Facing Environmental Challenges

Nissan's environmental philosophy, “A Symbiosis of People, Vehicles and Nature,” aptly sums up our ideal society. We adopted this philosophy in 1992, and since then we have worked hard to make it a reality. We constantly strive to assess the type of impact that our vehicles and corporate activities have on the global environment, and we work to address all issues that need to be resolved.
In 2008 the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol begins. In May 2008, meanwhile, the price of crude oil broke the $130 per barrel mark on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was issued in November 2007, states that the climate system is warming up, and international discussions aimed at working out a post-Kyoto framework are gaining momentum.
We are already living in a carbon-constrained society. Tackling the challenges facing the global environment is a fundamental part of Nissan's business. What do we need to do so that we can continue to provide the richness of a lifestyle with mobility to the next generation, and to generations after that? Based on our midterm environmental action plan, Nissan Green Program 2010, we are making sincere efforts toward further innovations that will bring about a society in which people and vehicles coexist with nature.