The Fujikura Group aims to become a corporate group that is friendly to both people and the global environment. As a means to attain this goal, we have established and begun to apply the Group's guidelines on biodiversity conservation this fiscal year. Biodiversity refers to the diversity of ecosystems, species and genes. All creatures on Earth are directly or indirectly connected with and supported by each other based on biodiversity, which brings about many blessings such as rich ecosystems, and also supports our lives and daily living. Each and every employee of the Group is expected to be keenly aware of this fact and to conduct their business operations in line with the Group's guidelines on biodiversity conservation.

The following shows the relationships between Fujikura Group activities and biodiversity.

The Fujikura Group is present in Europe, China, and India, so awareness of the risks of those production centers will be vital in the future.

The Sakura plants is engaged in activities based on the "Fujikura Group Biodiversity Long-Term Vision / Roadmap 2030" formulated by the Fujikura Group Global Environment Committee and the activities of employee health management based on the Group's health management declaration , We are considering the utilization of a rich natural environment spreading within the facility. In November 2016, we set up the "Sakura Millennial Woods Project" and set up an activity plan for three years and started full-fledged activities. From now on, we will incorporate a wide range of opinions, and we will consider the placement, design and utilization methods etc. of green spaces.

The Sakura Works of Fujikura Ltd. participates in the Chiba network of companies for biodiversity conservation as part of the Fujikura Group biodiversity conservation activities. The network was founded on April 1, 2013 by the Chiba prefectural government to support companies in conducting biodiversity conservation activities in a sustainable manner, and to contribute to achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity by 2020. Companies participating in the network are implementing measures in collaboration with Chiba Prefecture and related support organizations.

At Fujikura's Suzuka plant, studies into activities and management of the natural green space around the plant are progressing. Also, in FY2016, employees joined in management and maintenance of green spaces. In addition, in January of every year locals who reach adulthood that year have a commemorative tree planting. The goal of the tree planting is the protection and improvement of local biodiversity, and participants choose from among native species to plant.

For a period of 2 years starting in April of 2014, Fujikura participated in Tokyo's "Edo Green Recovery Business," which aims to spread the planting of local plant species. As one of the activities of this project, Fujikura gathered information on the animal and plant life in the "Fujikura Kiba Millennium Woods" through efficient life-form monitoring to gauge the effectiveness of biodiversity preservation and planting efforts. In August of 2014, we completed a database system to register information about plants and animals and started investigations. Fujikura head office area departmental environmental specialists primarily conducted the investigations and entered investigation data into the system. The data was appraised by specialists when necessary. This "Millennium Woods" life monitoring saw the participation of nearly 230 employees by March of 2016 and roughly 1,900 pieces of life information (including automatic photography) were recorded.