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1968
The Air Pollution Control Law enacted. |
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1972
The Club of Rome points out the finiteness of the earth in
its Limits to Growth.
1973
First oil crisis
1978
Second oil crisis |
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1978
Regulations on exhaust gas |
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1970
The Muskie Act enacted (U.S.).
1975
The CAFE regulations introduced (U.S.). |
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1970
A diet session on pollution held and 14 pollution-related laws enacted or revised.
1970
The Water Pollution Control Law enacted.
1974
The total emission of SOx comes under regulation. |
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1987
Montreal Protocol adopted.
1988
Law concerning the Protection of the Ozone Layer through the Regulation of
Specified Substances and Other Measures enacted. |
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1990
Japanese government announces its plan to prevent global warming.
1993
Basic Environment Law enacted.
1997
Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (Kyoto Conference) held.
1999
Law concerning Rational Use of Energy revised. |
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1998
Step-by-step regulation of exhaust gas from motorcycles.
1999
Fuel economy criteria for 2010 established based on the revised Law concerning
Rational Use of Energy. |
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1994
LEV regulations introduced (in California).
1994
Regulations on the exhaust gas from CARB general-purpose engines started (in
California).
1996
U.S. EPA introduces regulations on exhaust gas from marine engines.
1998
U.S. EPA introduces marine emission regulations. |
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1993
Boden Lake regulations introduced.
1998
EU 2000/2005 regulations introduced. |
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1991
Law for the Promotion of Utilization of Recyclable Resources enacted and the
Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law revised.
1997
Regulations on dioxins started on a full scale. (Dioxins are newly included
in the substances specified under the Air Pollution Control Law.)
1998
Manifest system begins to be applied to end-of-life vehicles. |
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2001
Basic Law for Establishing a Recycling-based Society enacted.
2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg. |
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2000
Exhaust gas regulations for 2000 |
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2001
U.S. CARB Marine Tier 2
2001
EPA Phase 2 Regulations
2002
Release of ultra low emission vehicles (Accord/Accord Wagon) |
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2001
Law on Promoting Green Purchasing enforced.
2002
End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling Law enacted. |
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1966
Research on low-emission vehicles started to attain the goal of a “blue sky for
children.”
1966
AP Lab formed inside Honda R&D. |
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1958
Super Cub goes on sale.
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1966
Circulative use of industrial water started (in the coating process).
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1972
The CVCC engine meets the requirements of the Muskie Act - a world first.
1973
CIVIC CVCC goes on sale.
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1970
Headquarters for anti-pollution measures established.
1971
Hamamatsu Factory introduces wastewater treatment facilities, adopting the activated
sludge method (for the first time in Japan).
1972
Sayama Factory attaches Japan’s first electric dust collector to its cupola.
1975
Committee to deal with oil issues established.
1976
Meeting to present examples of effective resource/energy use launched.
1976
The Furusato Afforestation Project launched.
1979
Committee to promote environmental conservation established (as a part of the
headquarters for anti-pollution measures).
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1988
VTEC engine unveiled.
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1983
REV-featured motorcycle (CBR400F) goes on sale. |
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1980
Committee to deal with energy issues established (as a part of the committee to
deal with oil issues).
1989
Committee to deal with CFCs established. |
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1991
CIVIC equipped with a VTEC-E engine goes on sale.
1993
Accord equipped with a new VTEC engine goes on sale.
1995
CIVIC meeting the LEV standards of California goes on sale.
1995
CIVIC equipped with a 3-stage VTEC engine goes on sale.
1995
Honda ULEV technology unveiled.
1996
New Dream wins first prize in the World Solar Challenge.
1996
Honda LEV
1996
Honda EV Plus (electric car with batteries) unveiled.
1997
CIVIC GX (natural gas vehicle) unveiled.
1997
Accord, meeting the ULEV standards of California, goes on sale.
1997
Honda ZLEV technology unveiled.
1997
CIVIC FERIO and PARTNER, meeting Honda LEV standards, go on sale.
