It is also supporting schools local to its India site through donating study desks, upgrading school lunch facilities and improving schoolyards.

Panasonic Energy delivered nearly 120,000 solar powered lanterns to regions in Asia, Africa and elsewhere without electricity from 2010 to 2023.

These solar lamps reduce carbon dioxide emissions and prevent fires, alongside enabling learning and medical activities at night.

Panasonic Energy’s environmental progress

Panasonic Energy reports that it has 14 factories worldwide that produce zero carbon dioxide emissions. 

This has been achieved through a variety of methods, including introducing renewable energy and promoting energy conservation.

In 2023, Panasonic Energy started a dry battery recycling demonstration in Japan to promote safe circular practices with electronic waste.

The company has accelerated local procurement in North America in 2024, and signed collaboration agreements with both Subaru and Mazda.

Yasuaki Takamoto, Executive Vice President at Panasonic Energy, says: “Having positioned our business as one that builds social infrastructure, what becomes particularly important is who we do it with, or in other words, how we form our partnerships.