Toyota Summary

Company Description
As the world's second largest automaker, Toyota designs, tests, manufactures, sells, and services vehicles and vehicle components. Toyota markets vehicles in over 170 countries. Toyota’s diversified operations include telecommunications, prefabricated housing and leisure boats. It is headquartered in Aichi, Japan.

Toyota established operations in the United States in 1957 and currently operates 10 manufacturing plants. Toyota is committed to being a good corporate citizen in the communities where it does business and believes in supporting programs with long-term sustainable results. Since 1991, Toyota has contributed more than $464 million to philanthropic programs in the United States.

President: Akio Toyoda; Chief Officer of North America Operations Group: Yoshimi Inaba; Revenues: $231.61 Billion (2010); Employees: 317,716 (2010)

Climate Change Targets
Toyota plants in North America aim to reduce energy consumption (per unit of production) by 32.6 percent from 2002 levels by 2011. Toyota met its goal to reduce worldwide production CO2 emissions (volume/sales unit) 20 percent from FY 2001 levels by FY 2010.

Climate and Energy Strategies

Technology Solutions (C2ES's Climate Techbook Factsheets)

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (C2ES Fact Sheet, Company Web Site)
Transportation Modes Overview (C2ES Factsheet, Company Web Site)

Relevant Links: Toyota North America Company Web Site, Toyota North America Operations Environment Web Site, Toyota 2010 North American Report, Toyota Environment Plan

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Toyota is the world’s largest auto manufacturer. Toyota’s diversified operations include telecommunications, prefabricated housing and leisure boats

Energy Efficiency Initiatives

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Toyota created a usage database that is updated monthly to reduce energy use from its sales and distribution network. Toyota has reduced total energy consumption by 11 percent in its sales and distribution network since 2000.
Toyota’s 2007 model year fleet exceeded CAFE for both cars and trucks. Toyota estimates that in the past 10 years its vehicles sold in U.S. will consume 11 billion fewer gallons of gas (and emit over 100 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide) than if Toyota had merely met CAFE standards.
Toyota introduced the world’s first mass-produced hybrid (Prius) in 1997, with worldwide sales reaching 1 million vehicles in 2007.
Toyota’s 14-acre Pat Lobb Dealership in Texas is the first LEED silver certified dealership, and uses energy-saving glass and a special white roof system to reduce energy consumed for cooling needs.

Buildings summary:

Toyota’s 624,000 square foot headquarters expansion in California includes buildings that are LEED-certified and expected to exceed state energy-efficiency standards by 20 percent.
Toyota’s North American Production Support Center, a regional training facility in Kentucky, is certified as LEED silver.
Toyota’s 14-acre Pat Lobb Dealership in Texas is the first LEED silver certified dealership, and uses energy-saving glass and a special white roof system to reduce energy consumed for cooling needs.
Since 2003, Canadian Autoparts Toyota Inc. (CAPTIN) has saved $110,000 in annual costs through proactive energy management including measures such as: retrofitting office and plant lighting; installing of occupancy sensors; connecting HVAC units and the plant’s lighting system to an expanded control system, and optimizing the compressed air system.

Internal Operations summary:

Toyota developed a five-year Action Plan in 2006 to reduce total energy use in North American manufacturing operations by 27 percent per vehicle produced (to 6.3 million BTU/vehicle produced) – using the 2002 baseline.
Toyota’s pilot energy reduction projects must have a payback of less than three years and must be replicable at other plants. One example is a project at Toyota’s Cambridge Ontario plant that uses waste heat from its air compressor unit to preheat city water before it is processed by reverse osmosis. This is expected to reduce electricity and natural gas consumption by 5,000 million BTU per year and six million gallons of water annually.
Since 2003, Canadian Autoparts Toyota Inc. (CAPTIN) has saved $110,000 in annual costs through proactive energy management including measures such as: retrofitting office and plant lighting; installing of occupancy sensors; connecting HVAC units and the plant’s lighting system to an expanded control system, and optimizing the compressed air system.

Products & Services summary:

Toyota’s 2007 model year fleet exceeded CAFE for both cars and trucks. Toyota estimates that in the past 10 years its vehicles sold in U.S. will consume 11 billion fewer gallons of gas (and emit over 100 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide) than if Toyota had merely met CAFE standards.
Toyota introduced the world’s first mass-produced hybrid (Prius) in 1997, with worldwide sales reaching 1 million vehicles in 2007.
Toyota is working to make Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles commercially viable.

Supply Chain summary:

Toyota created a usage database that is updated monthly to reduce energy use from its sales and distribution network. Toyota has reduced total energy consumption by 11 percent in its sales and distribution network since 2000.

belctoyota Toyota is a member of the Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), the largest U.S.-based association of companies dedicated to business and policy solutions to climate change. As the world's second largest automaker, Toyota designs, tests, manufactures, sells, and services vehicles and vehicle components. Toyota markets vehicles in over 170 countries. Toyota’s diversified operations include telecommunications, prefabricated housing and leisure boats. As of March 2006, Toyota had revenues of over $179 billion and employed more than 280,000 people worldwide.

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