Toshiba Group is carrying out two Green initiatives: 1) Greening of Products, in which we aim to achieve the highest level of
environmental performance for all products we develop and
reduce environmental impacts throughout product life cycles,
and 2) Greening by Technology, in which we aim to provide a
stable power supply and mitigate climate change on a global
scale through the low-carbon energy technologies.
In the Greening of Products initiative, we are accelerating
the development of localized products to meet the specific
needs of different countries and regions, including developed countries where various energy-saving initiatives have
been implemented, and developing countries where environ-mental impacts are likely to increase as a result of economic
development. Consequently, in FY2012, our sales of Excellent
ECPs, which achieve the highest level of environmental performance, were 668.8 billion yen and use of these products
resulted in 6.8 million tons of CO2 emissions reductions. Both
of these results exceeded the initial plan. In the future, we
aim to achieve 1.8 trillion yen in Excellent ECP sales and 15
million tons in CO2emissions reductions from Excellent ECPs
by FY2015, and will use recycled materials extensively and
actively reduce the use of specified chemical substances.
In the area of Greening by Technology, we are enhancing our
programs to develop renewable energy sources, including
solar, hydro, geothermal, and wind power. At the same time,
we are promoting the improved efficiency in thermal power
generation technology and commercialization of carbon
dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology, as well as the
development of new thermal power generation cycles designed to capture CO2more easily and safer nuclear power
generation technologies. As a result, in FY2012, we achieved
1.32 trillion yen in sales of energy-related products and reduced 450 million tons of CO2emissions. Both of these results
are close to the targets initially planned. In the future, we will
actively establish next-generation power transmission and
distribution technologies “smart grids” and build smart com-munities for advanced city planning. In FY2015, we plan to
achieve energy-related product sales of 1.9 trillion yen and a
mitigation in CO2emissions of 490 million tons, thereby contributing to achieving an optimal mix of energy sources and a
sustainable, low-carbon society.
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