Climate Change Data

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2013-04 to 2014-03, 2015-04 to 2016-03, November 2022)

Reporting Period: 2013-04 to 2014-03

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Safety
  • Quality
  • Society
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Scored highest among Japanese companies in CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) Global 500 study and selected as one of twelve global leaders for climate change disclosure and performance.
  • Yorii Plant at Saitama Factory won 'Commendation for Preventative Measures against Global Warming by the Minister for the Environment'.

Social Achievements

  • Launched TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program (starting 2015) to promote exchanges between Japanese and American students.
  • Various philanthropic activities including beach clean-ups, environmental education for children, and support for disaster-stricken areas.
  • Introduced water-based paint at automotive dealers in Thailand, China, Indonesia, and Vietnam to reduce VOC emissions.

Governance Achievements

  • Expanded the scope of the World Environment and Safety Committee to include Society and Governance.
  • Established the CSR Planning Office under the Corporate Planning Division to strengthen central CSR planning capabilities.
  • Implemented a PDCA cycle for ongoing ESG initiatives.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Realize a collision-free mobile society.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve a 30% CO2 reduction for all motorcycles, automobiles, and power products' usage emissions compared to 2000 levels by 2020.
Short-term Goals:
  • Continue to strengthen the linkage between the management and execution of environmental measures and global strategy.

Environmental Challenges

  • Increasingly divergent customer expectations in different regions.
  • Growing global pressure on companies to disclose their environmental impacts.
  • Need to reduce environmental impact of industrial waste from after-sales business activities.
  • Need to prevent an increase in traffic deaths in developing countries.
  • Maintaining high product quality with increased localization of manufacturing and global procurement of parts.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Significant organizational restructuring to clarify roles and responsibilities and enable faster response to customer needs.
  • Active disclosure of environmental performance and initiatives in regional environmental reports.
  • Introduction of water-based paint at automotive dealers in Asia.
  • Development and incorporation of technologies aimed at preventing accidents and minimizing injury.
  • Integration of Honda quality requirements into each stage of development, procurement, and production.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier CSR Guidelines
  • CSR Checklist for suppliers
  • Honda Green Purchasing Guidelines
  • Pickup transportation to increase transport efficiency.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Fuel cell electric vehicles

Awards & Recognition

  • 'Commendation for Preventative Measures against Global Warming by the Minister for the Environment'
  • ATTT Awards grand prize for Safety Map
  • ATTT Awards excellence award for Whiteout Prediction
  • Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's Award for Outstanding Employer of People With Disabilities (Honda Sun co., ltd.)

Reporting Period: 2015-04 to 2016-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:285.10 million t-CO2e (total value chain)
Scope 1 Emissions:1.33 million t-CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:3.81 million t-CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:279.96 million t-CO2e
Water Consumption:4.8 million m3/year (manufacturing processes)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Safety
  • Quality
  • Society

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced CO2 emissions intensity of motorcycles, automobiles, and power products by a certain percentage compared to 2000 levels (specific figures not clearly stated, but progress towards a 30% reduction by 2020 is mentioned).
  • Introduced zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) system at Manesar Plant in India, saving 210,000 tons of water per year.
  • Installed 38.15 MW of solar power generation capacity in China.
  • Operated a 27 MW wind power facility in South America.

Social Achievements

  • Provided road safety and driving education activities for over six million people in Japan and expanding globally.
  • Launched the Honda Social Project in Brazil, providing vocational training to young people.
  • Donated Honda racing wheelchairs to Chinese Paralympic athletes.
  • Supported the TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program.

Governance Achievements

  • Established the Sustainability Strategy Committee, chaired by the President and CEO.
  • Revised the Honda Conduct Guidelines to the Honda Code of Conduct.
  • Established the Compliance Committee to strengthen compliance within the Group.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Cut total company CO2 emissions in half by 2050 compared with 2000 levels.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce CO2 emissions intensity of motorcycles, automobiles, and power products by 30% from 2000 levels by 2020.
  • Increase the ratio of vehicles adopting electric-powered technologies in total automobile sales to two-thirds by 2030.
  • Achieve zero-carbon mobility and daily living by 2020.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce CO2 emissions intensity per unit of production by 10% by FY2017 (baseline: FY2009).

Environmental Challenges

  • Climate change and its impact on CO2 emissions.
  • Energy risks due to dependence on fossil fuels.
  • Resource depletion and difficulty in obtaining rare earth metals.
  • Reputational risk and potential penalties from failure to comply with vehicle fuel economy regulations.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Set a target to halve total CO2 emissions by 2050 compared with 2000 levels.
  • Promoting the adoption of electric-powered technologies and increasing the use of low-environmental-impact vehicles.
  • Developing zero-emission technologies (FCVs, EVs).
  • Developing a system to produce zero CO2 emissions hydrogen using renewable energy.
  • Implementing 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) activities.
  • Building a management system called “SED” for joint product development by Sales, Engineering, and Development functions.
  • Coordinating research on trends in fuel economy regulations.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Honda Supplier CSR Guidelines
  • Honda Green Purchasing Guidelines
  • Purchasing Belief and Three Purchasing Principles
  • Purchasing Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Transition Risks
  • Failure to comply with vehicle fuel economy regulations
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products
  • Expansion of electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI G4 guidelines

Certifications: ISO 14001, EMAS, ISO 50001

Third-party Assurance: Deloitte Tohmatsu Evaluation and Certification Organization Co., Ltd.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • CLARITY FUEL CELL
  • EV-Cub Concept
  • Odyssey hybrid models
  • HondaJet

Awards & Recognition

  • CDP Japan 500 Climate Change Report 2015 (score of 100)
  • Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index
  • RobecoSAM Sustainability Award 2016 (Bronze Class rating)

Reporting Period: November 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Rights
  • Labor Standards
  • Safety
  • Environmental Management
  • Compliance
  • Responsible Sourcing
  • Information Disclosure

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Realize “the society with zero environmental burden”

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Selection of suppliers based on assessment of supplier performance in Q (quality), C (cost), D (Delivery), D (Development), and E (Environment) area as well as their initiatives in the area of human rights, labor, safety, compliance, risk, information protection

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: JAMA “Supplier CSR Guideline”, AIAG/CSR Europe “Sustainability Guiding Principles”

Certifications: ISO14001