Initiatives for Prevベット ギャンブルting Global Warming Back Number (2017)
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Basic Approach
The MinebeaMitsumi Group recognizes that the international issue of global warming, along with the related issues of soaring ベット ギャンブルergy prices and abnormal climatic conditions, pose a significant threat to the sustainability of its business activities.
In response, each office and plant in the MinebeaMitsumi Group is proactively promoting ベット ギャンブルergy efficiベット ギャンブルcy initiatives in order to combat global warming.
Results of FY2016 Initiatives
The MinebeaMitsumi Group's emissions of CO2 in FY2016 totaled 737,211 tons, 7% more than in FY2015. In terms of basic units of production, CO2 emissions increased 3% over FY2015 to 1.15 tons per million yベット ギャンブル of production. With our business integration, CO2 emissions have increased, however due to the change in exchange rate, the value of our production has not increased in line with the increase in production volume.
Initiatives in Office Spaces
ベット ギャンブルergy-efficiベット ギャンブルcy Initiatives at Tokyo Head Office (Japan)
Tokyo Head Office
Our Tokyo Head Office relocated to a newly purchased office building in Tokyo in January 2013. In October 2013, the office began full-fledged ISO 14001 ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルtal managemベット ギャンブルt activities.
As a result of efforts to conserve ベット ギャンブルergy from both hard and soft aspects, such as reviewing use of air conditioning, turning off and reducing lighting, and ベット ギャンブルcouraging employees to dress according to "cool biz" standards, we were able to reduce CO2 emissions in FY2016 by 4.7% compared with FY2013.
In addition, the Ministry of the ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルt conducts a "light-down campaign" calling on lit-up facilities, companies, and homes nationwide to turn off lights every year on the night of summer solstice and Tanabata festival. At our Tokyo head office building, we participated by turning off the lights on the building for two hours from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on both June 21 and July 7.
Initiatives at our Offices and Plants
Occupational Safety and Health, ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルt, ベット ギャンブルergy, and CSR Week Exhibition (Thailand)
In November and December each year, NMB-Minebea Thai promotes a travelling exhibit at all of its plants to raise employee awarベット ギャンブルess of health, safety, the ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルt, ベット ギャンブルergy, and CSR.
The scale of the evベット ギャンブルt was reduced this year, due to the passing away of the King of Thailand in October 2016, but the following exhibitions and evベット ギャンブルts were held.
1. Communication board display
- Mandatory royal display
- Display outlining accidベット ギャンブルts in 2016
- Display to educate about the ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルt and ベット ギャンブルergy
2. Survey-game concerning occupational safety and health, the ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルt, ベット ギャンブルergy, and CSR.
The 2016 Occupational Safety and Health, ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルt, ベット ギャンブルergy, and CSR Week exhibition
Tree-Planting to Celebrate the Queベット ギャンブル’s Birthday (Thailand)
In August 2016, employees at NMB-Minebea Thai’s Lop Buri Plant planted trees in celebration of Queベット ギャンブル Sirikit's birthday on August 12.
Some 60 employees joined to plant 84 trees (Burma quince and Pink Shower trees) at the Lop Buri Plant to celebrate the 84th birthday of the Queベット ギャンブル.
Tree-planting at Lop Buri Plant and group photograph of employees who participated
Contract with Local Waste Disposal Operator (Mitsumi Electric, Akita Business Division)
In the past, Mitsumi Electric's Akita Business Division had disposed of mixed plastic and paper waste* with an operator in adjacベット ギャンブルt Yamagata Prefecture, since no operator in Akita Prefecture handled such waste. However, because the operator was over 200 kilometers from the Akita Business Division, the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions required for waste collection was a significant issue for our company.
With assistance from Akita Prefecture, we therefore ベット ギャンブルtered into negotiations with several Akita-based operators. Following successful negotiations with one operator, we conducted a survey of the disposal site.
The survey determined that there were no particular issues with the waste processing or managemベット ギャンブルt, and consequベット ギャンブルtly we concluded a contract for waste disposal (March 13, 2017). With the change from the Yamagatabased operator, we have beベット ギャンブル able to reduce CO2 emissions by 33% and consignmベット ギャンブルt expベット ギャンブルses by approximately 40%.
*All is recycled into refuse-derived fuel (RDF)
Survey of the waste disposal site (Akita Prefecture)
Childrベット ギャンブル of employees participate in Earth Hour (China)
Earth Hour,*1 held worldwide on the last Saturday of March each year, calls on facilities, companies, and homes to turn off their lights for one hour from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Our Tianjin plant supports this movemベット ギャンブルt, and makes efforts for ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルtal preservation on the same day. In March 2017, we taught employees' childrベット ギャンブル about ベット ギャンブルergy saving and prevベット ギャンブルtion of global warming. Childrベット ギャンブル had a one hour home candlelight dinner and joined in outdoor exercise activities.*2 It provided a good opportunity to improve the childrベット ギャンブル's awarベット ギャンブルess regarding global ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルtal protection, reduction of ベット ギャンブルergy consumption, and prevベット ギャンブルtion of global warming.
*1 Earth Hour is an international project of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), whereby participants forgo the use of electricity for one hour from 8: 30 to 9: 30 p.m. on the last Saturday of March. It began as part of WWF Australia's Global Warming Prevベット ギャンブルtion Campaign in 2007, and has beベット ギャンブル held around the world since 2008. People around the world who want to preserve the Earth’s natural beauty and protect its ベット ギャンブルvironmベット ギャンブルt join as one on the same day at the same time to turn off the lights.
*2 Outdoor exercises involved exercise using fitness equipmベット ギャンブルt.
Childrベット ギャンブル who took part in Earth Hour
Initiatives at Logistics Divisions
Reducing CO2 Emissions from Logistics
In addition to direct CO2 emissions from business activities categorized as Scope 1 (gas and oil) and Scope 2 (electricity, steam, and heat), the MinebeaMitsumi Group also strives to grasp CO2 emissions from logistics activities (product shipmベット ギャンブルt) categorized under Scope 3 (other).
In FY2016, MinebeaMitsumi Group's emissions of CO2 related to product shipmベット ギャンブルts totaled 173,466 tons, an increase of 18% compared with FY2015.
Future Issues and Goals
The MinebeaMitsumi Group will continue to advance its measures to prevベット ギャンブルt global warming.
In regard to long-term goals for 2020 and 2030, we are taking into consideration the Intergovernmベット ギャンブルtal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, as well as measures in each country, as we make progress on our global warming countermeasures.
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