At IT departments, in coordination with the ESG policies of the entire Hitachi Group, we are actively engaging in solutions to problems related to the environmental impact reduction.
In addition, we are accelerating the reallocation of IT resources, the training of human resources, and the securing of diverse human resources, promoting the globalization of IT human resources.
At IT departments, while we are engaged in the ongoing and expanded promotion of IT operations that have a limited impact on the environment, we are also contributing to making Hitachi carbon-neutral by 2030. This will be accomplished through realizing KPI measurements and data visualization related to environmental contributions throughout the entire Hitachi Group via the promotion of IT usage and DX#1.
In order to achieve company-wide environmental goals, the IT departments are focusing its activities on reducing the CO2 emissions from IT itself. Specifically, we are continuing and expanding our efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by reviewing the use and operation of IT devices such as data center servers and user devices (PCs and smartphones). We are promoting these measures to be completed by FY 2027.
In our efforts to reduce the environmental impact of data center servers, we are promoting cloud lift and shift of servers in cooperation with public cloud vendors, as well as energy-saving and energy-recycling at Hitachi Group data centers. As a result of continuous improvement in efficiency and reduction of power consumption by servers in the Hitachi data centers, in FY 2022, we were able to achieve about 60% reduction in CO2 emissions (compared to FY 2010).
In our efforts to reduce the environmental impact of user devices (PCs and smartphones), we are promoting replacement with new models that will lead to a reduction in environmental impact. For client PCs, we will offer new models with the right to offset CO2 emissions over their lifecycle as an IT service to Hitachi to encourage the replacement. For smartphones, we will contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions by encouraging the replacement from older models to newer 5G-compatible models that will facilitate the use of carrier 5G equipment and base stations operated by renewable energy.
Through these efforts, we will achieve reductions in the CO2 emissions of IT itself and strengthen our activities for greater effect.
Through the use of a shared ERP#2 platform that is used throughout the entire Hitachi Group, we are working to accomplish the automatic collection and centralized management of environmental data. As part of this effort, we worked with external partners to collect and verify visualization of environmental data. We also introduced an environmental database and dashboard to visualize KPIs related to environmental contributions. We will continue to promote the visualization of the data necessary for managing GHG#3 emissions based on the supply chain emissions calculations defined by Japan's Ministry of the Environment.
