The Children's Idea Contest is a next-generation development program that has been held since 2002, aimed at helping children experience the joy and value of having dreams, taking on challenges, and the fun of creating things. By drawing their dreams and going through the process of making their creations, children are given an opportunity to develop the creativity and ingenuity needed to thrive in a future world filled with uncertainty. The contest that marked its 23rd year in 2025 received 9,755 entries, bringing the total number of entries to over 110,000. Through this initiative, Honda continues to widely provide opportunities to foster a highly imaginative next generation.

In Canada, recognizing that participation in STEM fields remains limited among certain communities, we support initiatives to amplify the voices and unlock the potential of all people.

As part of this effort, we supported an annual national conference hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University that aims to celebrate and foster inclusivity in STEM fields. This conference, attended by approximately 250 students, enhances the participation of diverse talent across STEM fields through interaction and collaboration among students and professionals.

To further promote equity in STEM fields, we also support programs such as the Black Youth in STEM (BYiS) program at Queen’s University. This program provides mentorship, financial support, and hands-on skill-building opportunities for Black youth, helping them make informed future pathway choices and develop their careers. We also support the Soaring Skills program in partnership with Skills Canada, which offers Indigenous youth opportunities to develop leadership skills and explore career pathways in technical fields.

In 2006, we launched the Honda Beach Clean-up Activity, which was based on our desire to ensure that the next generation will be able to experience the joy of walking barefoot on sandy beaches. The activity utilizes the Beach Cleaner, which can clean the beach without damaging the beach ecosystem. We originally developed the cleaner based on our desire to use Honda’s technologies to clean the trash that ends up washed ashore.

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, we conducted the activity at 30 locations throughout Japan (28 prefectures) and collected approximately 25 tons of trash.

We also cooperated with a reconstruction support event at Mitsuke Beach in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which suffered tsunami damage in the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

Originally initiated by our associates and former associates, the activity has now expanded its circle of cooperation to include the entire Honda Group and local residents across the country, with more than 7,000 participants per year. To date, the activity has been conducted 484 times, and the total amount of trash collected has reached approximately 592 tons.

The Honda Group in China has continued Afforestation project since 2008 in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where severe desertification has progressed due to population growth and overgrazing. This initiative aims to increase forest area, prevent water and soil loss, and improve the local ecological environment. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, approximately 60,000 saplings were planted. To date, a total of 65 million yuan has been invested, with approximately 2.13 million saplings planted and a greening area exceeding 16.33 million square meters.

We are also collaborating with external organizations to implement a mangrove ecological protection project in Wenchang, Hainan, and Zhanjiang, Guangdong. In addition to biodiversity conservation, this project engages in comprehensive activities that include the measurement and accounting of blue carbon absorbed and stored in mangrove ecosystems. Through this effort, we aim to achieve both ecosystem restoration and climate change mitigation and establish a system for a sustainable cycle of conservation activities.

Phase 1 (2023–2027) plans to conserve approximately 1.2 million square meters or more of mangroves, and to date, more than 660,000 square meters of mangroves have been protected and planted. This mangrove ecological protection project was selected by the Environmental Education Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China as a 2025 Business and Biodiversity Conservation Best Practice. The project was also successfully included in the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference’s “Blue Partnership” Outstanding Cases of Marine Ecological Protection and Restoration.

In Indonesia, we have established a safe riding education facility, the Safety Riding Lab, within high schools and offer motorcycle safe riding education program for students and institutions.

The Safety Riding Lab provides three-zone of educational programs, including riding simulation experiences to improve riding skills, traffic safety education using video materials, and actual riding using motorcycles and safety gear.

By engaging in regular activities under the guidance of instructors, we aim to establish traffic safety education as an extracurricular activity and make it a part of students’ daily habits. This initiative also helps train safety riding agents in each school.

In addition, we held a competition for students belonging to the Safety Riding Lab to evaluate their knowledge and skills related to safe riding, as well as the creativity and ingenuity of their awareness-raising activities. Highly evaluated students are selected to participate in the Safety Riding Camp, which aims to develop future leaders capable of promoting traffic safety within their communities. Through such a system to evaluate initiatives undertaken at each school, we are working to improve the overall quality of these initiatives.

In the fiscal year ended March 2026, the programs reached 23,346 participants.

In Brazil, we conduct the “Clubinho Honda” traffic safety awareness program for children aged 4 to 10, with the aim of helping them learn about traffic safety from an early age. This initiative simulates urban traffic conditions and provides children with hands-on opportunities to learn traffic rules while riding mini electric scooters. In addition, by incorporating video materials, the program helps children learn traffic rules and the importance of being considerate of pedestrians in a fun and engaging way.

Since its launch at local Traffic Education Centers in 2013, the program has expanded its activities to schools and community events in collaboration with educational boards in multiple cities. To date, the program has reached more than 250,000 children.

In India, many women find it difficult to access appropriate medical care due to insufficient medical infrastructure and social factors. In light of this situation, we have been implementing Project Swabhiman since 2021 to improve women’s health.

Through the provision of free medical services, distribution of sanitary pads, home visits for pregnancy and childbirth registration, vaccination/immunization support, and health and hygiene awareness-raising activities, we have supported more than 86,000 women to date. Through the initiative, we aim to strengthen local healthcare systems and support women in leading healthier, more independent lives based on accurate information.

In Nigeria, while women play a vital role in agriculture, limited access to and utilization of agricultural equipment and knowledge has posed challenges to improving productivity and income. In light of this situation, we provided Honda products such as tillers to women working in rural areas and conducted training sessions on agricultural management. Through this initiative, we aim to foster the economic independence of women in rural areas while contributing to food security and sustainable regional development.