Basic Commitment

We are working on water risk management such as assessing water withdrawals and discharge risks to continue our business activities and assessing impact of water withdrawals and discharge on surrounding areas and water source areas. We recognize that the risk of water resource depletion has a significant impact on business continuity such as shortening or suspending plant operations so we implement water reuse and recycling initiatives to conserve water resources.

Water Risk Management

We evaluated the magnitude of water risk in all global regions where our manufacturing sites are located in order to understand and reduce the impact of water on business activities. In the evaluation, we used Aqueduct from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Water Risk Filter from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which can evaluate not only physical risks such as water shortages but also water regulations and local reputational risks.
We will collect local information such as local weather, external general conditions regarding water and government administration from manufacturing sites in areas where water risks may be high in the future. We will analyze the impact on business activities in detail by referencing this local information and detailed business site information such as water consumption. We will consider risk mitigate measures along with stead proceed with the water risk assessment process

Reduce Water Withdrawals

The total amount of water withdrawals in FY 2022 was 8,689,000m³. Nidec withdraw a lot of water to wash parts and jigs as a manufacturer. We are working to reduce the amount of water withdrawals (reduce) and to circulate water (reuse, recycle) through improvements in manufacturing processes and facility operation.

Total water intake in FY2022 （Thousand m³）

Nidec Precision (Zhejiang) is actively working to reuse and recycle water with the water reuse/recycling rate exceeding 60% of the total amount used in FY2022. Additionally, Nidec Philippines and Nidec Precision Philippines conduct in-house training on water conservation. We will share these excellent examples and strive to reduce the amount of water withdrawals.

Water recycling in the cleaning process at Nidec Precision (Zhejiang)