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SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 13
Environment
As a general manufacturer of automobiles, motor-
cycles, outboard motors, etc., Suzuki addresses
environmental conservation in related activities at
all stages in its operations—from development to
disposal.
In product development, we make every effort to
research and develop new products that satisfy
customer demand by dealing with issues such as
improving fuel economy, reducing exhaust emis-
sions, promoting the three Rs, reducing noise,
managing and reducing materials with environ-
mental impact, recycling, etc. In manufacturing,
we address issues such as environmental consid-
erations at all corporate sites, promoting energy
reduction and the use of alternative energy, man-
aging and reducing materials with environmental
impact, promoting the three Rs, etc. In distribution
and our offices, we are focusing on improving
transportation efficiency and energy reduction,
promoting the three Rs, promoting the use of low
emission transport, promoting energy reduction,
and promoting green purchasing, etc. In market-
ing, in addition to promoting environmental man-
agement at our distributors, proper disposal of
end-of-life products, we are advancing the envi-
ronmentally proper treatment of our products after
being used by the customer.
Also in environmental education and disclosure in-
formation, we are promoting environmental con-
servation through a variety of approaches such as
promoting and enlightening environmental educa-
tion to employees, providing environmental infor-
mation, promoting social action programs, etc.
2007 Topics
•We published the Suzuki 2007 Environmental
and Social Report. Suzuki has published an en-
vironmental report annually since fiscal 1999 to
provide information on all activities related to the
environment.
•As one environmental activity related to prod-
ucts, we produced approximately 110,000 die-
sel engines, which are in high demand particu-
larly in Europe, at Suzuki Power Train India
(SPIL) in fiscal 2007. Diesel engines manufac-
tured at SPIL are utilized not only Swift in India,
but also in our Swift Diesel automobiles manu-
factured in Hungary.
•We exhibited our fuel cell powered “Crosscage”
concept motorcycle at the Tokyo Motor Show in
October 2007 to introduce our future vision of
the motorcycle.
Suzuki 2007 Environmental and Social Report
Other Topics
Swift Diesel manufactured at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
Crosscage, concept motorcycle
Year in Review