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| Green Diamonds highlights the ongoing
efforts of Mitsubishi companies to foster a greener,
more sustainable planet
and brighter, more vibrant communities through wide-ranging environmental and
social initiatives. |
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| Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc. (MFA), an affiliate of
Mitsubishi Plastics, has garnered the 2012 TLMI
Environmental Leadership Award presented annually by the
Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute of the United States in
recognition of its strong commitment to good environmental
practices. While the use of
PET film as the dispensing
liner in the label market
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| MFA CEO Dennis Trice receives the TLMI award. |
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| “has increased in recent
years, there has been
growing concern in the
industry about spent liner
disposition. In its selection,
MFA’s Reprocess™
Sustainable Liner Recovery
Program, which provides a
sustainable reuse solution |
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| to the challenge of spent liner disposition, received special
mention. In 2011 MFA used the Reprocess™ program to
recover 1,600 tons of spent liner, reducing CO2 emissions by
an amount equivalent to the exhaust from 900 automobiles. |
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| NYK group company NYK Trading Corporation has
connected a 500-kilowatt (kW) solar energy generating
system to the Port Murray, New Jersey, community’s power
grid. The largest system within NYK group, located at a
warehouse owned by Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. and
consisting of 6,246 solar panels, is expected to generate
about 650,000 |
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kWh of electricity per year. The clean energy generated by the solar system will be used to power the
warehouse, and any surplus electricity will be sold to local
power companies.
This project is eligible for Solar Renewable Energy
Certificates offered by the State of New Jersey as well as
a subsidy from the U.S. federal government and will help
promote the use of renewable energy sources. |
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| The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Brussels Branch
(Belgium) staff and their families provide regular support
as part of their regional volunteer activities to a local home
for children suffering serious physical disabilities. In August
2012, the volunteers cleaned the windows and the special
wheelchairs used at the home, and in October repainted
the inside of the facility working with staff from NYK’s local
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| NYK Bulkship (Atlantic). While receiving the grateful thanks
of the short-staffed organization running the home, the
volunteers from both companies also gained a very valuable
and meaningful experience. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ is committed to working with other Mitsubishi Group
companies in continuing its locally-based volunteer
activities. |
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| The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Brussels Branch and NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) staff and their
families |
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| Mitsubishi Motors Corporation subsidiary Mitsubishi
Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is supporting the
University of Southern California (USC) as it develops a
campus-wide Smart Grid “Living Laboratory” project.
The Smart Grid Demonstration Project will work to
further develop virtually all phases of electric vehicle (EV)
infrastructure to accommodate widespread EV |
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usage in the future. It will simulate a city with a population between
50,000 to 60,000 and document experiences operating a
fleet of electric vehicles under a wide range of conditions
over a period of two years.
MMNA will be giving all-round support to USC,
providing a total of twelve Mitsubishi i-MiEV vehicles, several
Level 2 EVSE charging systems, and will share a wealth of
information based upon the company’s industry-leading
know-how in the area of 100% electric-powered vehicles. |
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