Honda Worldwide | Honda Environmental Annual Report 2001


	*Honda has been making efforts to achieve targets in Japan.
	To give further impetus to our environmental conservation activities and achieve clear results in a more effective manner, Honda has set itself voluntary targets and is working toward their attainment. The following data give our targets to be achieved and the level of attainment reached until the end of fiscal 2000. The progress in reaching our targets is presented in "Results of Environmental Conservation Activities during FY2000."

Targets to be Achieved in the Year 2005 with Regard to Clean Exhaust Gas and Improvement of Fuel Economy (1999)


	Automobiles [Progress achieved] Up to fiscal 2005 : To reduce the total exhaust emissions of HC and NOx by approximately 75% for new vehicles (compared with fiscal 1995) to automobiles Up to fiscal 2002 : To achieve clean performance that exceeds the 2000 exhaust emissions standards of Japan by 50% or more for all vehicles to automobiles Up to fiscal 2005 : To achieve the new fuel efficiency standards of Japan for fiscal 2010 for all weight categories to automobiles Up to fiscal 2005 : To improve average fuel economy by approximately 25% (compared with fiscal 1995) to automobiles Motorcycles Up to fiscal 2005 : To reduce the total exhaust emissions of HC to approximately 1/3 for new vehicles (compared with fiscal 1995) to motorcycles Up to fiscal 2005 : To improve average fuel economy by approximately 30% (compared with fiscal 1995) to motorcycles Power Products Up to fiscal 2005 : To reduce the average exhaust emissions of HC and NOx by approximately 30% for new products (compared with fiscal 1995) to powerproducts Up to fiscal 2005 : To improve average fuel economy by approximately 30% (compared with fiscal 1995) to powerproducts

Recyclability rate for new models of automobiles and motorcycles


	Automobiles 90% or more from 2000 onward [Already attained] Motorcycles 90% or more [Already attained]

Lead content in new models of automobiles and motorcycles


	Automobiles By the end of 2000 : 1/2 or less (compared with 1996) [Already attained] By the end of 2003 : 1/3 or less (compared with 1996) to automobiles Motorcycles Equal to or below the lead content in 1996 [Already attained]

Energy saving and reduction in wastes in the production domain


	Up to fiscal 2001 : 15% reduction in energy intensity (compared with fiscal 1990) to greenfadtory Up to fiscal 2001 : Achieving the ZERO landfill disposal [Already attained in July 2000 (In Japan)]

Activities already brought to a successful conclusion

The following activities not featured in this report have already been brought to a successful conclusion.

Time when completed

Automobiles Abolition of CFC12 in favor of HFC134a

End of 1994
Discontinuing the use of sodium azide *1 (Mass-producted vehicles sold in Japan)

End of 1998
Reducing the lead content in the covering wire harnesses*2

End of 1998
Motorcycles Reducing the lead content in the covering wire harnesses

End of 1998
Power Products Reducing the lead content in the covering wire harnesses

End of 1998

*1	Sodium azide: Sodium azide's chemical symbol is NaN3. It was the primary ingredient in the gas generator in an automotive air bag system. When an automobile is scrapped on a press, for example, and the air bag system that had not been activated is crushed, the sodium azide would be released into the atmosphere. Its potential hazard to workers' health is pointed out.
*2	Wire harness; An automobile has a massive number of wires (approximately 1000) that form wiring networks. Wire harnesses are used to systematically arrange terminals and connectors that connect these wires and facilitate their installation on vehicles.