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AKEBONO REPORT 2012 Akebono Brake Industry Co. Ltd. 43Spreading Our Recycling Efforts to the United StatesEco-Conscious ProductsInitiatives to Recycle Our ProductsSince 1965 Akebono has been promoting the recycling ofits products in Japan and today supplies Eco Shoe and EcoPads made from recycled drum brake shoes and disc brakepads respectively. In the mid-1980s Akebono kicked off initiativesfor recycling in the United States as well contributingto resource conservation and the reduction of waste.Number of Recyclable Products RecoveredUsed drum brake shoes and disc brake pads are recoveredfrom all over Japan. In fiscal 2011 590 000 drum brakeshoes and 860 000 disc brake pads were recovered.Number of Recovered Products(Million)1.20.680.530.650.770.661.011.00.80.60.40.20Brake shoesBrake pads’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’100.600.900.530.780.590.86’11 (FY)Products recycled and used in the UnitedStates“Put Your Health First Be an Eco-Friendly Driver”The Akebono Group member Alocs Corporation is a freightcompany with a unique nationwide logistics structure that itconstantly works to optimize in line with demand to promoteenergy saving.In spite of energy saving activities we have promoted infiscal 2011 (see page 31) toward achieving our goal ofdecreasing unit energy consumption 1% a year the figure rose4%. This was mainly attributable to a fall in the load-to-truckratio in the wake of the production decrease and electricpower shortage following the Great East Japan Earthquake.On the other hand we introduced the “IT roll call” systemwith the aim of improving driver health management.Along with existing efforts to reduce CO2 emissions we arepromoting initiatives to ensure safety and security.IT roll call system: A system for checking on the health of drivers that utilizes videophoneand data communications. At present only business operators with an “excellent”rating are permitted to use such a system.CO2 Emissions from Transportation’07’06* 4.604.54’08 3.93CO2 emission volume (1 000t)0 1 2 3 4 5’09’103.393.43’11 3.49(FY)* Accompanying the revision of the Energy Conservation Law Akebono changed itscalculation methods for CO2 emission volume enhancing its accuracy.FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11Total traffic volume (10 000 ton kilometer) 5 814 5 144 5 718 5 291Consumed energy (kL crude oil equivalent) 1 518 1 310 1 413 1 359CO2 emission volume (t-CO2) 3 930 3 393 3 434 3 494Unit energy consumption 0.261 0.255 0.247 0.257Energy Consumed in and CO2 Emitted from Logistics ActivitiesUnit energy consumption: A value calculated by dividing the amount of energy consumedin transportation by traffic volume (ton-kilometer). A lower value represents ahigher transportation efficiency which also means imposing less environmental load.Alcohol breathalyzer test before driving Driver health can be checked over the monitorData communicationSpecial Feature Social Repor t Environmental Repor t Economic Repor t Reference MaterialsPursuing Safety and Security in LogisticsInitiatives at the Logistics Stage

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