PLANO, Texas, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota is
committed to supporting and fostering a more inclusive and
sustainable society. To achieve that goal, the Toyota Environmental
Challenge 2050 was developed to address major environmental issues
facing the global community, such as climate change, water
scarcity, resource depletion and habitat loss.
Based on materiality analysis, Toyota has identified six major
challenges, and has set goals for each of the challenges that guide
our efforts. The first three challenges focus on carbon and call
for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles to near
zero, and making operations and supply chain activities carbon
free. The fourth challenge addresses water availability and
quality, while the fifth and sixth challenges seek to move closer
to contributing to a recycling-based society and protecting
nature.
Progress on each of those goals is outlined in the 2019
North American Environmental Report. Some of the highlights
from 2019 include the first phase of a California's Zero-and-Near-Zero Emission
Freight Facilities Project (ZANZEFF) that will reduce GHG emissions
by 500 tons, the recycling of over half a billion gallons of water
at manufacturing facilities and a 93% recycling, reuse or
composting rate of waste at all North American facilities.
"Our actions today are setting a foundation for the future.
Achieving Challenge 2050 will not be easy, but with the help of
team members, suppliers and other partners, we are already reducing
our impacts and creating positive change," said Toyota Motor North
America Director of Environmental Sustainability, Kevin
Butt.
Additional highlights from the 2019 North American Environmental
Report include the following:
CARBON
- Toyota is committed to offering an electrified version of each
Toyota and Lexus model by 2025.
- Toyota is entering into renewable power purchase agreements,
which will be used to reduce GHG emissions from our North American
operations by up to 40 percent over the next three years.
WATER
- Toyota's North American manufacturing plants recycled or reused
565 million gallons of water last year. That's equivalent to the
annual water use of 5,159 average American families.
MATERIALS
- Toyota's assembly plant in Cambridge,
Ontario, developed a new cleaning process that saves 11,300
gallons of solvent and cuts material waste in half.
- Toyota is partnering with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, one of
the largest public arts gatherings in Michigan, to make this a zero-waste event. In
just one year, the festival went from 100 percent landfill to
diverting over 75 percent of its waste to compost and
recycling.
BIODIVERSITY
- Across North America, Toyota
has 17 sites with pollinator gardens supporting monarch butterflies
along their migration path.
- Toyota has 13 sites engaged in conservation programs certified
by Wildlife Habitat Council®.
OUTREACH
- In 2019, residents from cities across the U.S. took part in the
8th annual National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation,
sponsored by Toyota, by pledging to save over 3 billion gallons of
water over the next year.
- For the 20th consecutive year, Toyota was the national
corporate sponsor of National Public Lands Day, hosted by the
National Environmental Education Foundation. Between 1999 and 2018,
more than 50,000 Toyota volunteers spent 193,000 volunteer hours
building and maintaining 1,500 miles of trails, planting 100,000
trees, shrubs and other native plants, and removing 30,000 pounds
of invasive species.
- In the U.S., Canada and
Mexico, we have supported 67
Toyota and Lexus dealerships in becoming LEED®-certified. Achieving
LEED certification illustrates the dealerships' commitment to
sustainable construction and remodeling.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the
U.S. and North America for more
than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable,
next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus
brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous
value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design,
engineering, and assembly of more than 38 million cars and trucks
in North America, where we have 14
manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in
Alabama (10 in the U.S.), and
directly employ more than 47,000 people (over 36,000 in the
U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in
the U.S.) sold 2.8 million cars and trucks (2.4 million in the
U.S.) in 2018.
Media Contacts:
TMNA Corporate Communications
Brian Lyons
brian.lyons@toyota.com
Ed Hellwig
edward.hellwig@toyota.com
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