Comments on: Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt? http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/09/30/sanyos-solar-ark-company-shift-or-pr-stunt/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:58:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Aaron http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/09/30/sanyos-solar-ark-company-shift-or-pr-stunt/comment-page-1/#comment-77407 Aaron Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:41:44 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/09/30/sanyos-solar-ark-company-shift-or-pr-stunt/#comment-77407 For a company like Sanyo, I am sure that environmental emissions are still a necessary evil to produce the solar panels in and of themselves. However, I also think that if the number of solar power users increases, it would offset the emissions caused to create them. I disagree that many of the companies touting the green banner are secretly trying to curb emissions policies--especially as that is how some of them will actually be able to make more money. One more example, Sanyo makes HEV batteries, and with the changes for the requirements for automobiles to be able to get better mpg, they would have an excellent opportunity to make better sales. Why would they intentionally get in their own way in this situation? While I understand that there are companies out there that say one thing and do another, with the amount of money Sanyo is putting into their energy businesses, I just don't think it is simply a PR stunt. Besides, the solar ark has been in Japan since 2002--way before the Think GAIA brand vision. For a company like Sanyo, I am sure that environmental emissions are still a necessary evil to produce the solar panels in and of themselves. However, I also think that if the number of solar power users increases, it would offset the emissions caused to create them.

I disagree that many of the companies touting the green banner are secretly trying to curb emissions policies–especially as that is how some of them will actually be able to make more money.

One more example, Sanyo makes HEV batteries, and with the changes for the requirements for automobiles to be able to get better mpg, they would have an excellent opportunity to make better sales. Why would they intentionally get in their own way in this situation?

While I understand that there are companies out there that say one thing and do another, with the amount of money Sanyo is putting into their energy businesses, I just don’t think it is simply a PR stunt. Besides, the solar ark has been in Japan since 2002–way before the Think GAIA brand vision.

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