Until 2021, carbon footprint management was implemented in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Peru and Chile. During fiscal year 2022, carbon management was extended, for the first time, to third party distributors, where our distributors Agromec (Costa Rica) and Puntomaq (Bolivia) took the initial step by performing their first carbon footprint calculation, using the international GHG Protocol quantification standard. This allowed them to map their sources of greenhouse gas emissions and identify the most significant ones, in order to prioritize them in the reduction plan.
In this context, projects developed during 2023 by our distributor Puntomaq are worth mentioning. Puntomaq implemented a 48 m2 photovoltaic solar farm at its facilities in La Paz, Bolivia, which has enabled it to reduce its carbon footprint associated with electricity consumption by up to 85%, in addition to having scheduled an efficient driving certification course for all its truck drivers.
“Using the international quantification standard not only provides information on the amount of greenhouse gases generated in the course of the business, but also enables us to have a strategy for implementing projects to reduce them, improving our profitability and energy efficiency”.
Daniel Subieta
General Manager
Puntomaq
“Since 2022, Komatsu’s good environmental practice standards have been gradually and successfully implemented, and carbon management is a key aspect to opt for a higher level of environmental sustainability. This management also allows us to strengthen employee engagement, enhance corporate reputation, meet growing customer and government demands in these climate issues, among others”.
“Today, the challenge of developing our business under the most demanding concepts of sustainability is an unavoidable ethical commitment that is totally in line with Creating Value Together”.
Erick Kaempfer
SSOMA Regional Manager
Komatsu Latin America
