Cognizant of the fact that India has one of the highest fatalities from road accidents in the world, Honda 2Wheelers aims to work toward a “collision-free mobile society”. We at Honda proudly operate on a 4S dealership model encompassing sales, services, spares and safety. It is with this ideology that we have designed our CSR interventions in road safety in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well Being. Since 2001, the company has ensured safe commute to over 10 lakh people across all age groups by providing access to superior technology and creating an enabling environment.
While rapid economic development and urbanization should be seen as positive results of investing in the Indian economy, the unfortunate reality is that, India's vast natural resources and environment are degrading at a rapid rate. From improper planning of development activities and setting up of polluting industrial units to rigorous agricultural practices and incongruous consumption patterns have been contributing factors towards creating an imbalance in the relationship between people and ecosystems.
As responsible and law abiding corporate citizens, we believe our task lies in preserving global environment through recycling and conserving at every stage of our products life cycle by enhancing research, design, production, sales and disposal. It gives us immense joy to say that all Honda plants have received ISO 14001:2015 Standard certification by December 2017. However, after achieving standards of excellence in resource management and conservation within our organisation we wished to expand our vision of 'Zero greenhouse emissions and unhindered mobility amongst our communities. Thus, we designed our outreach campaigns in alignment to United Nation's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To build a sustainable and greener future we have aligned our CSR initiatives with Sustainability Goal 6 of Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13 of Climate Action and Goal 15 of Life on Land.
The aim for 2030 is a healthier world. Improvements in health outcomes has been embedded as a national development priority in India's political agenda for decades. However, statistics across the health sector in India continue to show the grim reality of challenges faced by a large portion of the Indian population living in rural areas. Basics of quality healthcare and medical services, including accessibility and affordability, continue to be a roadblock towards achieving better health across the country.Moreover, we at Honda 2Wheelers, recognise that health cannot be discussed in isolation. It is an issue that is intricately linked to unclean water and inadequate sanitation. All three aspects have to be addressed as a combined challenge.According to statistics, more than 1 billion people around the world have no access to safe, clean drinking water, and over 2.5 billion do not have adequate sanitation service. Of particular concern is the fact that over 2 million people die each year because of consumption of unsafe water - and most of them are children.
Resonating with the clarion call of “Health for All” under the United Nations' 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals and to strengthen the healthcare system by providing universally accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to all, we at Honda 2Wheelers, have focused part of our CSR programmes towards creating an integrated healthcare model. Our aim is to prioritise health care as a definitive step towards achieving long term sustainable impacts to make our societies healthier, more inclusive, and overall aligned to global goals surrounding health and well-being.
Ensuring inclusive and equitable education, and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all is essential for sustainable improvement in learning outcomes. Its prominence is enhanced given its role as an outcome multiplier, with its impact percolating to the other Sustainable Development Goals as well. Here at Honda 2Wheelers India, we recognize this role and are mindful of the potential that the access to quality education and skill development has for improving the lives of children. It is with this ethos that we envisaged our education interventions. With our focus on school education and the development of vocational skills, our aim is to ensure that children get a good head-start in their early education and develop relevant skills along the way, to equip them to be gainfully employed and economically empowered in the future.
Women empowerment means empowering women with all their rights they should have in the family, society, school, college and country just like a man. It is to make them able so that they can make own independent decisions for their personal development. The status of women in the Indian society is still backward because of the gender inequality. Women also should be given equal rights like men to really empower them. They should not be treated as weak gender of the society as they occupy almost half population of the country so they are half strength of the country. Women have more patience and effort; they can better develop their country.
Close to 70% of India's population resides in rural areas, however, there remains a yawning gap between rural and urban India with respect to infrastructure, standard of living, and economic empowerment. For the country to reach its development potential, it is imperative to bring rural areas at par with the urban areas through infrastructure development. In view of reducing the rural-urban disparities, government is working with the primary objective of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. Resonating with the policies of the government, we aim to provide urban amenities in rural areas. We are making efforts to improve lives of people of villages sustainably by supporting infrastructural development in the villages.
Sports is a vital component for overall development of an individual as well as that of a nation. In recent years, India has showcased tremendous potential in sports. To fine-tune this potential for the global platform, development of a durable and reliable sports ecosystem is needed. To fill this need, the Indian Government has introduced the Khelo India Programme which aims to provide world-class training and infrastructure facilities to talented sports person in urban and rural areas. However, the major challenge is recognising the talent in rural areas of the country. We at Honda 2Wheelers have taken various initiatives to promote sports among the youth, with particular focus on rural areas.
