| Action
Items |
Specific
Actions and Goals |
Energy/
Global Warming |
Management |
1) Reduce CO2
emissions in Toyota's global operations |
| · |
Create medium to long-term
scenarios for reduction of CO2 emissions
and ensure implementation |
|
| Development
and Design |
2) Promote
the development of technologies to achieve the best fuel efficiency
performance in each country and region |
| · |
Japan: Steadily promote improvements in fuel efficiency that surpasses the 2010 Fuel Efficiency Standards |
| · |
Europe: Steadily implement
initiatives to realize JAMA's commitment to reduce CO2
emissions to 140g/km by 2009 |
| · |
North America: Steadily promote
the development of technologies aiming to achieve the best fuel
efficiency among competing vehicles of the same class |
| · |
China: Achieve the new fuel
efficiency standards in the short-term and realize leading fuel
efficiency levels by vehicle class |
| · |
Other regions: Actively introduce
technologies that improve fuel efficiency |
| · |
Develop and apply related
technologies that will contribute to improvements in fuel efficiency
|
|
| 3) Promote
the development of clean-energy vehicles, encourage their effective
introduction and ensure wider market acceptance |
| · |
Further improve the performance
of hybrid systems, increase the number of hybrid vehicle series
and introduce them in more markets |
| · |
Develop and quickly introduce
next-generation fuel cell vehicles to contribute to realizing
a hydrogen-based society in the future |
|
| 4) Develop
technologies to respond to the diversification of energy and fuel
sources |
| · |
Assess and develop corresponding
technologies for various types of bio fuels and synthetic fuels
that will contribute to reductions in CO2
emissions and energy security |
|
| 5) Promote
initiatives to improve traffic flows using a variety of networking
technologies |
| · |
Promote initiatives to improve
traffic flows in cooperation with relevant organizations, aiming
to introduce to society traffic systems that use ITS from the
three-fold perspective of "cars," "traffic infrastructure" and
"people." |
|
| Production
and Logistics |
6) Reduce CO2
emissions in the production and logistics activities of each country
and region |
Production
| · |
Dramatically increase productivity
through measures such as the development of innovative production
technologies, thus reducing CO2 emissions
(expand activities to include offices and other sites) |
| · |
Develop technologies that
will enable the use of "new energy" and study their introduction |
Logistics
| · |
Promote CO2
emissions reduction activities through improvements in transportation
efficiency |
FY2010 Goals
| |
Region |
Item |
Goal |
| Production |
|
Worldwide |
Emissions volume/
sales unit |
20% reduction
from FY2001 |
| |
TMC |
Emissions volume/
sales unit |
35% reduction
from FY1990 |
| Emissions volume |
20% reduction
from FY1990 |
| Logistics |
Japan* |
Emissions volume |
10% reduction
from FY1990 |
| Overseas |
Grasp
overseas CO2 emissions volumes and
expand reduction activities
Determine actual CO2 emissions volumes
by FY2007 and make a shift to goal management |
*Scope: Transport of production parts, vehicles
and service parts |
| Recycling
of Resources |
Production
and Logistics |
7) Promote
the effective use of resources to further contribute to the realization
of a recycling-based society |
Production
| · |
Reduce the volume of materials
discarded by taking action at the source, such as improving
yields and other measures (reduce the volume of valuable materials
such as scrap metal and waste and maintain zero landfill waste
generation) |
Logistics
| · |
Reduce packaging and wrapping
material usage by keeping packaging to a minimum and increasing
the use of returnable containers |
FY2010 Goals
| |
Region |
Target |
Item |
Goal |
| Production |
|
Japan |
Materials discarded |
Materials discarded/
sales unit |
3% reduction
from FY2003 |
| |
TMC |
Materials discarded |
Materials discarded/
sales unit |
20% reduction
from FY2000 |
| Overseas |
Waste |
Promote
reduction activities that are at leading levels in each country |
| Logistics |
Japan* |
Packaging material |
Usage volume |
45% reduction
from FY1995 |
| Overseas |
Grasp
usage volumes of packaging material and expand reduction activities |
*Scope: Transport of production parts and service parts |
| 8) Reduce water
