u r H ir at su k aWork s received the Communit yOriented Factory Award from Kanagawa
Prefectural Government. Presented to

fac tories, research
institutions and otherfacilities actively
striving to contribute to and co e x is talongside their local communities, awards
were given to a total of six facilities in
Kanagawa prefecture.
Minister of Health, Labor and WelfareAward
In conjunction with an adjoining facility for the disabled, Asahi Electric Works’Nagai Plant (Nagai, Yamagata prefecture)
has been running workplace training
schemes aimed at helping people withdisabilities to reintegrate themselves
into society for around 30 years now.
At a national mental health and welfare
event in October 2007, the plant received
a Minister of Health, Labor and WelfareAward in recognition of its local
community andwelfare activities.

Local Community Clean-up Activities
We actively engage in clean-up activities in and around the local communities in the vicinity of each of our works and plants, as well as
nearby coastal, riverside and other locations.

Clean-up campaign along the Inukamigawa
River (Furukawa Automotive Systems)

A joint patrol around the area in the vicinityof Kanda station (Furukawa Logistics)

Volunteer clean-up activities on the Usuiso
coast in Iwaki (Furukawa Battery)

Clean-up campaign at Suzukatoge(Mie Works)

Our exhibit at Eco Fair Ichihara(Chiba Works)

Our exhibit at the Hiratsuka Environmental
Fair (Hiratsuka Works)

Our exhibit at Techno Fair
(Hiratsuka Works)

Taking part in sports day at a school fordisabled children (Furukawa Circuit Foil)

Nikko Waraku Odori Dance (Nikko Works)

Summer Festival (Mie Works)

A tour for elementary school students(Chiba Works)

A family tour (Mie Works)

A work experience scheme for junior highschool students (Shodensha)

Communicating with the Community
We play an active part incommunity events and also
invite the likes of employees’
families and local residents tofestivals and other events heldon company premises in aneffort to strengthen community ties and promote exchange.

We invite students andteachers from local elementaryand junior high schools andemployees’ families to comeand take tours of our works andalso actively participate in work
experience schemes for juniorand senior high school students.

As part of a company spirit training scheme at our Chiba Works, wetook on a teacher from Goshogawara Industrial High School in Aomori
prefecture for a period of one year from April 2007. The aim of this scheme
is to enable teachers to experience the workings of a private company forthemselves so that they can provide students with better career guidanceand help prevent job mismatches when new recruits join the company.
The teacher experienced work in four areas of the works (the shop floor,
maintenance, development and site management) and gave a presentation summarizing his experiences at the end of the year.

Measurement experience (Production Technology Development
Center)With the Site Manager

20

Social Performance

Involvement with Society and Local Communities

Social Contribution Activities Overseas
We co ntinu e to ac ti ve l y p ro m otesocial contribution activities at Furukawa
Industrial S.A. Produtos Eletricos (FISA) in
Brazil. Activities during 2007 included thefollowing.
1 Child Development Program for the
FutureThe main aim of this program is toteach local children aged between 10
and 15 who live in potentially dangerous,
poverty stricken areas the basic skills theyneed as members of society, to motivatethem and encourage self-development.
Stage I (started in 2004)
Children come to the FISA workers’
union for half a day three times aweek for classes in subjects such as
English, math, music and computer
skills, taught by volunteers from FISA.
Seventeen children participated in
2007, receiving a total of 340 hours ofeducation.

21

Stage II (started in 2006)
Children who have taken part in StageI (above) over the last three years comein on Saturday afternoons for classes
in subjects such as handicrafts, karate,
athletics, dance and singing, again
taught by volunteers from FISA. 52 children participated in 2007, receiving a
total of 100 hours of education.

4 D onations to public hospitals (equivalent to 1% of income tax)

2 Support for local municipal elementary and junior high schools

Clothing and 4 0 0 kg of fo o d were
donated to hospitals over the course of
2007.

The company donated 65,000 real in2006 and 67,000 real in 2007 in an effort
to help increase the number of children’s
bed available.
5 Food and clothing donations

Children from local schools are invited
to take part in events organized by the
FISA workers’ union and presents are
given to 500 students twice a year (atChristmas and Easter).
3 B lood donation program (started in
2004)
A total of 62 bags of blood were donated over the course of 2007.

English classComputer classSinging class

Dance class

Karate class

Handicrafts classSocial Contribution Activities at Individual Works

Chiba Works Working together to put an end to global warming

Toru Kumabe
Manager, Chiba Works

We are working to reduce CO2 emissions at the Chiba
Works based on the slogan “putting an end to global
warming.” We are tackling this issue in various different
ways, from major improvements to our facilities, including
switching fuel from heavy oils and LP gas to city gas (natural gas) and replacing old equipment with new energysaving technology, to improvements on a day to day level,
including diligently turning off lighting, computers andother equipment when not in use and introducing “CoolBiz” and “Warm Biz” schemes to conserve energy from air
conditioners.
As a result of our efforts to create a “beautiful natural environment” last year, we have now completed our
Welcome Garden. We hope that this will send out a clear
environmental message not only to our employees but also
our customers and local residents, acting as proof that wehave made our works into a green environment that exists
in harmony with the community. Please feel free to stop by
and have a look next time you visit the Chiba Works.
In an effort to contribute to and work in harmony withthe local community, we are also actively involved in arange of ongoing initiatives, including environmental education as part of tours for local elementary school children
and employees’ families, participating in Eco Fair Ichihara,
schemes aimed atmaking the area more
beautiful and taking partin the Yawata Seaside
Festival.

The Welcome Garden

Nikko Works Running on over 90% natural energy

Hiroyuki Kamishiro
Manager, Nikko Works

The origins of the Nikko Works can be traced back to thenationalized production of electrical cables required for theindustrial revival during the Meiji era (1868-1912). Crude copper had to be extracted from Ashio Copper Mine and mass
produced to make electrical copper pure enough to be usedin wiring. At that time, the only option was to secure the large
volumes of water and electricity required to manufacture electrical wiring directly. Hydraulic power plants were therefore
built to harness the power of the Daiyagawa River and otherriver systems. This provided a supply of industrial water andled to the establishment of the Nikko Works.
Despite the fact that the works has always consumed a massive amount of energy, from its establishment right through tothe present day, over 90% of that energy is covered by hydraulic power, making it an environmentally friendly works that

doesn’t even use much regular or tap water. Faced with thepressing worldwide challenge of combating global warming,
we undoubtedly owe a debt of gratitude to our ancestors’ foresight. We fully intend to preserve this approach to contributing
to society for future generations as well.
Water conduit pipes

During the Taisho era (1912-1926)

Now

Hiratsuka Works Small-scale full-participation social contribution campaign

Hiroyuki Yokotachi
Manager, Hiratsuka Works

Thanks to advances in health care, medical and welfare
services in Japan in line with the country’s rapid postwar
growth, the number of infant mortalities has fallen substantially. Although we are fortunate enough to lead apeaceful existence here in Japan, we must not forget that agreat many children the world over lose their lives because
they require just a little bit more medical care or support.
In August 2007, we at the Hiratsuka Works launched asmall-scale full-participation social contribution campaign
whereby employees collect used plastic bottle tops, which
are then converted into vaccines to immunize children
around the world against polio courtesy of the NPO
Re-Lifestyle.
As vaccines cost approximately ¥20 per person, it takes
roughly 400 bottle tops (around 1kg) to save the precious

life of one child. As of March 2008, our activities here at the
Hiratsuka Works have saved the lives of around 270 children.
I was really moved upon hearing about this campaign
just after joining the Hiratsuka
Works and put up a bag to collect bottle tops in my kitchen
at home immediately so as to
do my bit to help out with theworks’ small-scale social contribution activities.

22

Social Performance

Social Contribution Activities at Individual Works

Mie Works Environmentally friendly, well balanced management

Nobuo AraiManager, Mie Works

Looking at the scenery along my walk from home towork as it changes through the seasons always reminds mejust how blessed Kameyama is in terms of its natural surroundings. Ever since the Mie Works was first establishedin the city of Kameyama (Mie prefecture) as Furukawa
Electric’s manufacturing base in western Japan in 1971, we
have continued to run operations in a well balanced manner, placing top priority on protecting and contributing
to the environment, not least in the form of securing ISO
14001 certification in 1998. We make every effort to makea social contribution too, including engaging in voluntaryclean-up activities and raising environmental awarenessamongst our employees.
It goes without saying that we have a duty to prevent
pollution. We therefore rigorously control air and water

quality on a daily basis and make sure that we take appropriate action in response to the various forms of pollutionthat continue to be brought to light by advances in science.
We aim to actively promote initiatives geared towards
preserving the natural beauty of Kamei in our capacity as acompany of which the area can be proud.

Clean-up activities in the vicinityof the works

Drainage tanks

Osaka Works Safety and peace of mind right from the front gate!