Cognizant of the fact that India has one of the highest fatalities from road accidents in the world, Honda 2Wheelers aims to work toward a “collision-free mobile society”. We at Honda proudly operate on a 4S dealership model encompassing sales, services, spares and safety. It is with this ideology that we have designed our CSR interventions in road safety in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well Being. Since 2001, the company has ensured safe commute to over 10 lakh people across all age groups by providing access to superior technology and creating an enabling environment.
While rapid economic development and urbanization should be seen as positive results of investing in the Indian economy, the unfortunate reality is that, India's vast natural resources and environment are degrading at a rapid rate. From improper planning of development activities and setting up of polluting industrial units to rigorous agricultural practices and incongruous consumption patterns have been contributing factors towards creating an imbalance in the relationship between people and ecosystems.
As responsible and law abiding corporate citizens, we believe our task lies in preserving global environment through recycling and conserving at every stage of our products life cycle by enhancing research, design, production, sales and disposal. It gives us immense joy to say that all Honda plants have received ISO 14001:2015 Standard certification by December 2017. However, after achieving standards of excellence in resource management and conservation within our organisation we wished to expand our vision of 'Zero greenhouse emissions and unhindered mobility amongst our communities. Thus, we designed our outreach campaigns in alignment to United Nation's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To build a sustainable and greener future we have aligned our CSR initiatives with Sustainability Goal 6 of Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13 of Climate Action and Goal 15 of Life on Land.
The aim for 2030 is a healthier world. Improvements in health outcomes has been embedded as a national development priority in India's political agenda for decades. However, statistics across the health sector in India continue to show the grim reality of challenges faced by a large portion of the Indian population living in rural areas. Basics of quality healthcare and medical services, including accessibility and affordability, continue to be a roadblock towards achieving better health across the country.Moreover, we at Honda 2Wheelers, recognise that health cannot be discussed in isolation. It is an issue that is intricately linked to unclean water and inadequate sanitation. All three aspects have to be addressed as a combined challenge.According to statistics, more than 1 billion people around the world have no access to safe, clean drinking water, and over 2.5 billion do not have adequate sanitation service. Of particular concern is the fact that over 2 million people die each year because of consumption of unsafe water - and most of them are children.
Resonating with the clarion call of “Health for All” under the United Nations' 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals and to strengthen the healthcare system by providing universally accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to all, we at Honda 2Wheelers, have focused part of our CSR programmes towards creating an integrated healthcare model. Our aim is to prioritise health care as a definitive step towards achieving long term sustainable impacts to make our societies healthier, more inclusive, and overall aligned to global goals surrounding health and well-being.
Ensuring inclusive and equitable education, and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all is essential for sustainable improvement in learning outcomes. Its prominence is enhanced given its role as an outcome multiplier, with its impact percolating to the other Sustainable Development Goals as well. Here at Honda 2Wheelers India, we recognize this role and are mindful of the potential that the access to quality education and skill development has for improving the lives of children. It is with this ethos that we envisaged our education interventions. With our focus on school education and the development of vocational skills, our aim is to ensure that children get a good head-start in their early education and develop relevant skills along the way, to equip them to be gainfully employed and economically empowered in the future.
Women empowerment means empowering women with all their rights they should have in the family, society, school, college and country just like a man. It is to make them able so that they can make own independent decisions for their personal development. The status of women in the Indian society is still backward because of the gender inequality. Women also should be given equal rights like men to really empower them. They should not be treated as weak gender of the society as they occupy almost half population of the country so they are half strength of the country. Women have more patience and effort; they can better develop their country.
Close to 70% of India's population resides in rural areas, however, there remains a yawning gap between rural and urban India with respect to infrastructure, standard of living, and economic empowerment. For the country to reach its development potential, it is imperative to bring rural areas at par with the urban areas through infrastructure development. In view of reducing the rural-urban disparities, government is working with the primary objective of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. Resonating with the policies of the government, we aim to provide urban amenities in rural areas. We are making efforts to improve lives of people of villages sustainably by supporting infrastructural development in the villages.
Sports is a vital component for overall development of an individual as well as that of a nation. In recent years, India has showcased tremendous potential in sports. To fine-tune this potential for the global platform, development of a durable and reliable sports ecosystem is needed. To fill this need, the Indian Government has introduced the Khelo India Programme which aims to provide world-class training and infrastructure facilities to talented sports person in urban and rural areas. However, the major challenge is recognising the talent in rural areas of the country. We at Honda 2Wheelers have taken various initiatives to promote sports among the youth, with particular focus on rural areas.
