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1 Product Development Domain
2 Purchasing Domain
3 Production Domain
4 Transportation Domain
5 Sales Domain
6 Disposal and Recycling (3R) Domain
7 Administration Domain
Social Activities
Related Data
Environmental Activities Outside of Japan
Persons Responsible for Commitments
External Verification
Results of the Questionnaire and Interviews on the Honda Environmental Annual Report 2003
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Environmental Accounting
Honda is in the process of identifying the costs necessary for environmental conservation activities based on the following objectives:
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Environmental accounting is to provide a management tool in the environmental area.
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Environmental accounting offers indices for corporate evaluation and serves as a data source for disclosure to the public.
The following table shows the environmental conservation costs incurred by the Company in fiscal 2003.
Compared with the previous fiscal year, investment in R&D to develop fuel cell vehicles, reduce exhaust gas in existing engines, and improve fuel economy increased.
In fiscal 2002, Honda began to announce reduction amounts for major environmental impacts in the production domain as a result of environmental conservation activities. We will also study to identify economic benefits, including those criteria to calculate the effects of corporate environmental activities in each of our business domains.
Costs and Effects of Environmental Conservation Activities in Fiscal 2003
(Unit: Millions of yen)
Category
Details of Major Activities, etc.
Investment
Amount
Expense Amount
Effects
Business
areas
costs
Pollution prevention costs
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Prevention of air, water and soil pollution, etc.
287
1,403
Production domain
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Total CO
2
emission: 445,000 tons
Reduced by 37,000 tons compared with the previous fiscal year
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Total emission of by-products: 179,500 tons
Reduced by 23,200 tons compared with the previous fiscal year
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Related Information
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Total VOC emission: 33.0 g/m
2
Reduced by 3.5 g/m
2
compared with the previous fiscal year
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Global environmental conservation costs
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Prevention of global warming and ozone layer depletion and other environmental
conservation
528
203
Resources cycling costs
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Disposal, reduction, and recycling of waste
434
1,223
Upstream/downstream costs
•
Green purchasing (balance)
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Collection, recycling, reuse, and proper disposal of products manufactured
and sold
•
Member fees and other charges paid to trade organizations
0.4
761
Management activity costs
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Provision of environmental training to employees
•
Building, operation, and acquisition of the certification of an environmental
management system
•
Monitoring and measurement of environmental impacts
•
Organization in charge of environmental conservation measures
2
1,166
Research and development costs
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Research and development of products contributing to environmental conservation
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Research, development, and planning for reducing environmental
impacts in the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing processes
14,060
119,720
Social activity costs
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Environmental improvement measures, including nature protection, greening, and
the preservation of beautiful scenery
•
Provision of support and information to local citizens
•
Donation and support to organizations engaged in environmental conservation
activities
•
Disclosure of environment-related information and environmental advertisement
0
983
Environmental damage costs
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Restoration of polluted soil and underground water
0
0.8
1.
The scope of the present calculations is as follows:
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Companies included in the accounts:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.;
Honda R&D Co., Ltd.;
Honda Engineering Co., Ltd.
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Domains included in the accounts:
All domains in the life cycle of Honda products
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Targeted period:
April 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004
2.
The published figures include some that have been estimated and some given as combined figures because of the difficulty of determining differential amounts.
3.
For the tabulation, we referred to reference materials on environmental accounting, including guidelines and guidebooks published by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan.
4.
This report publishes the specific results achieved in our efforts for each fiscal year. The aggregate total of our environmental conservation costs are quoted on a cash-flow basis in terms of the monetary amount less depreciation costs.
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Honda Environmental-Report MENU
Contents
Corporate Profile & Financial Data
Segments Covered by the Report
Honda Environmental Information Disclosure
Introduction
Fundamental Principle and Vision
Medium-Term and Annual Targets and Results
Environmental Management
Results of Environmental Conservation Activities in Fiscal 2003
1 Product Development Domain
2 Purchasing Domain
3 Production Domain
4 Transportation Domain
5 Sales Domain
6 Disposal and Recycling (3R) Domain
7 Administration Domain
Social Activities
Related Data
Environmental Activities Outside of Japan
Persons Responsible for Commitments
External Verification
Results of the Questionnaire and Interviews on the Honda Environmental Annual Report 2003
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