Nissan’s ultimate goal is to limit the environmental impact and resource
consumption of its corporate activities, and of its vehicles during their
entire lifecycle, to a level at which the planet can naturally sustain itself.
To achieve this, Nissan launched its new six-year environmental action
plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP2016) , in fiscal 2011. NGP2016
is based on thorough materiality assessments focusing on f actors with
critical impact on the company’s business. These assessments include
input from energy and resource specialists around the world. NGP2016
also takes into account survey results in Japan that help gauge
employees’ understanding and opinions on environmental issues, Nissan’s
activities and the company’s business priorities.
NGP2016 focuses on reducing the environmental impact of Nissan’s
corporate activities and pursuing harmony between resource consumption
and ecology. The company aims to promote diversity of sources for and
efficient use and recycling of energy and resources, and to promote and
widen the application of green technologies that were developed under
NGP2010, its previous environmental action plan. NGP2016 has four
specific key actions that involve activities in development, manuf acturing,
sales, service and all other departments companywide: zero-emission
vehicle penetration, fuel-efficient vehicle expansion, corporate carbon
footprint minimization and new natural resource use minimization.