Nissan Green Program

To contribute to the creation of a sustainable mobile society, Nissan continues to seek new ways to address environmental challenges . Our primary focus at the moment is a reduction in CO2 emissions. We are taking action not just for the present generation but for future ones as well, striving to preserve our global environment.

Nissan is aiming to become a "sincere eco-innovator."For our planet's present and future generations:

	Sincere To pro-actively address the environmental challenges and reduce the load on the environment
	Eco-innovator To develop a sustainable mobile society, we will provide customers with innovative technology in our products

We are committed to pursue auto manufacturing that takes the environment into consideration. The Nissan Powertrain Roadmap:

We are determined to continue improving efficiency and fuel economy of gasoline-fueled engines. At the same time, we are developing hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars, fuel-cell vehicles and electric cars as part of our mid- to long-term vision.

What is the Nissan Green Program?

Nissan regards the following three issues as paramount: reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions; minimizing emissions to preserve the atmosphere, water and soil; and the recycling of resources (reduce/reuse/recycle). The Nissan Green Program is a mid-term environmental action plan with focused objectives and activities meant to tackle these three key issues. We achieved virtually all of the objectives we set for the previous plan, Nissan Green Program 2005. The Nissan Green Program 2010 sets new objectives and plans between now and 2010. Our goal is to reduce CO2 emissions in all areas of Nissan's corporate endeavors. Our ultimate goal is to reduce the environmental impacts caused by corporate activities such as manufacturing and usage of Nissan vehicles to stay within the Earth's natural ability to absorb such impacts

This symbol embodies our desire to expand the globe with more greenery.

Initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions:

Nissan is treating the issue of reduction in CO2 emissions as one of our highest priorities in enviromental challenges.Initiatives to minimize CO2 emissions.Carbon dioxide emissions, believed by many scientists to be a cause of global warming, are a worldwide concern. Nissan is treating the reduction in CO2 emissions as an issue of high priority. Our ulitimate goal is to minimize CO2 emissions for our vehicles. We are working to accomplish this at every stage of our business, from how we build our cars, transporting them to sales outlets, to when a customer test-drives a car.

One crucial issue: improving fuel consumption:

In a car's life-cycle, most CO2 is emitted during driving, as compared to the amount of CO2 generated when it is built and when it is finally recycled. Nissan regards cutting the emissions during driving by improving the car's fuel consumption as a high priority. In addition to R&D efforts related to electric vehicles, Nissan is attacking the challenge of raising engine efficiency to its ultimate level and improving fuel consumption in today's cars in order to decrease CO2 emission volumes.

Minimizing emissions to preserve the atmosphere, water and soil:

We are putting more effort into our existing initiatives to protect the atmosphere, water and soil and energetically seeking out improvements at every stage.From the product design stage to market introduction, we are promoting environmental preservation at every stage of the process Nissan has already set strict internal standards concerning water drainage and chemical waste disposal at its plants. These standards apply to every aspect of the vehicle development, from the production process to the design and engineering to meet gas emission regulatory standards. In catalytic technologies to minimize exhaust gas emissions, for example, Nissan is currently ranked in the top class. We are also pursuing initiatives to reduce the environmental burden at our production plants worldwide.

Energetic promotion of reducing exhaust gas emissions aimed at healthy atmospheric levels:

Nissan has made significant progress in developing cleaner combustion and catalytic technologies. In January 2000, the Sentra CA was launched in the U.S. and became the world's first gasoline-powered car to meet the rigorous PZEV* emissions standards set by the California Air Resources Board. In August 2000, the Bluebird Sylphy was the first passenger car in Japan to obtain U-LEV (ultra low emission vehicle) certification from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. In 2003, with the introduction of the new super-low emission vehicle (SU-LEV) classification, the Bluebird Sylphy again gained distinction as Japan's first SU-LEV certified vehicle.

Over 80% of Nissan's passenger cars sold in Japan meet the SU-LEV standard for exhaust gas emissions. Based on our calculations, this has cut emissions - NOx and hydrocarbons - to levels equivalent to having 40% of the vehicles on the road as fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) or electric cars (EVs).
Nissan's ultimate goal is to reduce exhaust gases to a level that is lower than any applicable ambient air regulation or standard. We will continue to develop cars that emit fewer exhaust gases.

* PZEV stands for Partial Zero Emission Vehicle, as certified by the California Air Resources Board.We have already met industry targets for reducing VOCs in car interiors.Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are organic compounds such as formaldehyde and toluene that are volatile. In Japan, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has defined industry guidelines for car interior concentration of certain VOC substances in new passenger cars from fiscal 2007 onward.To reduce the VOCs, Nissan has studied the materials and adhesives we use in components such as seats, door trim and floor carpets. Nissan has met the MHLW guideline for new models and those undergoing minor model changes from fiscal 2005 in Japan. We will be introducing products meeting the MHLW guideline globally, starting July 2007.

Nissan Green Program

Initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions:

Minimizing emissions to preserve the atmosphere, water and soil:

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