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Long-Term Plan Environmental Vision 2025
Hitachi has set forth its Environmental Vision 2025 as a long-
term plan for business activities in order to contribute to the
prevention of global warming. With fi scal 2005 as the base
year, we have set the goal of helping reduce annual CO2
emissions by 100 million tonnes by 2025 through our prod-
ucts and services. To this end, we are pursuing greater envi-
ronmental efficiency in products and moving ahead with
design and development to make all Hitachi products envi-
ronmentally conscious “Eco-Products.”*1
In fi scal 2011, our contribution to CO2 reduction is esti-
mated to be 18.09 million tonnes. A wide range of products
and services including high-efficiency thermal and hydro
power plants, energy-saving information systems, as well as
parts and materials used in energy-saving products contrib-
uted to the reduction in emissions. In addition, the number of
models designated as Eco-Products increased to over
10,000 in fiscal 2011 and the Eco-Product sales ratio*2
reached 80%, topping our goal of 79%.
*1 Eco-Products are internally qualifi ed products evaluated against eight crite-
ria, including resource reduction, resource recycling, energy effi ciency and
environmental protection, stipulated in Hitachi’s unique Assessment for
Design for Environment (DfE).
*2 The Eco-Product sales ratio is the ratio of Eco-Product sales to Eco-
Product target sales, excluding those elements that Hitachi cannot control
or infl uence in terms of environmental impacts, such as patent income.
Reducing Environmental Burden in Business Activities
Hitachi has set specific action items and targets in the
Environmental Action Plan for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions, waste, chemical substance emissions and water
use toward the realization of the Environmental Vision, and
we are acting globally in order to reduce the environmental
burden of business activities.
As a certifi cation system of plants and offi ces that show a
high level of environmental consciousness as well as out-
standing results in these areas, we have launched a new
designation in fiscal 2011: Eco-Factory & Office Select,
divided into manufacturing (factory) and non-manufacturing
(offi ce) divisions, each with their own certifi cation criteria.
Through the new certifi cation system, we are encouraging
environmental activities by sharing best practices and envi-
ronmental technologies throughout the Group.
We have started an integration system for visualizing
power consumption throughout the Group. The system inte-
grates data from electricity use collection systems at 238
large sites having a contracted capacity of 500 kW or above,
and posts hourly statistics of power use on the Hitachi
Group intranet. By managing electricity use, we are able to
become more effi cient while employees are more aware of
the need to save electricity.
Hitachi’s Environmental Vision
Guided by the Environmental Vision, Hitachi is promoting
corporate environmental management with the aim of greatly
reducing the load on the environment by addressing global
environmental problems such as resource depletion and cli-
mate change. Hitachi’s Environmental Vision sets global
warming prevention, resource conservation and ecosystem
preservation as the three pillars of our vision. Our goal is to
achieve a more sustainable society by promoting global pro-
duction that reduces the environmental burden of a product
throughout its life cycle.
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2,000
8,000
12,000
6,000
4,000
10,000
(Number of products)
(FY) 07 09 1110
08
5,741
6,954
8,387
9,456
10,476
0
20
60
100
40
80
(Millions of tonnes/year)
(FY) 10 15 2520
11
(estimate)
Transportation, commercial & residential 10%
Industry 20%
Power generation 70%
15.51 18.09
35.00
63.00
100 million tonnes/year
Expanding Eco-Products
Contributions to CO2 Emission*3 Reduction
(Base: FY2005)
*3 CO2 emission coeffi cients used in Hitachi’s contributions to
CO2 emission reduction are based on the 2009 fi gures in
the IEA’s CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion Highlights
(2011 Edition).