Tatsuo Yoshisue
Manager, Osaka Works

The only entrance to the Osaka Works accessible to pedestrians and cyclists can use is the main gate. Generally referred
to as the West Gate, the main gate faces onto a road and a sidewalk.
As a number of major manufacturers and haulage companies have moved into the nearby area recently, the number ofdrivers, pedestrians and cyclists passing in front of the West
Gate has increased. The fact that both our employee and visitor car parks are located inside the main gate means that there
is always a large volume of traffic coming and going throughthe West Gate. Moreover, drivers’ view has always been partially obstructed by fencing when they exit onto the road, forcing them to cut across in front of the West Gate and making it
difficult to see approaching cyclists and pedestrians. Eager totake preemptive action to ensure that there are no accidents,

we have therefore made some changes to the fencing in question so as to improve the view of the road. As a result, the West
Gate has been transformed and now benefits from full visibility in both directions.
We will continue to strengthen the Osaka Works’ reputation
for safety and peace of mind, maintaining the utmost respect
and consideration for all those who pass our front gate and livein the local area.

BeforeAfter

Yokohama Works Promoting activities that enable us to contribute to society

Hisaharu Yanagawa
Manager, Yokohama Works

23

In our sixth year since obtaining ISO 14001 certification, this year the Yokohama Works underwent its second renewal inspection.
We continue to promote activities in line with theindividual characteristics of the various componentsthat make up the Yokohama Works, namely our research
center, affiliated companies and head office.
In terms of our research operations, we strive todevelop new products capable of reducing environmental impact and have a hand in new products
through indirect support to help minimize risks during
the research and development process (harmful chemicals, nanomaterials, etc.), increase yield, save energy
and reduce waste. In addition to directly saving energy
and reducing waste, we are also continuing to work on

reducing paper consumption on a priority basis at ourhead office and other administrative divisions.
Our other social contribution activities include therecycling of plastic bottle
tops, which we started lastyear as part of a campaign
to send vaccines to children around the world.

Plastic bottle cap recycling activities

Environmental Performance

Furukawa Electric Group Basic Environmental Policy

Basic Philosophy
Furukawa Electric Group recognizes that the preservation of the global environment is a critical issue
for society and takes the environment into consideration in every aspect of its corporate activities tohelp create a sustainable, happy and prosperous society.

Ac tion Guidelines● We shall maintain a constant awareness of the impact of our corporate activities on the environment, with each andevery employee involved in environmental preservation activities.
● In addition to complying with environmental laws and regulations and with requirements from our customers andother sources, we shall also set out voluntary standards to establish greater levels of control.
● We shall set out environmental targets and objectives and systematically carry out activities accordingly to continuously improve our efforts to protect the environment.
● Environmental concerns shall be taken into consideration at every phase of our work, from the R&D and design stages
onwards, to supply environmentally friendly products.
● We shall strive to reduce consumption of resources and energy, to promote recycling, to reduce waste and to minimize
environmental impact at every stage of our activities, from procurement and manufacturing to distribution and customer service.
● We shall conduct environmental audits and review our environmental management system and environmental preservation activities to make continuous improvements.
● We shall raise employee awareness through environmental education.
● We shall promote the disclosure of information and communication with the public and play an active part in community activities.

24

Environmental Performance

Environmental Management Targets and Performance
Having devised a set of targets for the four year period from fiscal 2006 to fiscal 2009 in the form of the2009 Medium-Term Plan for Environmental Preservation Activities, Furukawa Electric continues to promote environmental activities accordingly. We also set out annual Priority Environmental Preservation
Activity Targets, based on which we map out objectives, targets and action plans as part of the environmental management systems at each of our bases. On a Group basis, we formulate common activity targets as part of consolidated environmental management, with each individual company setting their own
annual targets and carrying out activities accordingly.
Furukawa Electric Annual Targets and Performance for Fiscal 2007
Activities

Priority Environmental Preservation Activity
Targets for Fiscal 2007

Performancein Fiscal 2007

RatingWaste reduction
activities

30% reduction in the volume of outsourced
waste disposal compared with fiscal 2004 level

52% reduction◎

60% reduction in the volume of outsourced waste disposal
compared with fiscal 2004 level

46% reduction◎

64% reduction in direct landfill disposal compared with fiscal
2004 level

23% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
compared with fiscal 2000 level

13% reduction△

24% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared withfiscal 2000 level

1% reduction in specific energy consumption
for transportation compared with fiscal 2006
level

1.5% reduction○

2% reduction in specific energy consumption for transportationcompared with fiscal 2006 level

18% reduction in emissions of volatile organic
compounds compared with fiscal 2004 level

19% reduction○

24% reduction in emissions of volatile organic compounds
compared with fiscal 2004 level

100% procurement rate for general purpose
green products

99%△

100% procurement rate for general purpose green products

Establishment of the FGMS* at major supply
chain operators

Systemestablished○100% establishment of the FGMS* at major supply chain
operators△

1) 1
 00% achievement of sales targets for environmentallyfriendly new products2) Compiling product environmental performance index
guidelines

30% reduction in direct landfill disposal
Zero emission activities compared with fiscal 2004 level
Activities to prevent
global warming
Chemical substancemanagement activities
Green activities

Eco-design activities

Increase sales percentage of environmentallyfriendly products amongst new products to
68%
100%
Examining environmental performance indicesPriority Environmental Preservation Activity Targets for Fiscal
2008

Evaluation ratings: ◎ Easily achieved; ○ Achieved; △ Almost achieved; × Unachieved*The FGMS is a mechanism designed to manage the content of regulated hazardous substances in Furukawa Electric products.

As our waste reduction and zero emission activities in fiscal 2007 proved highly effective having substantially exceeded targets, we haverevised our medium-term targets for 2009 and reflected revised figures in our annual targets for fiscal 2008.

Furukawa Electric Consolidated Environmental Management Medium-Term Targets
Furukawa Electric 2009 Medium-Term Plan forEnvironmental Preservation Activities

Activities
Waste reduction
activities

2009 Consolidated Environmental Management
Common Activity Targets

75% reduction* in the volume of outsourced waste disposal 50% reduction in the volume of outsourced waste disposal compared withcompared with fiscal 2004 levelfiscal 2004 level

reduction* in direct landfill disposal compared with
Zero emission activities 80%
fiscal 2004 level

50% reduction in direct landfill disposal compared with fiscal 2004 level

Activities to prevent
global warming

25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with 10% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with fiscal 2000 levelfiscal 2000 level

Chemical substancemanagement activities

30% reduction in emissions of volatile organic compounds
compared with fiscal 2004 level

30% reduction in emissions of volatile organic compounds compared withfiscal 2004 level
Eliminating the use of chlorinated organic compounds by fiscal 2008

Expansion of the range of products subject to green
procurement rate for items subject to green procurement (generalprocurement (general purpose items) and introduction into 100%
purpose items)
Furukawa Electric Group
Green activities

Promotion and improvement of green productmanagement○ E stablishment of the FGMS at supply chain operators
by the end of 2007 for full-scale operation by the end of
2008

Eco-design activities○

Promotion of improved environmental performance of
products
Promotion of improved environmental performance of products○ Increase sales percentage of environmentally friendly products amongst
Increased percentage of environmentally friendly
products amongst new products
new products to 100%
○ Introduction of environmental performance indices* Revised April 1, 2008 (previously 50%)

25

Promotion and improvement of green product management○ E stablishment of the FGMS at supply chain operators by the end of 2007
for full-scale operation by the end of 2008

Environmental Management System

Environmental Management Promotion Organization
We at Furuk awa Ele c tric promote
env iro nm ent al pres er v atio n ac ti v i ties on a company wide basis via ourCentral Committee for Environmental
Management, which is chaired by the
Chief Social Responsibility Officer (CSRO).
We also promote Group environmental activities in conjunction with ouraf f iliated companies via the Liaison
Meeting for Consolidated Environmental
Management. All of Furukawa Electric’s
business bases and consolidated environmental companies have been granted ISO
14001 certification.

Company-wide Environmental Management Organization Chart
Central Committee forEnvironmental Management

Committee for Company-wide
Promotion of Energy Conservation
Committee for Development ofEnvironmentally-Friendly Products
Safety and Environment Promotion
Department, CSR Division
Environmental Personnel Meeting

Environment Committeeof Works

Divisional Environment
Committee

Transport Energy Reduction Committee

Committee for Green Product Management(

Expert Committees
Energy Conservation Committee,
Waste Committee,
Chemical Substance Committee, etc.

)

Liaison Meeting for Consolidated
Environmental Management
Committee for Consolidated Environmental
and Green Product Management

Environmental Education
The Furukawa Electric Group runs avariety of educational initiatives designed
to raise levels of environmental awareness amongst our employees.
ISO 14001 Related Education
We organized Four Internal Environ-mental Auditor Training Seminars led bycompany instructors, with participants
including members of staff from affiliated companies. This year, we trained atotal of 61 internal auditors through suchseminars. We also organized two internal
auditor refresher seminars aimed at ouraffiliated companies.
FGMS Auditor Training Seminar
In an effort to reinforce knowledge
and understanding of business-related
environmental risks, we organized our
second FGMS Auditor Training Seminar,
focusing on controlling the chemical content of our core products as conducted infiscal 2006. In addition to in-house staff,

we also brought in outside instructors
from the Mizuho Information & ResearchInstitute Inc. A total of 39 Furukawa
Electric employees and 31 affiliated company employees were trained as FGMS
auditors.
Environment-Related Education
As we are working towards the introduction of a set of product environmental
performance indices as part of our ecodesign activities, we organized a one-day
seminar for group promotion staff, withoutside instructors focusing on everything from LCA basics through to theapplication process and case studies.

