Oct. 15, 2001
Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Names Recipients for FY2001
―In Commemoration of Receipt of the Global 500 Award―
Tokyo―TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) and The Toyota Foundation announced today that they have selected 15 FY2001 recipients for the Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program.
The program was established in 2000, in commemoration of TMC's receipt of the Global 500 Award* in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Based on the theme of Social Investment for Sustainable Development" the program provides grants to practical, regionally rooted projects in Japan and overseas.
In its second year, the grant program received 76 applications (compared to 25 last year) covering a wide range of activities, from domestic and foreign universities and research institutes as well as non-governmental organizations, in 21 countries, engaged in civic and environmental activities.
The selection committee, consisting of a group of experts from Japan and abroad, based its selections on considerations of the business feasibility of the applicants' activities; the prospects of such activities for future development; their need for support; and how well they benefited their local communities. A total of 160 million yen will be awarded in grants to the 15 organizations that were selected for FY2001. Since the program started last year, 24 recipients have been awarded a total of 300 million yen.
Characteristic of this year's recipients is that more of them are carrying out highly feasible, regionally based projects with local fields of operations that better address the needs of their immediate communities.
TMC hopes to provide even further support to well-established programs on a more global scale next fiscal year and expects to receive a large amount of applications. TMC plans to start accepting applications for next fiscal year's grant program in the spring of 2002. For details, please call The Toyota Foundation at (03) 3344-1701~1703.
*Established by UNEP to recognize individuals or organizations that contribute to greater environmental protection or improvement in terms of sustainable development. TMC received the award in 1999 for its efforts to build a comprehensive system of environmental management. These efforts included TMC's development of the world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, acquirement of ISO 14001 certification and active disclosure of environmental data.
| FY2001 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients |
| Field | No. | Project theme (region for activities) | Organization (country) |
| Technology | 1 | Protecting terrestrial biodiversity in Pohnpei, Micronesia (Others) | Conservation Society of Pohnpei (Micronesia) |
| 2 | Substitution of conventional cooking fuels by plant oils in Guatemala: practical test for implementation (Latin America) | Institute for Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim (Germany) | |
| 3 | Co-production system for conservation of sturgeon and shrimp stocks in Caspian Sea (Europe) | Atyrau Regional Government (Kazakhstan) | |
| 4 | Commercialization project for sustainable utilization of medicinal plant resources in central and western Himalayan communities (Asia) | Society for the Conservation and Development of Himalayan Medicinal Resources (Japan) | |
| 5 | Biomass gasification for distribution of gas supply in rural areas of China (Asia) | Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, Zhejiang University (China) | |
| 6 | Support for rehabilitation of devastated tropical peatland ecosystems in Central Kalimantan (Asia) | Agricultural Studies Department, Hokkaido University Graduate School (Japan) | |
| Education | 1 | Implementation of the Environmental Education Guide in a designated eco-region of the Central Mountain Range (Latin America) | Foundacion Moscoso Puello (Dominican Republic) |
| 2* | "Green-Pack" environmental awareness for schools in Bulgaria and Hungary (Europe) | Regional Environment Center for Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary) | |
| 3 | Practice-based education program aimed at the preservation and betterment of the steppes of Inner Mongolia (Asia) | Imin Soum Environmental Problem Research Group (Japan) | |
| 4 | Expanding "Roots and Shoots" environmental program to Japanese youth (Japan) | Jane Goodall Institute Japan (Japan) | |
| 5 | "Youth to Youth" peer education for a sustainable future (Latin America) | Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan, A.C. (Mexico) | |
| 6 | Environmental education at the Laguna del Tigre National Park, Guatemala (Latin America) | Conservation International-ProPeten (Guatemala) | |
| 7 | Participatory and active learning for Thai youths in the management of local resources for sustainable development (Asia) | Eco-Community Vigor Foundation (Thailand) | |
| 8 | Leadership for Environment and Development program (Japan) | LEAD Japan Program (Japan) | |
| 9 | Build environmental awareness through the creation of footpaths in the Tama Hills area of Machida City and support the project by marketing the "Midori-no-Yubi" logo (Japan) | Tsurukawa Community Development Citizens' Group (Japan) |
| Grant Breakdown by Region of Project Implementation |
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