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[ISO 26000 Core Subject] Environment

We carry out regular environmental audits on each of the group’s domestic manufacturing sites. In addition to examining the extent of compliance with laws and regulations, and examining the facilities, waste, and dangerous goods management, these audits also investigate actions toreduce environmental impact, provide guidance and support as necessary, and work to standardize and improve environmental conservation activities at all of our manufacturing sites.

The Fujikura Group discloses environmental accounting data in line with the Japanese Ministry of the Environment's Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005. Environmental accounting serves as a tool to evaluate the effects of environmental protection activities in a quantitative manner. By using this tool, we can identify the costs and effects of environmental protection activities, evaluate improvements made through such activities, and make use of evaluation results.

The following shows the major environmental impacts of business activities conducted by Fujikura Ltd. and other domestic Group companies in FY2015.

We provide all employees with environmental education to encourage them to conduct activities to conserve energy and resources through recycling and protect the global environment in their daily business operations. Specifically, we hold environmental seminars as part of the training for new employees, conduct OJT at our plants, provide ISO 14001 education for each department in our plants, and give special training for environment-related business operations on a regular basis, thereby increasing employees' environmental awareness.

The Environmental Safety Division at our Sakura works carries out emergency response training and procedural reviews once a year, in preparation for hypothetical, possible emergency situations. On November 30, 2015, they conducted a training exercise, in partnership with Fuji Materials, based on an imagined waste oil leakage at the indoor hazardous materials repository. During the session, water was used to emulate a waste oil leakage and create a realistic leakage scenario, and staff were trained in blocking the leak using sandbags. Consequently, we are sure of both staff response to potential waste oil leaks, as well as proper adherence to response procedure. In the future, prompt and certain response is possible in worst-case scenaries, even though the offices aim for zero-incident operations.

At the request of group companies located within the offices, the Ishioka works engage in environmental education (education for raising awareness of the environment) for new hires. During their environmental education, new employees learn about how the environmental policy ties in with their assigned duties. In concrete terms, they learn about how the environment benefits when they do their work efficiently, how failing to adhere to procedures might affect the surrounding environment, and how to execute their duties in a way that profits the local environment.

Going beyond mere compliance to laws and regulations, we have set stricter voluntary standards, implemented daily monitoring, periodic measurements, and environmental audits, and we have reduced the emissions of chemical substances and other substances into surrounding atmospheric and hydrological systems. In addition, by strengthening facility maintenance and management, and implementing countermeasures in advance, we aim to have thorough management that ensures we will not exceed our voluntary baseline values.

In the FY2015, one company within the group had an incident where water containing oil was leaked out of the working premises. All concerned parties and locations were notified immediately, and spill prevention measures were carried out according to instructions. As there were delays in detection owing to the previous system of daily periodic checks, going forward, our group will be monitoring wastewater constantly as a preventive measure against future leaks. In addition, other group companies have also reexamined incident risks and carried out leak countermeasures.