Internal Environmental Auditor Training Seminar

26

Environmental Performance

Environmental Risk Management

Soil and Groundwater Pollution Countermeasures
ities and release relevant information to local
residents, related organizations, the media andany other concerned parties as necessary.
In an effort to prevent any negative impact
on the local environment as a result of soil orgroundwater pollution, we implement a rangeof pollution risk avoidance initiatives on an
ongoing basis, including conducting regularinspections to check for leakages of specificharmful substances, taking steps to prevent
leakages and promoting the use of alternative
substances.
Having completed a review of records ofspecific harmful substances used at our works
and affiliated companies and conducted risk
assessments to evaluate the risk of soil andgroundwater pollution at our works, we proceeded to voluntarily carry out studies into thestatus of soil pollution in high-risk areas. During
fiscal 2007, we extended these same activities
to affiliated companies.
We are also carrying out remedial work to
get the site of Kyowa Electric Wire’s former
Osaka Plant removed from the list of designated areas under the Soil Contamination
Countermeasures Law.

The quantity of instruments containing
PCB is monitored at each of our works sothat storage and management operations
can be carried out appropriately. In linewith the start of processing operations
by the likes of the Japan Environmental
Safety Corporation, we intend to continue
to commission processing on an ongoingbasis. As for the PCB-containing instruments having been stored at our affiliated company with its production basein Kitakyushu-city, we have already completed their processing at the Kitakyushu

Plant of Japan Environmental Safet y
Corporation.

Compliance with Environmental
Laws and Regulations and Other
Compliance Requirements

Response to Asbestos Issue

In recognition of the fact that soil andgroundwater pollution is an important issue
for the health and safety of local residents
and employees, the Furukawa Electric Group
actively engages in related risk management
activities.
In addition to taking action promptly as soon
as investigations detect soil or groundwaterpollution, we make every effort to secure thehealth and safety of all residents living in thelocal area. We automatically report the statusof any pollution and details of measures to prevent the spread of pollution to the local author-

PCB Management

We check environmental laws andregulations and any other compliancerequirements on a regular basis and makeevery effort to ensure compliance, including patrolling our sites to confirm thatmeasures are being properly implemented.
We monitor the latest information via
the Official Gazette and other sources tokeep track of revisions to environmental
laws and regulations and ensure that wehave taken all possible measures.

27

Quantity of PCB Stored
Chiba Works

Works(Already processed)(Unprocessed)

Nikko Works
Hiratsuka Works
Mie Works
Osaka Works
Yokohama Works
Total

Use of Asbestos in Products
Although we do not currently manufacture or import products containing
asbestos, we have manufactured and soldsuch products for industrial use in thepast. Relevant products include electric
wires for use on ships and fire prevention
products for use in construction to installelectric wires for telecommunication andelectricity. Full details are featured on our
website.
Use of Asbestos in Buildings and Plant
Facilities(1) Buildings
We discovered asbestos spray materials
in company-owned buildings and plants.
Although investigations into the extent

In storage
88
11
324
47
126
66
9
671

In use
0
0
30
11
0
0
0
41

Total
88
11
354
58
126
66
9
712

of dispersal have confirmed that theasbestos is stable, we decided to remove
it anyway to safeguard against the risk ofdispersal in the future. Removal work wascompleted during fiscal 2006.
(2) Facilities and equipment
We have replaced all asbestos having
possibilies of dispersal in cases whereby
viable alternatives are available. In cases
where asbestos is embedded within insulation and other such materials and therefore not dispersed, we plan to replacethem with alternative materials that do
not contain asbestos at a later date, tocoincide with scheduled inspections.

Business Activities and their Environmental Impact
In the process of providing Furukawa Electric products, we purchase a variety of components and raw
materials, consume water, electric power and other forms of energy and use chemical substances. We continue to work on reducing the adverse impact that these activities have on the environment.
Environmental Impact of our Six Production Base WorksOUTPUT

INPUT
Raw materials
Copper

189,000 t

Energy (*1)

139,000 KL

Water

22.9 million t

Chemical substances (*2)

1,369 t(*1) Amount of electric power, fuel oil and fuel gas consumed(*2) PRTR targeted substances(*3) Outsourced waste disposal, excluding recycled materials

Atmospheric emissions
CO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237,000 t-CO2
NOx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 t
SOx .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 t
Soot .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 t
Wastewater .. . . . . . . . . 18.51 million t
Waste
Industrial waste (*3)

1,839 tRecycled materials . . . . . 18,023 t

Chemical substances (*2)
Volume emitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 t
Volume transferred . . . . . . . . 135 t

Environmental Impact of our Non-production Bases
We have identified the environmental impact of activities at our non-production bases, namely Furukawa Electric’s Head Office and three
Branch Offices.
We promote power and resource savAmount of electric .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022 MWh
ing measures at our Head Of fice andpower consumed(387 t-CO2)
Branch O f f ices, the company ’s nonproduction bases.
E xamples of such power saving
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1,330 tAmount of water usedmeasures include turning off lighting inconference rooms not in use and adjusting air conditioning to appropriate temAmount of paper usedperatures. In terms of resource saving
Photocopier paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 tmeasures, we promote activities such assorting waste and reusing resources such
..
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2.7 t
Newspaperas photocopier paper and files.

Cardboard .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 t

Volume of waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.0 t

28

Environmental Performance

Environmental Accounting

In an effort to quantitatively assess ourenvironmental costs and benefits, we havecompiled tables outlining our “environmental conservation cost,” “economic benefit
associated with environmental conservation activities” and the “environmental
conservation benefit (material benefit).” Alldata has been compiled in accordance withenvironmental accounting guidelines pub-lished by the Ministry of the Environment.
Data on affiliated companies was collected
for a total of 19 companies.
Furukawa Electric's environmental conservation costs for fiscal 2007 came to 3.8
billion yen in expenses and 500 million yen
in investment.
Expenses fell by 1.3 billion yen comparedto the previous year (fiscal 2006). Overall

economic benefits rose by 260 million yen,
due in part to increased energy costs.
Environmental conservation costs forour affiliated companies came to 4.1 billion yen in expenses and 4.2 billion yen in
investment. Overall economic benefits rose
by approximately 660 million yen due toincreased energy and water costs.

Environmental Conservation Costs

Unit: million yen

Category

Key activity and the outcome(1) Business area cost(2) Upstream/downstream cost(3) Administration cost(4) Research and development cost

Total costs

Year-on-year

Affiliatedcompanies
Total costs

1,127

-387

2,556

567

-101

274

472

44

212

1,091

-93

816

Furukawa Electric

Pollution prevention (air pollution, etc.), energy conservation, waste
disposal, etc.
Recovery of packaging, drums, etc.
Environmental management system auditing, environmental impact
monitoring, etc.
Development of environmentally friendly products, research into
alternatives for harmful substances(5) Social activity cost

Tree planting, local community cleaning activities, donations, etc.

3

-1

4

(6) Environmental remediation cost

Environmental impact assessments, cleanup of polluted soil, etc.

514

-746

195

3,773

-1,285

4,057

Total
Year-on-year figures have not been calculated for affiliated companies due to differences in the companies covered compared to last year.

Economic Benefit Associated with Environmental Conservation Activities Unit: million yen

Environmental Conservation Benefit
Emissions causing
environmental impact

Unit

Volume of industrial waste disposal
processed※tEnergy consumption(crude oil equivalent)

1,000 kl

Water consumption

1,000 tEmissions of volatile organic
chemical compounds

Furukawa
Electric

Affiliatedcompanies

Reduction

Reduction

-287

593

-6,9881,000 t - CO2

Reduction in energy costs-712-1,183

Reduction in water purchase costs-9,00012Investment and Research Costs

NOx emissions

t

-24

45

Soot emissions

t

2

15

*Minus figures indicate an increase※
Excluding recycled waste

Total

4,157

Total research costs

10,682

5,855

10

-8

43.6

40

37.7

36.8

Research and development cost
Administration cost
Upstream/downstream cost300Social activity cost

Business area cost

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007 （Fiscal year）

Total costs
24,077

20

50

50.6

Total costs
546

12
10
8
6
4
2
0
-3

49.5

Affiliatedcompanies

12,909Economic Benefit
Environmental remediation cost

-663

Total investment（100 million yen）

51.3

-535

-260

Furukawa
Electric

Environment-related investment

Environmental Conservation Costs
53.0

-3

Unit: million yen

Investment and research costs（100 million yen）

60

29

912
142

*Minus figures indicate an increase342

Total benefit

-40

-3

1

Total benefit
496

0

t

Affiliatedcompanies

Reduction in waste disposal costs-234

SOx emissions

Furukawa
Electric

Revenue from recycling-4,765t

CO2 emissions-12

Details of benefits

-13

11.0

Revenue from recycling

Reduction in water purchase costs

Reduction in waste disposal costs

Total revenue and expenditure

Reduction in energy costs

4.1

4.0

2.6

3.2

2004

2005

0.4
2001

2002

2003

2006

2007（Fiscal
year）
-2.6

Producing Environmentally Friendly Products
In order to produce environmentally friendly products, we at Furukawa Electric undertake measures suchas purchasing items via green procurement, green product management and environmentally friendly
product development.

