Toshiba through the promotion of LED lighting to improve the estimated CO2 emission reductions

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 Tokyo CO2 (05 year is actually about 59 million 690 thousand tons) of the times of 2. 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. A subsidiary of Toshiba lighting technology developed at the latest in 2010 to stop the production of incandescent lamp policy, the Toshiba group is promoting the replacement of existing lighting device using fluorescent lamp and LED excellent energy saving effect (see the report). 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.

Source: Nikkei BP