CONTENTSMedium-Term
and Annual Targets and ResultsResults
for Fiscal 2004 and Targets for Fiscal 2005
Results for Fiscal 2004 and Targets for Fiscal 2005
We continued our efforts of the
previous year in fiscal 2004 with a commitment to achieving the
high targets set for all domains in the life cycle of our products.
Some activities achieved their set targets while others failed
to attain their goals for various reasons, including changes in
conditions. The outcomes of all activities whether “on target” or
not were analyzed, and the findings were fed back to the targets
and programs set for fiscal 2005 in our commitment to further reduce
the environmental loads of our products.
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Major Polocies
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Procedures
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Fiscal 2004 Targets
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Fiscal 2004 Results
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Level
of Attain- ment |
Fiscal 2005 Targets
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Refe-rence
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Product Develop-
ment |
Clean exhaust gas |
Auto- mobiles |
Expansion of “ low
emission vehicles” and “ low
emission vehicles” |
Expansion of “ low
emission vehicles” and “ low
emission vehicles” |
Three additional models were approved as “ low
emission vehicles” and “ low
emission vehicles” (21 models in total) |
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Expansion of “ low
emission vehicles” and “ low
emission vehicles” |
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| Motor- cycles |
Shift to 4-stroke engines1 | To be successively expanded | Attained for all 7 models released in fiscal 2004. Shift to 4-stroke engines: attained by 97.2% of the models |
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Continuous shift to 4-stroke engines for new models, expanded application of FI technology | |||
| Power equipment |
Comply with regulations in advance | Attained for all 9 models released in fiscal 2004 |
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Future extensions | ||||
| Development of alternative energy vehicles | Starting leasing of fuel cell vehicles |
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| Release of the cogeneration system for households |
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| Improve- ments in fuel economy |
Upgrading efficiency by employing new technologies |
Auto- mobiles |
Improvements in the average fuel economy by category | Attainment of the fiscal 2010 fuel economy standards of Japan for 7 categories |
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Further improvements in fuel economy | ||
| Motor- cycles |
Improvements in fuel economy for new models | 34.2% improvement in the average fuel economy for all the models released in Japan in fiscal 2004 |
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| Power equipment |
Further improvements in fuel economy | EM45is power generator: 30% improvement compared with the previous model |
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Pur-chasing
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Promotion of Green Pur- chasing |
Reduction of chemical substances contained in the products of suppliers (parts and materials) | Promoting changeover in compliance with Honda’s chemical substance guidelines | Changeover was completed for lead and lead compounds. Changeover is now promoted for chromium (VI). |
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Changeover in accordance with Honda’s chemical substance guidelines must be promoted | ||
| Management of environmental impacts in suppliers’ manufacturing process | Reduction of suppliers’ CO2 emissions | Carbon intensity was reduced 4.4% compared with that in fiscal 2000 (for affiliated companies). |
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Reduction in suppliers’ CO2 emissions | ||||
| Reduction of suppliers’ landfill waste | 79% reduction as compared with fiscal 2000 (regarding affiliated companies) |
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Reduction in suppliers’ landfill waste | |||||
| Introduction of environmental management systems to suppliers |
Promotion of the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification by all suppliers | Acquisition by 355 companies (80%) |
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Promotion of the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification by all suppliers | ||||
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Production
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Promotion of Green Factories |
Improvements in energy efficiency | Energy unit: 21.8% reduction | Energy unit: 23.6% reduction |
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23.1% reduction2 | ||
| CO2 emission volume: 481,000 CO2-tons | CO2 emission volume: 468,000 CO2-tons |
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460,000 CO2-tons | |||||
| Zero landfill disposal | (Continuance of zero landfill disposal) | (Continuance of zero landfill disposal) |
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(Continuance of zero landfill disposal) | ||||
| Reducing waste (by-products) | Recyclability rate 97% | Recyclability rate 97.6% |
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Recyclability rate 98% | ||||
| Internally incinerated waste: 65% reduction compared with fiscal 1998 | Internally incinerated waste: 70% reduction compared with fiscal 1998 |
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Internally incinerated waste: 85% reduction compared with fiscal 1998 | |||||
| Reducing VOC emissions | VOC emissions/ Automobiles: 33.0 g/m2 |
VOC emissions/ Automobiles: 32.8 g/m2 |
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VOC emissions/ Automobiles: 32.5 g/m2 |
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Trans-
portation |
Promotion of Green Logistics |