Green Produc t Ac tivities
Green Product Management Activities
In an ef for t to reinforce the overallmanagement structure of the Furukawa
Electric Group, in fiscal 2007 we set up theCommittee for Consolidated Environmental
and Green Product Management, incorporating affiliated companies. The committee will meet every six months, in April
and October, and will share informationand implement groupwide activities. In
response to customer audits, we have carried out voluntary inspections by affiliatedGroup companies and audits by Furukawa
Electric and have expanded such activities to our major suppliers as well. We willcontinue to step up activities in the future
in order to secure our customers’ trust. As
part of our automotive parts operations, weare extending the establishment of environmentally hazardous substance management systems to overseas affiliated companies and intend to oversee operations via
voluntary inspections and audits, as is thecase with our domestic suppliers.
On other fronts, we have carried out
studies into compliance with European
Registration, Evaluation and Authorizationof Chemicals (REACH*) regulations in eachof our divisions and at each of our Group

companies with an eye to commencing
preliminary REACH registration. We will also
be requiring our suppliers to undertake preliminary registration in relation to a numberof products.
We joined the Japan Article Management
Promotion (JAMP*) Consortium meanwhileat the end of 2006 and have started to use
the mechanisms and tools provided.

Green Product Initiatives at our Telecommunications Company
W i th i t s w i d e r a n g e o f p r o d u c t s ,including optical fibers, optical and communication cables, optical connectors,
wiring for electric and electronic equipment, optical components, optical fiber
amplifiers, laser modules, optical systemproducts, network equipment and fusion
splicers, our telecommunications company ships products to destinations theworld over.
We are working towards the establishment of a management structure forchemical substances contained in our
products based on the following perspectives, especially in the field of photonics
and network technology, which includes
optical components, optical fiber amplifiers, network equipment and fusion splicers.
1 W e have established a set of green
product management regulations ineach of our divisions. In addition to
the management of substances on adesign value or single material basis,
we are also pushing ahead with activities geared towards the managementof product-related substances at theprocessing stages.
2 B ased on future REACH regulations
and in response to customer inquiries regarding the six substances listed

under the RoHS Directive, JGPSSI substances, other chemical substances
contained in our products in relation to
optional lists of substances designatedby customers, we are continuing towork on mechanisms to retrieve data
faster and with a greater degree of
accuracy.
3 H aving installed x-ray fluorescence
spectrometers, we are using them tocarry out regular analysis of externallypurchased items and analysis in linewith the level of importance of the
supplier or producing country and tofurther reduce risks through measures
such as reinforcing cooperation along
the supply chain.
We are also working on the development and launch of the following new
products in an effort to help protect theenvironment in the field of photonics andnetwork technology.
1 Reduced energy consumption products
Fiber lasers
We have developed commercial fiber
lasers as a replacement for solid-state(YAG) lasers for uses such as metal
processing and analysis. Fiber lasers
offer excellent energy conversion efficiency and enable energy consumption

to be reducedby half compared to conventional solidstate lasers.
A-AWG
We have developed commercial athermal AWG (arrayedwaveguide
grating) thatmakes it possible to run AWG
wavelength
multiplexer/demultiplexers without
the need for temperature control or a
power supply.
2 R esource-saving products
Fusion splicers
W e have developed the S122 seriesof commercial ultra-compact fusions p l i ce r s t h a t
enable a substantial saving
in resources
by reducing
the amount of
raw materials
needed for conventional models by
75% in volume and 70% in weight.

30

Environmental Performance

Producing Environmentally Friendly Products

Eco - Design Ac tivities
Environmentally Friendly Products
At Furukawa Electric, we use the term“environmentally friendly products” torefer to products that are harmless at
every stage of the process from purchasing, production and distribution throughto usage and disposal and that have aminimal impact on the environment. We
even have our own unique environmental
labeling system for such products. Our
environmentally friendly product per-centage, namely the percentage of total
sales of new product accounted for byenvironmentally friendly products, cameto 68% in fiscal 2007.

Environmentally Friendly Product Development
April 1, 2008 marked the beginning of thecommitment period under the Kyoto Protocol.
If we are going to put an end to global warming, we need to take action right away to limit
and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Although Furukawa Electric has long since
been developing environmentally friendly
products, we intend to make reducing greenhouse gas emissions our top priority across theboard from now on, covering every stage ofthe process from purchasing, production anddistribution through to usage and disposal.

In order to strengthen our framework forthe development of environmentally friendly
products, we have restructured the activitiesof our in-house Committee for Developmentof Environmentally-Friendly Products on agroupwide basis by extending membershipfrom R&D and business divisions at Furukawa
Electric to also include affiliated companies.
The committee’s activities will revolve
primarily around the following goals.
● Establishing quantitative environmental performance indices for environ-Views from development staff
Working towards the practical application of optimum power
cables for the future of the planet

Masashi Yagi
Eco-Products Department, Ecology & Energy Laboratory
R&D Division

Thanks to the absence of resistance and their high current density, superconductors are
an exceptionally effective form of technology when it comes to saving energy and highefficiency energy conversion. As superconducting wire made from thin films such as the YBCO
system retains its superconductivity even in a strong magnetic field, there are high hopes forapplications in a range of electrical equipment. Through the continued development of YBCO
superconducting wire-based power cables with unrivalled potential for application in electricalequipment, our group has managed to achieve outstanding levels of performance (low loss).
Merely improving performance however is not enough to enable cables to be installed ininfrastructure equipment, which requires high levels of reliability. Challenges such as faultresistance and long-term reliability all need to be tackled one at a time. We have recently madea 10m superconducting cable and an intermediate connector and confirmed exceptionally low
levels of loss (loss of 1W or less at 1000A, 10m AC transmission). Furthermore, tests using a fault
current more than 30 times in excess of this capacity showed no deterioration, confirming sufficient performance in terms of fault-resistance.
Although it will still take a little time before we reach the practical application stage, we aremaking every effort to increase reliability, reduce costs and maximize benefits in an effort tocombat global warming.

31

mentally friendly products based on
LCA● Clearly setting out criteria for Eco-Link
accreditation● Ensuring that customers can choose ourenvironmentally friendly products withconfidence
We will continue to promote the development of environmentally friendly products
throughout the Furukawa Electric Group in the
future, based around the committee’s activities.

YBCO (yttrium-based) superconducting wire

YBCO superconducting wire is formed as a film by synthesizing a layer of crystalline superconducting oxide material several microns thick from chemicals including yttrium,barium and copper on a tape-shaped metallic substratewith an interlayer formed via the IBAD (ion beam assisted
deposition) method. It of fers the most outstanding
performance as a superconducting wire, with properties including a current density 10-100 times higher thanconventional bismuth system superconducting wire, noMultilayer YBCO
degradation insuperconducting wire
performance in(conductor): Low loss andhigh capacity
a magnetic field,
Electrical insulation layer
minimal AC loss
YBCO superconducting
and compatibilwire (shield):
Zero magnetic field leakage
it y with liquid= no inductive interference
nitrogen.
Liquid nitrogen

High-temperature superconducting cable

The structure of high-temperature superconducting cablesconsists of several high-temperature superconducting wires
coiled in a spiral around a core referred to as the “former”.
On top of this is an electrical insulation layer, a supercon10m YBCO highducting shield layer
temperature
and a protective layer
superconducting
cable
formed around thecore of the cable,
Intermediate
which is then encasedconnector
minimal contact
inside heat-insulated
resistance oftubing.
5.2nΩ

THERMO-IN BIRUMEITO Tube outdoor refrigerant sheath piping (patent pending) launched
Furukawa Electric completed development and launched its new THERMOIN BIRUMEITO Tube outdoor refrigerant
sheath piping (patent pending) for use inbuilding multi-air conditioning systems in
April 2007. This is an industry-first product in that it uses high expansion foam
integrated molding technology to enable
outstanding weather resistance and highstrength coating, thereby rendering ducts
and other protective covers unnecessary.
By increasing the expansion ratio fromthe usual ×5 to ×13, we have managed to
produce a coating that is both weather
resistant and strong. As this producteliminates the need to use ducts or othertypes of protective covers, it makes it
possible to halve installation times andreduce material costs by 10-20%. It is abrand new product unique to Furukawa
Electric, combining our technical capabilities in the fields of copper piping andresin.
Benefits:
Weather resistance:O ffers outstanding weather resistancethanks to the use of a special polyolefin
resin composite on the surface layer
Strength:T he surface layer is strong enough towithstand bird damage and dragging
during pipe installation
Heat resistance:O ffers excellent heat-resistant performance thanks to the use of polypropylene

foam in the heat insulation layer
Pollution-free:Environmentally friendly piping thanks
to the use of non-halogen material inboth the surface and heat insulation layers
Size:Available in the same sizes as conventional products, with outer diameters of
6.35-44.45mm

THERMO-IN BIRUMEITO Tube®

Example of outdoor piping

Environmentally friendly foam fire extinguishing agents

Using water

Water runs off

Using foam
extinguishing
agent
Combustible
Combustible
materialmaterial
Foam sticks to and penetrates
into the material

In addition to reducing the surface tension of water for firefighting to enable it
to better penetrate wood and other combustible materials, the product also hasa cooling and suffocating effect as thefoam sticks to materials. In an experimentconducted by the Kitakyushu City Fire
Department, the foam-based agent wasable to extinguish a fire in the equivalentof a housing complex with a floor areaof 27m2 using less than half the volume
of water and in less than half the timethat it took using water alone. This would
not only reduce fire damage and save
firefighters effort, but it would also makeit possible to minimize water damage tolower floors and protect the environment
from noxious fumes and contaminatedwater. What is more, whereas the main
constituent of existing foam-based extinguishing agents is synthetic surfactant,this product uses soap-based surfactant
that has a quicker rate of decomposition.
Tests on the envisioned impact on aquatic life if it were to be washed into a riverin particular found that levels of toxicity
were massively reduced (Figure 1).
This product and the accompanying
firefighting tactics are already being
fully deployed in Kitakyushu-city and arestarting to be brought into use in otherareas as well. It is hoped that it will also be
usable on forest fires, which pose major
problems in terms of generating CO 2, as
well as building fires in the future.

