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* Honda has been making effort 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 gives our targets and the level to which we attained them at the end of fiscal 2001. Our progress in reaching our targets is presented in "Results of Environmental Conservation." |
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| Specific Objectives Announced in Fiscal 2001: "cleaner Exhaust Gas by 2005" |
Automobiles |
To have most of Honda automobiles to be approved as "Ultra" low emission vehicles (with the emission level reduced by 75% compared with the 2000 exhaust emissions standards of Japan) by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.*
(The actual results will be reported in the Honda Environmental Annual Report 2003 as well as in the subsequent reports.)
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Specific Objectives Announced before Fiscal 2001 |
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Targets to be Achieved by 2005 by Improving Clean Exhaust Gas Emissions and Fuel Economy (1999)
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Specific targets |
Progresses made
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Reference
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Automobiles |
Up to fiscal 2005 : To reduce the total exhaust emissions of HC and NOx by approximately75% for
new vehicles (compared with fiscal 1995)* |
· HC: Reduced by 70%
· NOx: Reduced by 71% |
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Up to fiscal 2002 : To achieve a clean performance that exceeds the 2000 exhaust emissions
standards of Japan by 50% or more for all vehicles* |
Percentage of the models
that attained the objective:
91% |
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Up to fiscal 2005 : To achieve the new fuel efficiency standards of Japan for »scal 2010 for all weight categories*
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Achieved for 5 categories
among 6 weight categories |
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Up to fiscal 2005 : To improve the average fuel economy by approximately 25%
(compared with fiscal 1995)* |
Improved by approximately
30% (Attained) |
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Motorcycles |
Up to fiscal 2005 : To reduce the total exhaust emissions of HC to approximately 1/3 for new vehicles
(compared with fiscal 1995) |
Reduced to approximately
24% (Attained) |
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Up to fiscal 2005 : To improve the average fuel economy by approximately 30%
(compared with fiscal 1995) |
Improved by approximately
18% |
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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) |
Reduced by approximately
30% (Attained) |
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Up to fiscal 2005 : To improve the average fuel economy by approximately 30%
(compared with fiscal 1995) |
Improved by approximately
20% |
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| Recyclability Rate for New Models of Automobiles and Motorcycles |
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Automobiles |
90% or more from 2000 onward
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(Attained) |
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Motorcycles |
90% or more |
(Attained) |
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Lead Content in New Models of Automobiles and Motorcycles
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Automobiles |
By the end of 2003 : 1/3 or less (compared with 1996) |
Reduced to 1/3 for all
automobiles
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Motorcycles |
Equal to or below the lead content in 1996 |
(Attained) |
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| Energy Saving and Reduction in Waste in the Production Domain |
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| Up to fiscal 2001 : 15% reduction in energy intensity (compared with fiscal 1990) |
Reduced by 15.6%
(The objective for 2001 was already attained.) |
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| Up to fiscal 2010 : 30% reduction in energy intensity (compared with fiscal 1990) |
| Up to fiscal 2001 : Achieving ZERO landfill disposal |
(Attained) |
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| Activities Already Successfully Completed |
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| The following activities not featured in this report have already been completed successfully. |
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Time completed |
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Abolition of CFC12 in favor of HFC134a |
End of 1994 |
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Discontinuing the use of sodium azide*1 (Mass-produced vehicles sold in Japan) |
End of 1998 |
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Reducing the lead content in the covering of wire harnesses*2 |
End of 1998 |
| Motorcycles: |
Reducing the lead content in the covering of wire harnesses |
End of 1998 |
| Power Products: |
Reducing the lead content in the covering of wire harnesses |
End of 1998 |
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Sodium azide: Sodium azide's chemical symbol is NaN3. It was the primary ingredient in the gas generator for automotive air bag systems. When an automobile that contains an air bag system that has not been activated is crushed, for example, the sodium azide is released into the atmosphere, where it forms a potential hazard to workers' health. |
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Wire harnesses: An automobile contains a huge number of wires (approximately 1000) that form the wiring networks. Wire harnesses are used to systematically run the wires between terminals and connectors and facilitate their installation on vehicles. |
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