Honda Motor Company

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Honda Motor Company
Committed to environmental responsibility in
every area of business operations.
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Vehicles have an extremely harmful effect on the
environment including

• Atmospheric pollution
• Depletion of energy and resources
• Climate change

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Overview of Operations
Honda uses a Life Cycle Assessment system to
link all their business activities and assure
environmental awareness and responsibility. To do
this, the company is organized into 7 categories,
each with their own goals.

• Product Development
• Purchasing
• Production
• Transportation
• Sales
• Product Recycling
• Administration

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Product Development

• Concerns
• CO2
• Exhaust
• Noise

• Initiatives
• Fuel efficiency improvements
• Noise reduction
• Recyclability improvements
• Exhaust emissions reduction
• Development of alternative energy products
• Designing the 3Rs

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Purchasing

• Concerns
• Volume of CO2 emissions
• Volume of product
• Landfill waste volumes
• Noise
• Chemicals

• Initiatives
• IS 14001 Certification for suppliers
• Formulation of specific Honda Green Purchasing
  Guidelines
• Monitoring supplier activities and their
  environmental impact
• Zero emissions from suppliers

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Production

• Concerns
• Volume of CO2 emissions
• Volume of product
• Landfill waste volumes
• Noise
• Chemicals

• Initiatives
• Water based painting lines
• Home energy station
• Green factories goals to release zero emissions
• Saving energy and resources

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Transportation

• Initiatives
• Green logistics
• Packaging reduction
• Improving transportation efficiency
• Environmental Management Policy
• Introducing returnable containers
• Cleaner exhaust emissions

• Concerns
• Volume of CO2 emissions
• Waste

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Sales

• Concerns
• Removed parts
• Fluorcarbons
• Waste

• Initiatives
• Certification of green dealers
• Energy efficiency improvements
• Proper disposal of end-of-life products

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Product Recycling

• Concerns
• End of life products

• Concerns
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Policy
• Technical support for proper disposal
• Recycling of all end of life products/parts

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Administration

• Concerns
• Volume of CO2 emissions
• Waste

• Initiatives
• Development of green offices

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Products

• Fuel Cell Vehicledesigned using high efficiency
  fuel
• Honda Insight
• Accord i-DETC
• Civic GX
• HondaJet
• 4-Stroke Outboard Engines

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Green Tips

• The best way to warm up a vehicle is to drive it.
  Idling increases waste.
• Retune your vehiclethis greatly decreases
  exhaust emissions
• Drive the speed limit
• Convert to liquid petroleum gas
• Try other activitieswalking, biking, skating
• Re-fuel during cooler times of the daythis
  prevents gas fumes

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References

• www.world.honda.com
• www.aboutmyplanet.com