Using technology and action to make a positive difference by the year 2021, the centennial of the founding of Mitsubishi Electric.

Environmental Vision 2021 is the long-term environmental management vision of the Mitsubishi Electric Group. It establishes a framework for realizing a sustainable planet, and defines long-term initiatives to prevent global warming and to create a recycling-based society.

The guideline, "making positive contributions to the earth and its people through technology and action", calls for the company to work toward the realization of a sustainable society by utilizing our wide-ranging and sophisticated technologies as well as by promoting assertive and persistent actions by our employees.

The Vision sets 2021 as the target year, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mitsubishi Electric's founding.

To help prevent global warming, we will:

• Work to create and popularize innovative energy-saving products to achieve the goal of reducing CO2 emissions from product usage by 30% compared to fiscal 2001

• Strive to reduce CO2 emissions from product production by 30% (520,000 tons) for the Mitsubishi Electric Group overall, as a precondition for sustainable growth

• Reduce CO2 emissions from power generation by supplying the power industry with products and systems that do not give off CO2, including solar power and nuclear power systems

To help create a recycling-based society, we will:

• Develop sustainable resource cycles by reducing waste output, reusing resources and recycling resources to give them new life

• Strive for zero waste output from production processes

To help ensure harmony with nature and foster greater environmental awareness, we will:

• Teach employees the importance of maintaining harmony with nature by providing opportunities for nature observation and direct participation in conservation activities so that they come to act autonomously for the sake of the environment

• Engage in nature conservation activities to restore damaged woodland environments

A wide variety of energy-saving products

We will continue to invest in energy efficiency at a targeted rate of 0.1% of production value and will carry out three major policies, which include the purchase of high-efficiency equipment.

High-Efficiency Equipment

Install high-efficiency equipment through continued investment in energy efficiency at a targeted rate of 0.1% of production value

EX Series: Super Energy Efficient Transformers

Energy Loss Minimization (EM Activities)

Set energy efficiency targets and carry out EM activities

Managing energy use

Photovoltaic Power Generation

Install photovoltaic power systems at model factories, acquire expertise and expand to the rest of the company

PV power system installed at Nagoya Works

We will help reduce CO2 emissions from power generation and thereby help prevent global warming by supplying the power industry with products and systems that do not give off CO2, including photovoltaic power and nuclear power systems.

Creating products that are 3R friendly through their lifecycles.

Restricting generation of waste and promoting the efficient reuse and re-resourcing of waste.

Education for children and leadership training for 1000 people in the promotion of nature observation and conservation.

Reforestation helps to prevent global warming, protects against natural disasters, and contributes to the preservation of biodiversity.

With a scale of 1,000,000 people including local residents, employees, families, people from all over the world band together for this nature conservation activity.