Logistics / Transportation -Concept, Targets and Results-

To achieve a sustainable society, one of the most important issues is to reduce CO₂ emissions from logistics.
For this purpose, it is essential to optimize efficiency of logistics by minimizing wasteful operations and wastage related to transportation generated in supply chains. In our approach to this challenge, visual presentation of logistical flows are provided, data linking logistical costs and CO₂ emissions obtained, bottlenecks identified, and improvement measures undertaken.
To strengthen the effects of these improvement efforts, we work to ensure that activities and related information are shared across the company. Specifically, giving priority to such issues as direct delivery to customers, cargocarrying efficiency, and modal shifts, we are making concerted efforts at all the divisions involved, from product planning to customer contacts, aiming to further reduce environmental impact.

Reduce CO₂ emissions from logistics by 1% or more over the previous year (per ton kilometer).

For the three years from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2010, our average CO₂ emissions per basic unit were reduced by 1.9% as a result of our efforts. The data also reflects the improvement of data accuracy due to the upgrade of relevant systems conducted during the period. We started to collect the data regarding our CO₂ emissions during transportation in Japan in fiscal 2006, when we developed and started to operate a system to obtain the data from transport information. Since fiscal 2008, the scope of this process has been expanded to cover transportation between Japanese sites and overseas sites.

We have collected data on CO₂ emissions associated with our logistics operations within Japan as well as logistics from and to Japan. From fiscal 2011 and onwards, we will expand the scope of the data collection to a global scale and will set global emission reduction targets accordingly. As part of our sustainable environmental management, we will work to reduce CO₂ emissions and distribution costs in our logistics processes by implementing groupwide activities at all related business divisions and group companies both within and outside of Japan.

Efforts across the Entire Supply Chain