Panasonic steers us towards a greener future in mobility and business operations

For Panasonic, achieving carbon neutrality stretches far beyond its own offices, employees and day-to-day operations. The company’s environmental vision and initiatives, known as Panasonic GREEN IMPACT impacts suppliers, supply chains and most importantly, more than one billion people who use Panasonic products every day.

By designing more energy efficient products that do not require as much electricity to power, Panasonic says it can significantly reduce the amount of emissions customers omit when using their products. Reducing overall energy consumption will help make homes, towns, mobility and supply chains more sustainable and is an integral part of the company’s long-term environmental goals.

Continuous improvement and innovation in product design began some time ago for the company. In 1997 - well before global warming was an urgent environmental issue - Panasonic launched an ambitious joint venture with Toyota to design and manufacture rechargeable batteries for plug-in hybrid vehicles. Since then, it has built a formidable reputation as a partner to car makers all over the world, supplying integral battery components and electronics for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids.

But Panasonic GREEN IMPACT initiatives go beyond EVs to encompass consumer products in housing, appliances, connected devices and even solutions for adjacent B2B industries. The race to achieve climate-neutrality across all operations is well underway company leaders said during a recent industry event, Panasonic – Driving Net-Zero.

Johannes Spatz, President of Panasonic Industry Europe explained Panasonic GREEN IMPACT initiatives in the context of its European operations. The President, who oversaw a review of the region’s offices and