Green Procurement and Purchasing
To bring products of high environmental quality to customers, the most important thing is that environmental quality of the materials and parts of our manufactured goods is high. Fujikura takes the following steps to ensure environmentally hazardous materials are not used.
Green Procurement Activities
Inspection for Environmentally Hazardous Materials
Fujikura sends "Environmental Hazard Guidelines" to key suppliers and while spreading this information, we implement inspections for the existence of environmentally hazardous materials. If they are present, their presence is managed in ppm.
Supplier Requirements
We make these environmental management requirements of key suppliers.
- 1.Management of chemicals found in manufactured goods
- 2.Management of chemicals used in manufacture of goods
- 3.Use of environmental management systems
- 4.Enforcement of emission standards (waste water, pollution, exhaust, etc.)
- 5.Enforcement of laws and regulations
- 6.Efficient use of materials and energy
- 7.Reduction of output of greenhouse gasses
- 8.Reduction of waste
- 9.Disclosure of current status of environmental protection
Requirement of Inspection and Improvement of Environmental Situation Management
We have implemented the following inspections of environmental situation management for key suppliers. The inspections showed a large environmental impact meaning that there was insufficient environmental situation management, and we requested improvements from those suppliers.
- 1.Installation and operational status of an environmental management system (ISO14001, etc.)
- 2.An emergency response system for accidents causing significant environmental impact
- 3.Occurrence of environmental accidents in the past 3 years
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4.Status of the enforcement of environmental laws (Act on Waste Disposal, Water Pollution Prevention Act, Sewerage Act, Air Pollution Control Act,
Noise Regulation Act, Vibration Regulation Act)
Green Purchasing
Fujikura posts purchasing lists for office supplies and equipment on our intranet, where Eco-friendly products are displayed with Eco-marks or green marks. We promote green purchasing for people who wish to choose these Eco-friendly goods. The green purchasing ratio in 2017 was 80% (Fujikura headquarter).