At AISIN, we're working on modal shift in order to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide accompanying the transportation of products and parts. Rather than use trucks, we're trying to switch over to carriage by ships and railways in the case of journeys to far-away locations involving a one-way distance of more than 400 kilometers.

On the basis of cooperation between factories and individual group companies, we're also working on improving loading ratios so that cargo from more than one base can be loaded on the same truck. Hekinan Unsou and Sanetsu Unyu are educating their drivers in environmentally friendly driving methods involving avoidance of sudden starts and braking. Digital tachographs are also being used to monitor driving.

There was an increase in cargo transportation in fiscal 2008 accompanying the increase in production that year, resulting in an increase in CO₂ emissions. However, thanks to the efforts we made along these lines, we succeeded in reducing emissions in terms of sales units.

CO₂ emissions accompanying goods haulage/basic sales units