Climate Change Data

Hino Motors

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)

Reporting Period: 2017

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:391,100 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:348 GWh/year
Water Consumption:2,879,000 m3/year
Waste Generated:58,063 tons/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Launched the Hino Environmental Challenge 2050 with ambitious goals for reducing environmental impact.
  • Reduced CO2 emissions per vehicle by 38% compared to FY2008.
  • Reduced waste emissions per vehicle by 38% compared to FY2008.
  • Reduced water usage per vehicle by 46% compared to FY2008.

Social Achievements

  • Achieved a historic high in global sales of trucks and buses, surpassing 180,000 units.
  • Implemented initiatives for human resources development and work-style reform.
  • Maintained a stable number of young people working in the sugar cane industry on Minami Daito Island.
  • Continued to support customers’ businesses with “Total Support” after-sales service.

Governance Achievements

  • Appointed its first non-Japanese director.
  • Revised its system of directors to increase the effectiveness of corporate governance.
  • Established a Corporate Governance Committee to enhance corporate governance.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • New Vehicle Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge
  • Life Cycle Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge
  • Factory Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve 26% reduction in CO2 emissions per unit compared to FY2008.
  • Achieve 43% reduction of amount of waste generated per unit compared to FY2008.
  • Achieve 40% reduction of water usage per unit compared to FY2008.

Environmental Challenges

  • Global warming caused by CO2 emissions.
  • Driver shortage accompanying the growth of e-commerce.
  • Heightened safety needs brought about by the aging of society.
  • Need to address limited transportation in sparsely populated areas.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developing next-generation vehicles (electric, hybrid, fuel cell).
  • Implementing technological innovations to support drivers (improved operability, comfort, reduced unloading burden).
  • Enhancing safety features (automatic brakes, collision avoidance systems).
  • Exploring new activity areas in logistics and transportation (autonomous driving, platooning).

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Fair and transparent transactions
  • Green purchasing

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards 2016/2018, ISO 26000

Certifications: ISO 14001

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Goal 13: Climate Action

Hino's initiatives contribute to these goals through its business activities, including product development, manufacturing, and community engagement.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Electric vehicles
  • Fuel cell vehicles

Awards & Recognition

  • Japan's Environment Minister's Award (Hino Green Fund)
  • Good Design Award 2018 (EDSS)

Reporting Period: 2018

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:396.1 thousand tons of CO2 (Global)
Scope 1 Emissions:152 thousand tons of CO2
Scope 2 Emissions:23 thousand tons of CO2
Scope 3 Emissions:346 thousand tons of CO2
Total Energy Consumption:373 GWh (Non-Consolidated)
Water Consumption:2,937 thousand tons (Japan)
Waste Generated:57,869 t (Japan)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Released new models of Hino Profia heavy-duty trucks and Hino Ranger medium-duty trucks with improved fuel efficiency.
  • Released an improved model of Hino Dutro light-duty trucks with improved fuel efficiency.
  • Released and improved model of Hino S’elega heavy-duty tourist buses with improved fuel efficiency.
  • Reduced CO2 emissions per unit by 34% compared to FY2008 (Global).
  • Reduced CO2 emissions per unit of transport volume by 27% compared to FY2008 (Consolidated Companies in Japan).
  • Reduced amount of waste generated per unit by 36% compared to FY2008 (Consolidated Companies in Japan).
  • Reduced water usage per unit by 47% compared to FY2008 (Consolidated Companies in Japan).

Social Achievements

  • Established NEXT Logistics Japan, Ltd. to optimize logistics.
  • Opened the “Technical Support and Training Center” in the Philippines to strengthen support.
  • Increased the number of women in management positions to 43.
  • Established in-house nursery schools (Ton-Ton Kids).

