Role
World Environmental Committee
The World Environmental Committee considers global plans for our
commitments in accordance with our mid-term policy. This committee
decides environmental policies and conducts annual reviews of their
execution and implementation.
Japan Environmental Committee
The objective of the Japan Environmental Committee is to enhance
the level of execution of environmental conservation activities that
are undertaken in Japan. It reviews the annual PDCA cycle of individual
departments and establishes overall compatible targets. It also establishes
new policies in accordance with an analysis of the situation of the
individual departments. Through these activities, the committee tries
to maintain and improve its environmental activities to cover the
entire life cycle of Honda’s products on an ongoing basis.
Sales Domain
The mission of the Sales Domain, which consists of automobiles,
motorcycles, power equipment, and parts, is to meet current market
needs in terms of the expansion of environmentally friendlier products,
the proper disposal of end-of-life products, and parts recycling.
Factory and Office Operations Domain
The Factory and Office Operations Domain comprises the departments
organized within our factories and offices. This domain is responsible
for dealing with environmental issues at our factories and offices.
The general environmental administrator* determines and carries out
policy measures for the Factory and Office Operations Domain through
the General Environmental Administrators’ Committee. The Green
Factory Promotion Center is in charge of communicating the companywide
policies to factories and promoting environmental plans.
* General environmental administrators are responsible
for environmental activities at their factory/office and for the
running of the environmental organization. They also have a managerial
responsibility for the environmental management system of the factory/office.
Functional Operations/Center/Project
The Business Support Operations have the role of handling environmental
issues for the entire range of PR, environmental training, and social
activities in general. It comprises the Administration Division,
which promotes such measures as the expanding use of environmentally
friendly vehicles within the Company, the Human Resources Division,
which provides associates with environmental training, and the Corporate
Communication Division, which disseminates information on Honda’s
activities to society. The Purchasing Operation promotes green purchasing
to increase the percentage of materials and parts with less impact
on the environment within the total goods purchased by the Company.
There are projects and centers on cross-divisional themes.
