Honda Gets ‘CII GreenCo Star Performer Award’

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd (HMSI) was recently presented with coveted GreenCo Star Performer Award at the 8th edition of CII GreenCo Summit. Honda’s manufacturing plant in Narsapura (Karnataka) was recognized with the award for its environmental sustainable initiatives.

Taking sustainable initiatives, Narsapura Plant reduced its water consumption by over 80,000 KL per year by the process of recycling and reuse. The manufacturing plant has also saved around 52.8 million kWh per year through on-site and off-site solar energy utilization. In addition to this, several initiatives such as solar dishes, solar sludge drying, waste heat recovery, and cohesive painting contribute towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Out of the eleven green-rated companies to receive this award across all industries, Honda 2Wheelers India is the first and only two-wheeler manufacturer to receive this recognition. Mr. V Sridhar - Group Vice President & Director, Manufacturing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India and Mr. Joseph Selvaraj-Division Head-Plant Engineering, Narsapura Plant, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India received the award at CII GreenCo Summit 2019.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. V Sridhar, Group Vice President & Director, Manufacturing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India said, “We at Honda are committed to give Blue Skies for Our Children and constantly work to contribute towards the cause of environment by bringing in green technology into our products and processes. We are very happy that our efforts towards a greener environment have been recognized by CII. This award will further encourage us to explore and research more avenues to go green."

Honda 2Wheelers India wins 4 more awards

In addition to this, Honda’s Narsapura Manufacturing plant bagged two prominent recognitions – ‘Most Innovative Project’ award and ‘Most Useful Project’ award at the 6th edition of CII Environmental Best Practices Award 2019, organized in association with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The award was presented for Narsapura’s project on ‘Approach towards net-zero factories on water and energy’. 

Making its debut at the awards, Honda’s Tapukara(Rajasthan) plant received recognition for ‘Most Innovative Environment Project’ award and ‘Most Useful Environment Project’ award for its ‘Geothermal Air-Conditioning Cooling’.

Honda’s Narsapura and Tapukara manufacturing plants were among the top three winners of the ‘Most Useful Project’ award. Total nine companies all across India received the ‘Most Innovative Project’ award at the Summit.