Figure 1: Toxicity in fish (subject species: Oryzias latipes)
High toxicity
TLm12 value (1/2 surviving after 12 hours)

The Japanese have always tended touse nothing but water to put out building fires. Changes in firefighting tactics
in recent years however have prompted
efficiency drives and efforts to extinguishfires using less water and in a shorter
space of time. Furukawa Electric and
Furukawa Techno Material for instancehave been investigating f iref ighting
tactics combining foam fire extinguishing agents with sur factant agents inconjunction with Kitakyushu City Fire
Depar tment and have developed anenvironmentally friendly foam extinguishing agent as part of a joint industry, academic and government venturewith the University of Kitakyushu andShabondama Soap.

0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500

Low toxicity

Our productCommercially available agent A
Commercially available agent B
Commercially available agent C
Commercially available agent D

Ultrapure water
Hardness: zeroTap water

Brackish water←Usage→ Release into natural environment

32

Environmental Performance

Recyclable optical fiber cable joint boxes (developed jointly with Tokyo Electric Power Company)
With the development of the Aerial
Optical Eco Closure (“Eco Closure”) junction box for connecting and splitting optical fiber optic cables, we have managed
to both reduce environmental impact andcut costs by improving workability.
Benefits:●Minimizes consumption of resources(optimized structure)
Adjustable structure that can expand (orcontract) to suit the size of the connection capacity●R educes waste (reusable structure)
Structure can be expanded (or contracted) simply by adding or removing parts●Makes effective use of resources (recyclable structure)
Compound of off-cuts from slotted opti-

cal fiber cables (sheathing material, slot
material)
Compound of general recycled materials●Stable operation of core fibers
Storage tray structure, mechanism andwiring designed to minimize impact ontransmission properties of core fiber
Expected results●Minimizes consumption of resources
and reduces waste
No need to replace 1,200 joint boxes
each year, making for a reduction in
waste of approximately 3.4 tons
●M a k e s e f f e c t i v e u s e o f r e s o u r c e s
Makes effective use of composite containing approximately 15-20% selected
waste materials (sheathing fromremoved optical fiber cables, etc.) andgeneral recycled materials, enabling asaving of roughly 7.8 tons of plastic eachyear

Eco Closure (artists impression)
Messenger wire
for supporting
joint box
Optical fiber cable
Sleeve(outer casing)Main cable
Branchcable

Tray (contains connected/
branched core fibers)
End plateGreen Procurement
Office Supplies and Other General Purpose Items
We promote the green procurementof office supplies and other general purpose items. This chiefly involves certifying
green products as eco-items and registering them in a catalog on our purchasingsystem. In the case of certain general purpose items in particular, we exclusively
purchase eco-items registered in our catalog. We have continued to step up green
procurement however by increasing
the number of eligible items. As a result,

we achieved a green purchasing rate of
approximately 99% for applicable items
as of the end of 2007 (products no longer
classed as green items due to issues withrecycled paper part way through the year
excluded from total). We are working
towards green procurement for all officesupplies and also intend to expand similar
activities to include affiliated companies.

Products and Manufacturing Process Components
We have added a mechanism to ourpurchasing system to enable each of our
suppliers to provide the latest information with regard to the status of theirenvironmental management activities(including ISO 14000) and systems forcontrolling the chemical content of thematerials they supply. Getting individual
suppliers to provide the latest informa-

33

tion in this manner enables us to assess
the current situation and share information. We will continue to ask our suppliers
to provide this information in an effort tomonitor status on an ongoing basis.

Examples of Environmental Labels Used

Eco Mark Program

Green MarkGreen Purchasing
Network

Energy-Saving
Labeling Program

International EnergyStar Program

Efforts to Prevent Global Warming

The majority of the Furukawa ElectricGroup’s greenhouse gas emissions
consist of CO2 generated from electricity, fuel and other energy sources. As
emissions from manufacturing processes in particular account for a large
proportion, we continue to work on
reducing emissions through energy
saving measures such as increasing
the ef f iciency of production processes, switching fuels, replacing equipment with more efficient alternatives,
meticulously turning off lights when
not in use and insulating hot areas. Our
efforts to prevent global warming havealways been linked to our energy sav-

ing initiatives and we have continued
to implement measures in our offices
as well, including turning off unnecessary lighting and setting air conditioning to the optimum temperature.
Nonetheless, as the first commitment
period under the Kyoto Protocol began
in April 2008, we intend to step up ouractivities even further in the future,including participating in Team Minus
6%.
Total greenhouse gas emissions for
the Group as a whole came to 950,000
tons of CO 2 in fiscal 2007, a reductionof 9% compared to levels in fiscal 2000.
Furukawa Electric achieved an equiva-

lent reduction of 14% and our affiliatedcompanies a reduction of 8% (bothcompared to fiscal 2000 levels).
Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2000-2007(104 Tons CO2)

120
100

Furukawa
Electric

20.4

80
60 57.440
20
0Furukawa-Sky

Other affiliatedcompanies

19.4 22.0 22.8 23.0 24.3 23.5 20.9
54.0 56.2 56.6 54.6
52.0 51.9 50.8

27.3 25.4 23.3 22.9 22.4 21.3 22.8 23.6
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

(Fiscal year)

Participating in Team Minus 6%
Furukawa Electric signed up to Team
Minus 6% in April 2008, underlining ourcommitment to ac tively push ahead
with CO2 reduction initiatives at our headof f ice, branches and other of f ices in
addition to our current activities, which
are focused primarily on our works andplants. Going one step further, we havealso launched a series of Eco Home activi-

ties, as part of which we are actively aiming to reduce CO2 on an individual basis, athome as well as at work. We have distributed leaflets to all of our employees in aneffort to raise awareness regarding global
warming and are making steady progressin terms of reducing our CO2 emissions.
http://www.team-6.jp/english/about.html/

Switching Fuel

Energy-Saving Tours

Following on from our Hiratsuka Works,
we are now in the process of switchingfuels from LPG gas to city gas at our Chiba
Works as well. We will have melting furnaces fully up and running from May 2008
and expect to achieve an annual reduction in CO2 of 2,300 tons.

In conjunction with Fuji Electric, in December
2007 we organized an energy saving tour ofthe plants at our Hiratsuka Works with the aimof compiling an energy-saving diagnosis. The
numerous proposals put forward as a result werescreened for cost effectiveness by our Energy
Conservation Committee and the decision taken
to introduce new measures in a total of sevenareas, including steps to install inverters andpressure control devices on plant water pumps.
Some of these measures have already been
implemented, with the others to be implemented on an ongoing basis. We plan to conduct
energy-saving tours on a regular basis from now
on in an effort to enhance energy-saving activities and raise awareness amongst employees,
especially with regard to cutting CO2 emissions.

Installation of city gas pipes

An Eco Home leaflet

Energy-Saving Tour

34

Environmental Performance

Efforts to Prevent Global Warming

Mini Energy Saving Exhibition

Promote Eco Commuting

In March 2008 we organized a minienergy saving exhibition at our Chiba
Works in conjunction with energy saving device manufacturers. Despite being
the first time that we have attempted
anything like this, the event turned out tobe a great success thanks to participationfrom large numbers of affiliated companies and each of Furukawa Electric’s
works.

The second and fourth Wednesdays ofJune were set aside as eco commuting
promotion days at our Mie Works. As partof this initiative, employees who normallycommute by car were encouraged toeither (1) travel to work by minibus or (2)come to work on foot or by bicycle. Overthe course of June, which was environmental month, 45 employees opted for (1)and 89 for (2), resulting in a reduction of
approximately 170kg in CO2 emissions.

Eco commuting

Installation of Wind and Solar Powered Street Lighting

The mini energy saving exhibition

We have ins t alle d wind and solar
powered street lighting alongside themain entrance to our Mie Works. In addition to providing light and electricity for
the works’ gatehouse, this will also help
symbolize the works’ environmentallyfriendly credentials.

