Efforts to Prevent Global Warming

Clarion’s measures to prevent global warming include cutting down the use of electricity and fuel in order to lower CO2 emissions. Moreover, we are actively working on efficient and environment-conscious transportation. We are also striving to contribute to the prevention of global warming by making efforts to reduce CO2 emissions through products.

Reductions in Energy Usage and CO2 Emissions

CO2 emissions in fiscal 2006 were 0.3% higher than in fiscal 2005. This was mainly due to larger production volume and extended operation in production facilities. Due to the increase in the number of sites covered by certification, we recalculated the usage figures.

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    Standards for Calculation: the Ministry of the Environment’s GHG Calculation Method Guidelines

Training Activities for Employees

Clarion assents to “Team Minus 6%,” a national movement started under the sponsorship of the Ministry of the Environment and other organizations, and in fiscal 2006 we actively participated in “Cool Biz,” and “Light-Down Campaign,” etc. Through such activities, we are aiming to raise the awareness of employees and their families regarding the environment.

Participation in the CO2 Reduction / Light-Down Campaign - Black Illumination 2006

Clarion participated in the CO2 Reduction / Light-Down Campaign that the Ministry of the Environment has been implementing since 2003. This campaign aims to prevent global warming by calling on lit-up facilities and households to turn off their electric lights. Clarion turned off the electricity for its rooftop billboard on the Shibuya Triangle Building. Going forward, we will continue to actively participate in this campaign as part of our efforts to prevent global warming.

Energy-Saving Activities in Physical Distribution

Clarion is working on the following activities in order to reduce CO2 emissions from our physical distribution process.

1. Promotion of Modal Shifts Truck transportation has major impact on the environment, in particular, air pollution. We promote modal shifts in longdistance transportation, and encourage the use of rail transport instead of trucks, for example.
2. Volume Efficiency Taking consideration of transportation conditions, Clarion seeks to improve transportation efficiency by using the right-sized transportation containers so that no space is wasted. We also try to achieve efficient loading ratios corresponding to the size of the truck bed or other means of transportation.
3. Joint Transportation and Freight Collection If each and every company transports its products on an individual basis, the impact on the environment would be substantial. For this reason, Clarion cooperates with other companies and implements a joint freight collection system.
4. Promotion of Round Use of Containers We are working to reduce CO2 emissions by using containers that used to be returned empty after unloading their import cargo at our facilities for the transportation of export cargo, etc. from that region.

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