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September 29, 2020
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc. (Head Office: Naruto, Tokushima, Japan; President and Representative Director: Shinichi Ogasawara), a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President and Representative Director, CEO: Tatsuo Higuchi) has introduced a self-ブックメーカー bet365suming solar power generation facility*1 that ブックメーカー bet365ributes to reducing CO2 emisブックメーカー bet365ons to its Kushiro Factory (Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan). The ブックメーカー bet365mpletion ceremony was held on September 28.
The Kushiro Factory's self-ブックメーカー bet365suming solar power generation facility uses power generated by solar panels installed on its site to manufacture ethical drugs such as IV solutions. By utilizing renewable energy from sunlight, the annual power generation is expected to be about 3,300 MWh and the annual CO2 emisブックメーカー bet365ons at the Kushiro Factory can be reduced by about 2,100 tons, which is equivalent to about 10% of the annual emisブックメーカー bet365ons of the Kushiro Factory.*2 This is the first ブックメーカー bet365troduction of mega solar*3 facility for the Otsuka Group ブックメーカー bet365 Japan.
The Kushiro Factory has been working to reduce environmental impacts. In order to reduce ブックメーカー bet3652 emitted in business activities, the Kushiro Factory implemented ブックメーカー bet365version of boiler fuel (from heavy oil to natural gas) in 2013, and has introduced CO2-free electricity ブックメーカー bet365nce July this year.*4 We expect that the introduction of self-consuming solar power generation facility will ブックメーカー bet365ribute to further reduction in the environmental burden and energy savings. As a leading company in IV solutions in Japan, we will ブックメーカー bet365inue to make our manufacturing more environmentally friendly.
The Otsuka Group has identified climate change, resource circulation, and water resources as CSR Materiality for developing environmental initiatives. Regarding climate change, with the goal of reducing ブックメーカー bet3652 emisブックメーカー bet365ons by 30% by 2030,*5 we are working to further utilize renewable energy and improve energy use efficiency through the development of in-house power generation facilities such as ブックメーカー bet365generation systems and the introduction of solar power generation facilities in addition to ブックメーカー bet3652-free electricity.
The Otsuka Group is working to ブックメーカー bet365ribute to the health of people worldwide under the corporate philosophy of "Otsuka-people creating new products for better health worldwide." By collaboration among each group company, the group will optimize energy utilization and ブックメーカー bet365ribute to the realization of a low-carbon society, and consequently, a sustainable society.
*1 Self-ブックメーカー bet365suming solar power generation is a system that uses electricity produced from solar power for its own electrical needs instead of selling it.
*2 ブックメーカー bet365mpared to 2017.
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*4 With the introduction of ブックメーカー bet3652-free electricity in addition to solar panels, the annual ブックメーカー bet3652 emisブックメーカー bet365ons at the Kushiro Factory are expected to be reduced by about 57% (compared to 2017).
*5 From Otsuka group ブックメーカー bet365mpany 2017 levels (applies to ブックメーカー bet3652 emisブックメーカー bet365ons both in Japan and overseas).
[Reference ブックメーカー bet365formation: Major domestic efforts related to climate change by the Otsuka Group].
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