Wind and solar powered lighting

Logistics-Related Initiatives
A t 14 8 m i l l i o n t o n - k i l o m e t e r s ,Furukawa Electric’s total transportation
volume for fiscal 2007 came in at moreor less the same level as f iscal 2006.
Nevertheless, through measures such as
an increase in modal shift, we managed
to reduce CO 2 emissions to 18,800 tons,
a reduction of 1.5% compared to theprevious year. We also achieved a similar
1.5% reduction in specific consumption(denominator: ton-kilometers). The totaltransportation volume for the Furukawa
Electric Group as a whole came to 517 million ton kilometers, an increase of 2.6%
compared to fiscal 2007. We intend towork together with Furukawa Logistics to

35continue to promote modal shift, increaseloading rates and promote joint deliveries in an effort to reduce transportationenergy consumption.
Modal Shift and Specific Consumption
（％）

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

(MJ/ton-kilometers)

1.90

Specific
consumption

1.89

Rate ofmodal shift

1.88
1.87
1.86
2006

2007

1.85

JR Freight containers(en route from Nikko to Utsunomiya)

Harnessing Hydroelectric Power
Furukawa Nikko Hydroelectric wastrans ferre d f rom Furuk awa Co. Ltd.
an d b e c am e an af f iliate d co mp any
in September 2003. Using the Kegon
Waterfall, which flows from the natural
dam created by Chuzenji Lake, and surrounding mountain streams as a water
source, the company generates electricity
via four greenhouse gas-free hydroelectric power facilities and supplies power
to Furukawa Electric Group sites including our Nikko Works and Furukawa Sky’s
Nikko Plant, Tokyo Electric Power andFurukawa Co. Ltd.
In terms of performance, the company
supplied the Furukawa Electric Group
with approximately 176,0 0 0MWh ofpower in fiscal 2007. If this were to cover
all of our purchased power, it would
translate into a reduction in CO2 of around75,000 tons. Approximately 26% of thetotal power consumed by Furukawa
Electric on a standalone basis is provided
by hydroelectric power from Furukawa
Nikko Hydroelectric.

Power Generated by Furukawa Nikko HydroelectricPower generated（MWh）250,000
200,000

Tokyo Electric
Power

Furukawa Co. Ltd.

Furukawa Electric Group

150,000
100,000
50,000
0

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

（Fiscal year）*D ata for 2003 is the result after transfer (September 2003
– March 2004)

Zero Emission Activities
The Furukawa Electric Group has
been involved in efforts to reduce levels of outsourced waste disposal eversince 1993. The overall level of outsourced waste disposal for the Group
as a whole in fiscal 2007 fell by 30%
compared with fiscal 2004 to 10,440
tons. Furukawa Electric achieved anequivalent reduc tion of 52% on astandalone basis and our affiliatedcompanies a reduction of 22% (bothcompared with fiscal 2004 levels). The
overall level of direct landfill disposal
for the Group as a whole also fell by

48% compared with f iscal 2004 to
2,395 tons. Furukawa Electric achieved
an equivalent reduction of 46% on

a standalone basis and our affiliatedcompanies a reduction of 48% (bothcompared with fiscal 2004 levels).

Outsourced Waste Disposal

Direct Landfill Disposal（Tons）（Tons）

30000
25000
20000
15000

Other affiliated companies
Furukawa-Sky
Furukawa Electric

9344
7592
8452

10000

7959
6840

0

5551

6000
4000

5777
5220

5016 5274 5318

3689 3767 3282
2119 1552 1839
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
5974 6018 3816

Reducing Waste Disposal Costs

Other affiliated companies
Furukawa-Sky
Furukawa Electric

1639
1872
2543

2002
2567

3000

（Fiscal year）

We at Furukawa Electric are also working
towards targets for the reduction of waste
disposal costs. Spending on landfill and intermediate disposal in fiscal 2001 totaled morethan 300 million yen. In addition to reducing
levels of waste through initiatives such as
promoting reuse and eliminating waste along
our production lines, we have continued to
implement measures such as carefully sorting
waste to generate value since then, making it
possible to sell our waste products for profit.
In addition to the effects of activities such asthese, soaring copper prices also helped us toachieve a profit of approximately 250 million,around the same level as fiscal 2007.

7000 1442
5000 3243

5494 4934

5000 9131 8274

8000

1889

1657

1825
1313
2232 1504
1000
1812 1634
750 1288 811
504 176 177 271
02000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2000

3022 2974（Fiscal year）

Introduction of an Electronic Manifest
Waste Disposal Costs（Million yen）

250
200
150
249 249
100 Income
43
50
0
-75
-50
-100 Expen-238 -187
diture -252
-150
-353
-200
-250
-300
-350
-400
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

（Fiscal year）

As part of our efforts to introduce anelectronic manifest at Furukawa Electric,
we commenced operations at our
Hiratsuka and Mie Works in April 2008.
The system is also in place at our Chiba
Works and is on the verge of commencing
operations there too. The rate of usage ofthe electronic manifest as of April 2008
stood at 45% (total manifest transactions:
349, electronic manifest transactions: 158).
We intend to focus on expanding usage at
all of our works in the future.

36

Environmental Performance

Chemical Substance Management

The Furukawa Electric Group promotes ef forts to reduce the use ofharmful chemical substances. In particular, we make every effort to actively
reduce emissions of volatile organic
compounds, which are regarded as

one of the causes of photochemicalsmog. Furukawa Electric’s emissions
have fallen 19% compared with levels
in fiscal 2004, with organic chlorinecompounds now only used by five of
our affiliated companies.

Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds（Tons）

400* Furukawa Electric only

310

327
253

252

2006

2007 （Fiscal
year）

200

0

2004

2005

Appropriate Management of Chemical Substances
We check the properties of and laws
and regulations applicable to all chemical substances that we use as part of the
manufacturing process against Material
Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and manage
substances accordingly. We also monitor
the volumes of each substance used andreport the relevant details in accordancewith the PRTR Law*.
* L aw Concerning Reporting, etc. of Releases to theEnvironment of Specif ic Chemical Substances andPromoting Improvements in Their Management

Volume of PRTR Substances Released and Transferred
Substance
Name of substanceNo.
25
Antimony and its compounds
40
Ethylbenzene
63
Xylene64
Silver and its water-soluble compounds
67
Cresol108
Inorganic cyanide compounds
172
N, N-dimethylformamide197
Decabromodiphenyl ether
207
Copper salts (water-soluble)
227
Toluene230
Lead and its compounds
231
Nickel232
Nickel compounds
253
Hydrazine
266
Phenol272
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
283
Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts

Volumehandled
76.2
7.1
21.5
3.0
292.6
6.7
74.0
227.2
13.7
395.1
2.0
27.8
7.2
8.8
201.0
1.8
3.7
1369.4(Unit: Ton)

Volumereleased
0.1
0.0
8.5
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
157.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
166.8

VolumeVolumetransferred neutralized
5.6
0.0
0.0
7.0
1.8
11.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
291.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
73.3
16.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
107.5
116.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
8.8
0.1
200.5
0.1
0.0
3.0
0.0
134.7

* Applicable to substances that are handled in volumes of one ton or more at works (or 0.5 tons or more in the case of specificfirst category chemical substances)

Reducing Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds
Although Furukawa Electric does not
currently own any facilities that fall underregulations set out in accordance with the
Air Pollution Control Law, we are nonetheless voluntarily working to reduce
emissions of volatile organic compounds(VOC). The main types of VOC that we37

handle are toluene and isopropyl alcohol(IPA). We are working on reducing thevolume of toluene that we use, mainly todegrease copper strips, by switching toa hydrocarbon-based detergent instead.
We are also looking to lowering consumption of IPA, which is used to reduce cop-

per wire when it comes out of the melting
furnaces, through measures to prevent
leaks and dispersal. We are examining
the possibility of installing IPA recovery
apparatus in an effort to achieve further
reductions.

Environmental Preservation Data

● Chiba Works
Atmospheric Indicators
Item
NOx
Soot

Wastewater Quality Indicators

Legal Self-imposed Average Maximum
Unit
Facilities
standard standard
180
180
16
22
(ppm) Melting furnace(g/Nm3) Melting furnace
0.1
0.1
0.011
0.011

Item

Unit

pH
COD
(mg/l)
SS(mg/l)n-h (mineral oil) (mg/l)

Legalstandard
5.0 to 9.0
15
202

Self-imposed
standard
5.5 to 8.5
10
101

Average

Maximum

8.1
3.2
2.9
0.2

8.4
10.2
6.5
0.3

Average

Maximum● Nikko Works
Atmospheric Indicators
Item

NOx

SOx

Soot

Unit

Facilities(ppm)(K value)(g/Nm )
3

BoilerMelting
furnaceDryerfurnace
BoilerMelting
furnaceDryerfurnace
BoilerMelting
furnaceDryerfurnace

Wastewater Quality Indicators
Legal Self-imposed
standard standard Average Maximum
180
180
108
120
200

200

57

60

300

250

53

58

17.5

17.5

0.35

0.39

17.5

17.5

0.24

0.26

17.5

17.5

0.13

0.13

0.3

0.3

0.00

0.00

0.2

0.2

0.00

0.00

0.5

0.2

0.00

0.00

Item

Unit

pH

Legal
standard

Self-imposed
standard

5.8 to 8.6

6.0 to 8.5

7.2

7.6

BOD

(mg/l)

25

16

2.7

5.0

SS

(mg/l)

50

20

1.0

1.0

n-h (mineral oil) (mg/l)

5

0.5

0.2

0.2

Legal
standard

Self-imposed
standard

Average

Maximum

5.8 to 8.6

6.5 to 8.5

7.6

8.0
2.0

● Mie Works
Atmospheric Indicators
Item
NOx

Unit
(ppm)

Facilities
BoilerWastewater Quality Indicators
Legal Self-imposed
standard standard Average Maximum
180

140

47

pH

53

BOD

(mg/l)

10

4

1.3

SS

(mg/l)

25

6

1.0

5.1

n-h (mineral oil) (mg/l)

