日本における自動車会社の地球環境対策

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The Automobile industry has affected the earth's environment in many ways. They used tons of CFCs that are proven harmful to the ozone layer. They also use a tremendous amount of energy and resources, leaving millions of scrapped cars piling. In addition, they generate a vast amount of emissions such as HC, CO, CO_2, NO_X, SO_X, and SPM, some of which have "green house effect" and the other harm all living things directly. This treatise focuses on the "green management" of Japan's four major automobile corporations: TOYOTA, NISSAN, HONDA and MITSUBISHI. Publications, inside data, and private hearings reveal that these companies are implementing many kinds of green management. They include CFC disuse programs, improving technologies for emission gas, recycling programs, and so forth. These efforts have brought about several environmental improvements. Special CFCs have been completely eliminated. The volume of CO_2 emission from all Japanese automobile corporations has been reduced from 3 million ton to 2.5 million ton. Industry wastes from all automobile factories have also been reduced by half. Automobile corporations, however, possess characteristics that contradict one another. On one hand, they are environmentally conscious. On the other hand, like any other private corporation, their goal is to pursue maximum profits. For example, one company sold out a new model with a special 1,800cc engine that dramatically reduced CO_2 and NO_X levels. It has also begun selling the bigger models with 3,500cc engines, which can produce more profit, but harm the earth more. In Japan, the total volume of CO_2 emission, as well as the density of NO_2, is still rising. Automobile corporations are not willing to accept the deposit systems, recycling scrapped cars, or carbon tax. We, as consumer, must also do our best both to protect the earth and to accelerate their green management.
日本経営学会の論文
1998-09-10

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大石芳裕
明治大学経営学部教授

日本における自動車会社の地球環境対策

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