TOKYO, Japan, August 25, 2012 - Honda Motor Co. Ltd. became
the world's first*1 mobility company to disclose estimates
of all of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions including
emissions from Honda's global business operations and
customer use of Honda motorcycles, automobiles and power
products.
By calculating and disclosing global GHG emissions as a
responsible company engaged in the area of mobility, Honda
will continue making proactive progress with its global
initiatives to reduce GHG and further extend the Honda LCA
(Life Cycle Assessment) approach.
The estimates of GHG emissions disclosed today by Honda
were calculated in conformity with the Greenhouse Gas
Protocol (GHG Protocol)*2, which are currently the most
widely used international accounting standards to measure
GHG emissions. The GHG Protocol defines three scopes of
emissions by categorizing different business activities.
Honda has been disclosing all Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions
since 2009 and disclosed a part of Scope 3 emissions
(global Category 11 emissions) for the first time on June
20, 2012. With today's disclosure of all Scope 3 emissions,
Honda has disclosed all GHG emissions defined by the GHG
Protocol.
Moreover, Honda today also disclosed for the first time on
its website (inside of web content titled the Environmental
documentary, "Honda Face" currently available only in
Japanese, URL:
http://www.honda.co.jp/environment/face/2012/), conditions
for the calculation of data required to determine Scope 3
Category 11 emissions, including customers' lifetime
product use and annual traveling distance.
*1 Honda internal research *2 GHG Protocol (the Greenhouse
Gas Protocol) is guideline determined by the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development and the World Resources
Institute for GHG accounting.
Honda's GHG emissions during the fiscal year ended March
31, 2012
(Calculated in conformity with GHG accounting and reporting
standards)
*3 CO2e is an abbreviation for the "carbon
dioxide-equivalent" which is calculated by converting six GHG
substances defined in the Kyoto Protocol [carbon dioxide
(CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons
(HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride
(SF6)] into the equivalent of CO2.
Scope 3 GHG emissions by category
* Honda excludes Categories 8, 9, 13 and 14 emissions from
the calculation of Scope 3 emissions for the following
reasons;
-
Category 8 (upstream leased asset) is included as a
consumption by the reporting company (Scope 1 and Scope
2)
-
Category 9 (downstream transportation and distribution)
is included in Category 4 (upstream transportation and
distribution)
-
Category 13 (downstream leased asset) is included in
Category 11 (use of sold products)
-
Category 14 (franchises) is not applicable as Honda does
not have any franchises
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