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Product Logistics
Reducing CO2 emissions associated with product logistics
Each company of Toshiba Group is working to save energy during product logistics in collaboration with Toshiba Logistics Corp.
Results for FY2011
In FY2011, Toshiba Group strove to reduce energy consumption during product logistics by taking various measures, including improving load factors when transporting products, applying modal shifts to a wider range of products, and shortening the transport distance by restructuring distribution centers. Furthermore, the Group avoided the roads that became impassable due to the earthquake and temporarily replaced truck transport by ship transport, which used different routes from the usual ones. As a result, it reduced CO2 emissions per unit production by 56% compared to the FY2000 level, exceeding the initial target for FY2011 by 14%.
Reduction in CO2 emissions associated with product logistics in Japan
Future initiatives
In the future, in the Fifth Environmental Action Plan, Toshiba Group will continue working to reduce CO2 emissions per unit production by 5% compared to the FY2010 level by 2015.
Breakdown of CO2 emissions associated with product logistics in Japan in FY2011
CO2 emissions associated with overseas and international logistics (approximate figures)
Toshiba Group collects data on overseas and international logistics for the group and calculates approximate CO2 emissions associated with such logistics.
Total: 517,000 t-CO2 (FY2011)
- (Breakdown)
- Logistics in overseas countries:
- 26,000 t-CO2
- International logistics:
- 491,000 t-CO2
Case Studies in FY2010
Case Study 1: Modal shift at overseas sites / Toshiba Corp. Social Infrastructure Systems Company
Social Infrastructure Systems Company shifted the means of overland transport in Canada from trucks to railways for the mail-sorting machines it exports to the country. In FY2010, it began to transport and deliver 160 machines to 16 cities across the country from Vancouver. It reduced packing volume and the number of containers necessary by improving the conventional one packing per module to a new form of one packing per two modules. It expects this will reduce CO2 emissions by 5,209 tons annually.
Case Study 2: An example of round transport using railway containers / Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp.
Toshiba Lighting & Technology realized round transport by making joint use of railway containers with the Suntory Group. Previously, the company transported its products from Japan's Kanto to Kansai region using trucks. However, by replacing trucking with railway transport through joint use of containers, it was able to reduce CO2 emissions and make transport more efficient. It expects to reduce CO2 emissions resulting from transport by 140 tons annually.
Case Studies in FY2009
Case Study 1: Modal shift in transporting elevators / Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation
Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp. is promoting a shift in the overland transport of elevator products from the previous trucks to railways through a partnership between Japan Freight Railway Company and Toshiba Logistics Corp. Elevator products are transported from Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems' Fuchu Plant to Tokyo Freight Terminal Station by truck and then to warehouses in Osaka and Nagoya using 31-foot railway cargo containers.
This plan is expected to help reduce emissions of 250 t-CO2 annually.
Products loaded into a 31-foot container.
Case Study 2: Modal shift for a Chinese subsidiary / Toshiba Semiconductor (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
Toshiba Semiconductor (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. shifted the transport of its products from Wuxi to Hong Kong from trucks to railways mainly through the optimization of packing methods.
In addition, the company began to deliver its products, which had theretofore been supplied via Hong Kong, to customers via Shanghai, thus substantially reducing the total transport distances. This is expected to help reduce 548 t-CO2 annually.
Case Study in FY2008
Case Study: Reducing CO2 emissions through a modal shift / Fukaya Operations, Toshiba Corporation
In order to prevent scratches to external boxes due to vibrations unique to railway transport, Fukaya Operations had used large trucks for the transport of liquid crystal TV sets. The plant took such measures as inserting sheets of plastic between the boxes and started to use regular railway transport service in December 2008.
Through these measures, it expects to reduce 59 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
Photo of Use of plastic boards
Case Study in FY2007
Case Study: Case Example of a Reduction in CO2 Emissions Associated with Logistics / Toshiba Carrier Corp
Toshiba Carrier Corp. has changed the transportation means for air conditioners shipped to the Hokkaido and Kyushu regions from its Fuji Operations to transportation by railroad and ship as opposed to conventional transportation by truck, which, in turn, has led to a reduction of 753 tons of CO2 emissions a year. Moreover, in the Fuchu Complex of Toshiba Corp., the transportation means for electric equipment related to rolling stock, such as motors and control devices, has been changed to railway containers (of which 238 have actually been used to date) from transportation by truck, resulting in an annual reduction of 56 tons of CO2 emissions.
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