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In fiscal 2011, we established NEC Group “Environmental Management Action Plan 2017/2030,” which defines mid- and long-
term environment management targets. In addition, we have been working on new targets to strengthen our contribution to
combating climate change since last year.
NEC Group Environmental Management Action Plan 2017/2030
includes specific targets based on three key perspectives:
• low carbon emissions
• ecosystem and biodiversity preservation
• resource recycling and conservation.
One of the goals of the low carbon emissions is to contribute to a
reduction in CO2 emissions from customers and society through the
provision of IT solutions. With respect to this goal, we are working to
reduce CO2 emissions by 15 million tons by fiscal 2018. During fiscal
2015, we contributed to reductions of 2.54 million tons. With this, our
cumulative CO2 emission cuts over the five years since fiscal 2011
stood at 11.71 million tons. Therefore, we are making good progress
toward achieving the 15-million-ton goal.
Another low-carbon target is to reduce CO2 emissions during the use
of our products by improving their energy efficiency. In this regard, NEC
aims to achieve an 80% reduction by fiscal 2018 compared with that
for fiscal 2006 products. In fiscal 2015, the reduction was already 91%,
which was significantly higher than the target. This reduction was
primarily due to the growth in shipments of network equipment with
extremely high energy-efficiency improvements.
From the perspective of ecosystem and biodiversity preservation,
over 9,880 employees worldwide have participated in social
contribution activities associated with such preservation. In addition,
NEC added three new solutions utilizing our advanced technologies and
products to contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. These include
a solution that supports the destruction of invasive foreign species and
a cultivation management portal. As a result, we now have a total of
nine solutions for biodiversity preservation.
With respect to resource recycling and conservation, one target is to
expand the application of NEC’s NeCycle® bioplastic. NEC is making
progress with this, including NeCycle® usage in base units for point-of-
sale (POS) terminals.
Last year, NEC began initiatives to increase our contributions to
“adaptation” to climate change in addition to furthering our
contributions to curbing greenhouse gas emissions (or the “mitigation”
of climate change). These include preparing for natural disasters, food
shortages, water shortages, and other problems that are on the rise due
to the impacts of climate change.
With respect to the mitigation, we started measures to reduce the
overall supply chain emissions involving our Tamagawa Plant. To do so,
we integrated the management of energy at the community level,
increased the accuracy of Scope 3 data by strengthening collaboration
with suppliers, and enhanced reliability through third-party verifications.
With respect to the adaptation, we have created a brochure that
explains specifically, and in simple language, how IT can help with
adaptation. We then began to bolster our solutions contributing to
adaptation and started a trial to quantitatively assess the level of
contribution of the solutions. Through these initiatives, NEC is working
toward achieving a new environmental management target for CO2
reductions that is five times greater than that for the overall CO2
emissions from our entire supply chain by fiscal 2020.
Progress of NEC Group “Environmental Management Action Plan 2017/2030”
and New Objectives for Climate Change
Social Value that NEC Contributes for Climate Change
Amount of
contribution to
CO2 emissions
reductions
Supply chain
CO2 emissions
(Scope 1, 2, 3)
2014 2017 2020
Preparations for climate change (adaptation)
• Water, food, forests, and extending infrastructure life by
preventing and protecting against disasters
• Ecosystem (agriculture, fishing), etc.
CO2 emissions reductions (mitigation)
• Equipment energy-saving controls
• Reducing paper, lowering transport volume, etc.
Fiscal 2020
11.71
million tons
9.50
million tons
15.00
million tons
(50.00)
million tons
(10.00)
million tons
Previous
target
New
target
5X
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