Approaches to fair operating practices

The Fujitsu General Group feels it must manage its entire global supply chain, both in Japan and throughout the world, in line with fulfilling its overall social responsibilities. Our components suppliers are required to adhere to the Group's CSR procurement guidelines; we visit their factories to perform a physical compliance audit. By receiving the support from these suppliers, we are able to better assist the reduction of the environmental load, satisfying both the expectations of society at large and realizing Our Mission of "Living together for our future."

CSR Procurement Guidelines

The CSR Procurement Guidelines of the Fujitsu General Group are based on the RBA Code of Conduct as well as the Responsible Business Conduct Guidelines of the Japan Electronics Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). They apply the principles set forth in the ILO Declaration of Basic Principles and Rights in Labor, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN Guidelines on Business and Human Rights Principles, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the "Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact across four themes."

Under these guidelines, we request that suppliers understand the Fujitsu General Group’s CSR Procurement Policies and Guidelines, spread awareness of them throughout their supply chains, and consent to the guidelines.

Main Points of CSR Procurement Guideline

Sustainability due diligence to the suppliers

We confirm our suppliers’ compliance with the "CSR Procurement Guidelines," as well as their initiatives related to sustainability initiatives, such as human rights, labor, health and safety, the environment, corporate ethics, quality, information security, and regional society.

In FY2022, we conducted sustainability due diligence, including self-assessment questionnaires and local audits, at 14 suppliers.

From FY2023 onward, we plan to conduct sustainability due diligence at even more suppliers.

Selection standards for key suppliers

In the Fujitsu General Group, we prioritize sustainability due diligence for key suppliers based on the following selection standards.

1. Suppliers within the top 80% of suppliers by value among those with which overseas production subsidiaries do business
2. Suppliers within the top 80% of the suppliers that overseas production subsidiaries deal with in terms of volume
3. Important suppliers, suppliers with high levels of country risk, etc.
4. New suppliers

Local audits

Based on the content of self-assessment questionnaires, we visit suppliers’ plants and check the status of initiatives.

In addition to written checks based on self-assessment questionnaires at the time of the audit, we also conduct onsite checks, interviews with employees, and other measures as necessary.

Measures for conflict minerals

The basic approach of the Fujitsu General Group is to eliminate the use of products and components that contain high-risk minerals connected with support for forced labor, human rights violations, and war. In addition to stating these details in our CSR Procurement Guidelines, we also check suppliers’ implementation of this approach as part of sustainability due diligence.