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Kosuke
Shiramizu joined Toyota in 1963 and has gained experience in
a wide range of production engineering and production areas.
He became a member of the board of directors in 1992, and as
a Director responsible for environmental issues, he conducted
activities for introducing and establishing ISO 14001 in the
production field. He became a Senior Managing Director in June
1999, also taking charge of environmental issues as Chairman
of the Production Environment Committee. He was appointed Executive
Vice President in 2001. |
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Toyota achieved its FY2002 goals in each area by taking action based on the Third Toyota Environmental Action Plan. The results of the major initiatives taken by Toyota in FY2002 are as below.
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Steady increase in the number of suppliers acquiring ISO 14001 certification (up by 56 companies for a total of 425); requested related suppliers to implement responses to the EU ELV directive. |
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Reduction in CO2 emissions (down by 1% or 20,000 tons from the previous year); strengthening of activities aimed at zero legal non-compliance, environment-related accidents and complaints; reduction of substances subject to PRTR (down by 8% or 300 tons from the previous year); reduction of VOC emissions (an average of 44g/m2 for all lines) and reduction of combustible waste (down by 18% or 4,000 tons from the previous year). |
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Reduction in CO2 emissions
through enhanced transport efficiency (down by 2% or 7,000
tons from the previous year); reduction in packaging and
wrapping materials through the use of returnable containers,
streamlining
operations and changing materials (down by 11% or 6,000 tons
from the previous year). |
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| •Organization Chart (As of March 2003) |
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| Progress Made on Purchasing Guidelines |
In
March 1999, Toyota presented its Environmental Purchasing Guidelines
to all of its suppliers of automobile parts and materials, asking
them to promote (1) The voluntary acquisition of ISO 14001 certification
by 2003; and (2) Management of substances of environmental concern
(SOC) and provision of related data to Toyota.
In FY2002, of the 471 suppliers, a cumulative total of 425
companies achieved ISO 14001 certification. Almost all suppliers
are expected to acquire certification in FY2003.
As for substances of environmental concern, Toyota obtains
the relevant data for new parts and materials when they are
introduced.
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•Trend in ISO 14001 Certification of Suppliers
*Certification was suggested to approximately
450 suppliers in March 1999 |
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| Requests to Suppliers to Respond to the EU ELV Directive |
Under
an EU ELV (End-of-Life Vehicle) directive, use of lead, mercury,
cadmium and hexavalent chromium will in principle be prohibited
from July 2003 onwards. In order to respond jointly to this
directive, Toyota held explanatory meetings to call upon related
suppliers for their cooperation. Further, at the Global Suppliers
Convention held in February 2003, Toyota also directly asked
executive management of each company for their understanding
and cooperation. Three requests are being made of the relevant
suppliers: (1) Submission of a certificate verifying switchover
to parts that do not contain the prohibited substances; (2)
Submission of a declaration of no use of banned SOCs detailing
that no substances stipulated by the EU ELV directive are used;
and (3) Entering of materials used in own products into the
IMDS (International Material Data System).
Based on the provision of this data, Toyota will evaluate the
recyclable rate and amount of regulated substances contained
per vehicle, and is cooperating in the development of new technology,
etc, based on the idea of "suppliers as partners." |
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Request for cooperation at the Global Suppliers
Convention in responding to the EU ELV directive |
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| Promotion of Green Purchasing |
After
achieving 100% green purchasing* for office supplies in March
2002, Toyota is continuing to promote a change to products that
are more considerate to the environment. In FY2002, Toyota focused
its activities on the use of recycled products. For example,
Toyota has begun adopting work uniforms made from recycled PET
bottle material since April 2003.
*Green purchasing:
Toyota classifies the buying of items directly related to production as "procurement" and the buying of office-related products and equipment as "purchasing" |
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Work uniform made from recycled
PET bottle material and Eco Mark on sleeve |
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