Let's go greener

LET’S MAKE A BETTER PLANET

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE 1:
BY 2050, WE WILL ELIMINATE ALMOST ALL CO₂ EMISSIONS FROM NEW TOYOTA VEHICLES.

Reducing CO₂ emissions by 90 percent from new vehicles by 2050 is a really big deal. That’s why we’re working today to innovate and introduce next-generation powertrains and vehicles. Products like Prius Prime and Mirai will move us closer to a low carbon future.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE 2:
BY 2050, WE WILL ELIMINATE ALL CO₂ EMISSIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURING OF PARTS AND MATERIALS USED TO PRODUCE TOYOTA VEHICLES.

To achieve Challenge 2, the manufacturing of parts and materials we purchase to assemble our vehicles will no longer emit CO₂. This goal requires close collaboration with suppliers and partners to scale up progress as we work toward Toyota’s vision for a better planet.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE 3:
BY 2050, WE WILL ELIMINATE ALL CO₂ EMISSIONS FROM TOYOTA FACILITIES, LOGISTICS AND PROCESSES.

Challenge 3 demands we rethink the way we power our facilities, especially our North American manufacturing plants where we assemble Toyota vehicles. So today, we are implementing projects that reduce our energy consumption, increase our use of renewable energy and minimize CO₂ emissions from logistics operations.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE 4:
BY 2050, TOYOTA WILL ENSURE ALL TOYOTA FACILITIES AND PROCESSES CONSERVE AND PROTECT WATER RESOURCES.

Availability of clean water is increasingly important, especially to communities in water-stressed regions of North America. Toyota will continue to manage, protect and conserve this critical resource. That’s why Toyota is focused on reducing our water use and exploring options for reusing and recycling water, especially at our manufacturing facilities.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE 5:
BY 2050, TOYOTA WILL ENSURE ALL TOYOTA FACILITIES AND PROCESSES SUPPORT A RECYCLING-BASED SOCIETY.

Challenge 5 requires us to help establish a society where sustainable materials are used and waste becomes a thing of the past. That’s why we continue to look for ways to keep materials circulating and out of landfills – taking Reduce, Reuse and Recycle to a whole new level.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE 6:
BY 2050, TOYOTA WILL ENSURE ALL TOYOTA FACILITIES AND PROCESSES OPERATE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE.

We know Toyota provides important benefits to the local communities where we live, work and play. We also know that each location has a unique and important natural balance of plants, animals and ecosystems. That’s why Challenge 6 supports our efforts to minimize the disruption of natural habitats as we plan, construct and manage our facilities across North America.

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Our North American Environmental Report features information about our four focus areas – CARBON, WATER, MATERIALS and BIODIVERSITY – plus related OUTREACH activities. This report covers all aspects of the vehicle life cycle throughout the Toyota and Lexus brands during the 2017 fiscal and product model year. This report also defines our long-term environmental sustainability strategy as we continue to build a more sustainable future.

Some of our achievements in fiscal year 2017 included:

• Revealing Project Portal, a hydrogen fuel cell system designed for a heavy-duty truck that conducts drayage operations at the ports of Los Angeles while emitting nothing but water vapor.
• Installing an innovative rainwater harvesting system at our new headquarters campus in Plano, Texas, that will collect 11 million gallons of water per year, more than enough to meet our irrigation needs.
• Recycling 92 percent of all the waste generated during the construction of our new research and development campus in York Township, Michigan – that’s more than 922,000 pounds that we kept out of landfills.
• Adding new pollinator gardens and enhancing existing ones at 13 sites to help protect the monarch butterfly, an important pollinator species and the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration.

Read the Environmental Report