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Honda has set targets for CO2 emissions reductions by FY2011 in Japan, and is striving to manufacture products with the lowest in-use CO2 emissions at manufacturing plants with the lowest CO2 emissions per unit of production.
As part of that initiative, in June 2007 Honda defined targets for reducing CO2 emitted during transportation, reducing the use of substances of concern, increasing recycling and more, for a total of eight environmental impact reduction targets to be attained by FY2011. |
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| Reducing environmental impact: Targets for FY2011 |
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| Issue |
Scope |
Item |
Target |
Area |
| Energy/ global warming |
Products |
Automobiles |
CO2 emissions reduction |
10% reduction (compared to FY2001)*1 |
per g/km |
(Worldwide Global targets announced in 2006) |
| Motorcycles |
10% reduction (compared to FY2001*1 |
per g/km |
| Power Products |
10% reduction (compared to FY2001)*1 |
kg/h |
| Production |
Automobiles |
CO2 emissions reduction |
10% reduction (compared to FY2001)*1 |
per unit |
| Motorcycles |
20% reduction (compared to FY2001)*1 |
per unit |
| Power Products |
20% reduction (compared to FY2001)*1 |
per unit |
| Japan*2 |
CO2 emissions reduction |
30% reduction (compared to FY1991)*3 |
Units of energy used |
Japan (announced in 1998) |
| Transportation*4 |
CO2 emissions reduction |
10% reduction (baseline: FY2007) |
As % of revenue |
(Japan New targets for Japan announced in June 2007) |
| Substances of concern |
Production |
VOC*5 emissions reduction |
35% reduction (baseline: FY2001) |
Per automobile painted |
| Recycling |
Total of corporate activities*6 |
Landfill waste |
Zero waste for all facilities |
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| Production*2 |
Landfill waste |
10% reduction (baseline:FY2001) |
As % of revenue |
| Water use |
30% reduction (baseline: FY2001) |
As % of revenue |
| Transportation*7 |
Use of packaging materials |
45% reduction (baseline: FY2001) |
As % of revenue |
| Vehicle recycling |
Automobiles |
ASR recycle rate |
70% or more*8 |
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| Motorcycles |
Recycling rate |
At least 95% (by FY2016)*9 |
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This range is a new target. |
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| *1 |
Targets for CO2 emissions reduction by 2010 announced in 2006 |
| *2 |
Five Honda Motor production facilities |
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Targets for production announced in 1998 |
| *4 |
In accordance with the amendment to Japan’s Rationalization in Energy Use Law, this is the responsibility of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. as the transporting entity (transportation of completed vehicles/devices; transportation of parts between facilities; parts transportation, etc.) |
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Volatile organic compounds: primarily substances of concern such as organic solvents included in paints and thinners that may cause photochemical oxidation |
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The primary 48 organizations involved in manufacturing and research & development (including academic institutions and Honda Motor Co., Ltd.) |
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Transportation of parts and component parts sets; export of completed motorcycles |
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95% recycling defined as recycling of entire vehicle |
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Scale as used in former MITI Used Automobile Recycling Initiative |
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| Strategies for achieving targets |
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| Item |
Strategy |
| Energy/global warming |
Fuel conversion |
Conversion of all factories to natural gas completed (FY2007) |
| Energy savings |
Introduction in all factories of high-efficiency devices (boilers, refrigerators, compressors, etc.); reduction of air pressure loss; calibration of temperature in painting chambers; adjustment of cogeneration equipment for higher-efficiency operation; reduction of power consumption by robots in standby mode, etc. |
| Reduction of CO2 emissions at dealers through use of environmental accounting |
| Conversion from trucking to marine/rail transport, reduction of transport distances, improvements in fuel economy resulting in reduction in CO2 emissions |
| Alternative fuels/natural energy use, etc. |
Proactive introduction of Honda-designed solar panels |
| Substances of concern |
VOC |
Shift to water-based paints, increase in operational efficiency and reduction of losses resulting in VOC emissions |
| Recycling |
Disposal |
Zero landfill waste at factories and 32 manufacturing suppliers (by FY2008) |
| Introduction of returnable containers, conversion to simpler packaging and other means of reducing the volume of packaging materials |
| Strengthening authorized recycling facilities, expansion of full recycling |
| Water use |
Recycling forging coolant, use of rainwater, etc. |
| Environmental strategies to be implemented at new facilities |
Yorii Plant (scheduled to begin operation in 2010) |
Energy/resource consumption at world-leading levels, resulting in per-unit production CO2 emissions levels 20% lower than those of FY2001 (Energy/resource recycling Green Factory) |
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