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Environmental Annual Report 2 011 Honda Case Studies and 取り組み事例集と補足情報Supplementary Information ENVIRONMENTAL ANNUAL RePORT 2 011 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 2-1-1 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-8556, Japan Environmental information disclosure The Honda Environmental Annual Report is published yearly. It presents environmental corporate information, including Honda’s policies and future direction with respect to the environment. The report focuses particularly on the results of the year’s initiatives in each management domain, and on progress made toward targets from the Persons responsible point of view of Honda's corporate activities throughout its products’ life cycles. Complementing the disclosure of Sales and services Head Office .................................................................. Takao Aoki environmental corporate information, Honda’s website (http://world.honda.com/environment/index. Automobile .............................................................. Shigeaki Kato Honda R&D Co., Ltd. html) provides further details about the results in each domain (for instance, environmental impact Yasumasa Shimizu Automobile R&D Center (Wako)/ data for each Honda facility), and also presents the history of Honda's environmental initiatives. Motorcycle ........................................................... Masaharu Iuchi Fundamental Technology Research Center/ By disclosing a wide range of information, we hope to facilitate communication and feedback, Power Products ............................................Takaoki Watanabe Aircraft Engine R&D Center ................................ Akio Yagasaki thereby strengthening our environmental conservation initiatives going forward. Service and Parts .................................................Noriya Kaihara Motorcycle R&D Center/Power Products R&D Center Recycle Promotion Office ............................ Hideaki Kobayashi ........................................................................Fumihiko Nakamura Automobile R&D Center (Tochigi).........................Jun Yanada Information focusing on annual initiatives Comprehensive environmental information Purchasing ..................................................... Akifumi Suganuma Automobile R&D Center (Takasu Proving Ground) ..........................................................................................Koji Kawai Factory and office operations environmental administrators Honda Engineering Co., Ltd.......................... Masuhiro Sakurai Saitama Factory .........................................................Shigeo Ono Tochigi Factory ......................................................Koichi Aonami Logistics Hamamatsu Factory ............................. Masamichi Matsumura Products and service parts sets .................... Toshihide Nakai Case Suzuka Factory .................................................. Masaomi Ajioka Main Studies and Online Kumamoto Factory ........................................... Takayoshi Fukai Administration report Supplementary Information Automobile New Model Center ...............Hiroyuki Yoshihara Administration ............................................................ Takao Aoki Quality Innovation Center Tochigi ..................Yukihiro Kariya Personnel ............................................................. Tetsuya Tsutsui Corporate Communications ............................... Masaya Nagai Environmental annual report The Honda Worldwide website’s Intellectual Property .................................. Yuichiro Kawamura The Honda Environmental Report is comprised of two parts: the Main environment section Report, which focuses on annual environmental initiatives, and the Note: Current as of June 1, 2011. Case Studies and Supplementary Information, available exclusively on http://world.honda.com/ Honda’s web site, which covers specific initiatives in each of the environment/index.html domains introduced in the report. Honda global environmental symbol and slogan Editorial policy for the Honda Environmental Annual Report Early in its history, Honda recognized that an involvement in efforts to combat various kinds of environmental problems was one of its most important management priorities. We publish the Honda Environmental Annual Report to inform the public about our environmental initiatives over the preceding year. This is the 14th edition of the Honda Environmental Annual Report, which was first published in 1988. As of 2011, Honda regards global climate change and energy issues as being particularly important among the many environmental problems that exist today. (see Page 6 for details.) To combat these problems, Honda is working to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases resulting from its business activities and from the use of its products, and has set medium-term targets for this purpose (see Page 8). Under our mid-term management plan, we have also formulated and are steadily implementing environmental initiatives to combat other environmental problems (see Page 10). We will continue to inform the public about these initiatives, and in particular about the progress we have made each year, through the Honda Environmental Annual Report. Other information, including details and data, are regularly posted on our website, as indicated in Disclosure of Honda Environmental Information. Our goal under the Honda Environmental Vision is to leave the joy and freedom of mobility for future Other key information disclosure generations (for our children). That is why we must Honda’s environmental reports and website also contain corporate information other than that concerning the environment. create a sustainable society where people can enjoy Honda is continuously working to enhance communication with its stakeholders by making information about its various life (blue skies). These aspirations are symbolized in activities easy to understand and encourages feedback. Honda regards full communication with all stakeholders as essential to our environmental slogan and symbol. further improving its activities, and welcomes feedback to this and all of the reports listed below. V CSR Presents Honda’s ideas on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and its Information initiatives in the areas of quality and safety, environment and society. CSR website: http://world.honda.com/CSR/index.html CSR report: http://world.honda.com/CSR/report/ V Investor Presents information on Honda’s business performance. Information Investor information: http://world.honda.com/investors/index.html Please direct enquiries to: Annual report: http://world.honda.com/investors/library/annual_report/ ● Environment & Safety Planning Office Production company (Japanese and English versions) Tel: +81-(0)3-5412-1155 SHIAN INC., Tokyo, Japan V Information on Presents the ideas behind Honda’s philanthropic activities, Fax: +81-(0)3-5412-1154 Philanthropic and its main initiatives. Publisher Activities This report can also be found on the Social activities website: http://world.honda.com/community/index.html Honda Worldwide website: Environment & Safety Planning Office http://world.honda.com/environment/report/ V Presents Honda’s safety initiatives from two perspectives: activities aimed at Manager Safety index.html?id=6 Information promoting product safety and those aimed at promoting traffic safety. Michio Shinohara Safety activities： http://world.honda.com/safety/index.html Editors Driving safety promotion activities： Hisashi Kato, Fumie Kimijma, Shunsuke Kawasaki http://www.honda.co.jp/safetyinfo/ (This URL is Japanese only) Report on driving safety promotion activities： http://www.honda.co.jp/safetyinfo/report/index.html (This URL is Japanese only) 51 CONTENTS Honda Group case studies 04 Adding 2.4MW capacity thin-film solar panels at business sites in Japan Home Power Generation Business Planning Office Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 07 CO2 emissions reduced by approximately 1,400 tons through thermal recycling and the development of a smaller VOC treatment facility Plastic Department, Saitama Factory, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 11 VOCs reduced by 50% through the use of water-based base coatings and special coatings for inner panels Paint & Plastic Department, Suzuka Factory, Honda Motor, Co., Ltd. 16 New treatment facilities deliver best wastewater quality in the industry Facilities Department, Suzuka Factory, Honda Motor Co., Ltd 20 Eco-responsible initiatives combined to create advanced Green Factory Business Administration Division, Facilities Control Department, Hamamatsu Factory, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 25 Cutting CO2 by 21% through a modal shift Production Operations, Production Planning & Logistics Division, Honda Motor, Co., Ltd. 28 2010 Honda Green Conference Honda Motor, Co., Ltd. 32 CO2 emissions reduced by 30% through installation of a gas heat pump Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Administration Division, Real Estate Management Department Kyowa Sogo Management Co., Ltd. Shinryo Corporation Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd., R&D Center Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Engineering, Laboratory of Building Environment 36 Reducing CO2 emissions through a water cycle framework Kaneta Kogyo Co., Ltd. Initiatives in Japan 40 Product development 41 Product recycling (reduce, reuse, recycle) 43 Administration Additional information 44 Automobile environmental performance information (Japan) 45 Motorcycle environmental performance information (Japan) 46 Power products environmental performance information (Japan) 47 Japan facilities information 1 Advancing operations in 6 regions Driven by its philosophy of building products close
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