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Fujitsu's Formal CSR Policy Prioritizes Employees, Green ICT

<p>Fujitsu has developed a corporate social responsibility policy, spurred by the fact that such CSR programs are widespread among companies and growing demands from stakeholders.</p>

Global ICT company Fujitsu has developed a corporate social responsibility policy, spurred by the fact that such CSR programs are widespread among companies of all sizes and stakeholders have been pressuring companies more and more on CSR activities.

Fujitsu's policy, announced in December, touches on five main issues: opportunities and security from ICT, protecting the global environment, diversity and inclusion, employees contributing to society and the planet, and stakeholders.

For opportunities and security, Fujitsu will focus on products and other offerings that are easy to understand and use, as well as supercomputers and advanced technologies that can help with problems in the world.

To protect the environment, Fujitsu will work on more green technologies, reduce the impact of its own activities and promote biodiversity preservation. On that front, Fujitsu also last month completed product carbon footprint analysis of some PCs and servers, looking at their life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. The intent of the project is to better analyze the emissions of products to eventually reduce product-related emissions.

Diversity and inclusion includes fostering innovation by promoting diversity and helping employees with balancing work and life.

Another part of the policy that focuses on employees covers developing globally-minded employees that desire to help advance society with their work.

Lastly, Fujitsu aim to gain a better understanding of the need and expectations of its various stakeholders and build more relations with non-governmental organizations and other international organizations.

Fujistu said the development of its CSR policy was spurred by a number of factors, such as the fact that CSR programs are now common among companies, stakeholders are demanding more information from companies about their CSR efforts and also pushing companies on certain issues, an international standard with guidelines for social responsibility was launched and Nippon Keidanren, an economic promotion organization, revised its Charter of Corporate Behavior in relations to CSR.

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