Dear business partner
Thank you for your continuous support & cooperation towards Honda operations and for being our trusted business partner.
In recent years, due to the globalization of the economy, corporations are faced with more diverse conditions. In particular, companies must fulfill expectations to be more proactively involved in societal challenges that are common across the world, such as the issue of climate change, and should fulfill their corporate social responsibility (CSR) towards the goal of realizing a more sustainable society.
Given the mounting social expectations towards CSR activities, we believe it is essential to share our understanding of “Honda approach to CSR,” not only within Honda but also with our suppliers, which are key Honda business partners, and to work together as one team to promote CSR initiatives. Towards this end, Honda published the “Supplier CSR Guidelines.” It is our hope that these Guidelines will help our suppliers and Honda maintain a shared understanding of CSR, to carry out CSR initiatives proactively, and to continue growing together as companies that society wants to exist. So it would be appreciate if you could read it.
To enable each supplier to assess your own CSR initiatives, we have developed a self-assessment check sheet. It is not required to reply. But we hope you find this self-assessment useful for your CSR initiatives.
This information is sent to you from each regional purchasing division of automobile, motorcycle & power products. So, some of you might receive duplicated information. Sorry to disturb you, but it is truly appreciated for your understanding about our intention to share “Honda approach to CSR” with all of our business partners.
Sincerely yours,