Toshiba by promoting LED lighting, etc. to improve the estimated value of CO2 emission reduction

Toshiba significantly raised the group's 2025 CO2 emission forecast value. 07 years in November announced a reduction in the estimated value of the displacement of 57 million 600 thousand tons in 2025, and this will be raised to the estimated value of the amount of 117 million 700 thousand tons. This figure is equivalent to the annual emissions of 05 years in Tokyo (in fact, about 59 million 690 thousand tons in) of the times of 2 times.

One of the reasons for the increase is that the group has strengthened its new lighting business with LED lighting as its center. In April 08, Toshiba set up a new career master lighting system in the headquarters, established a dedicated to the business system. Toshiba lighting technology has developed a policy to stop the production of incandescent bulbs at the latest in 2010, the entire Toshiba group is promoting the use of energy-efficient fluorescent lamps and LED to replace the existing lighting equipment.

Through the expansion of sales, including the new lighting products, with small environmental load for the characteristics of the "energy saving products" group, 2025 Toshiba will cut CO2 emissions reductions from the last forecast of 10 million 600 thousand tons up to 35 million 700 thousand tons.

In addition, in the context of the global nuclear power generation demand is increasing, Toshiba will be in the energy supply business in 2025 to reduce the CO2 emissions from 47 million tons to a total of 82 million tons. In this value, the effect of geothermal power and hydraulic power is not added to the last forecast.