consumption |
| · |
Set separate goals for each
country and region and continue implementing measures to reduce
water consumption |
|
| Vehicle
Recycling |
9) Steadily
implement recycling systems in Japan and Europe
| · |
Steadily implement initiatives
to increase vehicle recovery rates in Japan and Europe to reach
95% by 2015
Recovery rates:
Japan: equivalent to 92% in FY2010
Europe: 85% in 2006 |
|
| · |
Further strengthen initiatives
to enhance Automobile Shredder Residue (ASR) recycling/recovery
technology |
| · |
Develop and promote the use
of dismantling methods and tools (disclose dismantling information) |
| · |
Expand utilization of used
parts (Japan: Increase sales ten-fold by 2010 compared to 2002) |
| · |
Develop recycling technologies
for newly developed parts (FC and HV parts, etc.) and create
collection networks |
|
| 10) Further
promote and expand the use of designs based on the designs for recycling
(DfR) concept |
| · |
Promote and expand the development
of vehicles that are easy to dismantle and recycle |
| · |
Expand the usage of renewable
resources such as Toyota Eco-Plastic, and of recycled materials
(establish technologies that enable use of 15% of resin parts
by 2010) |
| · |
Develop and increase use of
designs based on the DfR concept for newly developed parts (FC
and HV parts, etc.) |
|
| Substances
of Concern |
Development
and Design |
11) Promote
management and further reductions in the use of substances of concern
(SOC)
| · |
Eliminate use of four SOCs
(lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium) globally |
|
| · |
Introduce vehicles in Japan
and Europe that use zero amounts of the four banned substances
starting in 2006 (complete elimination, with some exemptions,
by 2007) |
| · |
Eliminate worldwide usage
of the four banned substances in accordance with Toyota's global
standards in the short term |
| · |
Increase the number of SOC
subject to management |
| · |
Reduce cabin VOC levels in
all new vehicles launched globally by 2010 |
| · |
Develop air conditioners that
use coolants with a small global warming potential |
|
| Production
and Logistics |
12) Reduce
the discharge of substances subject to the PRTR law*
*Law Concerning Reporting, etc. of Releases to the Environment of
Specific Chemical Substances and Promoting Improvements in Their Management
|
| · |
Reduce the discharge of substances
subject to the PRTR law focusing on vehicle painting processes
|
FY2010 Goals
| |
Region |
Item |
Goal |
| Production |
Japan |
Discharge volume |
55% reduction
from FY1998 |
| TMC |
Discharge volume |
70% reduction
from FY1998 |
| Overseas |
Set
goals that are stricter than each country's regulations and
implement reduction activities |
|
| Atmospheric
Quality |
Development
and Design |
13) Reduce
emissions to improve air quality in urban areas in all countries and
regions |
| · |
Promote the development
of ultra-low emissions technologies and introduce the best-performing
low-emissions vehicles according to conditions in each country |
| |
- |
Japan: Expand phased introduction
of SU-LEVs |
| - |
U.S.: Respond appropriately
to Tier2 and LEV2 regulations |
| - |
China: Introduce Euro 4 level
vehicles in the short term |
| - |
Other countries: Introduce
Euro 3 and 4 level vehicles in the short term |
| · |
Further promote
the development and market penetration of high-efficiency, clean
diesel vehicles |
| |
- |
Japan: Further market penetration
focusing on commercial vehicles
|
| - |
Europe: Develop and quickly
introduce low-emissions vehicles with even cleaner emissions |
|
| Production
and Logistics |
14) Implement
initiatives to reduce VOC emissions |
| · |
Implement measures to further
reduce the volume of purge solvents used in vehicle painting
processes and expand the use of water-borne paints |
FY2010 Goals
| |
Process |
Region |
Item |
Goal |
| Production |
Body
painting processes |
|
Japan |
Emissions/unit
of painted area |
35g/m2
or less
(average of all lines) |
| |
TMC |
Emissions/unit
of painted area |
25g/m2
or less
(average of all lines) |
| Overseas |
Conduct
activities to reduce VOC emissions at the highest levels in
each country |
| Other painting
processes |
Japan/Overseas |
Implement
VOC emissions reduction activities |
|
| Environmental
Management |
Management |
15) Strengthen
consolidated environmental management |
Production
affiliates
