Kazuyoshi Teramoto
Information & Control System Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Hiroyasu Kato
MES and Environment System Dept., Information & Control System Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
The adverse manifestations of global warming are becoming undeniably apparent in many ways and places around the globe, so curtailing greenhouse gas emissions has become an urgent concern. As a signatory of the Kyoto Protocol, Japan is making wide-ranging efforts to reduce the country's emissions since the beginning of the first emission reduction commitment period in 2008 under the terms of the protocol. Many companies are now grappling with carbon-reduction activities, and the Hitachi Group has made a significant contribution to these efforts with the development and deployment of a powerful "environment information gathering and managing solution." Certainly the actual meaning of reducing our environmental load involves more than just rolling back greenhouse gas emissions. We must implement more comprehensive and effective environmental management practices in the years ahead.
MES and Environment System Department, Information & Control System Divison, Hitachi, Ltd.
environmental management, environmental information management system, GHG emission, life cycle assessment, global warming
