Ever since the 1960s, Honda has actively endeavored to solve environmental problems. We developed the low-pollution CVCC engine that successfully reduced carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, while we were the world’s first automaker to comply with U.S.
The Clean Air Act in the 1970s – a regulation thought at the time to be the most stringent in the world. In 1992, we released the Honda Environment Statement, which serves as a guideline for all environmental initiatives, in order to articulate the basic stance, we had developed until then to reduce environmental impact at every stage in the life cycle of our products, rather than limiting the scope to the design/ development and production stages.
In addition, for Honda to further promote the above-mentioned environmental initiatives and continue to be a company that society wants to exist, we established the Honda Environmental and Safety Vision in 2010.
Aimed at the realization of the joy and
freedom of mobility and a sustainable society where people
can enjoy life as is declared in this vision, each of Honda’s
global business sites is engaging in the reduction of all kinds
of environmental impacts from the aspects of both production based and corporate activities, beginning with greenhouse gas
emissions, which are considered to be a cause of climate change,
and energy and resource use.
