Basic Commitment

We are working to minimize the use of containers and packaging materials (improving product and container design, changing product shipping pallets to returnable boxes, etc.) in addition to minimizing waste in the manufacturing process. And, the ability to deliver high-efficiency motors and high-efficiency solutions based on motors (traction units for electric vehicles, cooling devices for data centers, etc.) determines the efficient use of resources as well as energy. Furthermore, we also manufacture machine tools for producing motors and these solutions. We have an overwhelming share of the machine tools for aluminum cans, which are being reevaluated as plastic-free. In the future, we will consider developing measures that can contribute not only to our own manufacturing processes, but also to the effective use of resources by our customers and society.

Main Measures Planned to Achieve the Target

We have also continued to promote recycling by thoroughly sorting waste and developing uses. Each business sites secures enough storage area for waste and displays and explains the sorting method in local language to understand easily. Additionally, we consider that it is important to make efforts to reduce the generation from the perspective of the effective use of resources. We will strive to make effective use of raw materials by collecting the amount of waste generated for each main raw material and working to reduce waste in the manufacturing process and improve material yields.

Achievements in FY2022 and Future Initiatives

We have started to collect the amount of waste generated by resource classification based on the main procurement materials for products from 2022. Characteristics of Nidec is that metals account for about 34% of the weight ratio. It will be important to save resources by reviewing development and design on the product side as an initiative to reduce the amount of waste generated in the future. Furthermore, it is important to improve the material yield in the production process so we will work to solve the problem by analyzing the generation of waste by resource and visualizing the loss.

We continually work to promote recycling through sorting waste as foundation for these initiatives. Each business sites also works to enlightenment activities for employees along with securing enough storage area for waste and displays and explaining the sorting method in local language to understand easily. Nidec Global Appliances Brazil provides training on waste separation rules in order to solve common mistakes and questions about waste separation. Knowledge of waste separation is useful not only at the office but also at home and in the community.

Waste management training at Nidec Global Appliances Brazil

Additionally, Nidec Electronics (Thailand) Rojana Factory actively participated in project activities promoted by the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization under the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and was awarded for its achievements in 2022. We were able to reduce 738,661 tons of greenhouse gases generated from waste processing through recycling efforts through the separation of factory waste in this initiative.

Commendation from Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management
Organization at Nidec Electronics (Thailand) Rojana Factory