Implementation of environmental management system for distribution companies | Joint environmental management by the four major companies | Regular organization of exchange meetings with major transportation companies |
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Continuance of joint implemen-tation of the
environ- mental management system by the four main companies |
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| Improvements in shipping efficiency | CO2 emission volume: 114,900 CO2-tons (Transport of completed automobiles) | CO2 emission volume: 109,555 CO2-tons (Transport of completed automobiles) |
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CO2 emission volume: 115,332 CO2-tons3 (transport of completed automobiles) | ||||
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Sales
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Promotion of Green Dealers/ Green Distributors |
Auto- mobiles |
Introduction of environmental management systems to dealers | Expansion of the Best Green Dealer-certified stores | Acquisition of the Best Green Dealer certification by 2,524 stores |
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Further expansion of the Best Green Dealer-certified stores | |
| Motor- cycles |
Introduction of environmental management systems to distributors and dealers | Expansion of the Honda Dream Stores | Launch of 30 environ-mentally friendly Honda Dream stores |
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Expansion of Honda Dream Stores | |||
| Power equipment |
Promotion of environmental conservation activities for dealers | Expansion of Green Dealers for power products | Certification acquired by 3 stores of 1 dealer |
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Expansion of Green Dealers for power products | |||
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Disposal and Recycling
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Improved recycl- ability |
Improve- ment of recycl- ability |
Auto- mobiles |
Improvement in recycling rate | More than 90% achieved for models newly released or models whose design was changed in fiscal 2004 |
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Improvement of recyclability | |
| Motor- cycles |
More than 95% achieved for models newly released or models whose design was changed in fiscal 2004 |
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| Power equipment |
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| Increasing the recovery, recycling, and reuse of parts |
Integration of the remanufacturing business and reuse business | Expansion of models for which reused parts can be applied | Number of models for which reused parts can be applied increased to 13 |
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Expansion of recycling parts Expansion of models for which reused parts can be applied |
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| Technical support for proper disposal and recycling of end-of-life vehicles | Technical support for proper disposal and recycling of end-of-life vehicles | Promotion of the establishment of a recycling system | Launch of a recycling system for automobiles and motorcycles |
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Generali- zation of a recycling system for automobiles and motorcycles |
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Office
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Promotion of Green Office | Introduction of environmental management systems to offices | Full-scale imple-mentation of environ-mentally-friendly business activities4 | Being promoted by each division/office |
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Cooperative promotion of reduction in environ- mental impacts by offices |
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1. The shift to 4-stroke engines has been completed,
except for some special vehicles. From now on, we will expand the
use of FI technology to more models and will newly develop other
technologies and expand their application to mass-produced models.
2. The fiscal 2005 target for energy consumption unit has increased as compared with fiscal 2004 results, in consideration of the production environment and the addition of new business operations.
3 While the fiscal 2005 target for CO2 emission has increased as compared with the fiscal 2004 results, this increase is to allow for the planned growth in shipments. This target figure does, however, already include the (anticipated) reduction effect arising from the measures being taken to improve transport efficiency.
4 At the Aoyama Office, which is implementing an environmental management system (EMS), environmental viewpoints are introduced to daily business activities. We call the development of business that takes the environment into consideration, “environmentally-friendly business activities.”
Notes:
low
emission vehicle: Emissions are 50% lower than the 2005 exhaust emissions
standards
low
emission vehicle: Emissions are 75% lower than
the 2005 exhaust emissions standards
2. The fiscal 2005 target for energy consumption unit has increased as compared with fiscal 2004 results, in consideration of the production environment and the addition of new business operations.
3 While the fiscal 2005 target for CO2 emission has increased as compared with the fiscal 2004 results, this increase is to allow for the planned growth in shipments. This target figure does, however, already include the (anticipated) reduction effect arising from the measures being taken to improve transport efficiency.
4 At the Aoyama Office, which is implementing an environmental management system (EMS), environmental viewpoints are introduced to daily business activities. We call the development of business that takes the environment into consideration, “environmentally-friendly business activities.”
Notes:
low
emission vehicle: Emissions are 50% lower than the 2005 exhaust emissions
standards low
emission vehicle: Emissions are 75% lower than
the 2005 exhaust emissions standards