June 23, 2008-Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today issued the Honda Environmental Annual Report 2008, outlining results of the company's environmental initiatives for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 as well as targets for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. In the report, Honda discloses a wide range of information, including progress made during the previous fiscal year toward Honda 2010 global CO2 reduction targets and FY2011 environmental footprint reduction targets for business activities in Japan, as well as initiatives to be implemented to achieve such targets. Honda has expanded the scope of consolidated data and the extent of global information included within this report.
Published annually since 1998, which makes this year's report the 11th edition, the Honda Environmental Annual Report serves both as an annual report on the targets and progress of environmental initiatives based on the Honda Environmental Statement released in 1992, and as a communication tool for collecting feedback and comments from a broad range of parties regarding Honda’s environmental policies and practices.
The principal achievements announced in the report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, are as follows:
Progress toward 2010 global CO2 reduction targets for products and production
- Honda made progress toward achieving its CO2 reduction targets, as strives to become a company that manufactures products with the lowest CO2 emissions at manufacturing plants with the lowest CO2 emissions.
| Domain | 2010 Targets (vs. fiscal year ended March 31, 2001) |
Progress made during fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 (vs. fiscal year ended March 31, 2001) |
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| Products | Automobiles | Per g/km | 10% Reduction | 6.0% Reduction |
| Motorcycles | Per g/km | 10% Reduction | 11.2% Reduction | |
| Power Products | Per kg/hour | 10% Reduction | 9.7% Reduction | |
| Production | Automobiles | Per one unit of production | 10% Reduction | 7.2% Reduction |
| Motorcycles | Per one unit of production | 20% Reduction | 41.0% Reduction | |
| Power Products | Per one unit of production | 20% Reduction | 12.3% Increase | |
Correction: August 5, 2008
Progress toward FY2011 environmental footprint reduction targets for business activities in Japan
- Honda announced progress made toward targets announced in June 2007.
| Issue | Scope | Item | Target (vs. fiscal year that ended March 31, 2001 unless otherwise noted) |
Progress made during fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 (vs. target year) |
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| Energy/Global Warming | Production | CO2 emissions | 30% Reduction (compared to FY1991) |
Unit energy consumption | 28.4% Reduction | |
| Logistics | CO2 emissions | 10% Reduction (baseline: FY2007) |
As % of revenue | 9.8% Reduction | ||
| Substances with Environmental Impact | Production | VOC emissions | 35% Reduction | Per area of automobile body painted | 34.8% Reduction | |
| Recycling | Overall business activities | Landfill disposal outside of Honda facilities | Zero waste for all facilities | Achieved | ||
| Production | Landfill waste | 10% Reduction | As % of revenue | 16.3% Reduction | ||
| Water use | 30% Reduction | As % of revenue | 33.6% Reduction | |||
| Logistics | Use of packing materials | 45% Reduction | As % of revenue | 43.1% Reduction | ||
| Vehicle recycling | Automobiles | ASR recycle rate | 70% or more | 77.8% | ||
| Motorcycles | Effective Recycling rate | 95% or more (by FY2016) | 84.6% | |||