OMRON believes that promotion of anti-climate change measures is an important social responsibility that the company must fulfill, both now and into the future. Accordingly, OMRON established its new environmental management vision entitled “Green OMRON 2020” in fiscal 2011. With this vision, OMRON set forth a new goal for fiscal 2020 in terms of carbon productivity,^* and has been working to improve carbon productivity by 30% compared to the fiscal 2010 level.

To achieve this goal, the OMRON Group as a whole will work to promote more efficient operation of its facilities and equipment through manufacturing aimed at energy and resource conservation (Eco-Monozukuri).

Specific measures being taken to meet this goal include installation of energy monitoring systems to visualize energy usage at each facility and for production, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of energy conservation efforts. Based on the results of these evaluations, OMRON will make investments in equipment to ensure optimal energy supply for each equipment piece and production line. OMRON will also apply its accumulated expertise to similar equipment and lines, aiming to eventually meet its CO₂ emissions reduction goal.

To fulfill its responsibility as a manufacturer, OMRON will also specify targets for the degree of contribution to CO₂ emissions reduction in society through its products and services.

* Carbon productivity (millions of yen / t-CO₂) = Sales of global production sites (millions of yen) / CO₂ emissions from energy usage by global production sites (t-CO₂)

In fiscal 2011, the OMRON Group’s carbon productivity was 3.33, while CO₂ emissions amounted to 186,110 metric tons at the global level, representing a 3% improvement in carbon productivity from the fiscal 2010 level.

【Japan】
The suspended operation of nuclear power plants, stemming from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunamis, caused electricity shortages throughout Japan. This resulted in requests from the government and electrical power companies to cut electricity consumption in the summer and winter.

In response to this national-level issue, OMRON established in-house targets that are more demanding than the requests from the government and electrical power companies. By implementing the following electricity conservation measures throughout the OMRON Group in Japan during summer and winter of fiscal 2011, OMRON was able to significantly surpass electricity conservation targets without compromising its business and production activities.

1. Installed energy monitoring systems in 21 OMRON Group sites for realtime visualization of power usage, enabling demand control for the service district of each electric power company.
2. Promoted improvement of facilities/equipment operations through manufacturing aimed at minimizing energy/resource usage (Eco-Monozukuri).
3. Implemented strict power-saving efforts among employees through the “Super Cool Biz” initiative and other measures with the slogan “Be patient, save, and streamline.” Also encouraged efforts to conserve electricity at home.

Going forward, OMRON will aim to further reduce CO₂ emissions by continually promoting on-going energy conservation initiatives, while also adopting equipment control suitable for the conditions of production sites, as well as encouraging employees to wear “Super Cool Biz” outfits in offices.

Also in fiscal 2012, as reduction of electricity consumption will continue to be required according to the government’s requests, OMRON will set forth in-house targets even stricter than the government’s requests, as in the previous fiscal year.

【Overseas】
In fiscal 2011, OMRON promoted manufacturing operations in Greater China aimed at minimizing energy and resource usage (Eco-Monozukuri) in major production sites, which are heavy users of energy. This became the main contributor to reduction of CO₂ emissions.

In fiscal 2012, OMRON will continue to promote Eco-Monozukuri operations at production sites in Greater China.

 CO₂ Emissions (Japan and Overseas)

 Energy Usage (Japan and Overseas)