| · |
Implement global Eco-Factory
activities that ensure the incorporation of environmental measures
from the planning stages (zero instances of non-compliance and
complaints, minimizing environmental risks, and achieving leading
levels of environmental performance in each country and region) |
Non-production affiliates
| · |
Manage and enhance affiliates'
environmental performance (CO2 emissions,
etc.) on a global scale |
|
| 16) Further
promote environmental management to business partners |
Suppliers
| · |
Further enhancement
of environmental activities in cooperation with suppliers |
| |
- |
Management of SOCs contained
in parts, raw materials, production facilities and other items
supplied to Toyota |
| - |
Request voluntary initiatives
by suppliers to improve environmental performance |
Japanese dealers
| · |
Review Toyota
Japanese Dealer Environmental Guidelines and support dealer
responses to medium-term environmental issues |
| |
- |
In addition to proper disposal
of waste and treatment of wastewater, undertake active steps
to address a broad range of issues such as reducing CO2
emissions |
| - |
Promote the establishment
of initiatives based on the Automobile Recycling Law response
guidelines |
| · |
Support dealer
initiatives to reinforce and enhance their environmental management
functions |
| |
- |
Set key indicators for Toyota
dealers and develop monitoring structures |
Overseas Distributors
| · |
Support initiatives to assess,
manage and reduce emissions of CO2
and other substances generated by overseas distributor operations |
| · |
Support initiatives to ensure
appropriate disposal of waste, wastewater and air conditioner
coolants at overseas dealers |
|
| 17) Enhance
environmental education |
| · |
In addition to raising employee
environmental awareness, continue conducting environmental training
that contributes to improvement in actual work activities |
| · |
Enhance global environmental
education and include consolidated affiliates |
|
| 18) Promote
new businesses that contribute to environmental improvement |
| · |
Expand existing and establish
new biotechnology and reforestation businesses |
| · |
Promote development and launch
of stationary fuel cells |
| · |
Expand businesses that reduce
environmental risk, such as management of SOCs, etc. |
|
| 19) Steadily
reduce environmental impact over the entire lifecycle of the product
through full-scale implementation and establishment of Eco-Vehicle
Assessment System (Eco-VAS) |
| · |
Implement on models that undergo
redesigns and new models in Japan and expand to all vehicles,
including those produced in Europe and America. |
|
| Cooperation
with Society |
20) Contribute
to the development of a recycling-based society |
| · |
Promote basic
environmental research, such as development of technology to
reduce CO2 emissions, and make proposals |
| · |
Implement philanthropic
programs that contribute to development of environmental technologies,
environmental education, and the preservation of biodiversity.
|
| |
- |
Continue implementing and
further enhance the content of activities such as the Toyota
Environmental Activities Grant Program (in commemoration of
winning the Global 500 award) and the establishment of the TOYOTA
Shirakawa-Go Eco-Institute |
|
| 21) Improve
disclosures of environmental information and two-way communications |
| · |
Enhance disclosures of information
concerning environmental product technologies in each country
and region |
| · |
Provide information on environmentally
considerate driving (eco-drive) to consumers |
| · |
Further enhance the content
of environmental reports in each country and region |
| · |
Further enhance communications
with local communities at Toyota operations worldwide |
| · |
Improve dialogues with and
engage in communication with a broader range of stakeholders,
and increase mutual understanding |
|
| 22) Actively
contribute to and propose environmental policies based on sustainable
development |
| · |
Participate in debates concerning
the creation of governmental environmental policies and frameworks
both in Japan and overseas |
| · |
Promote environmental measures
proposed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
(WBCSD), Nippon Keidanren, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
and industry organizations |
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