Nissan Establishes Carbon Neutral Goal for 2050

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Nissan Motor Company wants to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. *** As part of this effort, every all-new Nissan vehicle offerings in Japan, China, the U.S. and Europe by the early 2030s will be electrified.

The company’s electrification and emissions reduction efforts support the aims of the U.N. Paris Agreement on climate change and global progress toward carbon neutrality by 2050. Nissan introduced the world’s first mass-market electric car, the Nissan LEAF, and has sold more than 500,000 of the zero-emission vehicles to date. Nissan also continues to work with industry coalitions and authorities to develop infrastructure and raise public awareness about the benefits of electric vehicles.

“We’re determined to help create a carbon neutral society and accelerate the global effort against climate change,” said Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida. “Our offering in electrified vehicles will continue to expand around the world, and this will make a major contribution to Nissan becoming carbon neutral. We will continue to drive innovation that enriches people’s lives as we pursue a sustainable future for all.”

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Nissan says it will pursue innovations in electrification and manufacturing technology to make progress on the company’s carbon neutrality goal in the following strategic areas:

• Battery innovations including solid-state and related technologies to develop cost-competitive and more efficient electric vehicles;
• Further development of Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrains to achieve greater energy efficiency;
• Development of a battery ecosystem to support decentralized, onsite power generation for buildings with renewable energy sources. Nissan anticipates increased collaboration with the energy sector to support the decarbonization of power grids;
• Manufacturing process innovations to support higher productivity in vehicle assembly, starting with the Nissan Intelligent Factory initiative. The company will also strive for greater energy and material efficiencies to support longer-term carbon neutrality ambitions.

*** “Life cycle” includes raw material extraction, manufacturing, use, and the recycling or reuse of end-of-life vehicles.

Nissan Green Program

To realize its environmental philosophy “a Symbiosis of People, Vehicles and Nature,” Nissan has promoted a series of midterm environmental action plans known collectively as the Nissan Green Program. Under the Nissan Green Program 2022, announced in November 2017, the company is focusing on four priorities:

• Climate change
  Promote the decarbonization of society through electrification, vehicle intelligence and innovative manufacturing
• Resource dependency
  Create a system that uses resources efficiently and sustainably, and promote services to use vehicles more effectively
• Air quality
  Ensure cleaner emissions, create a comfortable in-cabin environment to protect human health, and reduce the impact on the ecosystem
• Water scarcity
  Reduce water consumption and manage water quality in manufacturing