1998
Z and LIFE go on sale as the first LEV-spec minicars.
1999
Insight (a hybrid car) goes on sale, achieving the highest fuel efficiency (35
km/l) for a mass-produced gasoline-powered vehicle in the world.
1999
Accord meets the U.S. SULEV standards for the first time in the world.
1999
S2000 goes on sale as the first vehicle meeting the 2000 emission standards.
1999
Next-generation 2-liter, 4-cylinder gasoline engine goes on sale.
1999
Prototype fuel cell vehicle unveiled.
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1994
CUV ES (electric scooter) goes on sale.
1994
RACOON (electric motor-assisted bicycle) goes on sale.
1997
CRM250AR, introducing the AR combustion technology, goes on sale.
1998
LEAD goes on sale as the first motorcycle meeting motorcycle emission regulations
in Japan.
1998
CBR600F equipped with the air injection system goes on sale.
1998
VFR800FI equipped with the 3-way catalytic converter system that achieves an emission
level below one-tenth of the emission criteria in Europe goes on sale.
1998
LEAD and VTR250 meet the domestic noise regulation.
1999
GIORNO Crea equipped with a 4-stroke engine goes on sale.
1999
CB400 SUPER FOUR equipped with a HYPER VTEC engine goes on sale. |
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1994
Outboard engine BF6/8/40 meets the Boden Lake Regulation criteria.
1997
GX22/31 (a supersmall 4-stroke engine) goes on sale.
1998
THE BF series meet the U.S. EPA's emission standards and the voluntary emission
criteria of the Japanese Marine Equipment Association. |
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1990
A recycling committee established.
1991
Environmental Committee established to deal with environment-related issues.
1994
Use of CFC-12 and 1,1,1-trichloroethane totally discontinued in production
processes.
1997
Green Factory Project launched.
1997
New Recycle Project launched.
1997
Honda Belgium N.V. acquires ISO 14001 certification, followed by other Honda
subsidiaries in various countries.
1998
Green Dealer Project launched.
1998
All plants acquire ISO 14001 certification.
1999
Suzuka Factory achieves zero landfill waste.
1999
Honda Green Conference started (as a part of the meeting to present the examples
of efficient resource/energy use).
1999
Europe Recycle Center (ERC) established.
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2000
Fuel cell vehicle (FCX-V3) running tests start.
2000
STREAM (equipped with the new generation engine DOHC i-VTEC engine) goes on sale.
2001
New CIVIC GX (a natural gas vehicle) certified as an SLEV vehicle.
2001
CIVIC and CIVIC FERIO go on sale as SLEV vehicles.
2001
CIVIC Hybrid goes on sale, achieving the world's highest fuel efficiency among
mass-produced five-passenger gasoline-powered vehicles.
2001
Fit (equipped with an i-DSI engine) goes on sale.
2001
FCX-V4 (fuel cell vehicle) goes on sale.
2002
FCX becomes the first fuel cell vehicle in the world to be certified by the U.S.
government and leased to the city of Los Angeles.
2002
Accord and Accord Wagon go on sale as SLEV vehicles.
2002
FCX certified as the first fuel cell vehicle by the Japanese government and leased
to the Cabinet Office.
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2001
Crea SCOOPY and Dio (equipped with water-cooled 4-stroke 50 cc engines) go on
sale.
2001
STEP COMPO goes on sale.
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2001
All Honda models in the world meet the CARB Tier 2 and EPA Phase 2 standards.
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2000
Domestic plants achieve zero external landfill waste targets.
2000
Green Dealer Certification System launched.
2001
Closed system adopted for the water wasted in the outboard engine assembling process
(Hosoe Plant of the Hamamatsu Factory).
2001
Green Purchasing Guidelines established.
2002
ICVS operation starts in Singapore.
2002
Hosoe Plant starts its operations with dramatically improved energy efficiency
(Hamamatsu Factory).
2002
Honda Chemical Substance Guidelines established.
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