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Made the CDP Climate Change A List for the Third Consecutive Year
December 15,2021
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; led by President and Chairman of the Board of Directors Michihiro Kitazawa) is pleased to announce that in FY2021 it made the A List that recognizes companies pioneering action on climate change and transparent information disclosure, the top rating of the CDP*, for the third consecutive year.
Fuji Electric’s corporate philosophy is contribute to prosperity, encourage creativity and seek harmony with the environment and, as stated in its management policies, the company is committed to contributing to the creation of a responsible and sustainable society through its energy and environment business with global environmental protection initiatives positioned as a key management challenge. The intent of Fuji Electric’s Environmental Vision 2050 is for Fuji Electric to work toward achieving a decarbonized society, a recycling-oriented society, and a society that is in harmony with nature through initiatives covering its entire supply chain.
As part of its efforts to address climate change, Fuji Electric is working to reduce society’s CO2 emissions by providing equipment related to clean energy such as geothermal and hydro power generation, as well as energy-saving equipment such as power semiconductors and inverters.
In addition, Fuji Electric has introduced energy-saving equipment such as energy management systems, inverters and high-efficiency air conditioning systems manufactured in-house in its factories. To deal with greenhouse gases other than CO2, measures are taken to reduce and find substitutes for gases with high global warming potential. In this way, the company is promoting reductions in the emission of greenhouse gases in production activities.
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About CDP
CDP is an international non-profit organization whose main activity is to promote environmental measures by requiring companies and local governments to disclose information on their environmental measures for climate change, water security and forest conservation etc., based on requests from institutional investors and major purchasing organizations around the world with high levels of interest in environmental issues.