Clean Factories - Factory Energy Conservation

Taking advantage of our many factories in China and Southeast Asia, we are promoting efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions on a global level, by employing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). In fiscal 2005, we began our energy conservation initiatives at factories in Malaysia to be accredited as CDM projects. In March 2007, we became the first Japanese company to receive approval for its CDM project from the United Nations in the category of energy conservation at factories.
   We also plan to employ this mechanism in China and Southeast Asian countries.

• * Clean Development Mechanism: A method authorized by the Kyoto Protocol, whereby industrialized nations undertake initiatives to reduce GHG emissions through rendering financial and technical assistance to developing countries.

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• Reducing global CO₂ emissions through our Three-Year Plan
• Promoting energy conservation initiatives in the device segment and in China
• Visualizing energy losses
• Use of Co-generation system (CGS)
• CO₂ emissions per basic unit
• Energy consumption
• Composition of GHG emissions (tons- CO₂)
• Effects on power generation by co-generation systems (CGS)
• (Japan)Achieving a 15% reduction by careful management of factory facilities
• (China)Achieving a 5% reduction in the use of steam by using waste heat
• (Malaysia)Expansion of CDM initiatives in Southeast Asia and China