On successful completion of the technical course, Honda distributed certificates to the batch of students in its Technical Centre of Excellence in Lucknow. To train students on the latest developments of the two-wheeler industry, Honda has set up Technical Centres of Excellence at 4 locations in Karnal, Pune, Lucknow & Bhubaneshwar. The students are trained here for various profiles- technicians, supervisors & advisors.
Giving wings to young women’s dream of becoming a commercial pilot, Honda announced a unique CSR initiative on women empowerment. Named as SAPNO KI UDAAN, the initiative will help those bright young women who are unable to pursue their dreams due to lack of financial support. Honda will provide 100% scholarship to 20 deserving young females from Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan & Karnataka in becoming commercial pilots. It will bear the entire cost of training right from their selection to a training period of 18 months in one of India’s leading flying schools and later will assist them in getting jobs as commercial pilots.
With an aim to mitigate and reduce the road fatalities, Honda conducted 20 Road & Life Safety training cum awareness program. The training lessons imparted in the training will help the participants learn basic first aid and life-saving skill so that they could help accident victims on roads. Over 5000 participants in Bhiwadi region of old Alwar, Rajasthan were trained in this training programme.
Honda recently inaugurated a park in Sector 17, Gurugram. The infrastructure inside the park-like track & shed development and lightning is done by Honda.
To help disabled people lead a productive and dignified life, Honda distributed aids & assistive devices to 201 identified disabled people from the community. Under its programs, Honda has supported by providing artificial limbs and various devices like hearing aids, wheelchairs, tricycles, joystick wheelchair, motorized tricycles, tablets, etc., which are helping people to create a new world for them. ALIMCO (Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India) is Govt. of India Central Public Sector Enterprise that works for the betterment of people with disabilities by manufacturing rehabilitation aids. It also promotes, encourages the availability, use, supply and distribution of artificial limbs and other rehabilitation aids to the disabled persons of the country.
Honda recently presented customized motorcycles to state police of Jharkhand, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. These motorcycles have been powered with modern policing features like revolving flashers & blinkers, public announcement systems, sirens, flashlights, two Honda safety helmets per motorcycle & cruiser side box. The initiative was taken under Honda’s CSR commitment to make Indian roads safer. Further through this step, the police will also keep a check on the crime in their respective cities. Expanding this commitment, Honda will further expand this drive to more states in the near future.
A disability awareness program was recently organized by Honda. The aim of this program was to provide free medical advice, physiotherapy. It educates the underprivileged physically challenged about the government schemes running for their well-being, health & self-reliance. Under this project, 1200 + physically challenged beneficiaries have been covered in 4 workshops in the presence of the Red Cross Society.
The villagers of Jesangpura village which is near Honda's Vithalpur plant informed Honda officials of the challenges they face with regard to shortage of drinking water. When Honda officials visited the location, they found out that there was no proper storage facility in the village for household supply and the current water storage tank in the village was in a dilapidated condition with several leakages. Given these conditions and hoping to mitigate the issues faced in the village, Honda decided to invest and construct an RCC overhead water storage tank of 50,000-litre water capacity. Under a similar initiative, Pavor block road was constructed to improve the commute and transportation in the area.
In its endeavor to provide clean drinking water in the vicinity of its plants, Honda 2Wheelers has successfully implemented and provided 30 nos. of RO water plants (on a self-sustainable model – first five years to be run by an agency & then to be handed over to Gram Panchayat). Additionally, four borewell & water coolers in Government schools & public places have been set up to support the noble cause in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka & Gujarat. Honda has installed water RO systems in 10 villages in and around the vicinity of Narsapura, Karnataka, where water quality is poor and not fit for drinking.
Blindness caused due to cataract is becoming a major problem in our country. Around 3.8 million people in a year suffer from cataract blindness in India. Keeping in line with the World Health Organisation's global initiative: “Vision 2020”, Honda 2Wheelers in partnership with Deepalaya, a non-profit organisation, has set up a vision centre in Gusbethi Sahsola village of Mewat District, Haryana. In collaboration with AIIMS, this project ensures weekly visits from doctors who offer OPD services and identify the people suffering from cataract. Identified patients are transferred to AIIMS for surgery. Follow up camps are conducted for them after the operation.
Thanks to Honda Management for providing free health Camps in and around the Villages which benefited around 10,000 people.
Sarpanch Village Manesar
I had never had my blood group checked before. And I have not paid a single penny, it's completely free by Honda CSR Initiatives.
Village- BAAS