According to Komatsu Europe’s chief operating officer Goksel Guner, the group will also “increase the rate of renewable energy used to 50%”.
The world’s second-biggest manufacturer of construction equipment says that it will bring the same approach to its supply chain.
“Komatsu will deploy the relevant technologies at material suppliers and other partners to help them also achieve carbon neutrality in their operations,” says the company, and it will be “adopting a two-pronged approach toward this drastic reduction.
“With about 90% of the total CO₂ being emitted by products in use, the first prong is to increase the equipment’s work and fuel efficiency, and to transition from diesel and other internal combustion engines to cleaner power sources, including hybrid and electric engines and fuel cells.”
The second prong will centre around Komatsu’s ‘Smart Construction’ project, which the company describes as “the improvement of processes.
“CO₂ emissions will be lowered by helping to optimise customers’ workplace operations and processes, to reduce the amount of equipment needed along with actual operating hours.”
Following the well-established ‘work smarter, not harder’ principle, Komatsu will also be pushing its ability to re-manufacture and re-use components, seeking “carbon neutrality initiatives at production bases (and) energy conservation ideas.”
Renewable energy generated in-house and bought from the grid will play a big part, too.
