Mazda works together with distribution companies, dealerships, and other automakers on cutting CO2 emissions to reduce the environmental impact of our logistics operations as much as possible, both in the procurement of materials and parts and in supplying parts for finished products.
The Mazda Green Plan 2010 sets a FY2010 goal of achieving 20% less CO2 emissions than FY1990. Mazda's total domestic transportation volume for FY2008 amounted to 463 million ton-kilograms.*1 This figure includes procurement of materials and parts, as well as supply of finished vehicles and customer service (CS) parts.*2 Overseas transportation figures also include exports of knockdown (KD) parts.*3
CO2 emissions for FY2008 were down 1,679 tons from the previous fiscal year as a result of measures such as an expansion of Mazda's "milk-run" system, efficient utilization of domestic vessels for shipping finished vehicles, and modal shifts.
- *1Weight of transported freight (tons) x distance transported (kilometers).
- *2Replacement parts for repairs after purchase by the consumer.
- *3A system in which component parts are shipped to overseas plants and assembled there.
Mazda promotes the use of a system wherein trucks procuring production parts collect freight from several suppliers during the same run. This increases the load efficiency of delivery trucks and reduces the number of trucks that are needed. By FY2007, this system was being implemented at almost all locations throughout Japan.
- *4 "Milk-run" refers to the practice among dairies of a single truck collecting milk from multiple farms. Mazda began using the milk-run system in FY2003, initially in parts of Hiroshima and the Kyushu region.
Mazda is working to shift distribution from trucks to dedicated container trains. In addition to the milk-run system, we have established a green logistics system linking the Hiroshima and Tokai regions that employs rail transport as the core means for moving service parts. Two-way runs of dedicated container trains commenced in FY2007 under the system, and it has enabled us to cut CO2 emissions by 34%.
