Reason for winning

Unicharm Products uses round transportation deployed in collaboration with each company.^*1Through its Round Transport efforts with other companies, Unicharm Products reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and shortened truck driver working hours, making a high contribution to future sustainability and earning the "Special Award".

^{*1 Round Transportation: This is a transportation method that increases the loading efficiency by having a truck that has unloaded goods loaded with other goods and returned to the point of origin without being empty.}

Points of the endeavor

- We maintain the conventional import/export work system

- Constructed a system for checking containers overseas, and maintaining container quality during export from Japan

- Aligning with the shipping schedule, we have developed a system for thorough adjustment between parties, from unloading at the Toda Kita factory of Clave to the transfer of empty containers and loading at our Kakegawa Center, achieving a system to efficiently reuse containers based on the schedule

Through this activity, CO2 emissions were reduced by 35% (maximum of 41.04 tons per year) and driver operating hours were reduced by 38% (maximum of 1,140 hours per year).^※2

^{*2 Assumed frequency of relevant operations: 380 times/year}

Future development

In addition to Japan, the shortage of drivers is becoming more severe in overseas countries, and various challenges such as rising logistics costs and the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are faced. The Unicharm Group will promote environmental protection around the globe, and contributes to achieving SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by solving these social challenges.