Not Only Focusing on EVs, Mazda Intends to Build a Zero Carbon Ecosystem in Its Production Activities

Mazda MX-30. (Doc. Mazda Motor)

JAKARTA - Mazda, an automotive manufacturer from Japan, intends to reduce emissions in all its production activities by 69 percent by 2030 for all its factories in Japan. This also accelerates the company's plans to achieve carbon neutrality in its production activities by 2035 globally and to make its entire supply chain emission-free by 2050.

Reporting from Carscoops, Sunday, December 17, the first thing that will be done to achieve this is to introduce an 'Internal Carbon Pricing' scheme, where future investment decisions will consider future carbon trading prices and prioritize investment in acting as the main contributor to reduction CO2 emissions.

Mazda will also introduce its newest energy in all its factories, starting from fossil fuels to liquid ammonia for its factory in Hiroshima, Japan. It is hoped that this can reach a non-fossil fuel power usage ratio of up to 75 percent by 2030.

The manufacturer, which was founded in 1920, also plans to introduce vehicles that were originally powered by diesel engines to switch to the next generation of biofuel.

They will also learn how best to reduce CO2 emissions from their factories outside Japan using Japan's carbon neutral initiatives as a reference model.

Takeshi Mukai, as Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Mazda, said that this initiative is a form of the manufacturer's responsibility in promoting an environmentally friendly ecosystem and reducing the use of carbon emissions.

“Mazda aims to achieve carbon neutrality across its global factories by 2035 and will work to achieve carbon neutrality across its supply chain by 2050, thereby contributing to lasting coexistence with our planet,” Mukai said.

At the same time, Mazda intends to introduce seven or eight Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) in 2030 with a target of 25-40 percent of sales in the EV segment.