Fujitsu Joins Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership
July 30, 2009
Fujitsu today announced its participation in the Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership (Japan-CLP). Japan-CLP is Japan’s first
corporate network to look at climate change from a business perspective and be proactive at bringing about a sustainable,
low-carbon society.
Fujitsu views membership in this partnership as a way to strengthen its existing activities to create a prosperous, low-carbon
society, as described in its "Green Policy 2020" mid-term environmental vision, and to deliver results from these activities
to its customers.
About the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership
The Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership (Japan-CLP) is a business coalition that regards spearheading of the transition to a sustainable low carbon society to be a business opportunity.
In this year of COP15, Japan-CLP, a unique Japanese business coalition, was set up to urge the industrial community to develop a sound sense of urgency on the issue of climate change and to initiate more proactive actions. We share the common goal of building a sustainable low carbon society through communicating proactively with policy makers, industry and citizens, and will undertake a variety of activities with a focus on Asia.
The Japan-CLP's objectives are as follows:
- Japan-CLP regards de-carbonization to be the precondition for future economic activities, and aims to build a sustainable low carbon society.
- We will create a shared vision towards a sustainable low-carbon society, and each member company will lay out its own commitment and lead through action.
- With Asia as our base for action, we will communicate proactive messages to accelerate changes in society.
Message from Kuniaki Nozoe, President Fujitsu Limited
Climate change is a great threat to the human race, and continues to jeopardize the very foundation of sustainable economic
activities. Companies must contribute to resolving this crisis by thinking beyond their own interests, sharing their wisdom
and building a joint global vision, and then acting fast to achieve the vision. The fact that Japan-CLP is starting in Japan
has a large significance in itself. I believe IT can contribute greatly to mitigating climate change, and as a leading global
IT enterprise, Fujitsu has a large responsibility. Joining Japan-CLP helps to fulfill our responsibility and also promotes
the realization of our Medium-Term Environmental Vision, "Green Policy 2020".
Efforts to create a prosperous, low-carbon society will be more successful as more companies become involved. It is my hope
that membership in Japan-CLP grows as more companies learn about the vital significance of this group.
About Fujitsu's involvement
One of the values laid out in the Fujitsu Way, the Fujitsu Group's corporate philosophy embodying its guiding principles and overarching values, states that the company aims to "protect the environment and contribute to society" in all its actions. Based on this vision, Fujitsu has positioned environmental preservation as one of its top managerial priorities, setting specific targets in all areas of its business, and developing activities to reach these objectives in a planned and consistent way.
Fujitsu's Green Policy 2020 is the company's mid-term environmental vision, developed in light of the declaration made in 2008 by the G8 that members will work together to cut greenhouse gas emissions to half their current levels by 2050. Under the three keywords of "Creation," "Collaboration," and "Change," the company seeks to bring about a prosperous, low-carbon society, by pursuing the following three specific goals:
- To contribute in helping reduce carbon emissions in Japan by 30 million tons annually by 2020, through the provision of advanced, energy-efficient technologies and solutions, thus lowering worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
- To offer world-class overall energy efficiency in all of its business areas.
- To preserve biodiversity.
Fujitsu is working hard to promote these initiatives on its own, but is also eager to collaborate with companies in various sectors. Through its collaboration with the Japan-CLP, Fujitsu aims to make progress towards its own goals, while delivering results to customers and helping them to improve the sustainability of their businesses.