Governance Achievements

  • Appointed its first non-Japanese director.
  • Established a Corporate Governance Committee.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Reduce new vehicle CO2 emissions by 90% by 2050.
  • Achieve zero factory CO2 emissions.
  • Achieve life cycle zero CO2 emissions.
  • Achieve zero waste.
  • Minimize and optimize water usage.
  • Minimize the impact on biodiversity.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Sell 300,000 new vehicles by 2025.
  • Boost the rate of service visits to 50% by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • Serious traffic accidents
  • CO2 emissions
  • Sustainable growth for customers' businesses
  • Crises in logistics, such as driver shortages
  • Global warming
  • Biodiversity crisis
  • Worsening water environment problems
  • Resource depletion
  • Human rights and labor problems in the value chain
  • Driver shortage
  • Deteriorating transportation efficiency
  • Increasing number of people with limited mobility
Mitigation Strategies
  • Accelerating the introduction of new-generation safety technologies (EDSS, PCS, Driver Monitor).
  • Popularizing hybrid vehicles and promoting the development of EV and FCV.
  • Forging closer ties with customers and proposing new forms of logistics (NEXT Logistics Japan).
  • Building environmentally friendly plants using natural energy.
  • Minimizing environmental impact in each step of the truck and bus business.
  • Developing partners that have the same dreams.
  • Training human resources to help people and goods get to where they need to go.
  • Building a sustainable value chain.
  • Creating a corporate culture where all employees can fully maximize their potential.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier CSR Guidelines
  • Green Procurement Guidelines

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Frequent abnormal weather
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards 2016/2018

Certifications: ISO 14001

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being)
  • Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
  • Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
  • Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
  • Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)
  • Goal 13 (Climate Action)
  • Goal 15 (Life on Land)

Hino Motors’ truck and bus business contributes to the SDGs by reducing CO2 emissions, improving safety, supporting sustainable logistics, and promoting community development.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Hino Profia Hybrid
  • Hino Ranger
  • Hino Dutro
  • Hino S’elega
  • Electric vehicles (EV bus, electric light-duty trucks)
  • Fuel cell bus “SORA”

Awards & Recognition

  • Thailand Energy Award 2018
  • Japan’s Environment Minister’s Award (Hino Green Fund)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:360.4 kt CO2e (FY2019); 295.4 kt CO2e (FY2020)
Scope 1 Emissions:120 kt CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:180 kt CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:37,770 kt CO2e
Total Energy Consumption:345 GWh (FY2019); 293 GWh (FY2020)
Water Consumption:2,519,000 m³ (FY2019); 2,135,000 m³ (FY2020)
Waste Generated:52,281 tons (FY2019); 41,090 tons (FY2020)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced CO2 emissions by 27% compared to FY2008 (global average)
  • Reduced waste volume from production plants by 41% compared to FY2008 (Japan)
  • Reduced water usage per unit by 38% compared to FY2008 (Japan)
  • Reduced packaging materials used per unit of shipment volume by 72% compared to FY2008 (Japan)

Social Achievements

  • Launched NEXT Logistics Japan, Ltd., reducing transportation personnel by half and CO2 emissions by 32%
  • Established Minami Kanto Hino to combine three Hino Motors dealers, strengthening total support system
  • Customer Technical Center welcomed 100,000 visitors, contributing to CO2 emissions and traffic accident reduction

Governance Achievements

  • Appointed first non-Japanese director in April 2018
  • Established a Corporate Governance Committee to increase the effectiveness of corporate governance

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Hino Environmental Challenge 2050: reduce environmental impact to zero by 2050
  • 100% electrification of vehicles by 2050
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve the targets and goals of Challenge 2025 by 2025
  • Boost the rate of service visits 50% by 2025
  • Reduce vehicle life cycle CO2 emissions by 25% compared to fiscal 2013 (global average)
  • Reduce CO2 emitted during vehicle use by 40% compared to fiscal 2013 (global average)
  • Reduce CO2 emissions from factories by 40% compared to fiscal 2013 (global plant average)
  • Reduce waste volume from production plants by more than 30% compared to fiscal 2018
  • Transform all global production plants into worksites that are in harmony with nature
Short-term Goals:
  • Achieve a stable business structure by 2022

