Approach by Businesses Toward Environmental Conservationt Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The OKI Group proactively pursues green house gases reduction as a measure to reduce the impact on the environment.
Achievements in Fiscal 2010
Approach in Business Activitites
The OKI Group has already started various activities to meet the target for the Kyoto Protocol first commitment period. We made a 66.1% improvement of the basic unit for CO2 emission with respect to real output(*1) during fiscal 2010. It means that we have substantially exceeded a goal set in the Voluntary Action Plan on Measures to Fight Global Warming of the Japanese electric and electronics industry, “improving the basic unit for CO2 emissions with respect to real output in fiscal 2010 by 35% or more compared to that in fiscal 1990.” Our other efforts to combat global warming include the realization of zero-emission plants through carbon offset activities, production reforms, and the replacement of aging infrastructure facilities, let alone appropriate responses to the Revised Energy Saving Act.
CO2 Emissions (from Major Production Sites of the OKI Group)
- *1:Basic unit for CO2 emission with respect to real output
CO2 emission / real output (real output = nominal output / Bank of Japan's Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index for electrical machinery and equipment with fiscal 1990 as the base year)
Reducing Environmental Impact of Physical Distribution
OKI, as a shipper, has enhanced its efforts to reduce environmental impact of physical distribution in partnership with OKI Proserve (hereinafter called OPS). As a pioneer in reducing CO2 emissions by adopting modal shift, OPS has accumulated a wide spectrum of transit information and organized it into a database to fully meet the requirements of the Energy Saving Act. In fiscal 2010, the CO2 emissions reduced by modal shift amounted to 603 tons, a 250% increase compared to the previous fiscal year, due to an increase in long-distance transport utilizing modal shift. The total volume of CO2 emitted from OPS's transport activities in fiscal 2010 amounted to 4,213 tons, a 30 % increase compared to the previous fiscal year, partly due to an increase of local transport using small freights.
CO2 Emissions form Transport Activities
Modal Shift Efforts
Energy used for trucking can be reduced to one-third through modal shift to rail transport.