Nissan and Honda earn perfect score in Japan 500 Climate Change Report 2015

Nissan and Honda have both earned a score of 100 in the CDP Japan 500 Climate Change Report 2015, which analyzes the initiatives of 500 largest companies in addressing countermeasures against global warming and the disclosure of information regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

This year, Nissan was able to earn the perfect score under the company’s policy of going to minimise the impact on the environment, in the new car until 2050 CO ₂ emissions a (Well to Wheel) to set a long-term vision of reducing 90% compared with 2000, it was subjected to high information disclosure transparent about the environment due to the fact that has been evaluated. Nissan has also been leading the electric vehicle programme with its all-electric Leaf and more recently the ‘Leaf to Home’ power supply to the home from the car by the realisation of the power usage peak cut.

Tagawa Joji, managing executive officer, said: "It is a great honour to be able to get a high rating. At Nissan, increasing the efficient use of energy and resources, while promoting the development of a sustainable mobility society and developing innovative products such as the electric car is our mission. We will continue our efforts for an environmental philosophy of ‘people, vehicles and nature of symbiosis.”

Honda also tops
With the perfect disclosure score, for the fifth consecutive year, Honda was listed as one of the companies in the CDP's ‘Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI)’, which names the world's most advanced companies in the area of disclosures related to global climate change.

Earning a perfect disclosure score indicates that Honda was recognised for its commitment to proper disclosures and the ability to utilise its climate data in making corporate decisions toward the realization of a low carbon society.

Paul Dickinson, executive chairman and co-founder of CDP, says: “As the world looks beyond the Paris climate change negotiations and prepares for a low carbon future, reliable information about how companies are responding to the transition will be ever more valuable. For this reason, we congratulate those businesses that have achieved a position on CDP's Climate Disclosure Leadership Index.”

CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international, not-for-profit organization providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. CDP works with market forces, including 822 institutional investors with assets of US$95 trillion, to motivate companies to disclose their impacts on the environment and natural resources and take action to reduce them. More than 5,500 companies disclosed environmental information through CDP in 2015.