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| Honda aims to make both its employees and its suppliers
more aware of the importance of environmental conservation by holding the Honda
Green Conference. At this conference, which is held as a group-wide event, participants
exchange information about their environmental improvement activities and evaluate
them to obtain more knowledge and skills on environmental conservation. At the
second conference, held in November 2000, and subsequently, conferences a total
of 10 major Honda suppliers made presentations about their environmental conservation
activities. |
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| Yachiyo Industry, which manufactures
Honda minicars, implemented measures to achieve zero wastewater by maximizing
the water recycling efficiency in its repair parts production line. As a result,
the company achieved zero wastewater at its factory for the first time in the
automobile industry. Specifically, the company introduced two water purifying
devices using reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to filter wastewater from the
factory in two stages, thereby achieving a water recycling rate of 57%. The
treated water is reused in the pretreatment and electrodeposition coating processes.
The remaining 43% of the wastewater, is evaporated, thereby achieving zero
wastewater. |
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| Honda Express, which is one
of the carriers of Honda products and parts, has been making efforts ahead
of others in the industry to reduce the packaging materials used for transportation.
For the export of products to Europe, the company has developed a returnable
case that is lighter but as durable as the returnable cases traditionally used
for exporting. The new returnable case is made more suitable for collection
because it can be compactly folded. By promoting the usage of this cases, the
company has reduced the amount of waste to one-tenth of previous levels. Furthermore,
by reducing the amount of energy required for transportation through reducing
the weight of the case, this has also reduced CO2 emissions by 5,780 tons on
an annual basis. |
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| Honda Verno Kobe, which sells
Honda automobiles in the Kobe District in Hyogo Prefecture, newly installed
a unit to monitor power consumption on an hourly basis in cooperation with
an electric appliance manufacturer. As a result, it was revealed that electricity
was being consumed for lighting even on regular holidays, and that the peak
of the consumption was during 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Based on this finding,
the company has implemented the following countermeasure: on the day before
a holiday, electricity is turned off at the distribution board, and a timer
is installed for the accurate management of power consumption. Also, the delivery
of automobiles to the company is scheduled not to be concentrated at any one
time, so that energy consumption can be spread. Thanks to these measures, power
consumption has been reduced by 12% and CO2 emissions by 6,494 kg. |
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