OMRON, Starts Production using Solar Power at All Domestic Factories of Device & Module Solutions Business Contributing to Decarbonized Society by providing carbon neutral device and modules by switching to renewable energy

• May 11, 2023

OMRON Corporation (Headquarters: Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto; President and CEO: Junta Tsujinaga) will start production using solar power generation systems at five production sites in Japan for OMRON Device & Module Solutions Company on May 15th, 2023. This is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 1,200 tons per year. By accelerating the provision of devices and modules produced from clean energy, it aims to achieve 100% renewable energy use at its production sites in Japan by fiscal 2024, thereby contributing to carbon neutrality across the entire supply chain.

Yamaga Office, OMRON RELAY & DEVICES Co., Ltd., With Solar Panels Installed

In its long-term vision, “Shaping the Future 2030 (SF2030),” OMRON identified “Resolving social issues through our business” and “Achieving decarbonization and lower environmental impact” as two of its material sustainability issues. As for " Achieving decarbonization and lower environmental impact," OMRON　has declared to achieve OMRON Carbon Zero, a goal to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions from its own sites by the year 2050, and has set a goal of expediting Carbon Zero at all 76 sites in Japan by the end of FY2024. ^*1

OMRON Device & Module Solutions Company has completed the installation of solar power generation systems at five production sites in Japan and will begin production using solar power. OMRON Device & Module Solutions Company has set its growth strategy of offering new value corresponding on "Green, Digital, and Speed” to achieve its long-term vision. As part of the initiative of “Green”, which aims to create solutions that contribute to the environment, it is expanding the “DMS^*2 GREEN PROJECT” in order to support the initiatives of realizing carbon neutrality of our customers. In this project, it is working on creating products, technologies and solutions, that support the realization of carbon neutrality across the entire supply chain by linking our three initiatives of “PRODUCTS”, “PROCESS” and “PURCHASE”. We will further accelerate the use of clean energy in the “PROCESS” by switching to renewable energy. Through these initiatives, it will contribute to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire supply chain.

OMRON will contribute to the realization of a decarbonized society through environmentally friendly manufacturing.

Overview of Domestic Production Sites for OMRON Device & Module Solutions Company

Company name (Co., Ltd.)	OMRON RELAY & DEVICES		OMRON SWITCH & DEVICES	OMRON AMUSEMENT	OMRON Taiyo
Production （location）	Yamaga, Kumamoto	Takeo, Saga	Kurayoshi, Tottori	Ichinomiya, Aichi	Beppu, Oita
Start of Generating Soloar Power Systems	Apr. 2023		May. 2023	Mar. 2023	Oct. 2020
Annual PV power generation （thousand kWh/Y）	1,553		1,081	394	56
Number of households*3	361		251	92	14
CO2 reduction effect （t-CO2/Y）	609		336	199	22
Main production product	Relay		Swtich, Connector	Sensor, Module	Switch, Socket

About the domestic production sites of Device & Module Solutions Company:
OMRON RELAY & DEVICES Corporation: https://components.omron.com/relay-device/
OMRON SWITCH & DEVICES Corporation: https://components.omron.com/switch-device/
OMRON AMUSEMENT Co., Ltd.: https://components.omron.com/amusement/
OMRON Taiyo Co., Ltd.: https://components.omron.com/taiyo/

OMRON‘s target of greenhouse gas emissions reduction in Scope 1 and 2
(thousand ton-CO₂)

	FY2016 Results (Baseline)	FY2021 Results		FY2024 Targets	FY2030 Targets	FY2050 Targets
	Emissions	Emissions	Compared to FY2016	Compared to FY2016	Compared to FY2016
Scope 1 and 2	250	123	-50%	-53%	-65%	Zero

https://sustainability.omron.com/en/environ/climate_change/scope1and2/

*1 Carbon Zero at all 76 sites in Japan: greenhouse gas emissions from in-house power consumption at 13 production sites and 63 non-production sites (HQ, R&D, sales) are covered
*2 DMS: Abbreviation for OMRON Device & Module Solutions Company
*3 Electricity consumption per household; Reference data:https://www.env.go.jp/content/900446984.pdf

About OMRON Corporation
OMRON Corporation is a leading automation company with its core competencies in Sensing & Control + Think technology, and is engaged in a wide range of businesses including industrial automation, healthcare, social systems, and electronic components. Established in 1933, OMRON has about 30,000 employees worldwide, working to provide products and services in around 120 countries and regions. For more information, please visit https://www.omron.com/global/en/