In FY2016, the Fujikura group drew up the "2020 Mid-term Management Plan" for fiscal years 2016 through 2020. Based on this mid-term management plan, we created the "Fujikura Group Environmental Management Activity Guidelines" and initiated new activities toward these new goals.

The 2020 Medium-Term Business Plan

The Fujikura group involves each of our employees in energy saving and recycling activities, implementing environmental education so that all employees work to protect the Earth's environment during their daily work routine. The Fujikura group tries to raise awareness in the lectures on environment held during new employee training, by regularly holding OJT in the workplace as well as ISO14001 education company-wide and in each section, and specialized education for each job.

-Numazu Office/2017 New Employee Education

-Ishioka Office/ISO14001: 2015 Education

A course was held at the Ishioka office for internal inspectors and hopefuls on the necessary items for conversion to the ISO14001 2015 standards in March of 2015, before conversion. The lecture was given by inspectors licensed for 2015 standards and held following the work processes at the plant. The aim was to use ISO14001 more effectively as a tool for improving work.

-Yonezawa Wire/Environmental Emergency Response Training Implemented

At Yonezawa Wire, emergency response training is held once a year as part of the environmental committee's activities. In response to the wire lubricant leak accident in February of 2016, monitoring of waste water was strengthened and a final drainage gate was installed as a way to monitor waste water to prevent river runoff for FY2016. Because the equipment's use and emergency response methods had changed, joint training and education for handling of monitoring equipment and operation of the drainage gate in emergency situations was held in the company and on the grounds by Fujikura group company representatives.

Information on environmental trouble in Fujikura and group companies is gathered and shared quickly, as per Fujikura Group's environmental trouble communication manual, in an effort to prevent similar problems from re-occurring.

In 2016 the Fujikura group received 1 environmental grievance. A noise complaint was received from homes near the Numazu plant. The Numazu City Environmental Policy Division came to the plant in response to the complaint and held an investigation. It was thought the noise from excavation in the factory leaked from an open door. Once noise dampening measures were taken and the level of noise was checked again, the factory was re-opened. As a response, work will only be held after dampening measures are taken and excavation methods are examined to reduce noise, and the noise level is checked with a sound level meter. We also made it known at our company's and Fujikura group company's plants so it would not occur again.