Environmental Action Plan

Fundamental Philosophy
The importance of businesses and individuals in preserving the global environment is increasing.
Toyoda’s fundamental corporate philosophy is to provide safe, high-quality products while
helping to make society prosperous and the world a comfortable place in which to live. In linewith this philosophy, the following four-point policy was established as Toyoda’s Environmental
Plan* to reduce, in a variety of areas, the environmental impact of Toyoda’s activities.
1. Develop and offer clean products with a low environmental impact.
2. Promote manufacturing activities that aim at zero emission. This includes Toyoda’s
measures to prevent global warming, reduce the release of harmful chemical substances
controlled by Japan’s Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) into the environment,
and reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Accordingly, Toyoda hasestablished the following goals:● Reduce carbon dioxide emissions 5 percent by 2005 and 10 percent by 2010 from 1999
levels. In addition, by 2005, reduce harmful chemical substances controlled by PRTR by 50
percent from 1998 levels.
● By 2005, reduce VOCs from paint lines to 50 percent of 1998 levels.
● By 2003, reduce waste and conserve resources, aiming to achieve zero emission oflandfill waste from major domestic plants.
3. Expand environmental management systems.
4. As a corporate citizen, actively participate in public environmental activities.

Toyoda is promoting the acquisition ofISO 14001 certification as a part of its group-wide
environmental management system.

*Note: Toyoda established its Environmental Plan in March 1993 and in August 2000 this Plan wascomprehensively revised. These revisions clarify Toyoda’s environmental policy until 2005.

Management System
Toyoda has established an Environment Committee to manage environmental issues. This
committee systematically addresses all environmental issues at the highest management level. Inaddition, Toyoda has arranged environmental policies for each division and formed environment
committees for each plant. In this way, Toyoda is responding to a myriad of environmental issues.
Primary Environmental Measures
Based on Toyoda’s Environmental Plan, Toyoda established targets to reduce carbon dioxide
emissions, waste, and energy consumption.
In addition, along with aggressive efforts to reduce the weight of each product and improveenergy efficiency, Toyoda is selecting and designing materials appropriate for recycling.

The atrium of Toyoda’s Hekinan plant symbolizes theharmonious coexistence of people and the environment.

International Environmental Standards
To ensure that Toyoda’s group-wide environmental management system is open andtransparent, Toyoda is promoting the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification. By the end of fiscal
1999, six major plants in Japan had acquired this certification, and two of six overseas plants had
acquired certification.
Communication
First published in 1999 to widely proclaim its environmental measures, Toyoda’s environmental
reports introduce a broad range of Toyoda’s activities. In addition, Toyoda is involved in a wide
range of activities, including periodic exchanges of information between manufacturing plants andthe communities in which they are located, regional events to raise awareness of environmental
protection, and support for volunteer activities related to environmental preservation.

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