Using Participation in the Global Compact as an Opportunity to Strengthen Supply Chain Efforts

The Fuji Electric Purchasing Policy states that we will promote procurement that considers CSR, and we conduct joint activities with our suppliers concerning CSR items that we stipulate. We took participation in the UN Global Compact in February 2010 as an opportunity to strengthen these efforts.

In FY2010 we drew up a CSR Status Questionnaire that reflects the Global Compact’s 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. We surveyed our domestic suppliers concerning items such as “awareness of laws and regulations,” “existence of rules for thorough enforcement,” and other CSR matters.

Execution of Surveys of Our Top Suppliers

Survey form sent to our suppliers

We focused our CSR survey on our top 450 domestic suppliers, in addition to which we did so on a trial basis concerning 10 overseas suppliers. Of these, we received replies from 406 domestic suppliers and 10 overseas suppliers (about 90% response rate).

We are taking the results of the survey into consideration in FY2011 in selecting items at our suppliers that need improvement through our joint improvement efforts with our suppliers.

Next we will proceed to expand our CSR surveys, focusing on China and Southeast Asia, where we plan to expand our business. Fuji Electric will continue to consider our social responsibilities across our entire supply chain as we move forward with business globally, and we will meet that challenge directly by working with our suppliers and customers.

A Good Opportunity to Listen to Our Business Partner and Find Issues Requiring Attention

We are a Chinese company that supplies aluminum electrolytic condensers for Fuji Electric’s inverters. We were recently surveyed by Fuji Electric concerning our CSR efforts.

CSR efforts are currently getting stronger in China, especially in the area of environmental regulations. The Fuji Electric survey was a good opportunity for us find and clarify issues we must deal with going forward.

We have always sought to build a relationship of trust with our local community through the capacitor business, and to grow together with it. We offer products and services based on the “Customer Is No. 1” philosophy. We also seek to fulfill our corporate social responsibilities through legal compliance, preservation of the regional environment, and social contribution efforts. We also require that our suppliers fulfill their CSR.

Chen Weidong
Chairman, Nantong Jianghai
Capacitor Co., Ltd.