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Fujifilm

Lacks transparency

Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.

Electronics

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Last researched 3 November 2026 · 6 sources

Japanese imaging group selling cameras, lenses and Instax.

Until Fujifilm traces its cobalt, gold and tin to the mine, it can't show that the miners who dig them are safe or fairly paid.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

  • Not met: Meets 3 of 6 Good requirements.
  • Holds the grade back: It relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace. That alone means a poor grade until it takes steps to trace them.
  • It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
  • Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.

How grades are decided

Good requirements 3 of 6

  • Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
  • Not met: Respects worker rightsJudged on where its products are made: worker rights are poorly protected in China and the Philippines.
  • Met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
  • Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
  • Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
  • Not met: Traces its cobalt, gold and other conflict minerals to the mine

Red flags 2

  • Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
  • Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace
  • Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)

Stars it would earn as Good

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Where it's made

From Fujifilm's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
JapanStrong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
ChinaNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
PhilippinesNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageModerate

Evidence

What we found

  • Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: cobalt, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold mining carry child and forced labour risk (DR Congo, Indonesia), and assembly overtime is widespread.
  • Modern slavery statement
  • Owns or runs its own production
  • Independent social audits of all its main factories
  • Relies on metals such as cobalt, gold and tin from artisanal mines where miners, including children, face toxic dust, mercury exposure and deadly tunnel collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.

Research notes Fujifilm assembles X and GFX cameras at its own Taiwa factory in Japan and its camera plant in Suzhou, China, and makes lenses in the Philippines; it gives no country shares. Main group production sites have RBA audits, and the Philippines lens plant holds RBA Silver status, but only the printer business is an RBA member. It checked over 1,000 suppliers in 2024 and fixed issues such as missing grievance systems, but scored 9/100 in KnowTheChain's 2025 forced labour benchmark and makes no living wage commitment.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
UK Modern Slavery Statement RegistryListedFUJIFILM UK publishes statements under the UK Modern Slavery Act; the 2025 statement reports on-site audits of 66 higher-risk suppliers in China and Vietnam. View
Australian Modern Slavery RegisterListedFujifilm's Australian data management subsidiaries publish statements under the Australian Modern Slavery Act (2025). View

Sources and actions

Sources 6

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  1. FUJIFILM Business Innovation (Good Shopping Guide) · search the archive · Business Innovation is an RBA member; Fujifilm Holdings scored 9/100 in KnowTheChain 2025 ICT benchmark
  2. Fujifilm factory tour: Taiwa factory (Fuji Rumors) · search the archive · Over 1,000 people at Fujifilm's Taiwa factory assemble X-series and GFX cameras and lenses
  3. Fujifilm Suzhou camera plant resumes operation (Fuji Rumors, 2020) · search the archive · Fujifilm digital camera assembly plant in Suzhou, China

Published by Fujifilm or its owner

  1. Fujifilm Holdings: Sustainable procurement · search the archive · RBA VAP audits at main sites; Fujifilm Optics Philippines RBA Silver; 1,027 suppliers self-checked, 66 audited on site in FY2024
  2. FUJIFILM UK Modern Slavery Statement 2025 · search the archive · Group has over 72,000 employees; production sites in China; supplier issues mainly in China and Vietnam
  3. FUJIFILM Business Innovation supply chain · search the archive · Printer business supplier guidelines follow the RBA code; Hai Phong plant RBA Silver

Company details

Headquarters
Japan
Employees
About 72,000
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Fujifilm ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/fujifilm, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

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