Panasonic Newsroom Global publishes Feature Stories that amplify the real voices of people and key figures from our business, and share insight into our efforts in sustainability and sponsorship initiatives. The following are key quotes and numbers extracted from our Feature Stories published from December 2022 to February 2023 related to Panasonic’s impact on the world.
Number of pieces of intellectual property held by Panasonic Holdings. The company is actively looking for solutions to social issues utilizing the company’s broad base of intellectual properties. Find out why the IP department has added data and information to its scope, changed the designation of intellectual property to “intangible assets”—the blood of a healthy economy—and seeks to “make the world happier.”
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Says Panasonic employee Ron Whiteford who is working on creating a sustainable protein option for pet foods and animal feeds through Game Changer Catapult, Panasonic’s initiative to provide a launchpad for employees with passion to solve societal issues through their own ideas. The concept utilizes the company’s lighting and manufacturing technologies and aims to create a circular-economy business model that helps reduce organic waste and leads to a more sustainable society.
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Number of tons of industrial waste generated in Japan every year, which is not being reduced or recycled. Panasonic Group is promoting an initiative to recycle factory waste to reduce emissions and promote efficient use of resources. One project is an ecosystem for upcycling the “offcuts” of artificial kitchen countertop marble into workspace furniture.
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Says Tania Lee, IOC Young Leader and former competitive swimmer from Malaysia, commenting on Panasonic’s initiatives designed to help engage and empower youth. Inspired by Panasonic’s guiding philosophy of “creating people before products,” Tania participated in an internship program in 2022 and learned about Panasonic’s work culture, philosophy and values. She was selected from among 25 internship candidates.
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Sustainability was front and center at CES 2023, with leading global companies demonstrating their efforts in the fight against climate change. Allan Swan, President of Panasonic Energy of North America said a new EV battery production facility in De Soto, Kansas will increase Panasonic’s global production capacity of EV batteries by about 60%, and that to date 7 billion batteries have been produced at a Nevada facility.
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