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Climate Change

Greenhouse gases form the most threatening source of climate change. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Hyundai Motor Company continues to develop new and more eco-friendly vehicles, while enforcing low-carbon business policies and improving processes throughout its production and sales network.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Hyundai manages its GHG emissions and energy consumption while responding to the government’s climate change policies. While the number of vehicles produced declined by 1.67% from 4,948,315 in 2015 to 4,865,500 in 2016, the GHG emission was reduced by 1.01% over the same period, from 2,570 thousand tons in 2015 to 2,544 thousand tons in 2016.

Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity

Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity
2014 2015 2016
Greenhouse gas emissions per
vehicle production		 0.521 0.519 0.523

Greenhouse Gas Emission

Greenhouse Gas Emission
2014 2015 2016
Scope 1 835,240 816,952 806,933
Scope 2 1,745,981 1,753,243 1,737,914
Total 2,581,221 2,570,195 2,544,847

Greenhouse Gas Reduction activities

Domestic

Ulsan Plant

  • Replace air compressor equipment with high-efficiency equipment
  • Replace lighting in the assembly shop
  • Install a 2MWh-capacity ESS

Asan Plant

  • Installed high-efficiency air compressors in its utility room
  • Introduced an air compressor load sharing system
  • The paint shop uses insulation paint

Jeonju Plant

  • Install better oven equipment in its paint shop, which has reduced the operating time for paint booths
  • Replace low-efficiency water heaters/coolers with high-efficiency double-effect refrigerators
  • Replace high-efficiency motors, air compressors, and LED lighting
  • Change its dehumidifying system in compressed air and office cooling systems

Namyang Technology Research Center

  • Introduce high-efficiency insulation materials, motors and experimental devices
  • Operate 500kW-capacity photovoltaic generators
  • Switch to high-efficiency LED lighting
  • Introduce an automatic lighting control system

U.S

  • Control electricity usage in the ovens for each painting process
  • Reduce temperatures of mid-range oven
  • Reduce initial operation time for recovery time objective
  • Introduce high temperature heat retrieval facility at a painting plant

Brazil

  • Build energy-saving type factory
  • Introduce one-kit type distribution system

India

  • Operate sensor-operates lighting
  • Practice energy monitoring and saving
  • Install inventors at fans and pumps
  • Replace old street lamps with LED lights
  • Install solar power street lamps

Turkey

  • Install waste heat recycling system for steam boilers at a paint plant
  • Control and optimize oven combustion flame
  • Decrease pre-heating time for oven at a paint plant
  • Use automation system for temperature and lighting of buildings
  • Optimize air pressure
  • Use high-efficiency pumps and motors

China

  • Improve factory lighting
  • Reduce unnecessary usage of heating system
  • Improve power generator
  • Improve electric circuit
  • Optimize robot operations and other facilities
  • Replace heating system at engine assembly lines

Russia

  • Install high-efficiency condensing boiler
  • Install high-efficiency direct heat oven
  • Apply inventor style motor
  • Maintain consistent room temperature by automatically adjusting temperature within 2˚C

Czech Republic

  • Build greenhouse gas inventory
  • Optimal operation of painting plant oven and T/UP booths
  • Improve lighting system of a transmission plant

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