Honda tells its 'green' story with 3rd annual environmental report
Honda today released its third annual report on the company's environmental performance in North America, with a special emphasis on global warming and energy sustainability as two of the most critical environmental challenges Honda is seeking to address through its many product, manufacturing and facilities initiatives.
The report looks at the environmental performance of the company's automobile, power sports and power equipment products, its 14 major manufacturing plants in North America, and the corporate activities of 15 Honda group companies in the region.
"We are pleased to provide our many customers and stakeholders with this report on Honda's ongoing efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of its operations in the North American region," said Tetsuo Iwamura, chief operating officer of Honda's North American Regional Operation. "As Honda's largest region for automobile sales and production, North America plays an important role in contributing to our company's global initiative to advance its environmental performance."
The 2007 North American Environmental Report is available for viewing and download at the company's corporate Web site at http://www.honda.com.
Following are highlights of the 2007 report:
Honda and Acura Automobiles
-- The company maintained its position as America's most fuel-efficient car company with an industry-leading U.S. corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) for model year 2006 Honda and Acura cars and light trucks of 29.1 miles per gallon. The company is seeking to increase its CAFE by five percent over 2005 levels by model year 2010.
-- Every model year 2007 Honda and Acura automobile designed and assembled in North America has achieved 90 percent or greater design recyclability.
-- Honda expanded sales of its ultra-clean, natural gas-powered Civic GX and the Phill(TM) home refueling appliance to additional Honda dealers in California and 20 dealers in New York.
-- The company has committed to the introduction of new, more efficient gasoline, gas-electric hybrid, and clean diesel powertrain technologies over the next several years.
-- 100 percent of model year 2007 Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the U.S. met or exceeded both California's and the U.S. EPA's stringent Tier 2 Bin 5 exhaust emissions standards, without the use of fleet averaging.
Power Sports Products
-- The company has applied cleaner, quieter and more efficient 4-stroke engine technology to the breadth of its North American power sports product lineup and is expanding the use of programmable fuel injection (PGM-FI) for further improvements in emissions and fuel efficiency.
Power Equipment and Marine Products
-- The company has applied 4-stroke engine technology to its complete North American power equipment line, and in the U.S. is applying the more stringent California emissions standards to products sold in all 50 states.
North American Manufacturing ("Green Factory")
-- Thirteen of the 14 major North American manufacturing plants operating during FY2007 were third-party certified to the ISO 14001:2004 environmental management standard
-- CO2 emissions from automobile manufacturing(2) increased about 37 percent to 1.07 million metric tons from an FY2001 baseline of 0.78 million metric tons, due in large part to increased production activity.
-- CO2 emissions intensity, as measur
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