Dick Hannah Honda Earns 2016 Honda Environmental Leadership Award
Dick Hannah Honda Earns 2016 Honda Environmental Leadership Award
Vancouver, WA – May 11, 2016 – Dick Hannah Honda has earned the Honda Environmental Leadership Award and has been recognized by
American Honda Motor Co. Inc., as a leader in the company’s effort to reduce the environmental impact of Honda dealerships in communities around the nation.
Dick Hannah Honda earned the award for achieving specific environmental targets based on a rigorous points system that includes reducing total energy use at the dealership by at least 10 percent. Dick Hannah Honda has taken numerous steps to reduce its environmental impact and to earn the Honda Environmental Leadership Award, including partnering with the National Arbor Day Foundation to plant a tree for every new and used vehicle sold amounting to over 130,000 trees planted here in the Pacific Northwest.
Honda introduced its new voluntary “green dealer” program to its U.S. dealers in the fall of 2011. The company uses a third party evaluator to conduct environmental audits of participating dealers and recommend strategies for reducing their energy use.
Over the past three decades, Honda has been working to reduce the environmental impact of its products, manufacturing and logistics operations, and facilities in North America. These initiatives are reported annually in the company’s North American Environmental Report. Expanding its…