Honda's Environment Initiatives Feature: Driving Toward a Zero Environmental Impact Society
Honda is working toward the realization of a "zero environmental impact society", with a goal of achieving carbon neutrality across the entire product lifecycle by 2050. Its global initiatives also emphasize harmony with nature, including the conservation of biodiversity.
Across its sites around the world, a wide range of initiatives are underway—each one aimed at passing on the "joy and freedom of mobility" to future generations and remaining a company society wants to exist. This feature highlights selected efforts in manufacturing and logistics that reflect Honda’s passion toward a sustainable future.
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Honda StoriesHonda Italia Industriale - A Sustainable FutureCorporateFrom the beginning, Honda has always believed that it should make a positive impact on both environment and society, both globally and locally. This philosophy began with founder Soichiro Honda and continues to live on today in the belief that ‘Honda strives to be a company society wants to exist’. Today, the most obvious indication of this philosophy is Honda’s ambitious Triple Action to ZERO ...
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Honda StoriesManufacturing Automobiles Exclusively with Renewable Energy — Honda’s Wind Farm Initiative in BrazilCorporateTo realize the “Zero Environmental Impact Society” by 2050, Honda envisions CO₂ emissions neutrality, 100% utilization of carbon-free energy, and 100% use of sustainable materials*. As part of this activity, Honda has built the wind farm in Brazil and achieved automobile manufacturing using only the electricity generated by this facility. In this article, we introduce Honda’s i
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Honda StoriesThe Sustainable Future Pioneered by Honda's Brazil Plant: Towards Achieving an SDGs SocietyCorporateHonda has set a goal to achieve carbon neutrality in all products and corporate activities by 2050, and is promoting business activities in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Honda's economic development and corporate sustainability are closely linked to technological development and corporate attitudes that fulfill social responsibilities in the environmental field.
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Honda StoriesHonda’s Modal Shift Taking on Environmental Issues with Rail TransportationCorporateOne of Honda’s key initiatives toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 is modal shift, which refers to the transition of freight transport from truck to more environmentally friendly rail and ship-based transportation. Honda has successfully reduced CO2 emissions by 74.5% through its modal shift project. This issue of Honda Stories speaks with the team members who worked on
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Honda StoriesHonda’s Biodiversity Conservation Initiatives: Saitama Factory Becomes First Honda Production Site to Obtain Certification as an OECMCorporateHonda has been actively working to solve environmental issues since the 1960s and is continuously promoting activities to realize the “joy and freedom of mobility” and a “rich and sustainable society.” In its efforts to achieve nature-positive coexistence with nature, Honda identified the conservation of biodiversity as one of its top priorities and is working not only to avoid or ...
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Honda StoriesDon't Leave Homework for the Future. Achieving Energy Savings for Production EquipmentCorporateHayashi has been in charge of maintaining production equipment for about 10 years with the desire to improve product quality through equipment maintenance. Currently, he is utilizing the knowledge and experience he has gained through maintenance work to reduce energy consumption in parts manufacturing equipment at the Honda Yorii Plant. We spoke to Hayashi, who says,...