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Based on key issues (materiality), Murata has aimed to address and resolve social issues within business processes. One such example is our pursuit of miniaturization to strive for convenience while supplying products to a wide range of markets.
Among those products, the transition of MLCC (multilayer ceramic capacitors) volumetric capacitance has satisfied the needs of society through the development of light, thin, short, and small technologies. This has had the effect of improving the convenience of people's lifestyles through customer products and contributing to sustainable resource usage.
MLCCs and other electronic components must maintain a high-temperature state during the calcination process, which uses a lot of power. Due to space restrictions on the number of units that can be calcinated at one time, we are promoting initiatives to make MLCCs "lighter, thinner, shorter, and smaller" to reduce the environmental load (power and raw materials used) during calcination.
Through high-efficiency resource use by means of "light, thin, short, and small" manufacturing, contributions to energy conservation by supplying compact products, and the provision of unique products to various markets, we are contributing to cultural development.
Murata has joined the "RE100" cooperative initiative, aiming to switch the power used by the company in business activities to 100% renewable energy, and is advocating a plan to achieve a renewable energy implementation ratio of 100% by FY 2050. At Philippine Manufacturing Co. of Murata, Inc., we switched all of the power used at the plant to renewable energy from January 1, 2022. We realized the utilization of power from renewable energy centered around on-site solar power generation and geothermal power generation.
In May 2021, the Philippines plant installed solar power generating equipment with approximately 3 MW of generation capacity, making it the first overseas site to switch to 100% renewable energy. This change is expected to reduce CO2 by approximately 2,947 tons per year. The Philippines has many volcanoes and is known as the world's second-largest producer of geothermal power. In addition to the electricity generated through solar power generation, we realized a plant that runs on 100% renewable energy centered on geothermal power generation.
We have selected "Strengthening Climate Change Measures" as a key issue (materiality) and are advancing energy conservation measures together with the introduction of renewable energy aimed at the achievement of GHG (greenhouse gases) emission reduction targets. With the increase in production due to the expanded demand for electronic components in recent years, M&A, and new business expansion, the volume of GHG emissions rapidly increased through FY 2018. At the same time, since the enactment of the Paris Agreement, companies have been required to reduce the total volume of GHG emissions regardless of corporate business expansion.
In response, Murata has been addressing reductions in the volume of GHG emissions by promoting climate change measures such as energy conservation and the expanded introduction of renewable energy centered on the Climate Change Committee chaired by an Executive Vice President.
As a manufacturing company, Murata recognizes that strengthening climate change measures is a key issue (materiality), and we are carrying out continuous energy conservation activities and proactively introducing renewable energy. Moreover, we have established targets for the reduction of GHG emissions founded on a scientific basis and acquired SBT certification from SBTi in January 2022. In conjunction with our current activities as part of the "RE100" international initiative, we are contributing to the realization of a sustainable society.
* About the SBT Initiative (SBTi) * About RE100
Murata offers many types of capacitors as Ceramic, Silicon, Polymer Aluminum Electrolytic, Trimmer, Single-Layer Microchip, Variable.