Prologue

Since the company’s foundation, Honda’s corporate philosophy has been built upon respect for the individual and what our founder called The Three Joys: the joy of buying, selling and creating. Today, Honda strives to become a company that society wants to exist, and as such proactively seeks to assume all the responsibilities of a good corporate citizen.

Until now, Honda’s reporting has covered its business operations and initiatives in such areas as traffic safety, the environment and philanthropy. With this report, Honda presents its first comprehensive description of its policies and actions with respect to corporate social responsibility.

We hope this report will help provide all Honda stakeholders a fuller appreciation of the corporate social responsibility initiatives Honda is undertaking.