Green Procurement

We are implementing green procurement alongside our business partners, to provide customers with products and services that have light environmental footprints.

Procurement Activities Based on Green Procurement Direction

The Fujitsu Group summarized its requirements for business partners regarding the purchase of green parts, materials, and products, in the "Fujitsu Group Green Procurement Direction." This standard is posted on a multilingual basis (in three languages) in order to promote penetration to our business partners. We make an effort to communicate by various means, such as briefing sessions or individual meetings if necessary. Through such activities, the Group implements green procurement activities in conjunction with its partners in Japan and overseas and it promotes procurement from business partners that fulfill the green procurement requirements (see below).

Using the Fujitsu Group Environmental Survey Sheet, we conduct annual monitoring of our business partners' statuses with regard to environmental management systems, CO₂ emission reduction, biodiversity preservation, and water resource preservation activities, and ask them to take appropriate measures. When making requests, we provide them with various kinds of information—such as guidance on activities to reduce CO₂ emissions, explanatory documents related to water risk, and the water risk information tool AQUEDUCT—which have been useful for our business partners.

• Fujitsu Group Green Procurement Direction
  https://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/procurement/green/

Green procurement requirements for business partners

• (*1)
  Business partners (materials/parts): Business partners that supply components for Fujitsu Group products or OEM/ODM products

Establishment of Environmental Management Systems

We request our business partners to establish environmental management systems (EMS)(*2) as a base for ensuring that they independently and continuously improve their environmental-preservation activities. In general, we prefer them to have third party-certified EMS. If this is not possible, we ask them to build EMS incorporating the PDCA cycle suited to their circumstances.

• (*2)
  EMS: Environmental management systems.

CO₂ Emission Reduction Initiatives

The Fujitsu Group also asks our business partners to work toward CO₂ emission reduction in hopes of addressing climate change.

Specifically, we ask them to clearly express the intentions of their initiatives and request that they make efforts to achieve the objectives they set. We also ask them to collaborate with external organizations, where possible, and encourage their own suppliers to make similar efforts, in order to expand the initiatives outside their respective businesses. Our annual Supply Chain Business Continuity Survey gives us a clear picture of how business partners are responding to a variety of climate-change risks, including tsunamis, floods, and torrential rains.

Water Resource Conservation Initiatives

As populations grow rapidly and water sources become progressively more contaminated, the increased need for water around the world, as well as water resource scarcity, has become an international challenge. Water resource conservation initiatives are necessary, even in business activities. The Fujitsu Group asks its business partners to investigate and understand the water risks associated with their own companies, and engage in water resource conservation initiatives, such as preventing water pollution and reducing water use.

Acquiring and Managing Information on Chemical Substances Contained in Products

Countries around the world are establishing legal regulations as to the chemical substances contained in products, for instance the RoHS directive(*3) and the REACH regulation(*4). The scope of such regulations is expanding on an almost day-to-day basis, covering more and more substances, products, and applications.

The Fujitsu Group, using chemSHERPA(*5) as its standard format, investigates and acquires information on the chemical substances contained in our products. We share our findings with Group companies via our internal system, and allow relevant parties to access the information whenever necessary. We have established a system that allows for quick adaptation to revisions of laws/regulations and the enactment of new legal systems.

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  RoHS directive: Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• (*4)
  REACH regulation: Regulation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals
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  chemSHERPA: Chemical Information Sharing and Exchange under Reporting Partnership in Supply Chain