Reducing CO₂

When it comes to CO₂ and cars, the talk usually focuses on limiting on-the-road emissions. But at Honda, we look at reducing emissions throughout the entire product life cycle – from research through to disposal.

Life cycle emissions

Our Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) programme, launched in 2002, found that the CO₂ emitted over the life cycle of a Honda vehicle breaks down like this:

• 78% (approx) out on the road
• 6% in putting our vehicles together
• The remaining 16% through the other stages of production – raw materials, transportation, etc.

Setting targets

By 2010, we want our CO₂ emissions to have dropped by at least 10% compared to 2000 levels. And that’s 10% throughout each stage of a vehicle’s life cycle, including production.