Mitsubishi Electric to Issue Its Environmental Report and Environmental Topics for Fiscal 2009 on Its Website

TOKYO--(Business Wire)--
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura)
(TOKYO:6503) announced today it will launch on its official website the
Mitsubishi Electric Group`s Environmental Report and Environmental Topics for
fiscal 2009, which detail the Group`s environmental activities between April 1,
2008 and March 31, 2009. The full report will first be released on its Japanese
website (http://www.mitsubishielectric.co.jp/csr/) on June 29, 2009, and the
English version is scheduled for release on its global website
(http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/company/csr/) in July. The Environmental
Topics section in particular introduces some detailed examples of the company`s
success in achieving both highly efficient, compact and lightweight products, as
well as improvements in productivity.

Highlights of the Mitsubishi Electric Group`s Environmental Management
Activities in Fiscal 2009 and its Future Targets

1) Carbon dioxide emissions from production were 514,000 tons, a decrease of
30,000 tons from the previous year

Mitsubishi Electric made capital investments of 3.07 billion yen in total to
reduce 14,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from production. Of this total,
2.85 billion yen was invested in making products such as air conditioners,
lighting, compressors and other utility equipment more efficient, resulting in a
reduction of 11,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The company also invested
220 million yen in productivity improvement activities by making energy
consumption visible in production lines to reduce energy losses. These
activities led to a reduction of 3,000 tons in carbon dioxide emissions.

Owing to the above improvements and also due to lower production, the company`s
carbon dioxide emissions from production were 514,000 tons, a decrease of 30,000
tons from the previous year.

In Mitsubishi Electric`s 6th Environmental Plan, issued on April 23, 2009 and
which outlines its action plan for the next three years, the company has set a
non-consolidated target to reduce a total of 48,000 tons of carbon dioxide
emissions by implementing initiatives to make improvements at its production
lines. This three-year target will be achieved by reducing 28,000 tons of
emissions through installing energy-efficient equipment, and a further 20,000
tons of emissions through other production line improvements.

2) Final waste disposal rate achieved zero emission standard for fifth
consecutive year

Mitsubishi Electric`s non-consolidated final disposal rate in fiscal 2009 was
0.15 percent, a 0.01-point decrease from the previous fiscal year. This decrease
means that the company has achieved the "zero emission" standard of 0.5 percent
and less for five consecutive years.

The company promoted activities such as separating waste by categories,
converting to saleable materials and reusing waste among the company`s business
sites in the Kansai area. Final disposal rate for its affiliates in Japan in
fiscal 2009 was 0.99 percent, a decrease of 0.45 points from the previous fiscal
year, achieving the target of 1 percent or less. This improvement owes to large
reductions in final disposal volumes attained through recycling glass fragments
and through heat recovery from plastic waste.

Following its 6th Environmental Plan, Mitsubishi Electric has set the following
targets for final disposal rates: a non-consolidated rate of less than 0.1
percent, down from the previous target of 0.5 percent; less than 0.5 percent for
affiliates in Japan, down from the previous target of 1 percent; and less than
3.0 percent for overseas affiliates. The Mitsubishi Electric Group`s final
disposal rate target to be achieved by fiscal 2021 is 0.1 percent or less at
each business site.

3) Reducing carbon dioxide emissions from logistics

Mitsubishi Electric achieved its target of 30 percent in non-consolidated carbon
dioxide emissions per unit of shipment volume, a decrease of 32 percent compared
to that of fiscal 2003. This improvement resulted from continued initiatives to
improve logistics efficiency by making products smaller to accommodate greater
loads in trucks, by reducing the number of trucks, and through modal shift. In
its 6th Environmental Plan, the company will promote initiatives in the
three-year period to reduce total carbon dioxide emissions, aiming to achieve a
reduction of 3 percent compared to fiscal 2009, both on a non-consolidated
basis, and at affiliates in Japan.

4) Reducing the use of disposable packaging materials

The company achieved its target of 13 percent reduction in packaging used per
unit of shipment volume in fiscal 2009, a decrease of 15 percent compared to
that of fiscal 2005. The company and its Japanese domestic affiliates will
promote 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) activities to achieve a reduction of 10
percent in packaging used per unit of shipment volume compared to that of fiscal
2009.

5) Increasing eco-products ratio

By promoting environmentally conscious product design methods to increase the
ratio of eco-products, 99 percent of the company`s mass-produced products in
fiscal 2009 were eco-products, while 81 percent of other products were
eco-products. Mitsubishi Electric will continue its efforts in designing
products with the environment in mind, and from its 6th Environmental Plan, the
company has set specific targets in categories such as reduction of carbon
dioxide emissions from product usage and reduction of resource input.

6) Enhancing environmental management through environmental audits and
inspections

The Mitsubishi Electric Group promoted environmental audits and inspections at
its 107 Japanese domestic sites, 2 European sites, 2 US sites, 4 Chinese sites
and 3 Asian (excluding Japan and China) sites, and confirmed that appropriate
consideration of the environment is being applied in management and operations.
In addition to these efforts, the company intends to increase the number of
affiliates that satisfy the ISO14001 standard by fiscal 2012, following its 6th
Environmental Plan.

7) Fostering environmental awareness

To help ensure harmony with local communities and nature, Mitsubishi Electric
trains employees to foster greater environmental awareness. In fiscal 2009, 35
employees were trained as nature conservation leaders, bringing the total number
of people trained up to 68 since 2006.

The Mitsubishi Electric Outdoor Classroom is a set of activities held by the
company for children in local communities. In fiscal 2009, the company held
these classrooms on 19 occasions in 10 regions, including 5 new regions that
began their activities last fiscal year. In fiscal 2009, a total of 500 people
participated in these activities.

Mitsubishi Electric promotes "satoyama" woodland preservation and forest
development activities as a social contribution initiative. In fiscal 2009, the
company`s Nagoya, Kobe, Nakatsugawa, Shizuoka and Tokyo regions were involved in
these activities; the company counted more than 1000 participants among its
employees and their families.

About Mitsubishi Electric

With over 80 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products to
both corporate clients and general consumers all over the world, Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the
manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in
information processing and communications, space development and satellite
communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy,
transportation and building equipment. The company recorded consolidated group
sales of 4,049.8 billion yen (US$ 40.5 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March
31, 2008. For more information visit http://global.mitsubishielectric.com

*At an exchange rate of 100 yen to the US dollar, the rate given by the Tokyo
Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2008

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Customer Inquiries
Corporate Environmental Sustainability Group
Tel: +81-3-3218-9024
eqd.eco@pj.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/eco/
or
Media Contact
Yurika Fujimoto, +81-3-3218-3380
Public Relations Division
prd.gnews@nk.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/news/

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