DENSO ranks high in environmental performance.DENSO Corp. (Kariya Japan) a manufacturer of automotive engine Automotive engine The component of the motor vehicle that converts the chemical energy in fuel into mechanical energy for power. The automotive engine also drives the generator and various accessories, such as the air-conditioning compressor and power-steering management systems, instrument dusters, semiconductor sensors and car navigation See GPS. systems, topped the environmental rating survey of automobile parts and supply companies, conducted by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY), an investment research firm specializing in environmental finance and investment opportunities. The survey assessed the performance of 18 companies in the areas of environmental management, resource usage, climate change, product life cycles analysis and sustainability-related profit opportunities in new markets. DENSO received a rating of AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. in the survey. The environmental performances that contributed to DENSO's rating include a five-year environmental management plan (DENSO EcoVision 2005) developed in July 2000, a product environmental management system (EMS) and an annual environmental report published on environmental activities including EcoVision 2005 and the product EMS. As part of DENSO EcoVision 2005. DENSO increased the recyclability of its products to 88 percent in 1999 (92.6 percent in 2000) and has a 95 percent goal for 2005. The DENSO's product EMS has five assessment criteria including fuel efficiency, exhaust emissions, refrigerants Chemical refrigerants are assigned an R number(sometimes the label replaces it with the word Freon) which is determined systematically according to molecular structure. The following is a list of refrigerants with their R numbers, IUPAC chemical name, molecular formula, and CAS number. , environmentally hazardous substances, and recyclability. Through its product EMS, DENSO has developed: components for gasoline direct injection Gasoline direct injection or GDi is a variant of fuel injection employed in modern two- and four- stroke petrol engines. The gasoline is highly pressurised, and injected via a common rail fuel line directly into the combustion chamber of each cylinder, as opposed to systems that improve fuel efficiency by up to 21 percent over conventional engines; new alternators that improve electricity generating efficiency by 10 percent; cooling modules that improve cooling efficiency by 10 percent; and new hexagonal hex·ag·o·nal adj. 1. Having six sides. 2. Containing a hexagon or shaped like one. 3. Mineralogy cell monolith carriers for emission cleaning catalysts that improve exhaust cleaning performance by 20 percent. "Too environmental performers in [our] annual investment research report on me global automotive parts sector posted accumulated returns over 48.8 percent higher man environmental laggards over a three-year period, and 6 percent higher returns over a one-year," said Marc Brammer of Innovest, the report's primary author. Based in Singapore, John can be reached by e-mail at lechat@pacific.net.sg |
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