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MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 2006
쎱Main Accomplishments of the Mitsubishi
Motors Environmental Sustainability Plan
(ESP: Fiscal Years 2002 to 2005)
Environmental Management
•Having acquired ISO 14001 certification, an inter-
national standard for environmental management
systems, for all its manufacturing plants in Japan in
1998, MMC also gained ISO 14001 certification for
its R&D units in October 2005. MMC is working to
obtain certification at its major affiliates and subsid-
iaries in Japan and overseas.
•MMC has begun the introduction of environmental
management systems at its sales companies in Japan.
This will be continued under EIP 2010 as MMC pur-
sues Eco Action 21 (EA21) certification at its sales
companies.
•MMC adopted Design for the Environment (DfE) prin-
ciples, setting up assessment processes and bench-
marks and also implementing life cycle assessment
principles (LCA) for current models in its lineup. MMC
will continue to pursue the adoption of DfE principles
with a view to applying them to the development of
new models.
Prevention of Global Warming
•MMC achieved an overall fleet average fuel economy
of 15.5 km/L for its gasoline cars in Japan in fiscal
year 2005, a 28% improvement over the average for
fiscal year 1990. This improvement stemmed in part
from the revamping of the car engine family and from
fitting vehicles with continuously variable transmis-
sions (CVT).
•Concerning Japanese 2010 fuel economy standards
(for all weight classes of gasoline cars), after a major
review of product planning under the Mitsubishi
Motors Revitalization Plan, MMC revised its target for
early achievement of Japanese 2010 fuel economy
standards from fiscal year 2005 to fiscal year 2007.
This revision has been incorporated into EIP 2010.
•Under ESP, total CO2 emissions from production and
logistics operations at MMC’s plants in Japan as of
fiscal year 2005 have been reduced by approximately
26% compared with fiscal 1990 year levels. This
reduction was a result of the introduction of more
energy-efficient plant equipment and of switching to
different energy sources. MMC also met its CO2 emis-
sions target with respect to the transportation of
finished vehicles by raising efficiency.
Prevention of Environmental Pollution
•MMC has continued to introduce models that produce
significantly lower emissions than regulatory levels. As
a result, Japanese sales of 3 and 4-star rated low-
emission vehicles represented 71% of registered cars
and 92% of minicar sales in fiscal year 2005 in Japan,
rising 13 and 21 percentage points, respectively, from
fiscal year 2004.
•MMC participated in the Japan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell
Demonstration Project (JHFC Project), funded by the
Japanese government, for which it developed the
Mitsubishi FCV prototype based on the Mitsubishi
Grandis minivan model. MMC has also embarked on a
R&D program for a new-generation electric vehicle pow-
ered by high energy density lithium-ion batteries.
•MMC met Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
(JAMA) voluntary requirements for vehicle interior vola-
tile organic compound (VOC) levels, due for introduc-
tion in April 2007, in January 2006 with the launch of
the new i model. Going forward, MMC will ensure that
every new model launched meets VOC requirements.
•MMC introduced water-based body painting lines at the
Mizushima Plant in August 2004 as part of efforts to
reduce shop floor VOC levels and meet its factory VOC
reduction target for fiscal year 2010.
Recycling and Resource Conservation
•MMC is fully responding to the requirements of the
Automobile Recycling Law that came into force in
January 2005. In fiscal year 2005, MMC achieved an
automobile shredder residue (ASR) recovery rate of
64.2%, surpassing the regulatory level of 30% for fiscal
year 2005 and that of 50% for fiscal year 2010.
•MMC continues to steadily meet its targets for the re-
cycling of in-process resources and for the Zero Land-
fill Waste program.
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