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1. Sustainability Policy

FDK Group CSR Policy is practiced by implementing the “FDK Group Corporate Conduct Guidelines” showing the contents which all the people who work in FDK group should positively practice, and the “FUJITSU Way*1” which is a group philosophy as a member of the Fujitsu Group.
As a Smart Energy Partner that assembles advanced technologies, the FDK Group would like our customers to best utilize electric energy in a safe and effcient manner, and it hopes to contribute to the materialization and development of a sustainable society. According to this vision, all of our business activities will practice the FUJITSU Way*1 and the FDK Group Corporate Conduct Guidelines to help foster sustainable growth of the planet and society based on the expectations and requirements of our diverse stakeholders.
Our CSR efforts focus on seven prioritized initiatives. In addressing these challenges, we demonstrate a commitment to responsible business operations as a global company.

* The FDK Group’s Stakeholders:
We, FDK Group, see our customers, employees, business partners, shareholders and investors, and global and local communities as our stakeholders. Government authorities, NPOs, NGOs, Societies, industry groups and international organizations are particularly important stakeholders in these global and local communities.

- Contributing to the Materialization and Development of a Sustainable Society -
FDK group, as a Smart Energy Partner, assemble advanced technologies, would like our customers to best utilize electric energy in a safe and efficient manner, and contribute to materialization and development of sustainable society.

- Protecting the Global Environment -
FDK Group intends to contribute to the resolution of global environmental challenges through developing and supplying high performance batteries and electronic devices, as well as reducing the loads on the environment in the process of Procurement, Production and Supply.

- Embracing Diversity and Inclusion -
FDK Group will promote diversity in its human resources, irrespective of nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion or values to enable individuals to grow with the company.

- Developing Human Resources for Their Contribution to Society and the Planet -
FDK Group will lead the way in cultivating employees who, from a global perspective, are pioneers in contributing to the advancement of society.

- Communicating and Collaborating with Stakeholders -
As a good corporate citizen, FDK Group will pursue a thorough understanding of the multiple needs and expectations of its stakeholders and pursue business activities to meet these needs and expectations.

- Ensure Compliance -
FDK Group will act with sense of ethnics and comply with the laws and social codes.

- Strengthening Corporate Governance -
Toward the realization of the CSR policy, aims to improve the transparency and supervision function of management, FDK Group will strengthen the Corporate Governance.

2. Framework of CSR promotion

To promote CSR management across the entire FDK Group, the CSR Promotion Committee has been established under the chairmanship of the director (corporate officer). The Committee sets communicates CSR information, and holds regular reviews of FDK's business as well as new examples of our social contribution activities and the status of our business and a sustainable society.

Organization promoting CSR

*1: FUJITSU Way: the philosophy of the Fujitsu Group
The Fujitsu Way embodies the philosophy of the Fujitsu Group, our reason for existence, values and the principles that we follow in our daily activities.
CSR Focus Measures
Our CSR initiatives focus on the challenges below.

Contributing to the Materialization and Development of a Sustainable Society |
Protecting the Global Environment | Embracing Diversity and Inclusion |
Developing Human Resources for Their Contribution to Society and the Planet |
Communicating and Collaborating with Stakeholders | Complying with the law | Strengthening Corporate Governance

