April 2023 TOP 5 Engagement

Let’s take a look back at our Top 5 Posts from April!
Our top post was something near and dear to everyone; an introduction to familiar products that changed our lives, like vending machines and air conditioners.
We also announced our Panasonic GREEN IMPACT Plan 2024 targets such as CO₂ reduction and net zero CO₂ emissions factories.
To make these decisions, we need leaders—which is why four women leaders at Panasonic North America—were happy to talk about their experiences and efforts to promote DEI activities and foster the next generation.
Panasonic also leads in the innovation of products that can help. Some creations, such as Yoichiro Masuda’s “weak robot” NICOBO do so by having us help them, restoring our own sense of peace and mental richness.
Finally, please join us in celebrating MULTISHAPE Series: Modular Personal Care System winning GOLD in the International if DESIGN AWARD 2023.

Let us introduce familiar products that have drastically changed our lives.

• Zinc Air Battery
  Widely used for industrial purposes and supported post-war infrastructure.
• Pulsator-Type Electric Washing Machine
  Despite its simple structure, the angles of the four corners differ slightly to create a complicated water current.
• Bottled Drink Vending Machine
  When you insert a coin, the gate opens, and one beverage can be removed. This was also exported abroad.
• Room Air Conditioner Outdoor Unit
  Air conditioners have become so widespread, you can now find one in every room. The downsizing of outdoor units enabled their installation in small spaces like verandas.
• Electric Cycle
  Answering the founder, Konosuke Matsushita’s call to action to create “a bicycle unique to an electronics manufacturer,” Panasonic created the industry’s first electric bicycle.

Know more details, please check the video.

Panasonic GREEN IMPACT Plan 2024
Targets for FY2025

• OWN IMPACT
  – CO₂ reduction: Target of 16.34 Mt
  – Net Zero CO₂ emissions factories: 37 factories (7 factories already emissions-free at end of FY2021)
• CONTRIBUTION IMPACT
  – CO₂ reduction contribution to customers and society: Target of 38.3 Mt (23.47 Mt in FY2021)
• Circular Economy (CE)
  – Recycling ratio of factory waste: 99% or more
  – Use of recycled resin: 90 Kt or more (cumulative amount from FY2023–2025)
  – CE-based business models/products: 13 businesses (5 businesses in FY2021)

Learn more about Panasonic GREEN IMPACT, please check the following.

Source: https://holdings.panasonic/global/corporate/panasonic-green-impact.html

Even as the percentage of women in leadership positions continues to rise around the globe, achieving gender equity at decision-making levels in business remains a challenge.

Panasonic Group believes that diversity is not just the right thing to do—it is a business imperative that helps organizations expand their thinking and their creative horizons—and it is taking action across the organization to accelerate the participation of women in management.

Four women leaders at Panasonic North America (PNA) talk about their experiences and efforts to promote DEI activities that support and foster the next generation.

Click the following to learn more about what they have to say about the road to gender equity

Source: https://news.panasonic.com/global/stories/14082

Yoichiro Masuda wanted to meet the needs of people who live alone and the stresses they face, some of which are made worse by technologies such as smartphones.

That’s why he started leading a team of dozens of specialists behind the development of “NICOBO,” the “weak” or vulnerable robot by Panasonic that relies upon humans to survive.

NICOBO is similar to a pet in that it is cute, cuddly, and endearing—and bonds with its owner over time by responding to and learning from daily interaction.

“With digital evolution, and the speed of information always increasing, people are losing their peace of mind,” says Masuda.

“Our idea was to create something that was in some ways convenient but also weak, something that can help restore peace of mind and mental richness, an effect that sports, for instance, can produce. NICOBO can offer a form of digital detox.”

Meet NICOBO, please click the following.

Source: https://news.panasonic.com/global/stories/14102

Panasonic “MULTISHAPE Series: Modular Personal Care System” Wins “GOLD” of the International iF DESIGN AWARD 2023 

Get more details, please check the following.

Source: https://news.panasonic.com/global/topics/14154