Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through ICT Services

In 2015, two major international frameworks were adopted regarding environmental and social sustainability. One was the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and especially the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ratified during the UN General Assembly held in September. The other was the Paris Agreement, which was approved in December 2015 through the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and when into force in November 2016. The Fujitsu Group aims to play its part in achieving these global targets. One of our goals is to "contribute to the sustainable development of society through the provision of information and communications technology (ICT) services," set out in the Fujitsu Group Environmental Action Plan (Stage VIII) that started in FY2016. This paper explains how the SDGs relate to corporate activities, and presents the Group's thinking, assessment methods regarding its contributions to achieving the SDGs through the provision of ICT services, and specific examples.