In Bracknell, UK, Garth Hill College Careers Fair was held on July 12 with numerous local companies in attendance.Honda Motor Europe Ltd. (HME), HME-UK and the Honda Institute, which supports local schools and educational partners, also participated in the fair, with Honda associates from various business units taking turns to answer students' questions about working at Honda and the in-house apprenticeships that Honda offers to school leavers.

In addition, two HME-UK employees participated in the “Year 10 Interview Workshop” held at this college on July 14, where they conducted a number of interviews with 14- to 15-year-old students, providing them with sound advice on skills that will help them open more possibilities of their future career journey.

Bracknell-based HME has a longstanding supportive and cooperative relationship with the local Garth Hill College and is committed to maintaining and strengthening that relationship in the future.

The “Industry Day” organized by Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), in which HRE-UK participates, is a careers fair with a twist. Instead of the typical format of each participating company handing out public relations materials, etc. at their booths, the event is designed to give students an opportunity to broaden their options for consideration and to think carefully about which of those options they should choose by providing a venue for representatives from each company's recruiting department (referred to as “industry partners” hereafter) to explain directly to students what they do and how they apply their expertise and technology in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to their respective business operations.

The event is divided into two parts, starting from “Lightning Talk,” in which each industry partner gives a three-minute overview of their company to the students using one PowerPoint slide with the company name and presenter's name displayed on it, and followed by the "Main Session" in which each company has up to 20 minutes to provide students a more detailed description of their business and the areas of research and development they are particularly focused on, either verbally or with an interactive demonstration.

The event has generated a high level of interest, with 192 students from 11 schools registered as participants this year.

Honda Motor Europe Iberia Branch started a two-week safety training program in 1992, which has been upscaled in 2009 to an all-year program offered at a motorcycle traffic education center named Honda Institute of Safety (HIS) located 20 minutes from Barcelona. The center built on a 20,000 square-meter property includes a building, an asphalt track, an off road track, and also a skid line for brake testing. Training activities are available all year long (excluding summer and winter holidays) and every day from Monday through Sunday. During the weekdays, the training activities are focused on safety courses for professionals and corporations (i.e. police, delivery services, etc.), while on the weekend, they are open to general motorcycle users (including children), regardless of which brand of motorcycle they own.

To make it easily accessible for the participants, HIS provides all necessary riding equipment and also motorcycles (around 50 units from 50cc to 500cc). The training program portfolio includes 11 courses, which are normally 6 or 8-hour long. These courses designed by HIS are based on defensive training and risk prevention. Training quality is one of HIS key targets. Since 2018, one of the HIS safety training programs has been certified with the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label for safety training, while achieving an average of 9.6 out of 10 in participants’ satisfaction score. With regards to the participation rate, HIS has accumulated already more than 25,000 participants from 2009 to 2022, while the plan for 2023 is to reach 1,250.

Honda Italia Industriale, S.P.A. (HII) has been transporting large quantities of cleaning solvents (thinners) and used paints discharged from its painting facility area to an outside plant for disposal at high cost. The company's Energy ∧ Environment Department and Paint Department decided to launch a project to recover and recycle solvents using a distillation equipment in order to reduce waste and costs at the same time.

The distiller used in this project distills used degreasing and cleaning solvents that would otherwise be discarded through a simple process. Solvents condensed in this process are recovered and treated for reuse. Treated solvents do not change their original properties after the distillation process, so they could be reused over and over again.

The project, which began in April 2023 with the installation of solvent recovery equipment, is targeted for completion in February 2024, and once the completed solvent recovery and recycling system is fully operational, it is expected to reduce waste by 45 tons and recover 40 tons of solvents annually.

Honda Motor Europe Ltd. Iberia Branch started a two-week safety training program in 1992, which has been upscaled in 2009 to an all-year program offered at a motorcycle traffic education center named Honda Institute of Safety (HIS) located 20 minutes from Barcelona.

The center built on a 20,000 square-meter property includes an asphalt track, an off road track, and also a skid line for brake testing. To make it easily accessible for the participants, HIS provides all necessary riding equipment and motorcycles as well (around 50 units from 50cc to 500cc).

The training program portfolio includes 11 courses, which are normally 6 or 8-hour long and are available every day, all year long (excluding summer and winter holidays). During the weekdays, the training activities are focused on safety courses for professionals and corporations (i.e. police, delivery services, etc.), while on the weekend, they are open to general motorcycle users (including children).

These courses designed by HIS are based on defensive training and risk prevention. Since 2018, one of the HIS safety training programs has been certified with the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label for safety training, while achieving an average of 9.6 out of 10 in participants’ satisfaction score.

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In 2023, Honda Manufacturing (Nigeria) Ltd. conducted a safety awareness campaign as part of its road safety initiative, with a total participation of 90 children, ages 8 to 11, from three elementary schools in Ota City, Ogun State. The children were given a classroom lecture on safety, in which the campaign slogan “Safety First” was introduced. This was followed by a practical training on how to ride a bicycle safely, explaining the various dangers of the traffic community and the necessary precautions. Honda hopes that the children will develop safe driving habits and lead traffic safety in their communities in the future.