Goals & Targets

Toyota’s long-term aspirations are outlined in the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050. Mid-term milestones have also been established as well as short-term (five-year) targets.

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Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050

 

The Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 (Challenge 2050) is a set of six visionary, global challenges that seek to eliminate negative environmental impacts and create positive value for the planet and society. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC, TMNA’s parent company headquartered in Japan) announced these six challenges in 2015 after extensive research and internal and external consultation.

 

Through Challenge 2050, team members across the company, in every region of the world, are working to put Toyota’s global vision of Respect for the Planet into action. Challenge 2050 unites us all with a common purpose – working to be more than just good stewards of the environment and to create positive changes beyond our facility boundaries.

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Environmental Action Plan Targets

 

Toyota Motor North America’s environmental sustainability planning, strategies, and actions are driven by Environmental Action Plans, which are five-year roadmaps that help drive continuous improvement in our environmental performance. TMNA’s action plans support global targets set by our parent company, Toyota Motor Corporation (see the global EAP here).

 

All targets are for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, unless otherwise noted.

 

 

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 Energy Match 100% of electricity consumption with renewables (VPPAs, purchased RECs, onsite solar)
Climate Change

Operations, Scopes 1+2

Achieve carbon neutrality at North American facilities by 2035

 

Vehicle Electrification

Achieve 70% electrified new Toyota/Lexus vehicle sales in the U.S. by unit by 2030

 

Supply Chain, Scope 3 Category 1

Aim to increase the use of lower carbon materials in North American vehicle production
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 Sustainable Materials

Recycled Materials

Aim to increase the use of recycled materials in new vehicles

 

Reducing Substances of Concern

Collaborate with our suppliers to eliminate hexavalent chrome from our supplier partners’ decorative chrome plating processes for parts used in Toyota’s North American vehicle production by CYE 2027 
Battery Recycling Aim to achieve gross material recovery of at least 90% from recyclable battery scrap at Toyota’s battery plant in North Carolina (TBMNC) (e.g., NMC materials, copper, aluminum) in our supplier shredding operations.
Vehicle Dismantling Aim to achieve gross material recovery of at least 90% from recyclable battery scrap at Toyota’s battery plant in North Carolina (TBMNC) (e.g., NMC materials, copper, aluminum) in our supplier shredding operations.
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 Biodiversity Protect or restore 62,000 acres of land, inland water, and marine and coastal ecosystems.