With the motto to deliver 'value-packed products' by focusing on the customer, Suzuki will carry out its unique Growth Strategy for FY2030 by operating under the principle of manufacturing 'Sho-Sho-Kei-Tan-Bi (Smaller, Fewer, Lighter, Shorter, Beauty)', 'Lean Management' which emphasizes flexibility, agility, and the challenging spirit, and the 'Three Actuals' principle, which omits impracticality and focuses on the actual place, thing, and situation.
Outline of the Growth Strategy
For FY2030, Suzuki will contribute to the realization of a carbon neutral society and the economic growth of emerging countries such as
We will focus on creating solutions that are unique to Suzuki, which are to develop products and services focused on the customer, and grow along with the operating countries and regions.
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Major Initiatives for FY2030
Based on the target date set by each government, Suzuki aims to achieve carbon neutrality in
We will continue to strive to achieve our carbon neutral goals for each region, based on our mindset to expand our customers' choices and deliver products and services that meet the needs of each region.
~ Products ~
Automobiles
In
In
In
(Battery EV introduction plan)
Region Time of Introduction Forecast by FY2030
No. of models Battery EV ratio
Japan FY2023 6 20%
Europe FY2024 5 80%
India FY2024 6 15%
Motorcycles
For small and mid-sized motorcycles, which are used for daily transportation such as commuting to work, school or shopping, we will introduce a battery EV in FY2024. We plan to launch 8 models by FY2030 with a battery EV ratio of 25%. For large motorcycles for leisure purposes, we are considering adopting carbon neutral fuels.
Outboard motors
For small outboard motors that are often used in lakes and rivers, we will introduce battery EVs in FY2024. We plan to launch 5 models by FY2030 with a battery EV ratio of 5%. For large outboard motors used in the ocean, we are considering adopting carbon neutral fuels.
New Electric Mobility
Suzuki has proposed a variety of electric mobility options, including the electro senior vehicle, which is a new mode of transportation for people who have voluntarily returned their driver's licenses, the KUPO, which is an evolution of the senior vehicles, and the Mobile Mover*, a multi-purpose robotic dolly being developed in collaboration with M2 Labo. We will take on the challenge of small mobility which supports our lives in new market segments created by the diversification of customer needs and changes in the environment.
*Mobile Mover is a registered trademark of M2 Labo.
~ Manufacturing ~
Suzuki will challenge to achieve carbon neutrality of domestic plants in FY2035.
Suzuki Smart Factory Creation
We are promoting the Suzuki Smart Factory Creation by drawing out how manufacturing should be in 2030, so that we continue to become a company that secures people's means of mobility worldwide. By combining Suzuki's principle of manufacturing 'Sho-Sho-Kei-Tan-Bi (Smaller, Fewer, Lighter, Shorter, Beauty)' with digitalization, we will optimize, minimize, and simplify the flow of data, things, and energy. Through these initiatives, we will become lean and tackle for carbon neutrality.
Initiatives by domestic plants
At the Kosai Plant, which is Suzuki's largest production hub in
At the Hamamatsu Plant, which is the motorcycle production hub, through reduction of energy use and conversion into renewable energy including the expansion of solar power generation facilities, the plant will now target to achieve carbon neutrality in FY2027, earlier than its initial target of 2030. By utilizing the know-hows earned at the Hamamatsu Plant to other plants, we will make initiatives to achieve carbon neutrality of all domestic plants in FY2035.
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While we expect the Indian market to grow toward FY2030, we also expect that increase in total CO2 emission amount is unavoidable, regardless of reduction in CO2 emission from products. We will challenge to strike a balance between increasing sales units and reducing total CO2 emission amount.
Suzuki's unique initiative to tackle this challenge is the biogas business, in which biogas derived from cow dungs, which are dairy wastes that can be seen mainly in
Suzuki signed an MoU with the Indian government agency
We believe that the biogas business in
Suzuki, the market leader of
Suzuki headquarters,
We will deepen our cooperation relationship with
We will invest
Consolidated net sales forecast for FY2022 is
In the midst of once in a hundred years of great transformation, Suzuki believes that it is important to have a sense of 'excitement', 'energetic', and 'unique' in our products, even when we are challenging to strike a balance between carbon neutrality and contribution to growth of emerging countries. Our automobiles, motorcycles, outboard motors, and electro senior vehicles have always received enthusiastic support from our customers, by being practical yet having emotional characters.
Suzuki employees throughout the world will unite as one to continue our challenges so that we can deliver products and services that support the daily lives of customers worldwide while being eco-friendly, the one that's always besides you to depend on, like a lifestyle partner.
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