The Fujikura Group involves 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. The Fujikura Group raises awareness using environmental lectures during new employee training, by regularly holding OJT in the workplace as well as regular specialized training on ISO 14001 education and operations at the site as well as workplace level.

At the Sakura Works, we provided environmental training to new employees with determined job assignments. In fiscal 2018, the same training was also conducted in both April (business site hires) and June (head office hires).

Sakura Works is responsible for a variety of waste from its research and development divisions. In order to properly consign each waste material, waste sorting training at the waste disposal site is conducted two or three times a week (about 100 times a year). This effort aims to eliminate improper disposal of waste materials as well as to reaffirm the importance of waste classifying.

Until now, the Ishioka Works had been monitoring the pH and oil slick at the terminal drainage basin for monitoring drainage. However, the monitoring equipment was updated to add pH, oil slick, and turbidity to the terminal drainage basin. Drainage monitoring pits were installed in the F component and FHO inside, and pH and oil slick monitoring devices were installed. By explaining these monitoring devices, the companies in the Ishioka Works have become more interested in wastewater than ever before.

The company held a training drill based on the scenario of a motorcycle leaking oil that if left alone would reach the rainwater gate in several hours. As a result, the drill shows that there were no problems during each stage of the response, which was carried out correctly.

We carry out regular environmental audits on each of the Group’s domestic manufacturing sites. These audits involve patrols by the auditing team comprised of the officer in charge of the environment as well as members from environmental and facilities divisions. In addition to reviewing the extent of compliance with laws and regulations, and examining the facilities, waste, and dangerous goods management, these audits also investigate actions to reduce environmental impacts, 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 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 these activities, and make use of evaluation results.

The following shows the major environmental impacts of business activities conducted by Fujikura Ltd. and other Group companies in Japan during fiscal 2018.

Fujikura sets even higher voluntary standards that exceed laws and regulations. With daily monitoring, regular measurements, and environmental inspections, Fujikura is reducing emissions of chemicals and other substances into the atmosphere and waterways. Also, by strengthening equipment maintenance and implementing equipment measures in advance, we have thorough plans to prevent overages against our standards.

Information about environmental troubles regarding Fujikura and its Group companies is quickly consolidated and shared following the Fujikura Group Environmental Trouble Reporting Operations Manual (revised in 2019) to prevent similar troubles from happening again.

One case occurred in FY2018. A transportation vehicle requested by a group company was transported by a transport company on a public road with fuel leaking, entered the company's office, and a police station or fire department came to the office on a report from the local residents. . After confirming and listening to the vehicle and its occurrence, he was rejected from the judgment that there was no danger. At a later date, the directors of the Group companies, the president of the transportation company, and the manager of the Company's office reported and apologized to the relevant government agencies (police, fire department, prefecture and city). We also took measures to prevent fuel leaks and notified our business sites and group companies to prevent recurrence.

In fiscal 2018, one group company measured noise levels that exceeded the standard in a part of the site boundary as a result of noise measurement. No complaints from local residents. As a first aid measure, soundproof sheets will be installed on the fence at the site boundary, and as a permanent measure, soundproof walls will be installed around noise-generating equipment. In addition, we notified our offices and group companies to prevent recurrence.

No fines or sanctions have occurred due to violation of environment related laws by any of the business sites or Group companies of the Fujikura Group.