1

0.7

0.11

0.45

Average

Maximum

7.7
4.9
10.6
1.4

8.2
11.0
47.0
2.9

180

Boiler

0.6

0.5

0.00

0.00
0.13

48

Unit

54

Melting
furnace

140

Item

SOx

(K value)

Melting
furnace

41.6

33.3

0.13

Soot

(g/Nm3)

Boiler

0.3

0.24

0.005

0.005

Melting
furnace

0.3

0.24

0.072

0.084

● Osaka Works
Atmospheric Indicators
Item

Unit

Facilities
BoilerNOx(ppm)

Melting
furnaceDryerfurnace
BoilerSoot(g/Nm3)

Melting
furnaceDryerfurnace

Wastewater Quality Indicators
Legal Self-imposed
standard standard Average Maximum
150

120

18.0

18.0

200

160

5.0

6.0

170

144

3.0

3.0

0.1

0.08

0.001

0.001

0.2

0.16

0.001

0.001

0.25

0.2

0.001

0.001

Item

Unit

pH
BOD
(mg/l)
SS(mg/l)n-h (mineral oil) (mg/l)

Legalstandard
5.7 to 8.7
300
300
5

Self-imposed
standard
5.7 to 8.7
10
50
2

38

Initiatives at Affiliated Companies

Inoue Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Head Office:2-2-13 Okano, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture
Yokohama Plant:
2-10-10 Okano, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture
Ebina Plant:
2286-1 Sugikubo, Ebina, Kanagawa prefecture
Workforce:
260 employees
Website:http://www.inoue-mfg.com/
Inquiries:
Quality and Environmental Promotion Department
Tel: +81-46-238-1055
Fax: +81-46-238-4727

History
Established as Inoue Iron Works in 1919, the(4) Establishment of green procurement
management

Social Contribution Activities

current incarnation of Inoue Manufacturing(1) Work experience for junior high schoolcame into being af ter the company was

As part of our development efforts to help

restructured in 1957. With capital investment

minimize environmental impac t, we havestudents

from Furukawa Electric, we became a member

developed technology and products including

Having received a request from the Nishi-of the Furukawa Electric Group that same year

halogen-free termination connectors for power

ku Ward Office (Yokohama) to provide workand have been ever since.

cables (so as to prevent harmful gases fromexperience placements, in May 2008 we organ-

We deal in a range of products, including

being emitted during combustion), lightweightized a two-day work experience program foraccessories for power cables, components

guns for spot welding robots (so as to reduce

two local junior high school students. The pro-for electrical equipment, spot welding guns

the amount of materials used and make robots

gram started with safety education and also

and their components, and other processedmore compact) and electronic beam welding

included tours of our plants before concluding

nonferrous metal products.

achieving almost the same electric resistance aswith practical sessions in which the students

base material.

manufactured their own pencil holders.

Environmental Preservation
Initiatives

On the waste front, we are making every
effort to reduce the volume of waste that we

In March 2002, our Ebina Plant, Yokohama

generate through initiatives such as reusing

Plant and Tokyo Branch combined to obtainpackaging boxes. All waste leaving our plants

ISO 14001 certification. In an effort to reduce

is sent to a subcontractor for intermediate dis-the environmental impact of our businessposal, with the majority then being recycled.

activities, we continue to promote the follow-

In an effort to raise awareness, we have hand-ing environmental preservation initiatives on

ed out cards bearing our Basic Environmentala priority basis in the fields of product devel-

Philosophy and Environmental Policy to all of

opment, design, manufacturing and sales.

our employees and require them to be carried(1) Energy saving initiatives to help preventat all times in our plants. We are also working to

global warming

A practical work experience session(2) External awards

raise environmental awareness on an individual

Our Ebina Plant has its own firefighting(2) Waste reduction and recycling initiatives

level through initiatives such as requiring vehi-

team that is responsible for maintaining

to ensure the effective use of resources

cles to turn off their engines whilst on site andand operating fire hydrants and conducting

and reduce environmental impact

meticulously separating waste for recycling.

regular fire drills. In October 2007, the team(3) Development of technology and products

In terms of chemical substances, we are

was presented with an award for outstanding

to help minimize environmental impact

now able to manufacture selected products

achievement at the 19th Ebina Indoor Fire

(4) Rigorous control of chemical substances

made from materials that do not contain any

Hydrant Contest, an event organized by theharmful substances, including lead-free sol-

Ebina Fire Department.

We have set out the following environmental targets for fiscal 2008 and are implementing activities accordingly.

der and cadmium-free silver brazing filler.
We will continue to make every effort toimplement companywide activities aimed at(1) 5% year on year reduction in power consumption(2) 5% year on year reduction in volume ofwaste generated(3) 10 0 % r e s p o n s e r a t e t o c u s t o m e r
requirements regarding the exclusionof harmful chemical substances

39

reducing environmental impact in the future.

A “koppel” consisting of acopper strip and copper plate
welded onto one anotherusing electron beam welding

6600V termination (ecotermination)

Okumura Metals Co. Ltd.
Head Office:2-6-5 Sakuragawa, Naniwa-ku, Osaka
Ritto Works:
575 Deba, Ritto, Shiga prefecture
Nikko Works:
597 Otorozawa, Nikko, Tochigi prefecture
Okayama Works:1226-2 Hattori, Osafune-cho, Setouchi, Okayama prefecture
Kasuga Plant:
2352-1 Nokono, Kasuga-cho, Tamba, Hyogo prefecture
Workforce:
146 employees
Website:http://www.fitec.co.jp/okumura/
Inquiries:
EMS Promotion Department, Head OfficeTel: +81-6-6562-7251
Fax: +81-6-6562-7258

History
Established in 1926, Okumura Metals
adopted its current name in 1970. Having
entered the processing sector via the salesaving specifications, including equipment

Future Activities

such as compressors and air conditioners(1) Eliminating the use of chlorine-based(3) Reducing use of chlorine-based organic
solvents

organic solvents
We scrapped one of our three dichlorometh-of materials such as copper and aluminum,

In fiscal 2007, we achieved an 82% reduc-ane washing machines at the end of March 2008

we currently process components for hometion in the volume of organic solvents used

and replaced it with a hydrocarbon-based alter-

appliances, including manufacturing internal

to clean our produc ts and components

native. We plan to scrap and replace a further

piping for air conditioners, piping connection

compared to levels in fiscal 2000 throughmachine before the end of fiscal 2008 and havekits and microwave oven components.

measures such as continuing the installation

also penciled in the removal of the remaining

In addition to five domestic works andof hydrocarbon-based washing machinery

machine so as to complete the process.

plants, we started to branch out overseas in(started in fiscal 2002) and using alternatives(2) Increasing sales of environmentally

1987 and currently operate a global network

to solvent-based cleaning fluids.

friendly products

consisting of four overseas bases (in Malaysia,(4) Green activities

In our capacity as a sup-Guangzhou, Shanghai and Thailand), as we

In an effort to take quick, effective action inplier of environmentallycontinue to supply products that guarantee

response to new restrictions on the use of harmful

friendly products, whichcustomer satisfaction on a daily basis.

chemical substances, including RoHS regulations,the home appliancein fiscal 2007 we put in place an environmental

industry has been actively

quality assurance system to enable us to deal withpromoting, c apit alizing

customer inquiries as quickly as possible.

on the fact that 70% of theEnvironmental Preservation
Initiatives
We f irst began ISO 14001 cer tif ication

We have also installed simplified analysis

products we sell are materi-activities in March 1999, going on to achieveequipment and established a checking system as

als or components for whitecertification for our three works and plants inpart of our day to day management operations.

goods, we are actively

the Kinki region in February 2000. In February(5) Community and social contribution

focusing on increasing sales

Eco Cute piping

2005, we added a further two sites, securing

activities

of materials and components for environ-certification for all of our domestic premises.

We take part in events and other activities held

mentally friendly products and making every

Having gone on to obtain certification at eachin the local communities around each of our sites.

effort to sell body components and materialsof our four overseas bases in December 2006,

At our Head Office, in addition to engag-

for Eco Cute water heaters in particular, which

our environmental preservation activities now

ing in weekly cleanup activities conducted

are attracting a great deal of attention withincover all bases associated with the company.

once a week, we have participated in Clean

the industry at present. We intend to con-

Osaka (held in November each year andtinue to increase sales in the future.

also in August 2007

(3) Green activities

Priority Measures(1) Waste reduction activities

to coincide withWe are redoubling our focus on green

In f iscal 20 07, we managed to reduce

the World Athletics

activities at present, incorporating our sup-the volume of waste generated by 45%

Championships) andpliers as well in an effort to firmly establish

compared to levels in fiscal 2000 throughlocal cleanup activi-

measures such as promoting recycling basedties ever since 2002.

on separating, collecting and returning raw

Power consumption

material packaging.

2000(2) Reducing power consumption

1500

In fiscal 2007 we achieved a 19% reductionin power consumption compared to levels

Unit: 1,000KwH

our environmental quality assurance system.
Cleanpic Osaka

Waste generated

35

Unit: tons

30

1000

in f iscal 2000 through measures such as

500

upgrading plant facilities in line with energy

0

1985

1618

2000 2007（Fiscal year）

15
10

120

Unit: tons

100

25
20

Methylene chloride

60

19.2

40

5

20

0

0

2000 2007（Fiscal year）

We are working to achieve zero emissions, with overall waste totaling less than
1%, through efforts to reduce the volume8035(4) Zero emissions activities

of waste generated, primarily through the106
202000 2007

3Rs, and to cut the volume of direct landfill
disposal based on initiatives such as disassembly and separating waste.

