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Brand Owner: Toyota Motor Corporation
Head Office: Tokyo, Japan
Sector: Automotive
Categories: Passenger Car
Free Tags: Popular, Prius, Corolla, Land Cruiser, Yaris

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Last Updated: 12 March 2012
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Toyota Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

14 out of 16


1. Has the brand formulated the objective to reduce its CO2 emissions from its own operations (including owned production facilities), by at least 30% in 2020 compared to 1990 CO2 emission levels?	Toyota has already achieved a reduction of 45% from 1990 to 2010, (see Environmental Report 2011, p. 34-35), but Toyota does not mention an objective for the year 2020.	SOURCE
2. Has the brand disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations', including owned production facilities?	Toyota disclosed a carbon footprint from 2007 to 2010 (see Environmental Report 2010, p. 35). Previous annual reports disclose carbon footprints from earlier years also.	SOURCE
3. Has the brand already reduced or compensated its CO2 emissions from its own operations (including owned production facilities), by at least 10% in the last 5 years?	Toyota has achieved a reduction of 35% based on 2007 to 2010 figures (see p.35).	SOURCE
4. Does the brand disclose a full carbon Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of its main car models or series, so that the carbon emissions caused by the car production (from raw materials to final product) are also transparent?	Toyota announced that it conducted a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of four new models (see p. 47 of the 2011 Environmental Report, previous source) but Toyota only disclosed a carbon emissions LCA on the CT200h . For other cars a LCA was not published. Click source for a description of LCA policy.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand plan to achieve an average CO2 emission of 130 grams per kilometer (g/km) or lower for its European car fleet prior to 2015?	Toyota's European fleet currently averages 130 g/km CO2 (see p.4 after downloading European Sustainability Report).	SOURCE
6. Has the brand achieved an average CO2 emission of 160 grams per kilometer (g/km) or lower for its European car fleet?	Toyota's European fleet currently averages 130 g/km CO2 (see page 4 of European Sustainability Report).	SOURCE
7. Has the brand achieved an average CO2 emission of 150 grams per kilometer (g/km) or lower for its European car fleet?	See remark for climate change question 6.	SOURCE
8. Has the brand achieved an average CO2 emission of 140 grams per kilometer (g/km) or lower for its European car fleet?	See remark for climate change question 6.	SOURCE
9. Has the brand achieved a 4% CO2 emission reduction of the car fleet average in the last two years?	Toyota's average European fleet reduced by 10,3% from FY08 to FY10 (see p. 5 of European Sustainability Report).	SOURCE
10. Has the brand achieved a 10% CO2 emission reduction of the car fleet average in the last five years?	Toyota's average European fleet reduced by 24,5% from FY06 to FY10 (see p. 5 of European Sustainability Report).	SOURCE
11. Does the brand sell a car that has a CO2 emission of 100 grams per kilometer (g/km) or lower?	Toyota sells the Prius and Auris with a CO2 emission of 89 g/km (source: Toyota UK, also checked for NL).	SOURCE
12. Does the brand sell a car that has a CO2 emission of 90 grams per kilometer (g/km) or lower?	See remark for climate change question 11.	SOURCE
13. Has the brand developed a prototype car that has a CO2 emission of 70 grams per kilometer (g/km) or lower?	Toyota has a prototype car HT-EV, which is an electric car that emits zero emissions and has a kWh of 47, when calculated based on Tank-to-Wheel this represents 17 g/km. not clear how the use of electricity of the car contributes to additional CO2 emissions. So not clear if the 70 g/km is met with this prototype.	SOURCE
14. Does the brand sell a hybrid, electric or fuel cell car on the European market?	Toyota launched its hybrid car "Prius" in 1997 (p. 6) and recently introduced a hybrid version of the Auris.	SOURCE
15. Has the brand announced that a full electric or fuel cell car will be brought to the European market by 2012 at the latest?	Toyota has announced that the FT-EV will be brought to the market by 2012.	SOURCE
16. Does the brand clearly give the carbon emission or fuel efficiency rates for all models on its website?	Toyota advertizes its cars on each individual country website. Toyota UK provides product specifications including g/km fuel efficiency for each car series (first click on a series and then click on "prices and specifications"). Also checked for NL.	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

3 out of 5


1. Does the brand disclose the smog forming exhaust gas emissions rates per km for at least its main car series?	Toyota's smog data is accessible through Toyota's Dutch website by clicking on a car model / Prijzen en Downloads / Specificaties en prijzen (see p. 12). However this information is not provided for all regions, for example, it was not found on Toyota's UK website.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand report on the emission of air pollutants from its own operations, including owned facilities?	Toyota has enlisted the quantity of Particulate Matter (PM), NOx and SOx emitted (see p.47). Toyota has also disclosed overviews per production site.	SOURCE
3. Are the materials in each new car model of the brand at least 85% recyclable or reusable?	Toyota has already achieved a vehicle recycling/recovery rate of 97% in Europe and Japan (see p. 38).	SOURCE
4. Can at least 90% of all new and redesigned car models of the brand be reused or recycled, and does the brand have a plan to phase out PVC?	Toyota's a recycling/recovery rate is 97%, but Toyota does not mention a commitment to ban PVC on its website.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand have clear achievements and targets to increase the use of recycled and biodegradable materials in its car fleet?	Toyota has a goal to expand the use of recycled materials (see page 38-39 of the Sustainability Report), has developed eco-plastics from plant materials, used eco plastics for about 60% of the interior surface materials in the SAI models launched in 2009 and has set a goal to 20% use of resin parts by 2015.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

1 out of 3


1. Does the brand (company) have a Code of Conduct (CoC) for own factories and suppliers, which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	Toyota has enlisted the selected standards in its "Toyota Supplier CSR Guidelines". All standards are included (see pp. 2-3).	SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1) a formal employment relationship; 2) a maximum working week of 60 hours including paid overtime; 3) a living wage; and 4) to form and join labour unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, to develop parallel means?	Toyota upholds local applicable laws and regulations as the supreme instrument in establishing labor rights. Neither the "Toyota Supplier CSR Guidelines" nor its Code of Conduct (see link) contains any of the selected rights.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	Toyota describes the process by which it is aiming to improve the quality of its work place for its employees (see page 47-53). From pages 54-55 there is a description of the supply chain policies. However, no supplier location overview or labour conditions monitoring results were reported.	SOURCE