CSR Procurement Initiatives
In order to deliver high-environmental-quality products to customers, the first and foremost prerequisite is that the raw materials and parts that make up the products themselves are high-environmental-quality.The Fujikura Group is taking environmental considerations into account throughout the entire supply chain based on CSR procurement.
Fujikura Group is engaged in environmentally friendly green procurement activities, such as proactively adopting green materials that reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Please refer to this page for information on Fujikura Group 's procurement activities.
Effective use of resources and reduction disposal
Based on Fujikura Group 2025 Environmental Management Action guideline, Third Edition, "disposal Emissions" and Fujikura Group Long-Term Environmental Vision 2050, "Effective Utilization and Recycling of Resources," we will promote the efficient use of resources and reduce disposal generated during production.
Fujikura Group defines zero disposal emissions as "reducing the amount disposal generated in business activities that is directly disposed of or simply incinerated to zero."
Our domestic consolidated company are working towards the goals of (1) improving disposal emissions per unit by at least 4% annually compared to fiscal 2020, and (2) maintaining zero disposal emissions.
Initiatives for fiscal 2024
Reducing disposal emissions
We are working to reduce the amount of waste by increasing the yield rate (the ratio of finished products to raw materials) in the production process (Reduce), collecting and reusing wooden drums and pallets used to transport products (disposal), and selling valuable materials such as iron, aluminum, and plastic scraps to businesses (Recycle).
Zero disposal emissions
At each site, we are actively engaged in activities to separate disposal materials and promote the reduction of the amount of direct final disposal and recycling. In addition, when disposing of disposal materials, we select a disposal company that can recycle as much as possible and strive to reduce the amount of non-recycling (the total amount of direct final disposal and simple incineration).
Domestic total waste and recycling rate
The total amount of disposal and valuables generated by Fujikura Group domestic bases was 14,039 tons (an increase of 765 tons YOY (Year Over Year)), of which 13,378 tons was recycled and 106 tons was sent to landfill (an increase of 1 ton YOY (Year Over Year)). The non-recycled rate was 4.7% (the recycling rate was 95.3%), a slight increase from 4.5% in the previous year.
Our disposal reduction activities have set the goal of achieving "zero disposal emissions," but as in the previous year, due to foreign governments' bans on the import of waste plastic, domestic recycling capacity has been insufficient, and some of the waste plastic from group companies is now being disposed of directly or simply incinerated.