Environmental Challenges

  • Serious traffic accidents
  • CO2 emissions
  • Driver shortages
  • Deteriorating transportation efficiency
  • Increasing number of people with limited mobility
  • Global warming
  • Biodiversity crisis
  • Worsening water environment problems
  • Resource depletion
  • Human rights and labor problems in the value chain
Mitigation Strategies
  • Challenge 2025 medium-to-long-term management strategy focusing on zero traffic accident casualties, major reductions in CO2 emissions, support for customers' business growth, and enhanced efficiency in transporting goods and logistics
  • Hino Environmental Challenge 2050 aiming to reduce environmental impact to zero
  • Hino Environmental Milestone 2030 setting mid-term targets for 2030
  • Various environmental initiatives covering CO2 reduction, water environment conservation, and biodiversity conservation
  • Partnerships with like-minded organizations to maximize synergistic effects
  • Supplier CSR Guidelines and Green Procurement Guidelines to promote environmental initiatives throughout the supply chain
  • Internal reporting system to prevent and swiftly resolve compliance issues
  • Risk Management Committee to manage major risks in corporate management

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier CSR Guidelines
  • Green Purchasing Guidelines

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather
Transition Risks
  • Regulatory changes
  • Market shifts
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards 2016/2018

Certifications: ISO 14001

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 14: Life Below Water
  • Goal 15: Life On Land
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Hino's strategies and initiatives align with these SDGs through its focus on safety, environmental responsibility, and sustainable development.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Electric vehicles (BEV and FCEV)
  • Fuel cell vehicles

Awards & Recognition

  • FY2020 Catalysis Society of Japan Award for Technological Progress
  • Special Prize for the 22nd Logistics Environment Award
  • Japan’s Environment Minister’s Award (Hino Green Fund)
  • Minister Prize of Economic, Trade and Industry (Hino Profia Hybrid)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Building environmentally friendly plants using natural energy (solar and geothermal)
  • Reduction of CO2 emissions in truck and bus manufacturing

Social Achievements

  • Japan’s first domestically produced articulated bus began service in Yokohama City, contributing to safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient transportation.
  • Autonomous driving demonstration experiment of heavy dump trucks at a dam construction site to address aging workforce and labor shortage issues.
  • Opened “Technical Support and Training Center” in the Philippines to strengthen support for mechanics.

Governance Achievements

  • Collaboration with Toyota Group and other like-minded organizations to maximize synergistic effects for a sustainable society.
  • Supplier CSR Guidelines and Green Procurement Guidelines implemented to ensure responsible supply chain practices.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Hino Environmental Challenge 2050 (minimize environmental impact of trucks and buses)

Environmental Challenges

  • Serious traffic accidents
  • CO2 emissions
  • Driver shortage
  • Deteriorating transportation efficiency
  • Reduction of loading efficiency in the logistics industry
  • Global warming
  • Worsening water environment problems (shortage and pollution)
  • Biodiversity crisis
  • Human rights and labor problems in the value chain
  • Resource depletion
  • Work-style issues
  • Discrimination
Mitigation Strategies
  • Challenge 2025 and Hino Environmental Challenge 2050 strategies
  • Partnerships with other companies to solve social issues
  • Environmental initiatives leading to sustainable production and sales
  • Supplier CSR Guidelines and Green Procurement Guidelines
  • Initiatives to support diverse human resources and employee participation
  • Human resource development focused on future flow of people and goods
  • Various environmental initiatives covering CO2 reduction, water environment conservation, and biodiversity conservation.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier CSR Guidelines
  • Green Procurement Guidelines

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Frequent abnormal weather

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • 3
  • 6
  • 7
  • 9
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 17

Hino Motors' strategies and initiatives align with various SDGs, focusing on safe and sustainable transportation, environmental protection, and social development.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Hino Blue-Ribbon Hybrid Articulated Bus