Mazda to cut emissions

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced medium-term targets and a roadmap towards achieving carbon neutrality at its plants and operational sites in Japan.

The company says these facilities account for around 75 per cent of its global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Its action comes as part of its aim to attain carbon neutrality at all its plants globally by 2035 and across the whole supply chain by 2050. 

The medium-term goal is to reduce – by the 2030 financial year – its CO2 emissions by 69 per cent compared to 2013. 

To achieve carbon neutrality at all its plants around the world, the company will be focusing on energy conservation, shifting to renewable energy and introducing carbon-neutral fuels. 

In terms of energy conservation, Mazda will be introducing internal carbon pricing as one of its capital-investment criteria. 

As a result, investment decisions will take the future price of carbon trading into account and prioritise investments with a major contribution to emissions reduction.

The company will continue working across all areas, including production and indirect departments such as infrastructure, to improve the efficiency of its facilities and transform its technology.

In terms of introducing renewable energy, Mazda will switch the fuel used to supply the power-generation facilities at its Hiroshima plant in the Ujina district from fossil fuels to liquid ammonia.

To introduce carbon-neutral fuels, Mazda will shift the fuel used to power vehicles for transport in the company from diesel to a next-generation biofuel. 

For factories outside of Japan, it will be investigating optimum approaches appropriate to each region using carbon-neutral initiatives in Japan as a reference model.