Environmental Vision

The Hitachi Environmental Vision

The quest for a comfortable life has led humankind to create a society based on convenience. However, environmental problems have surfaced, such as climate change, resource depletion, and ecosystem destruction. To realize a materialcycle society in harmony with the earth, we must share our vision and promote environmental conservation.
We have created an environmental vision to achieve a more sustainable society by promoting global production that reduces the environmental burden of a product throughout its life cycle. We have formulated Environmental Vision 2025, a long-term plan placing priority on preventing global warming, and we are conducting our business activities accordingly.

To realize our Environmental Vision, we promote activities in accord with the Hitachi Action Guidelines for Environmental Conservation. These guidelines are based on the corporate credo of contributing to society through the development of superior, original technology and products as stated in the Standards of Corporate Conduct.

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Long-Term Plan Environmental Vision 2025

In its Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN panel assessing and advising nations on the causes and effects of climate change, concludes that CO2 emissions must peak by 2015 and be reduced by 50 to 85 percent of their 2000 levels by the year 2050 in order to meet the minimum stabilized density scenario for greenhouse gases (450 ppm stabilization scenario).
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has drawn up a CO2 emission reduction scenario indicating the fields where CO2 emissions can most feasibly be reduced for meeting the 450 ppm stabilization scenario, and the percentages of reductions in each field. These fields extend widely across the Hitachi Group, including the electric power, transportation, and industrial sectors.

World Outlook for Energy-Related CO2 Emissions and Reduction Scenarios

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has drawn up a CO2 emission reduction scenario indicating the fields where CO2 emissions can most feasibly be reduced for meeting the 450 ppm stabilization scenario, and the percentages of reductions in each field. These fields extend widely across the Hitachi Group, including the electric power, transportation, and industrial sectors.

On this basis, the long-term Hitachi Group Environmental Vision 2025 states our goal of helping to reduce annual CO2 emissions by 100 million tonnes by fiscal 2025 through Hitachi products and services.

This means that as we reduce CO2 emissions— by improving the environmental efficiency of Hitachi Group products, and by other means—our contribution to lowering CO2 emissions through the use of our products and services by 2025 from the products of fiscal 2005 will be 100 million tonnes annually.
The target of 100 million tonnes was calculated based on growth strategies in each business sector. It breaks down to 70 million tonnes in the power sector, 20 million in the industrial sector, and 10 million in the transportation, commercial, and residential sectors.

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The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, is expected to prompt a global review of and changes in energy policies, including plans for new installation and operation of nuclear and thermal power plants. In case this review results in major changes to the business plans of the Hitachi Group power sector, the effects of the changes on the long-term plan Environmental Vision 2025 will be assessed and goal achievement strategies or targets may be revised.

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