Acura is making a significant stride in supporting conservation and clean energy efforts by donating 75 all-electric ZDX SUVs to The Nature Conservancy (TNC). This donation, accompanied by an additional $1 million to enhance fleet charging infrastructure and operations, marks Acura’s largest-ever vehicle contribution and strengthens its decades-long partnership with TNC. The initiative aims to accelerate TNC’s mission of transitioning to a clean, low-emission fleet while advancing vital environmental conservation work across the country.
The Honda family of companies in the United States, which includes Acura, is contributing $1 million to support the operation and charging infrastructure of the Acura ZDX fleet in addition to providing the fleet of electric vehicles. This demonstrates the company’s dedication to the success of this initiative, the TNC’s objective of lowering operational emissions, and its alignment with environmental protection. In order to help local TNC teams nationally as they carry out fieldwork, interact with local populations, and carry out conservation in isolated and rural locations, Acura dealers will provide the ZDX electric automobiles.
“We’re proud to partner with The Nature Conservancy and Acura dealers across America to help advance sustainability by contributing to a lower-emissions future,” stated Mike Langel, assistant vice president of Acura National Sales. “The Acura ZDX fleet will support The Nature Conservancy’s important fieldwork, enabling more efficient travel to conservation sites while reducing the environmental impact of transportation.”
“We are incredibly grateful to Acura for this donation,” stated Daniel Salzer, Director of Sustainability for The Nature Conservancy. “The donation of these vehicles has significantly accelerated our efforts to electrify our fleet, reducing our carbon footprint and setting a powerful example of climate leadership.”
Honda and TNC have a longstanding partnership that began with the Ohio chapter of TNC over 30 years ago.
- In 2023, Honda and the Honda USA Foundation contributed $625,000 to support TNC programs across 10 states, amplifying a Honda goal to build a sustainable future through the company’s strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Environment pillar.
- In 2020, Honda donated 90 acres of land to TNC in Ohio to help protect the springs and streams that combine to form the headwaters of Big Darby Creek. Honda has also supported local TNC chapters including Alabama, California, and Indiana.
- Over 30 years ago, Honda and TNC collaborated for the first time to preserve the Big Darby Creek watershed in Ohio. Since then, Honda has contributed more than $1 million to protect the headwaters of the Big Darby Creek – one of the Midwest’s most biologically diverse aquatic systems and one of the healthiest tributaries to the Scioto River, which provides drinking water for tens of thousands of Ohioans.