<Prioritized Initiatives> <Vision> <Focus Measures>
- Contributing to the Materialization and Development of a Sustainable Society -
FDK group, as a Smart Energy Partner, assemble advanced technologies, would like our customers to best utilize electric energy in a safe and efficient manner, and contribute to materialization and development of sustainable society.
The FDK Group will delivery offerings to customers that realize clean, safe and stable electric energy use in the battery, engineering, next-generation battery, and power management solution fields. The FDK Group will actively take advantage of ecosystems to increase the value of offerings provided together with various partners as well as develop and provide products and solutions that enable customers to utilize electric energy in diversified ways.
- Protecting the Global Environment -
FDK Group intends to contribute to the resolution of global environmental challenges through developing and supplying high performance batteries and electronic devices, as well as reducing the loads on the environment in the process of Procurement, Production and Supply.
FDK Group always thinks about environmental issues and is taking possitive action to reduce the loads and risk on the environment through supplying products to realize a Clean Economy era.
- FDK implements energy conservation measures at factories and offices while promoting improvements in distribution to help prevent global warming.
- FDK Group reduces the loads on the environment through the actions for 3R (Reduce, Re-use, Re-cycle).
Reducing the environmental impact of customers
Promoting the development of eco-conscious products with consideration for life-cycle, such as high-efficiency energy-saving products and resource-saving products.
Reducing the environmental impact in FDK processes
- Reducing CO2 emissions and energy consumption.
- Reducing waste.
- Reducing chemical substances.
- Embracing Diversity and Inclusion -
FDK Group will promote diversity in its human resources, irrespective of nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion or values to enable individuals to grow with the company.
All the people in FDK Group prohibit all the discrimination*2 and accept the diversity in its human resources with actual actions.

*2: Violation of human rights by Unreasonable Discrimination in Nationality, Race, Gender, Religion, Policy, Social posision, Birthplace, Disability, Sexual orientation or by Sexual harassment, mental and physical violence.
- Creating the working environment-friendly for all the people.
- Improving the personnel treatment system.
- Proceeding the educational activity such as trainings and seminars.
- Developing Human Resources for Their Contribution to Society and the Planet -
FDK Group will lead the way in cultivating employees who, from a global perspective, are pioneers in contributing to the advancement of society.
FDK develops human resources who can be active from a global perspective through business in a long term.
- Proceeding the systems to develop human resources for their contribution to local community through business.
- Cultivating the communication ability through the relation with local community.
- Communicating and Collaborating with Stakeholders -
As a good corporate citizen, FDK Group will pursue a thorough understanding of the multiple needs and expectations of its stakeholders and pursue business activities to meet these needs and expectations.
FDK Group correctively discloses the information to be opened and communicate with stakeholders. FDK Group continuously pursues company activities to contribute to the society by reflecting the communication to the business activities.
- Proceeding communication oppotunities with Stakeholders and correct response for requests.
- Releasing CSR Report.
- Customers:
Disclosing correct informations for the request from customers.
- Shareholders, Investors:
Studying to realize the communication oppotunities like Shareholders meeting, IR meeting, information on Home page, Management policy and Financial results briefing.
- Supplier:
Proceeding two-way communication.
- Employee:
Communications with Labor union, Employee satisfaction monitoring, Communication with Top Management.
- Local community:
Activity to contribute to local community (such as, Communication event with local community, Cleaning activity, Factory tour, Making Battery class, etc.).
- Ensure Compliance -
FDK Group will act with sense of ethnics and comply with the laws and social codes.
Management and all the Employees always act along the laws and social codes promptly recognizing the new or revised information of the laws.
- Proceeding the activity to improve the company sustainability (evaluation, improvement, education).
- Reviewing regulations about compliance.
- Planning and performing the eduction program for Corporate Conduct guidance, business ethics including to the overseas group companies.
- Improving monitoring.
- Collecting information about new or revised laws and reflecting to business activity correctively.
- Strengthening Corporate Governance -
Toward the realization of the CSR policy, aims to improve the transparency and supervision function of management, FDK Group will strengthen the Corporate Governance.
The Managements fully understand the essence of Corporate governance and take the necessary actions to review the Management system and organization.
- Planning to design the Board of Directors to do the correct decision making with fully effective supervision and the separation of supervision and execution.
- Evaluating the Board of Directors (Self evaluation and third party's vertification, Continuous improvement) and Training to maintain and improve the effectiveness of Board of Directors.
Responsible Minerals Sourcing

We, FDK Group view responsibility of corporations on conflict sourcing as an important CSR issue and work together with FDK Group companies and suppliers to increase the transparency of supply chain in the purchasing activities and to ensure responsible mineral sourcing practices.
FDK specifies tantalum, tin, gold, tungsten, and cobalt as high-risk minerals and conduct due diligence investigations on high-risk minerals in our supply chain to promote transparency for our customers and stakeholders.

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