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1 Pragmatic Environmental Impact Reporting: recommendations for meeting the needs of both voluntary and mandatory reporting requirements leveraging purpose-built applications Today s Demonstration: SAP s Carbon Impact, Hitachi Consulting s internal choice for environmental impact reporting supporting Hitachi Consulting s requirements for Environmental Strategy Office and EPA Climate Leaders Reporting June 16 th, 2010 Room 302, 4:30pm 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 1

2 Today s Agenda 3 minutes: Hitachi Consulting Introduction 7 minutes: Drivers of Mandatory and Voluntary Environmental Impact Reporting 20 minutes: Demonstration of Our Chosen Purpose-Built Application, Carbon Impact 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 2

3 Hitachi Consulting Introduction 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 3

4 U.S. and Europe Based Subsidiary of Hitachi Limited Business and IT Consulting One of thesubsidiary of one of the world s largest integrated technologies companies Founded in subsidiaries, 400,000 global employees, 40% outside Japan Total FY08 sales of $102B, Approx. $8.2B in cash FY08 R&D Investment: $4.2B Social Innovation Products Aimed at Low Carbon Economy Smart Grid Infrastructure Low Emission High Speed Rail Wind Power Turbines Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries for HEV/EV Vehicles Highly Efficient Data Centers and IT Equipment Industry Leading PV Cells Sustainability is integral to Hitachi s ongoing growth strategy Major new products and new markets focus = sustainable society Goal to reduce annual CO2 emissions by 100 million tons by 2025 No. 48 on the 2008 FORTUNE Global 500 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 4

5 Making Money Sustainability is a key priority for Hitachi Limited Internal benefits $104M in 3yrs - 06 / 07 / 08 Reduced Energy Use Reduced Material Cost Reduced Waste / Treatment Selling Recycled Waste Capturing New Business Eco and SuperEco Products 47% of sales (1,100 products) Hybrid Trains Wind Turbines Li-Ion Batteries for Cars To contribute to the reduction of CO 2 emissions from Hitachi Group products by 100 million tons a year by Takashi Kawamura, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer April 1, /16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 6

6 Hitachi Consulting s Coverage Growing Globally Revenues of over $500M with more than 2,200 employees, operating globally. United Kingdom Germany Spain Portugal China India Japan Redmond Seattle Portland Boston San Francisco Chicago New York Philadelphia Edison Bethesda Denver Los Angeles Irvine Dallas Addison Atlanta Houston 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 7

7 Hitachi Consulting s Federal & A&D Clients 10-Year Federal and A&D Focus That Continues To Grow 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 8

8 Drivers of Mandatory and Voluntary Environmental Impact Reporting 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 9

9 GHG Costs Under Consideration in Congress Establish an external cost for GHG Market incentive to reduce GHG Ideas being considered: Cap and Trade Cap and Dividend/Rebate Carbon Tax Kerry/Lieberman 'American Power Act' has hard price on GHG Emissions from $12/ton scaling to $25/ton 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 10

10 EPA MRR Mandatory Reporting Rule for GHG Who reports? > 25,000 metric tons CO2e per year Covers 85% of total US GHG emissions (~10,000 facilities) When? Monitoring begins January 1, 2010 First reports due March 31, 2011 What happens if we don t do this? $32,500 per day per facility penalty The American public, and industry itself, will finally gain critically important knowledge and with this information we can determine how best to reduce those emissions - EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Source 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 11

11 SEC Guidance on Climate Change Disclosure What are the risks /impacts of climate change on your business operations? Triggers for disclosure: Impact of Legislation and Regulation Impact of International Accords Indirect Consequences of Regulation or Business Trends Physical Impacts of Climate Change Source 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 12

12 Presidential Executive Order Major recent Federal mandate for reporting on progress toward footprint reduction targets Fully focused on leadership and transparency: New Sustainability Strategies Needed GHG Baselines and Goals Need Careful Analysis Regular Reporting of Progress Toward Reductions Will Impact Federal Suppliers Over Time As Well 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 13

13 Active NGO s Drive Sustainability Policy and Transparency 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 14

14 Sustainable Companies Outperform During Financial Crisis Common observations of these companies: Reduced operational costs from: Reduced energy use Reduced water use Reduced materials use Reduced GHG emissions Strong risk management and governance Long term vs. Short term perspective History of green innovation in operations and products AT Kearney evaluated stock performance of Sustainable companies Industrial Goods companies did better vs. peers 11% better over a 3 month period 23% better over a 6 month period Source 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 15

15 Demonstration of Our Chosen Purpose-Built Application, SAP s Carbon Impact 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 16

16 Why We Chose SAP Carbon Impact Over Other Vendors Functionality, Product Development Team, Commitment from SAP Affordable and Ability to Quickly Implement Hitachi Ltd. Group Companies are users and a global partner of SAP SAP Global Services Partner Japan s largest SAP Consulting provider, over 1,700 global Hitachi SAP consultants Over 600 global projects Hitachi Consulting U.S. and SAP Share Common Customers in A&D and Federal Strategic Industries 17 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 17

17 Business Value Savings, Transparency, Efficiency, Scale, Security Purpose-Built Applications Value Proposition Continuous Activity Monitoring Optimize Footprint Reduction Plan Ad-hoc Excel Initial Metrics Manually Explored Obtain Scope 1 and 2 Baseline Refine Footprint to Include Suppliers &Partners Purpose-built applications provide solutions to help organizations at all levels of environmental impact reporting and analysis maturity. Purpose-Built Applications Business Logic and Scale Time / Maturity 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 18

18 Major Benefits of Purpose-Built Applications vs. Spreadsheets RIGID FLEXIBLE STATIC TABULAR GENERIC DYNAMIC DIMENSIONAL SPECIFIC DECENTRALIZED FILE-BASED ERROR-PRONE CENTRALIZED SECURE DATABASE CONTROLS 6/16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 19

19 Todd Price Senior Vice President, U.S. Practice Environmental Sustainability Solutions Rob Farris Vice President Environmental Sustainability Solutions Dallas Parkway, Suite 900, Dallas TX Cell: Dallas Parkway, Suite 900, Dallas TX Cell: /16/2010 Copyright 2010 Hitachi Consulting 20

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