(November 8, 2016) MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Honda has released its 2016 North American Environmental Report (NAER) detailing the company"s environmental activities in North America, and disclosing the results of its efforts over the last fiscal year.

Honda expanded its global environmental strategy in 2016 in its continuing support of the company"s environmental vision and its challenging goal to halve total CO2 emissions from its products and operations globally by 2050, as compared to 2000 levels.

"From an environmental perspective, we are aggressively pursuing innovations that will help reduce CO2 emissions, which is society"s most pressing environmental challenge," said Toshiaki Mikoshiba, president & CEO of Honda North America, Inc. "We are pursuing environmental innovation across all aspects of our business with a strong focus on improving efficiency at every stage of the product life cycle."

The NAER illustrates Honda"s Environmental Vision as well as its approach to managing environmental efforts throughout the company. The 51-page report also features Honda"s stance on public policies as they pertain to energy usage and development of alternate-fuel vehicles and technologies.

The report is Honda"s 12th annual report on the environmental impact of its operations in North America, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, and covers the period from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 (fiscal year 2016).

2016 North American Environmental Report Highlights

Product Development

Honda and Acura have continued to expand their program of receiving material data from suppliers, allowing the company to better address the complexity of the evolving hazardous material regulation requirements.  As part of the ongoing effort to reduce or eliminate the use of potentially hazardous substance, 11 of the 15 Honda and Acura models sold in the U.S. or Canada in fiscal 2016 had PVC-free interiors.

Purchasing

Honda is also accounting for and reducing CO2 emissions within its North American supply chain, where the company works with more than 600 OEM parts suppliers. In FY16, suppliers representing nearly 95 percent of the company"s total North American new-vehicle parts purchases reported CO2 emissions data to Honda.
   
Honda increased its support of CNG-fueled trucks used on local transportation routes. The incorporation of CNG-powered trucks in FY16 resulted in the replacement of more than 930,000 gallons of diesel fuel and reduced CO2 emissions by 1,447 metric tons.

Manufacturing  

The CO2e emissions intensity of automobile production in North America in FY16 decreased 10 percent from a year ago despite all-time record levels of auto production, while total CO2e emissions from all North American manufacturing activities decreased 4.1 percent to 1.07 million metric tons in the same period.
   
Honda reduced waste sent to landfill from manufacturing facilities by 83 percent from year-ago levels based on the resolution of start-up issues at the Celaya, Mexico auto plant and has reduced waste-to-landfill from manufacturing by 92 percent since FY01ii.
   
Honda decreased its energy used per auto by 6.7 percent last year, reaching its most energy efficient level in eight years.