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Energy Saving Activities in China

Pakistan

NepalIndia

BhutanBangladesh
MyanmarAccelerating the introduction outside Japan―Eﬀorts to reduce CO2 emissions
through energy saving
At COP21 in 2015, Paris Agreement wasadopted as an international framework toprevent global warming. Indicating the needto limit the temperature increase by the endof the 21st century to less than 1.5 degrees
Celsius, this agreement sets a target ofkeeping a global temperature rise from thepre-industrial level below 2 degrees Celsius.
Prevention of global warming is a significanttheme for the Sumitomo Electric Group aswell. As an example of our efforts for theprevention on a global scale, this reportpresents the energy saving activities ofthree of our affiliates based in Wuxi andSuzhou, China.

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Sumitomo Electric Wintec(Wuxi) Co.,Ltd.
Production item: Magnet wires for coils
Number of employees: 397

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Sumiden Powder Metallurgy (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.

VietnamPhilippines

ThailandSPEC

Sumitomo Electric Photo-Electronics
Components (Suzhou), Ltd.
Production item: Optical devices and optical transceivers
Number of employees: 664

Global development ofenergy saving activities

growing overseas, especially in Asia. Since energy efficiency

the 21st century.

in such countries tends to be lower than that in Japan, it is

For the Sumitomo Electric Group, prevention of global

an urgent task to introduce ideas obtained through energy

warming is linked with energy saving activities and is also asaving activities in Japan into them. To improve the effects

significant subject that can generate businessof our efforts, we launched the energy saving diagnosis

opportunities. In the quantitative indicators specified in line

program in 2008 and, since 2009, have conducted it inwith the mid-term management plan VISION 2017, we aim

overseas establishments as well.

to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions from all of ourIn the energy saving diagnosis program, we identify ideas

domestic and overseas establishments by 5% from theon various aspects, such as change of the production

FY2012 level. We also promote energy saving activities toconditions, improvement of quality and productivity andmeet the target of reducing energy consumption per unit ofreduction of failures, under the slogan of reduction of 4%

sales in manufacturing sites by 20% from the ﬁscal 2012

with the effects of ideas for energy efficiency

level in fiscal 2017.

improvement, and visit and inspect major sites to enhancetheir energy saving activities. Each division works together

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Supply Chain

Production activities of the Sumitomo Electric Group are

be absorbed by the global ecosystem by the second half ofProducts & Services

greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to a level that canCore
Category

In Paris Agreement, the target is set in a way to ensure that

The slogan is reduction of 4%
with the eﬀects of ideas forenergy eﬃciency improvement

Group's CSR Activities

Energy saving activities are expanded acrossthe sea to meet the targets in VISION 2017

Governance

ChinaBusiness Outline

Production item: Sintered products
Number of employees: 755

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