Vision of the Furukawa Company Group

Corporate Philosophy

Vision Your trusted partner in advancing social infrastructure for a better tomorrow. Values Sustainability Diversity Innovation. Action Principles Coexistence Integrity Co-creation.

Furukawa Company Group Corporate Philosophy

Since its founding in 1875, the Furukawa Company Group has supported social infrastructure through technologies rooted in its origins in mine development, while continually transforming its businesses through self-driven reform in response to changing times.

As modern society grows ever more diverse, there is a pressing need to build a sustainable, inclusive society where everyone can live with peace of mind.

To address these social issues, the Group will advance marketing-based management and remain a company that is indispensable to society by delivering both social and economic value.

Mission: Realize a prosperous society in harmony with the environment

Leveraging our creative problem-solving capabilities that have supported social infrastructure, we will help build a safe,comfortable society that is in harmony with the environment.
Vision: Your trusted partner in advancing
social infrastructure for a better tomorrow
Values: Sustainability Diversity Innovation
Action Principles: Coexistence Integrity Co-creation

Long-Term Vision

Vision F 2035 A company that co-creates social resilience By promoting marketing-based management and strengthening our technological, human, and financial capabilities to establish a robust management foundation, we will develop infrastructure that addresses environmental and social changes and help create a more resilient and sustainable society.

Long-term Basic Strategy

Business strategy

Guided by our goal to “respond to advances in social infrastructure,” the Group’s business strategy focuses on priority areas and needs in the environmental and social domains.

Priority areas and needs

Environment: We will focus on disaster prevention and mitigation, as well as environmental stewardship, by supplying products and services that help curb global warming and realize a circular economy.
Society: We will help build safe and efficient social infrastructure by addressing labor shortages and promoting the advancement of urban development.

Priority items

Environment

Support disaster prevention and mitigation through river enhancement, dam construction, and other infrastructure projects
Contribute to global warming mitigation by developing and supplying electrified, energy-saving products
Help realize a circular economy through the treatment and recycling of diverse waste materials
Address environmental and social issues by developing and supplying materials for ICT and IoT applications

Society

Foster safer and more efficient operations by developing and supplying unmanned and labor-saving products
- Promote infrastructure construction through environmentally friendly transportation equipment
- Support urban development tailored to regional characteristics
Contribute to customer success through IoT-enabled support systems

Functional strategy

To underpin our business strategy, we aim to “enhance our management foundation” by advancing our functional strategy in three ways: evolving our human resource foundation, deepening our financial foundation, and strengthening governance.

Priority areas and needs

Evolving our human resource foundation: We will enhance our ability to address the latest technologies and operations that lead to value creation while improving employee engagement and revitalizing our organization through career development.
Deepening our financial foundation: We will improve capital efficiency to enhance cash flow, increase financial leverage, and raise profitability relative to invested capital.
Strengthening governance: We will enhance corporate value and establish a robust risk management framework.

Priority items

Evolving our human resource foundation

Conduct training and educational programs to enhance human resource value
Establish and improve healthy, comfortable work environments
Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion
Evolve our human resource systems to foster individual growth and organizational vitality

Deepening our financial foundation

Reduce working capital by streamlining sales, production, and logistics processes
- Strengthen cash flow generation by promoting early collection of accounts receivable and reducing inventory levels
- Improve capital efficiency and control interest-bearing debt
Optimize cost of capital by controlling shareholders’ equity
- Reduce net asset flow by strengthening our dividend strategy
- Reduce cost of capital by conducting share buybacks

Strengthening governance

Ensure strict compliance
Enhance internal controls and strengthen the audit system