Isra-Mart srl: Fujitsu and Nippon Express Awarded Project from NEDO to Promote Technologies to Counter Global Warming

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Fujitsu Limited and Nippon Express Co., Ltd. today announced that their jointly-submitted proposal on a project to reduce CO2 emissions has been accepted by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as one of the projects approved under the first round of the organization’s projects for fiscal 2011, promoting the diffusion of technologies to counter global warming.

The objective of NEDO’s program is to promote the use of Japan’s advanced low-carbon technologies and products outside of Japan in order to reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions in other countries. In turn, through bilateral or multilateral emissions trading, this would allow the development of a new scheme which would enable these emissions reductions to be counted as a reduction in Japan’s emissions by creating a bilateral offset mechanism.

Targeting the CO2 emissions of trucks operating in Asian countries, the project being implemented by Fujitsu and Nippon Express would measure the reduction in CO2 emissions achieved through a vehicle operations management system that uses vehicle-based terminals and cloud computing applications. The project will also study ways of converting the emissions reductions into credits.

Study Project for Reducing CO2 Emission in Logistics Operations in Asia

- Building a Vehicle Operations Management System in the Host Country and Developing Cloud Applications for Measurable, Reportable, and Verifiable Emissions Reductions -

1. Objective

As the initial step toward the creation of a bilateral offset mechanism that is measurable, reportable, and verifiable (MRV), the project aims to develop MRV cloud applications that calculate the reduction in CO2 emissions levels achieved through the use of a vehicle operations management system. The project also aims to conduct fielding testing of this system and produce a design for a bilateral offset mechanism and a roadmap for its implementation.

2. Time Period

Thursday, July 7, 2011, to Wednesday, February 29, 2012

3. Targeted Logistics Operations

Local subsidiaries of Nippon Express in host countries of Asia (expected)

4. Description

Through the use of cloud computing technology, Fujitsu will collect data on mileage and fuel consumption from terminals built into Nippon Express trucks; develop cloud applications for calculating and analyzing the reductions in CO2 emissions in ways that are measurable, reportable, and verifiable; and deploy the terminals to be installed in the truck fleets of the local subsidiaries of Nippon Express in throughout Asia. With the aim of achieving major reductions in CO2 emissions, Nippon Express will implement in its operations outside of Japan, the same safe eco-drive program that it is currently executing in Japan. The two companies will also work to design as well as produce a roadmap for building an offset mechanism that could be widely implemented in the future.

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Future Plans

To contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Fujitsu and Nippon Express will continue to promote the deployment of vehicle operations management systems employing vehicle-based terminals and cloud computing technologies, with the aim of promoting the widespread of adoption of bilateral offset mechanisms, throughout Asia.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of information and communication technology (ICT)-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 170,000 employees supporting customers in over 100 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.5 trillion yen (US$55 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.

About Nippon Express

Founded in 1872 under the name Riku-un Moto Kaisha (Land Transport Company) and established as a statutory company in 1937, Nippon Express Co., Ltd., has in its history of more than 130 years become a leading logistics company in Japan and, in that capacity, has bettered the lives of people and supported industrial development. The Nippon Express Group, comprising 338 companies as of March 31, 2011, has expanded its transport, sales, and other operation worldwide. In augmenting the domestic business infrastructure it has built up steadily since its founding, the Nippon Express Group has secured a strong footing as a global presence, with 386 business locations in 214 cities in 37 countries.