Activities to Reduce CO₂ Emissions in the Upstream Portion of the Supply Chain
Our Approach
In addition to reducing our own CO₂ emissions, the Fujitsu Group has also been requesting, as part of green procurement, that its suppliers engage in activities to reduce their own CO₂ emissions in order to help contain global warming.
Starting in FY2016, we have also been expanding these efforts further upstream in the supply chain by encouraging our suppliers to include their own suppliers (secondary suppliers from the perspective of the Fujitsu Group) in these activities.
Moreover, starting in FY2022, we are asking our main suppliers to establish a CO₂ reduction target based on the international standard of Science Based Targets (SBT). We have also expanded the target suppliers for CO₂ emissions reduction to include those in the services industry in addition to the existing category of parts manufacturing as we strive to further reduce global warming.
In addition, we host webinars on how to set targets and share FAQ. We support our suppliers’ CO₂ reduction efforts through the provision of a simple tool for suppliers to visualize CO₂ emissions (Scope 1 and 2) of their own company and determine the appropriateness of their SBT.
Starting in FY2024, we began collaborating with 15 foreign and domestic suppliers (as of March 2025) to share data of CO₂ emissions per unit of product (carbon footprint). For this initiative, we utilized Fujitsu’s offering service “ESG Management Platform” to calculate and share product carbon footprints (PCFs) compliant with rules both in Japan and overseas. By offering options for data confidentiality and automatic calculations, we fostered a sense of trust between corporations and encouraged participation. We will make supply chain emissions transparent and propose measures using actual data, with our vision set on developing products by utilizing AI and visualization of business impact as we accelerate this initiative forward.
We expect that having the supply chain as a whole work toward reducing emissions can produce even greater reduction effects (synergies), while also expanding the network of these activities through the supply chain to cover an even wider area spreading beyond national boundaries. Through efforts such as these, the Fujitsu Group hopes to help create a carbon-free society for the future and a sustainable water environment.
FY2024 Performance
| Targets Under the Fujitsu Group Environmental Action Plan (Stage Ⅺ) | FY2024 result |
|---|---|
| Reduction of CO₂ Emissions: Drive Activities to Reduce CO₂ Emissions in the Supply Chain | Requested that secondary suppliers (over 61,500 companies) engaged in activities to reduce emissions through primary suppliers of the Fujitsu Group (615 companies) |
Reduction of CO₂ Emissions: Requesting and Supporting the Expansion of Activities to Secondary Suppliers
The Fujitsu Group has requested that its primary suppliers, who account for the top 80% of the Group's procurement, to engage in activities to reduce their CO₂ emissions, and to expand these efforts to also include their own suppliers (the Fujitsu Group's secondary suppliers). We also conducted our own environmental survey to ascertain the status of activities by these suppliers. We then provided suppliers who responded to the survey with feedback in the form of a report that analyzed survey responses as a reference for their future activities, and we also requested that they further promote these activities and expand them to include their own suppliers.
As of the end of FY2024, 25% (143 suppliers) responded that they had requested their own suppliers to engage in emissions reduction activities. Over 61,500 secondary suppliers have been asked to engage in emissions reduction activities, and this should substantially impact awareness.
* Excludes suppliers who did not respond and suppliers without secondary suppliers.
Offering Guidelines for Activities for Reducing CO₂ Emissions
The Fujitsu Group created original explanatory materials to facilitate the spread of activities for reducing CO₂ emissions throughout the entire supply chain, and since the end of November 2017, we have made the materials available on the company website and we have provided them to suppliers. The purpose of these materials was not only to give suppliers a greater understanding of the importance of these activities taking place in the supply chain, but also to serve as something they could use to request and assist such activities amongst their own suppliers. To fulfill our responsibilities as a global enterprise, the Fujitsu Group will continue to think about what must be done to contain global warming and will continue to take action.
"Guideline for activities for reducing CO₂ emissions" can be downloaded from the following sites.
