Exhibit 1.01 to Form SD filed on May 31, 2024
Conflict Minerals Report
as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of Form SD
This report for the year ended December 31, 2023 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (Conflict Minerals Rule). This Conflict Minerals Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The Conflict Minerals Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain tin, tantalum, tungsten, or gold (3TG, also
defined by Form SD as conflict minerals), and who have a reason to believe that the products they manufacture, or contract to manufacture, contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.
If the SEC registrant has a reason to believe that any of those conflict minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or an adjoining country (together with the DRC, the Covered Countries), or is
unable to determine the country of origin of those conflict minerals, the SEC registrant is required to submit a Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC that includes a description of the measures it took to exercise due diligence on the conflict
minerals source and chain of custody.
Toyota Motor Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, Toyota, we or our) conducted a reasonable country
of origin inquiry (RCOI) with due diligence for the following products: passenger cars, minivans and commercial vehicles such as trucks. Toyotas subsidiary, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Daihatsu), produces and sells
mini-vehicles and compact cars. Hino Motors, Ltd. (Hino), also a subsidiary of Toyota, produces and sells commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses. We also manufacture automotive parts, components and accessories for our own use and
for sale to others. Our vehicles (produced by Toyota, Daihatsu and Hino) can be classified into two categories: electrified vehicles and conventional engine vehicles. Our product line-up includes subcompact
and compact cars, mini-vehicles, mid-size, luxury, sports and specialty cars, recreational and sport-utility vehicles, pickup trucks, minivans, trucks and buses. In addition, we also manufacture and sell
pleasure boats, marine engines and a variety of marine components.
For some of our products, we were able to identify with confidence the
smelters where the metals were processed. However, we were unable to determine with reasonable certainty the mines or locations of origin of all the conflict minerals contained in our supply chain.
Toyota and its subsidiaries promote obtainment of materials with full deliberation and care to avoid the procurement or usage of materials
which are unlawful or which are obtained through unethical or otherwise unacceptable means. We recognize that the situation surrounding conflict minerals originating in the Covered Countries is one of the significant social issues among supply
chains. We aim at procurement and usage that are free from conflict minerals originating in the Covered Countries and relating to illegal conduct including human rights infringement. We also recognize that human rights abuses, such as child labor in
the procurement of cobalt and other materials, are significant social issues, and we aim to carry out our procurement activities such that they do not include minerals that are suspected of being derived from such abuses. To achieve such procurement
and usage, we conduct inquiries tracing back through our supply chains and confirm if such minerals are used. In addition, we take appropriate steps to discontinue procurement of materials that can cause social problems such as human rights issues
or finance armed groups, if such usage is detected. Based on mutually beneficial relationships, we ask our suppliers to understand our policies and approaches and to promote responsible material procurement.
The link to Toyotas Policies and Approaches to Responsible Mineral Sourcing Issues is below:
https://global.toyota/pages/global_toyota/sustainability/esg/mineral_sourcing_en.pdf
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Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry |
Toyota identified, through an established process, the Toyota entities that manufactured products delivered to markets related to Toyotas
automotive operations and marine operations. Then, we requested, directly or through such entities, the direct suppliers from which such entities procured any parts, components or accessories to provide relevant information through the RCOI survey.
We used the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT), published by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), to obtain information from these suppliers and to determine whether the products that Toyota manufactures or
that it contracts with others for manufacture contained any 3TG necessary to the functionality or production of these products. We contacted suppliers who had not submitted a CMRT and collected CMRTs from thousands of suppliers in total, and we
received responses from 95% of the in-scope suppliers surveyed.