SDG-related Activities in Fujitsu

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015 are a set of common goals to be achieved worldwide by 2030. Fujitsu’s purpose is “to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation” and our company has made a commitment, both internally and externally, to contribute to achieving the SDGs. As a global enterprise that for decades has leveraged technology to create value for society, Fujitsu has a responsibility to proactively contribute to societal transformation. To help make the world more sustainable, we aim to generate larger and more beneficial impacts for society, which will also help to spur ongoing sustainable corporate growth. In the Medium-Term Management Plan released in May 2023, we set out our vision for 2030 of being “a technology company that realizes net positive (*1) through digital services". To achieve this vision, our aim is to contribute to the SDGs by working on the Essential Contributions to Materiality: Solving global environmental issues, developing a digital society, and improving people’s well-being.
Fujitsu believes the SDGs essentially define a system transformation that must be achieved by 2030 so that the predicted global population of more than 9 billion by 2050 will be able to live well, within the limitations of our planet. The issues highlighted in the SDGs involve a complex web of environmental, social, and economic elements. One key to solving these inherent problems is through society-wide digital transformation (DX). Fujitsu will harness the power of digital technology to create ecosystems that transcend industry boundaries and assist in the transformation of our customers and our own organizations, while playing a part in delivering fundamental changes to the way society interacts and contributes to the resolution of societal challenges.
The SDGs are an overarching framework of global social and environmental needs and form a common language for all stakeholders. Fujitsu will use its efforts to realize the SDGs as an opportunity for co-creation with a wide range of stakeholders, including international agencies, national and regional governments, private companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and non-profit organizations (NPOs). By embracing a multifaceted approach to societal challenges, we can create and maximize positive impacts on an even larger scale.

With the growing number of meteorological disasters in recent years, highly accurate predictions have become increasingly important in minimizing the damage caused. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) collects and analyzes both domestic and international observations of events such as torrential rain, earthquakes and tsunamis, which it uses to generate disaster prevention and meteorological data on a daily basis. Providing this data to disaster prevention agencies and to citizens contributes to disaster preparedness and helps maintain traffic safety. However, the August 2018 and March 2023 meetings of the Council for Transport Policy’s Environment subcommittee highlighted the need to further enhance the accuracy of forecasting and promote the sharing and use of data with private-sector enterprises and research facilities.
Fujitsu has some 20 years’ of experience operating community systems such as the JMA’s ADESS (*2) and AMeDAS Center systems (*3). Fujitsu’s PRIMEHPC FX1000 (*4) uses the same technology as the Supercomputer Fugaku (*5). This supercomputer system introduced in 2023 enables to improve the accuracy of linear rainband prediction. We followed this by building a new 11th-generation supercomputer system that incorporates the PRIMERGY CX400 M7 (*6) servers, and the new began operating in March 2024. Integrating an 11th-generation supercomputer system and a Linear precipitation zone prediction Supercomputer provided approximately four times the computing capacity of the previous system. This made it possible to both improve prediction accuracy for linear rainbands and conduct research aimed at gaining a clearer understanding of linear rainbands. It also enabled the sharing of large volumes of meteorological data.
In its Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Strategic Plan Toward 2030 (*7), the JMA promotes the development of numerical weather prediction technology for four target areas: prevention of disasters caused by heavy rain, prevention of disasters caused by typhoons, contributions to socioeconomic activity, and adaptation to global warming. Fujitsu is a Sustainability Transformation (SX) partner supporting the work of the JMA, where stable operation 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, is essential. As such, we work with the Agency with the aims of providing highly accurate prediction of meteorological disasters and building resilient communities.

Key SDGs related to this project

Fujitsu will continue to leverage its advanced technology to address the issues facing communities and people, helping to build a society that will meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Key SDGs related to this project

Key SDGs related to this project

Key SDGs related to this project

Key SDGs related to this project