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Efforts to Prevent Global Warming

In order to prevent global warming, we will move forward with energy savings in our plants and offices, cut emissions of greenhouse gases, build efficient logistical networks and provide IT solutions together with products that save or stimulate the saving of energy. We will do this throughout the entire life cycles of our business activities.

Basic Approach

We are working to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases associated with all our group business activities. These efforts include reducing emissions of CO2 due to energy consumption and other greenhouse gases at our factories and offices and reducing emissions associated with transportation. Furthermore, we are working to prevent global warming throughout all areas of business activity by contributing to reduced emissions of greenhouse gases by our customers, industry, and society in general by developing IT products that achieve energy savings and by providing IT solutions that have the effect of reducing environmental burden.

We have implemented Stage Vl Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program with the following targets.

- Provide green ICT that will reduce cumulative CO2 emissions by 15 million tons over FY2009–12 period.

- Reduce total greenhouse gas emissions associated with manufacturing globally to 6% below FY1990 levels by end of FY2012 (CO2: 5% reduction, other greenhouse gases: 20% reduction).

- Increase use of renewable energy sources to 3 times FY2007 levels by end of FY2012.

- Reduce CO2 emissions from domestic transport to 11% below FY2008 levels by end of FY2012.

- Promote procurement from business partners that limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Low Carbon Committee

Since preventing global warming will become an increasingly important business issue and will have a correspondingly greater effect on the way we conduct our operations, we set up Low Carbon Committee at the corporate level.

The committee's remit is to make those in charge of our businesses aware of the quantities of CO2 emissions associated with their operations and to deliberate and formulate clear policies on how our businesses should be operated in the Group as a whole with attention to global warming.

Specifically, the committee has begun discussing policies such as setting reduction targets and business evaluation indicators for each business group and budgeting for equipment investment.

Preventing Global Warming from the Business Site

Responding to the Japanese Revised Energy Conservation Law

As a result of the revisions to and enforcement of the Japanese Energy Conservation Law*1, business operators are now required to grasp their annual energy usage at all their business sites in Japan.

In the Fujitsu Group, we use a system (Fujitsu FIP's SLIMOFFICE) that grasps and tabulates the amount of energy we used in all of Japan, include the office space we rent, and manages the amount used by each company in the Group. Note that the Fujitsu Group includes 26 companies that fall within the class of Specified Business Operators (businesses whose annual energy usage is in excess of 1,500 kl when converted to a crude oil equivalent value) newly stipulated in the revised law.

Also, the amount of energy used by the Group within Japan under the Energy Conservation Law in FY 2010 was 618 thousand kl, and that corresponds to CO2 emissions of about 1.096 million tons*2 based on the Law Concerning the Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures*3, which was also revised.

*1 the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy.

*2 There are differences in ranges for tabulation that include tenants and calculations based on CO2 conversion coefficients for each electric power company for results reporting under our Environmental Protection Program.

*3 A system for calculating, reporting, and disclosing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions stipulated by Japan's Law Concerning the Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures.

Participating in a Trial Emission Trading Scheme

We participated from FY 2008 until FY 2010 in the Japanese government's domestic emissions trading scheme pilot project, launched in FY 2008 with the aim of examining further global warming countermeasures based on a medium to long term viewpoint.

Continuing in FY 2010, we were validated by an external institution according to the trial emissions trading scheme*4 pilot project, our emissions level for FY 2009 was verifi ed, and we achieved our targets for the FY 2008 to FY 2009 period.

*4 The principal framework for the trial implementation of an integrated emissions trading market in Japan. Participants voluntarily establish emission reduction targets and are allowed to supplement their own reduction efforts by trading emission allowances and credits.

Bussiness Office Activities

Reducing the environmental burden in office, such as saving energy, Reducing waste generated.

Cuts in Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Distribution Process

As a manufacturer that must transport its products, we, and others charged with transporting our goods, are reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the distribution process ( these are known as "Green Logistics " activities).

Procurement, Waste, Recycling Activities

Redicing greenhouse gas emissions at the material procurement and waste, recycle stage.

Environmental Engagement in Products and Software & Services

By providing our customers with environmental solutions and products designed to save energy, we will reduce carbon dioxide that is produced when our products are used.

Energy-saving Designs for Our Products

We are working to improve the energy-saving performance of our products through the development of Super Green Products and Green Products. Based on this, we have been able to attain various energy-savings standards and target levels, which will reduce the power consumed when our products are used.

Providing Environmental Solutions

We compute the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions that would result from introducing an IT solution, and inform customers of this as part of our solution offering. Also, we certify those IT solutions where carbon dioxide emissions can be cut by 15% or greater as Environmentally Conscious Solutions and provide certification to our customers.

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