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 2011
Energy-saving Efforts in Business Activities
The OKI Group has been committed to energy-saving activities because it believes the reduction of green house gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from its business activities is important for realizing a low-carbon society.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 of fiscal 1990,” by making a 71.5% improvement. (A final assessment is to be calculated as the average percentage during the five years from fiscal 2008 to 2012.)
The realization of a low carbon society is an important issue to be addressed in the long run. The OKI Group will continue to address these issues through its products and services as well as its business activities in accordance with the OKI Group Environmental Vision 2020 and the Nippon Keidanren's Commitment to a Low Carbon Society.
CO2 Emissions (from Major Production Sites of the OKI Group)
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 2011, the CO2 emissions reduced by modal shift amounted to 591 tons (virtually flat from the previous fiscal year). The total volume of CO2 emitted from our transport activities in fiscal 2011 amounted to 4,677 tons, a 11 % increase compared to the previous fiscal year, partly due to production increase and growing local transport using small freights.
CO2 Emissions form Transport Activities
Modal Shift Efforts
| Site | Transportation by truck | Transportation Using JR Containers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departure point | Destination | Distance(km) | Departure point | Destination | Distance(km) | |
| Hokkaido (Sapporo) | Isesaki | Sapporo | 1,081 | Kuragano | Sapporo | 1,175 |
| Tohoku (Sendai) | Isesaki | Sendai | 378 | Kumagaya | Sendai | 404 |
| Chubu (Nagoya) | Isesaki | Nagoya | 500 | Kuragano | Nagoya | 549 |
| Kansai (Osaka) | Isesaki | Osaka | 520 | Kuragano | Osaka | 549 |
| Chugoku (Hiroshima) | Isesaki | Hiroshima | 915 | Kuragano | Hiroshima | 887 |
| Shikoku (Takamatsu) | Isesaki | Takamatsu | 719 | Kuragano | Takamatsu | 745 |
| Kyushu (Fukuoka) | Isesaki | Fukuoka | 1,199 | Kuragano | Fukuoka | 1,225 |
Energy used for trucking can be reduced to one-third through modal shift to rail transport.