（Fiscal year）

40

Third-Party Opinion

Mariko Kawaguchi
Senior analyst at the Management
Strategy Research Department of Daiwa
Institute of Research Ltd.
G r a du ate d w i th a m as te r ’s d e g re e f ro m
Hitotsubashi University Graduate School in 1986.
Joined Daiwa Securities in 1986. Transferredto Daiwa Institute of Research in 1994. Had anumber of roles, including analyst, taking her
present assignment. Her research subjec ts
include socially responsible investment and corporate social responsibility. Co-author of Guide
to Socially Responsible Investment and CSRManagement. Part-Time Instructor at Aoyama
Gakuin University.

Remarks about the Report
The CSR report is a communications
tool in which a company expresses tostakeholders in the broader community
its posture on CSR philosophy and different issues in contemporary society. The
company states in the report what philosophy it has, what it is specifically thinking
about, how it acts, and what it would liketo do in the future.
However, the reports of many Japanesecompanies, especially traditional manufacturers, are centered on an explanationof internal systems and results vs. internal
targets, and the reports for external audiences are mostly just revised versionsof the internal reports on CSR activities.
I had the same impression about thisreport too.
I n h i s m e s s a g e, Pr e s i d e n t M a s a o
Yoshida touched on his understanding of
global challenges such as environmental
and poverty issues, the concept of triple
bottom lines, and the importance of communicating with stakeholders. The bodyof the report covers items such as compli-

41

ance, customers, shareholders and investors, suppliers, and employees. The reportcovers all of the CSR activities by officesof the Company. The Company deserves
high marks for conveying its attitude
towards CSR.
But relationships with stakeholders
are centered on an explanation of systems and mechanisms. With respect tothe environment, the report clearly sets
out the performance, objectives, andother aspects in accordance with the
PDCA cycle, and this is remarkable foran environmental management report.
The Company deserves particular praisefor setting a bold target of reducing CO2
emissions from production bases by 25%
in 2009, compared with the 2000 level,
and is reducing CO2 emissions steadily,
although the cuts are short of the target.
However, the report does not appear
to set out the strategy Furukawa Electric
will use to show how it will ac tively
a d d r e s s t h e g l o b a l e nv i r o n m e n t a lissues, including global warming, that
confront humanity and how it will contribute through its core businesses. And
although Furukawa Electric deals withcopper, the report also fails to make clear
the Company’s position on the selectionof mines and its mineral resources strategy, which are indispensable elements inaddressing CSR challenges.
Consequently, I unfortunately had theimpression that the CSR report was inadequate as a report on specific CSR activities, although senior management clearlyrecognizes global warming and poverty
as the greatest challenges facing mankind.

After the Interview
However, this impression changed
dramatically once I spoke with Chief
Social Responsibility Officer Tetsuya Sato.
After the interview, I understood that
the Company is proactively addressing
issues that I felt were not being dealt withadequately when I read the report.
In the field of CSR sourcing, the humanrights of people living near mining sites
and the ecological destruction of areas

surrounding mining sites are global
challenges that need to be addressed.
Companies that use mineral resources atsome point in their supply chains fromthe upstream position to the downstream
are required to avoid what is called dirty
mining, or mining in a way that does notconsider human rights or the environment. In fact, Furukawa Electric faces
expectations from its customers, namely
auto manufacturers and home-appliancemanufacturers about the use of resourcesfrom dirty mining, and it has in turn asked
its own suppliers, the ore refineries, about
it. Actually the answer seems to be thatore refineries cannot separate ore fromdirty mining. Unfortunately, the report
does not write about this. “We decided
not to mention this because we had notreached a final conclusion,” said Mr. Sato.
However, readers will think that theCompany is unaware of the issue if thereport does not discuss it. The CSR report
should report not only conclusions but
also ongoing information on what kindof position the Company is taking in
addressing social issues. Since dirty mining is a significant social and environmental issue, I hope that Furukawa Electric willcontinue quiet dialogues with refineries
so that manufacturers will encourage
mines to address the issue in addition tosimply pass on the answer from refineries
to customers.
Discussing environmentally friendly
products reinforced again for me the factthat copper wire is essential for every
product using electricity. Although thismay be obvious to people in the industry,
it is a discovery to people like me outside
the industry. It is widely recognized that

Histor y of Furukawa Elec tric’s CSR Ac tivities
energy saving is the most impor tantaction for combating global warming andthat energy-saving home appliances andelectrical facilities are important. But people are not aware that copper is always
associated with energy saving. We could
say that copper plays a vital role in the
background of a society using electricity. I believe Furukawa Electric needs tospotlight the roles that copper can playin an energy-saving society, to present
them in a way that is easy to understand,and to encourage greater public understanding. If the Company then discloses
its environmentally friendly product lines
and its strategy, it will not only bolster its
competitiveness but also clarify its role insociety.
Finally, I would like to write about
personnel strategy. The report explains
diverse work pat terns and work-lifebalance support schemes. I hope theCompany will disclose data on users of
the scheme as a global company. Dataon human resources from Japanesecompanies tends to focus on Japaneseemployees. But as production bases are
expanding into China, Southeast Asia,and other regions, hiring excellent local
human resources becomes an important
challenge not only for CSR but also formanagement. It was mentioned that theCompany is considering human resources
development programs and a global
personnel utilization strategy to secure
excellent human resources irrespective of
nationality. I hope Furukawa Electric willdevelop and institute strategies from theperspective of a global Japanese company.

1972 ••Companywide Rules for Pollution Prevention
formulated
1974••Environmental Control Department established••Energy Conservation Team established

1976••Central Quality Control Committee established1989 ••Team for Reduction in Use of Specified CFCs
established1993 ••Basic Framework for Protecting the Global
Environment formulated (Furukawa Electric's
voluntary environmental preservation plan)
1994 ••Committee for Companywide Promotion ofEnergy Conservation established1996 ••Use of specified CFCs and trichloroethane
discontinued
1997 ••Team for Promotion of Reduction in Industrial
Waste established1998 ••Furukawa Electric Basic Environmental Policy
formulated••Central Committee for Environmental Management established••Committee for the Development of Environmentally Friendly Products established••Acquisition of ISO14001 certification commenced••Companywide Regulations for Pollution Prevention revised to create the Companywide
Regulations for Environmental Management
1999 ••Central Safety and Health Committee established2000 ••Liaison Meeting with Affiliated Companies established••First Environmental Report published••Meeting of Environmental Personnel established2001 ••Medium-Term Plan for Environmental Preservation Activities 2002 formulated (for 20012002)••Environmental accounting started
2002 ••Green Procurement Preparation Committee
established2003 ••Operating Officer System introduced••Furukawa Electric Basic Environmental Policy revised••Medium-Term Plan for Environment Preservation Activities 2005 formulated (2003-2005)••Green Procurement Executive Committee established••Liaison Meeting of Consolidated Environmental Management established2004 ••Medium-Term Plan for Environment Preservation Activities 2005 revised••Compliance Committee established••Furukawa Electric Group Action Guidelines
formulated••Furukawa New Leaf established as a special
subsidiary offering employment of people
with disabilities
2005 ••Green Product Management Committee established••Compliance Handbook VersionⅠ published2006 ••Medium-Term Plan for Environment Preservation Activities 2009 formulated (2006-2009)••Risk Management Committee established••Report published under the revised title "Environmental and Social Report"••Compliance Handbook Version II published2007 ••CSR Division established••Chief Social Responsibility Officer (CSRO) appointed••Safety, Environment and Quality Promotion
Department split into the Safety and Environment Promotion Department and the Quality
Promotion Department••CSR and Risk Management Committee established••Furukawa Electric Group Action Guidelines
partially revised••Report published under the revised title "CSR Report"••Corporate philosophy and corporate messageof the Furukawa Electric Group formulated••Corporate Philosophy Handbook of the Furukawa Electric Group issued
2008 ••Furukawa Electric Basic Environmental Policy
formulated••Furukawa Electric joined Team Minus 6%••Furukawa Electric Group Basic CSR Policy formulated••Furukawa Electric Group Action Guidelines
partially revised••CSR Compliance Handbook Version III published

Information available via our website
Our website features details of progress with our CSR initiatives and PDF versionsof this report and other previously published environmental reports. The relevantmaterials can be accessed via the following page on the Furukawa Electric website.
http://www.furukawa.co.jp/english/

42

Safety and Environment Promotion Department, CSR Division
4-3 Okano 2-chome, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0073, Japan
Tel: +81-45-311-1334 Fax: +81-45-311-1931
http://www.furukawa.co.jp/english/

Stop Global Warming!
FURUKAW A ELECTRI C T e a m Min u s 6 %This brochure is printed on FSC-accredited paper with pure plant oil ink, which contains no volatile organic compounds,
and in a dry printing process that uses no water, thus precluding release of any harmful effluents.
All company and product names featured in this report are trademarks, registered or otherwise, belonging to the relevant company.

Published in October 2008
Stop Global Warming!
Team Minus 6%

2J10 TR 50
Stop Global Warming! IE-111
Stop
Global Warming!

Team Minus 6%

Team Minus 6%